Ker-chunk. That was me firmly hitching my trailer up to the Gary Megson bandwagon. You got me Gary, I'm on board. He may not be a visionary, but he is building something, (allegedly). And he's not going anywhere.

Yep, Phil Gartside was so outraged that the club was linked to one of the brightest young managers in the Football League, (the same cabbage patch that produced The Big One and The Ginger One), that he felt compelled to announce that Gary and the club had already agreed on a new rolling contract.

Rolling? That's a funny word. It just slips into the report, almost unnoticed. It's playful, fun and completely trivial. Who gets wound up about Rolling?

So, what is a rolling contract? More importantly, who wins in this arrangement?

A 12-month rolling contract means that Gary's new contract will run indefinitely, until one party (Gary or Bolton Wanderers) decides to end the agreement. At any point while the deal is still valid, Gary will have twelve months on his deal, so if the club terminate the contract, they will have to give Gary twelve months' money.

In theory, it could be viewed as a long-term solution. Bolton have told Gary Megson that he will be the manager for the foreseeable future. Sir Alex is on a rolling contract at Old Trafford, where the club have told him that the job is his for as long as he wants it.

From Bolton's perspective, this deal mitigates the financial risk of committing long-term to a manager who might be making progress but still has a less-than-stellar CV. If you type "rolling contract" into the ESPN searchbox, [Damn, I'm giving away all my secrets], you get a long list of names that didn't work out; Bryan Robson, Gary McAllister, Paul Merson…

Now that the club has locked up the manager, his staff and the young core of the team, the only thing left to sort out is the performances on the field. Against Newcastle, Megson's men scored just their fourteenth home goal this season and yet again spent the last fifteen minutes camped on their eighteen-yard line. And yet, right now Bolton sit tenth, looking down on Sunderland, Spurs, Newcastle, Portsmouth and Manchester City.

I'm sure if Gary were here he'd point out that he'd rather get the results first, then focus on the performance. And right now, I'm with him, (I hope). It's about time everyone got on the same page.