Gavin Bazunu - Official: Signs for Bolton

[goodymatt]

How much is the fee?

[S-Clarke]

Just now, goodymatt said:

How much is the fee?

I think we're paying them £2m

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

I think we're paying them £2m

Bargain.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

He's bound to have a great game against us in October.

[sfc4prem]

Gavin the Ghost.

Crisp packet leaving is a sad moment for the club. Who else do we have that can dive 1 minute after the ball has gone past him? Who else to dive over or under the ball, and never into or onto it?

I'm off to light a candle in St Mary's church.

[Cuddles]

1 minute ago, sfc4prem said:

Gavin the Ghost.

Crisp packet leaving is a sad moment for the club. Who else do we have that can dive 1 minute after the ball has gone past him? Who else to dive over or under the ball, and never into or onto it?

I'm off to light a candle in St Mary's church.

Shhh, I'm not sure it's done and dusted yet!!

[Weston Super Saint]

6 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Gavin the Ghost.

Crisp packet leaving is a sad moment for the club. Who else do we have that can dive 1 minute after the ball has gone past him? Who else to dive over or under the ball, and never into or onto it?

I'm off to light a candle in St Mary's church.

Ah, no candles I'm afraid - fire risk.

[Suhari]

Just now, Cuddles said:

Shhh, I'm not sure it's done and dusted yet!!

It'll be emotional if he goes.

An enigmatic and perhaps misunderstood gloves-maesteo. I'm sure the Bolton fans, patient and kindly as our northern cousins often are, will grow to appreciate him to the level we have.

[Cuddles]

2 minutes ago, Suhari said:

It'll be emotional if he goes.

An enigmatic and perhaps misunderstood gloves-maesteo. I'm sure the Bolton fans, patient and kindly as our northern cousins often are, will grow to appreciate him to the level we have.

Beautiful.

To be fair, looking at highlights video, some of the shots hit directly at him do bounce off and away to a different player sometimes.

[The Kraken]

Fare thee well, crisp packet wrists. Tbf his ‘best’ moment for the red and white stripes wasn’t even with us.

 

[pingpong]

9 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Fare thee well, crisp packet wrists. Tbf his ‘best’ moment for the red and white stripes wasn’t even with us.

 

Well exactly - he didn't make any mistakes for us.

There was one iffy moment during his time with us when he got beat to the ball but on replay it turned out the attacker was offside.

Other than that, you won't find any bazunu clangers in a saints kit, if nothing else he was always reliable.

[The Kraken]

Just now, pingpong said:

Well exactly - he didn't make any mistakes for us.

There was one iffy moment during his time with us when he got beat to the ball but on replay it turned out the attacker was offside.

Other than that, you won't find any bazunu clangers in a saints kit, if nothing else he was always reliable.

My god you’re still doing this? Christ you must be bored. 
 

What a life.

[AlexLaw76]

5 minutes ago, pingpong said:

Well exactly - he didn't make any mistakes for us.

There was one iffy moment during his time with us when he got beat to the ball but on replay it turned out the attacker was offside.

Other than that, you won't find any bazunu clangers in a saints kit, if nothing else he was always reliable.

This is one of those posts where the joke would land if spoken, right....RIGHT?

[pingpong]

24 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

This is one of those posts where the joke would land if spoken, right....RIGHT?

I'll wait for the videos to appear here I guess and we will see?

[Colinjb]

32 minutes ago, pingpong said:

Well exactly - he didn't make any mistakes for us.

There was one iffy moment during his time with us when he got beat to the ball but on replay it turned out the attacker was offside.

Other than that, you won't find any bazunu clangers in a saints kit, if nothing else he was always reliable.

Reliably shit.

[Mboto Gorge]

You all laughed but he clearly is fine for the championship or Bolton wouldn’t be snapping up this bargain of a signing, the know their onions. And they think he’s fine for the championship. Case closed 

[Colinjb]

2 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

You all laughed but he clearly is fine for the championship or Bolton wouldn’t be snapping up this bargain of a signing, the know their onions. And they think he’s fine for the championship. Case closed 

The trial never ends.

[SuperSAINT]

10 hours ago, goodymatt said:

How much is the fee?

They don’t spend big as a rule.

Anything we get for him is a bonus as I assumed he’d walk on a free next summer.

[Weston Super Saint]

9 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

You all laughed but he clearly is fine for the championship or Bolton wouldn’t be snapping up this bargain of a signing, the know their onions. And they think he’s fine for the championship. Case closed 

We're not laughing.  It's what we've all been hoping for - that someone else is daft enough to think he's fine for the Championship.

[AlexLaw76]

9 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

You all laughed but he clearly is fine for the championship or Bolton wouldn’t be snapping up this bargain of a signing, the know their onions. And they think he’s fine for the championship. Case closed 

I am not laughing, we are letting a premier league keeper leave for peanuts....he was fine for the premier league, we snapped him up whilst up there

Along with Maitland-Niles....

[Hawkswood]

Has he gone yet ? Please say yes.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Another SR masterclass signing.

[John Boy Saint]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Another SR masterclass signing.

Bbbbb but - he came from Man City so must have been good, just them having too many players.

 

........our Skate mates, where he was a hero playing for them, did recognise the flaw when the ball whooshed through the corridor of uncertainty Baz was nowhere near it and only good fortune prevented the oppos sticking it in the back of their net.

[Pamplemousse]

Thanks for the goal at Preston

[Willo of Whiteley]

17 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Thanks for the goal at Preston

Irony is it wasn’t even his 🤣

[goodymatt]

 

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, goodymatt said:

 

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[skintsaint]

4 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

[Lord Duckhunter]

I can’t help thinking we’ve dropped a bollock here (pun intended). Maybe they know something we don’t, Bolton’s Goalkeeping scout certainly looks pleased with himself today. 
 

 

[Challenger]

2 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

Surely that should read floater rather than floated when referring to Bazunu ?

[chownie20]

£5m is amazing?!!!!!

 

Edit - seen it's a windup!!

Edited 5 hours ago by chownie20
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[Osvaldorama]

I don’t think I’ll ever see a worse keeper at saints. Especially not one that is given so many chances at a level way too high for him. 
 

Thanks for nothing Baz, don’t let the door hit you on the arse on the way out. 

[die Mannyschaft]

Thats 6 points to add our tally if Bazunu allowed to play.

[St Chalet]

 

[Colinjb]

1 hour ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Thats 6 points to add our tally if Bazunu allowed to play.

Speaking to a Bolton supporting mate, he would be backup to Jack Bonham.

ROI U17 Capped, Never senior. And 32 years of age. 

What a wonderful experience for him learn from/How humiliating for Baz.

[Scottie]

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/bazunu-completes-bolton-move
 

Bazunu done deal.

[Toadhall Saint]

Just now, Scottie said:

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/bazunu-completes-bolton-move
 

Bazunu done deal.

Good luck Baz.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Confirmed.

You could argue this is bigger news than JWP returning 😂

[Lighthouse]

I know I’m in a minority here but I wish him all the best at Bolton. Clearly thrown in at the deep end and is not a PL player but he was the man between the sticks for the longest unbeaten run in a century and played the lions share of our promotion season, so fair play to him for that.

I don’t think the continuous turnover in players, managers, leagues and two pretty serious injuries has done his form or confidence by good. Since his debut in 2022 to his return against Wrexham three years later, Jack Stephens was the only other player still at the club. Hopefully he has a couple of settled seasons up at Bolton and rediscovers his rhythm.

[HKsaint]

Thanks God, it is not a loan move. He can play against us.

[Give it to Ron]

Good luck to him - not a fan but wish him well.

Game plan for Bolton just shoot from anywhere across him.

[CSA96]

Can you believe he played 97 times for Saints? Ninety. Seven.

Seemed like a nice bloke and a solid pro so hopefully he figures it out. Can't have been easy being thrown in at the deep end with the shitshow that was going on at Saints on and off the pitch

However he was, unfortunately, largely dreadful and should never have been parachuted in as Saints #1 and once it became so obvious that he was out of his depth, he should've been removed far sooner

[coalman]

 

[bpsaint]

“Don’t be sad that it’s over, be glad that it happened….”

[Jack]

Massive massive blind spot from the club to only be moving Baz on now, it’s at least 3 years too late. Was never up to it at Championship level or above, and absolutely ridiculous that he was thrown in and trusted to be #1. So many soft goals conceded and points lost. We only got promoted in the first place because he got injured and McCarthy was put back in - the fact that he was an upgrade tells you all you need to know 

[LGTL]

Probably the worst goalkeeper of my lifetime. Cheers Baz, and good luck!

[DT]

Bazunu's move means they will now be known as Boltoff

[Pengi]

Tommy Forecast was a pretty bad one

[St Chalet]

7 minutes ago, Pengi said:

Tommy Forecast was a pretty bad one

Luckily he didn't get to play 97 games for us.

[Lighthouse]

23 minutes ago, Jack said:

We only got promoted in the first place because he got injured and McCarthy was put back in - the fact that he was an upgrade tells you all you need to know

Since we signed Bazunu he’s won more league games against Chelsea than McCarthy has won at St Mary’s.