Match Thread Home V Bolton Sat 6th March. 3pm kick off.

Lets see shall we? Bet accepted?

 

I blocked him several months ago due to his constant attempts to be centre of attention. The forum is so much better without him.

 

What bet......?

 

Ignore him. Making himself look stupid seems to be becoming a twice weekly habit for KB.

 

He talks what comes out of one end for sure.

 

Sorry who are you again? and what do you have to offer?

Testing! Testing! 1-2-3!

 

Nothing new there then? Being wrong that is!

 

Give over, one it’s Banter and two people are entitled to their opinions, Fordy’s just happen to be off the wall sometimes. Live with it.

 

Not sure if this has been posted previously but a great angle. Demonstrates the passion in the group.

 

I wish T & S could find a way of letting the breaks off. The structured nature of our play made it easy for Bolton to defend until we threw bodies into the box at the end and made it uncomfortable for them.
It's difficult to criticise the management whilst the points total keeps ticking over, but I think with the goalscorers in our squad unleashed, we're quite capable of putting 3 or 4 past some teams whilst improving the goal difference at the same time.

 

Not got tired of watching this clip yet.
Great finish by Rowey.

 

Honestly , I’d prefer a structured / disciplined approach as opposed to recent management, over the last 5 years who had a philosophy the complete opposite. Look at the number of goals from open play we have conceded recently? Good teams start with a settled , disciplined defence. I’m not making like for like comparisons , but use Liverpool as the benchmark. Last season ...outstanding defence saw a structured winning team. This season through injuries their defence is CC and the goals have dried up. Steady as you go !

 

I agree by and large it’s worked and the results prove it I just wish when we are under extreme pressure we were better at keeping the ball

 

So anyway, win our 2 games in hand and that's us above the mighty "heading for the autos" Bolton. Just saying.

 

Mine did when I blocked jon butterfield

 

If he had seen it he would have run out of the way

 

Both in the playoffs and Bolton blowing the semi would be perfect

 

Big pitch, plenty of lush surface. Rowe would be blasting them from 45 yards. Bring it on.

 

Firstly the defence were awesome yesterday, the whole team defended as one, Paudie’s improvement since T&S took over has been nothing short of miraculous, hopefully he’ll be our captain for many years to come.
I don’t agree with comments around Cooke being leggy or tired, I actually thought Bolton did their homework and sussed us out yesterday. Everything goes through Cooke or Watt, they doubled up on Cooke so every time he got on the ball he ran into a brick wall. Same with Watt, especially in the first half they pressed him like mad so he didn’t have time to look up and see a pass.
Crankshaw had the beating of their full back who due to their flooding of midfield was often left isolated, before he faded in the second half.
We’re just missing a little bit of guile in the centre of the park, someone who can control the tempo and pull the strings. Watt may well grow to be that player but he’s not their yet, Cooke needs to be given space to be able to operate he struggles to create his own space.
The good news is I think Bolton are football wise miles better than anyone else we will play between now and the end of the season and I don’t think many teams are capable of nullifying Cooke & Watt like Bolton did.