faggotygas
Byron Anthony
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Post by faggotygas on Aug 18, 2016 8:07:24 GMT
1st home loss in 9 months!! think about it,thats pretty good and when we finally did lose we went down fighting as hard as we could Yep, went down fighting sums it up. We were a bit naïve in the first half, and yet again found that at this level, mistakes will invariably be punished. However, Bolton had their backs to the wall for the last 25 minutes.
An honourable defeat in a very exciting game of football.
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harrybuckle
Always look on the bright side
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Post by harrybuckle on Aug 18, 2016 9:00:59 GMT
15 wins one draw and one defeat since November 2015 at home ...a disgrace (not)
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simonj
Archie Stevens
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Post by simonj on Aug 18, 2016 9:07:31 GMT
'But hey Bolton are very good' for most of the first half agreed. But in the second Rovers were head and shoulders above them. Defininitely a game of two halves. Make that 2 and a half games then as they've got max points so far. Their midfield was very good, the frontrunners also a handful. Early days but they will be contenders have no doubt. |
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kingswood Polak
Without music life would be a mistake
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Post by kingswood Polak on Aug 18, 2016 9:44:39 GMT
To give a ridicolous analogy we were like a snooker player potting plenty of cracking long reds, but never finishing nicely on a colour. We did lots of neat and tidy stuff but just couldn't knit it all together. Ellis and Leadbitter were two key examples of this. Frustrating to concede yet another goal from a player making a long run through the middle without anyone laying a glove on him and as soon as they got the second it was going to be an uphill task against a wiley team with plenty of higher level experience. The 3-5-2 gives us some solidty, but really doesn't offer us much if we're chasing a game. To give him his dues he improved massively in the second half but I thought Sinclair looked massively out of his depth early on and took a nasty whack on the shoulder; personally I'd have taken him off, brought on Montano and gone 4-4-2 as soon as the Spearing's free kick hit the net. Easter coming on improved us massively and was probably our best player in the second half, but he was still guilty of doing some good things, but not completing the task. The only way I'd be happy with us playing 3-5-2 again would be to have as the most attacking midfielder in the system, with Clarke as the ball winner and Lines keeping things ticking over and occasionally making his mazy runs. Nothing to hit the panic button about, even at 2-0 I never saw us getting the sorts of thrashings we got by Leeds, Southampton etc under Trolls; just think our lack of experience at this level showed a tad and eventhough they are mostly the same team that was an abomination last season; on paper Bolton have a team that should certainly be up there. Very good fella. Thank you |
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Post by mrbluesky on Aug 18, 2016 10:49:10 GMT
The formation and starting personnel didn't work, once they scored so quickly. It was exactly the same starting line up and tactic as Cardiff, but Bolton scored quickly and a stupid foul by J Clarke for the second. I totally believe in DC, he gets it right mostly, but last night it didn't work out as hoped. Bolton were very good and in the second half we were a much better looking side. I love the positive results, but there's a part of me that would have preferred to have lost last night by attacking throughout the game, not just when the formation changed. But hey Bolton are very good but we were attacking right from the outset surely? bolton scored after breaking away and with there 1st shot at goal! |
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