Speculation Mills loan to Bolton

[Blaarev]

Fenton, Gunnlaugsson, that guy from Norwich who came with his own treatment table for over £3m.

Ahh the memories.

Darren Eadie

 

[Redditch Fox]

Andy Graver

 

[Jeff]

Andy Graver

He scored in his first two games. He only became crap once he'd settled in.

 

[TommyK]

Fenton, Gunnlaugsson, that guy from Norwich who came with his own treatment table for over £3m.

Ahh the memories.

I was always a fan of Gunnlaugsson as a super sub.

 

[Lako42]

Gunnlaugsson

Feck right off!!

 

[Biffa Bacon]

Darren Eadie

Eadie was a calculated risk that didn't come off, a brilliant player with an injury that could end his career any time and did soon after we signed him.

 

[The Major]

Eadie was a calculated risk that didn't come off, a brilliant player with an injury that could end his career any time and did soon after we signed him.

I don't remember him pulling up any trees when he did manage a game.

 

[Blaarev]

I don't remember him pulling up any trees when he did manage a game.

Footballers don't do that. Lumber jacks however

 

[Blaarev]

Footballers don't do that. Lumber jacks however

Which reminds me:

 

[Miles Away]

Eadie was a calculated risk that didn't come off, a brilliant player with an injury that could end his career any time and did soon after we signed him.

That dirty c*** Scott Parker finished him.

 

[Graz]

I was always a fan of Gunnlaugsson as a super sub.

I'm with you on that! Arnar doesn't deserve to be lumped in with that lot.

 

[Ike O'Noclassed]

I'm with you on that! Arnar doesn't deserve to be lumped in with that lot.

I don't think any of them deserve (Wise excepted) to be "lumped in with that lot". I just mentioned three of MON's signings who cost over a million (£2m in Arnar's case) who eventually didn't play very much for various reasons and left on a free.

Oh, and signing him put paid to MON's frequent attempts to sign Dean Windass so clearly his qualities are many and various.

 

[Redditch Fox]

He scored in his first two games. He only became crap once he'd settled in.

Yes - well I saw him play. Probably too many expectation; he lost all confidence at Leicester. Missed good number of very close range chances in a critical

 

[Lako42]

SSN were saying it was a done deal this morning on the news ticker, no mention of loan though.

 

[SJN-Fox]

From The Mercury ...

Defender Matt Mills' loan switch to Bolton should be completed next week after Leicester City agreed terms with the Trotters.

As revealed in the Mercury on Tuesday, Bolton boss Owen Coyle has swooped to end Mills' one-year stay at the King Power Stadium, and his season-long loan should become permanent next summer.

It is believed City have agreed a deal which will see Bolton pay £1million up front for the 25-year-old, with a further £1m next year to complete the transfer.

Mills is now waiting to speak to Coyle on his return from holiday before finalising the move.

City signed Mills last summer from Reading in a deal that was potentially worth nearly £5m, but he fell out of favour under manager Nigel Pearson and did not feature during the closing stages of the season.

Former City assistant boss Derek Fazackerley, who was with City when Sven-Goran Eriksson signed Mills, is backing the defender to be a success at Bolton.

"It's up to Matt now if he gets the chance at Bolton," he said.

"It will be a big season for him because his time at Leicester certainly didn't work out the way he intended.

"I think his performances were quite fragmented. He suffered a little bit for confidence but, by the time I left the club, he was looking back to his best form.

"Nevertheless, he's strong, experienced and is the kind of player you need around in this division."

 

[homer]

Million quid up front and a million to pay next year

Most bizarre deal ever

 

[indierich06]

by the time I left the club, he was looking back to his best form

**** me, that was his best form?! Jesus.

 

[Real Sharapova]

**** me, that was his best form?! Jesus.

I can only suggest Fazackerly was on some high-powered medication at the time.

 

[indierich06]

I can only suggest Fazackerly was on some high-powered medication at the time.

Maybe Faz was right, maybe that was Mills' best form and he's just a very, very average footballer at best?

 

[Jeff]

a very, very average footballer

Is "very, very average" better or worse than just "average"?