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I think Slick makes some good points.

- If we want rid of the owner then we need to be a Premier League Team to get the value up to a level where a sale is acceptable to Lai. Big Sam must be seen as the best bet to insure that.

- To sell to club by staying up needs to be shored up by spending money. So at least we will get some grit injected into the spine of the team in January. Maybe even early January for once to make an earlier impact on the pitch.

This looks like a tidy the house up before selling it action and if getting Big Sam in results in a stronger squad, winning games and getting a new owner of the club.

I am all in.

Yup, all very valid, especially (HOPEFULLY) the last paragraph.

Some great points made in many posts above; I'm latching on to the one (Slick?) that reminds us of that really entertaining Bolton team of around 2000 with JJ Ocotcha. What a player he was! (Still got his number Sam, I'm sure he could STILL do a job for us!)
As much as I like SB I can see his time was up. Let's move forward with a bit of optimism now.

On the subject of the much maligned Tony Pulis, wasn't he Manager of the Year when he was appointed? And yes - he did a great job for the first year or so, so it wasn't all bad.
I always found him quite entertaining too!

Happy Christmas to all!