Pre-Match View From Bolton

[originaltrueblade]

Thanks Roy,....remember how arrogant they were in league One......How times have changed!!!!

 

[SB_90]

this game worries me as me mentioned above we played Bolton last season & there was "no way" we could lose. but yet played dreadfully & found a way to lose. but with 2 of my predicted relegated teams come may Bolton & reading next 2 of 3 home games, they are more important to take 6 pts from than middlesborough arguably due to being "bankers"

 

[BLADES1988]

Anyone else forgot about Donaldo?

 

[Harry's Game]

“expect us to lose & can live with that, but I just don’t want to be near to, or have to listen to, bellends who are hoping for the worst so that they can squeal abuse at the owner, the manager or this week’s scapegoat”

Roy, I think you have accidentally copied one of Sitters posts from the Clough / Adkins era...

 

[More Bladier than thou]

I hope the club are gritting around the ground. We know how easy games get postponed nowadays. We dont want a fixture backlog derailing our great season.

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

“So we go into the rest of the season with 2 strikers who have scored 4 goals between them all season”

Oh dear. That makes me almost feel sorry for them.

Pull yourself together man !

 

[Davalon]

Never happy when they write off their chances.

Too often we end up frustrated when they do.

 

[Davalon]

Indeed, I reacted the same.

Though I prefer the version we sang at Norwich. Reminded me of the first time I heard our Danny Wilson song.

What version was that? Couldn't make it out on tv.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

What version was that? Couldn't make it out on tv.

“We’ve got Madine. Gary Madine.
I just don’t think you understand.
He used to be a twat,
Called Billy fat,
Now he’s our goal machine”

 

[IOM Blade]

I thought he was going to be a masterstroke of a signing after that debut up at Sunderland. Scored two good goals at Villa but looked like he forgot how to play football towards the end of the season.

His form fell off a cliff last few months of the season. He came off the bench one home game (Boro I think) and looked like he had completely forgotten how to play football.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Trouble with the poorer teams is that they defend deep and don't leave gaps to exploit. We play better at home to teams who give it a go.
Hopefully our freshened up striker options mean that we can get early goals and make them come out to play.

 

[grafikhaus]

Let's not get too carried away, we lost 1-0 at home to them last year - their first away win in well over a year.

First away win in 999 days actually (according to this excellent thread) and...

“So we go into the rest of the season with 2 strikers who have scored 4 goals between them all season”

“Clayton Donaldson 0 goals in 860 minutes.”

Hmm...

 

[Liverpool blade]

Cheers Roy. They’re a happy bunch aren’t they?. Hopefully we can give our goal difference a boost?.

 

[metalblade]

The trouble is it is now getting to the time of season where teams low down are dangerous like one of their posters said they need about six wins against lower teams and pick up a few point against higher teams to have any real hope of staying in the championship, they won't make it easy for us they are getting desperate for points.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Cheers Roy

 

[Sheffsteel]

Trouble with the poorer teams is that they defend deep and don't leave gaps to exploit. We play better at home to teams who give it a go.
Hopefully our freshened up striker options mean that we can get early goals and make them come out to play.

There’s a reason why we struggle against teams that drop deep.

1: Our players rarely try to shoot from outside the box and
2: We lack physicality and threaten from the numerous corners we get when a team sits back defending in numbers.

We had the exact same problem in league 1 when Fleetwood did a number on us and found our weakness.
We went out and bought the very industrial James Hanson, his ability was poor but he caused havoc in the opposition penalty area when teams were sat back defending deep. This meant defences had to push up.

Now we have Madine I expect him to be a similar solution to help break down team that sit back.
The great news for Wilder now is he can try tactic A in the 1st half, then switch to tactic B in the 2nd half. We now have 4 very different types of striker so we might also have a tactic C too.

 

[Isar]

So who made this?

 

[AWetFlannel]

“We’ve got Madine. Gary Madine.
I just don’t think you understand.
He used to be a twat,
Called Billy fat,
Now he’s our goal machine”

The last line is 'We've got Gary Madine', can hardly sing that he's a goal machine can we.

 

[blade67]

Trouble with the poorer teams is that they defend deep and don't leave gaps to exploit. We play better at home to teams who give it a go.
Hopefully our freshened up striker options mean that we can get early goals and make them come out to play.

Expect this. Their goals for column doesn't lead me to expect an expansive end to end game. Early goal or a long difficult afternoon awaits.

 

[blade67]

Cheers Roy.

“Clayton Donaldson 0 goals in 860 minutes.”

He WILL score tomorrow. Liked him last season, I had a bit of a soft spot for him.

It's weird how we develop soft spots for players who ultimately play shit most of the time. Ryan Flynn had this effect on me for reasons I can't explain

Donaldson frustrated the hell out of me , 2nd half of last season

 

[LoughboroBlade]

The last line is 'We've got Gary Madine', can hardly sing that he's a goal machine can we.

Hey, I didn’t make it – just reporting what was sung at Norwich, and that’s certainly what was sung in the concourse pre-match and in the stand during the game.

Our songs aren’t known for accuracy. Might shock you to know that Coutts wasn’t on a free from Derby either

 

[shorehamview]

“You’ve got Madine Gary Madine

just do not think you understand

6 million in the bank

he is fucking wank

you got Gary Madine.

To the tune of the Gary Madine song.

Then applaud him.”

To be fair this made me laugh.

The thick Lancastrian fuckwits don’t even know what song it’s to the tune of.

 

[AWetFlannel]

Hey, I didn’t make it – just reporting what was sung at Norwich, and that’s certainly what was sung in the concourse pre-match and in the stand during the game.

Our songs aren’t known for accuracy. Might shock you to know that Coutts wasn’t on a free from Derby either

Didn't make it to Norwich, but at Swansea it was sung as I said in the stands. Might have changed.

 

[Pinchy]

The thick Lancastrian fuckwits don’t even know what song it’s to the tune of.

Neither do I. ?