MATCHWATCH : Bolton Wanderers (a)

[Orion1871]

FT, but there should be a straight red at full time for Bolton player

Ref bottled it.

[Franconian Royal]

FT, but there should be a straight red at full time for Bolton player

Ref bottled it.

he bottled a lot all night

[Snowflake Royal]

Players I would start upfront over MOM.

Ehibhatiomhan
Savage
Doyle
Garcia
Stickland
Burns
Kyerewaa
Okine-Peters
Osho

[Royal Monkey]

Wow ! One of the most pathetic clueless performances I’ve ever seen and we come away with a point !!

[Snowflake Royal]

I voted draw.

[Sutekh]

Please stop playing Fraser everywhere but as a DM.

Please also get a striker who can at least run about and, just maybe, hold the ball up.

I hope Lane is fit for Wycombe.

[Sutekh]

Players I would start upfront over MOM.

Ehibhatiomhan
Savage
Doyle
Garcia
Stickland
Burns
Kyerewaa
Okine-Peters
Osho

& Pereira.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Elliott changed the game. He has to start.

[Snowflake Royal]

Players I would start upfront over MOM.

Ehibhatiomhan
Savage
Doyle
Garcia
Stickland
Kyerewaa
Okine-Peters
Osho

& Pereira.

Needed elsewhere. I take Burns back.

[Gunny Fishcake]

Classic smash and grab to get a point, but you can’t polish a turd, we looked like a pub team most of the game , not clue looking at the players how it’s going to change. God help us if we lose Wing .

[morganb]

Elliott has changed the game.

don't suppose you could tell your insider to make Hunt play Elliott and Garcia from the start?

I’m actually at the training ground next week. Will see what I can do.

Deadline day signing?

[Royal Monkey]

MOM and Fraser (as the most forward midfielder) offer absolutely nothing. What’s happened to Savage, has he been replaced with a clone ?
Just the luckiest draw I’ve ever seen. Garcia shot was going in row Z until the defender took the sting off it and looped it over the keeper. He even just said in his interview he thought it was going over.
Delighted with the point but that is papering over the massive cracks.

[Bristol Paul]

MOM and Fraser (as the most forward midfielder) offer absolutely nothing. What’s happened to Savage, has he been replaced with a clone ?
Just the luckiest draw I’ve ever seen. Garcia shot was going in row Z until the defender took the sting off it and looped it over the keeper. He even just said in his interview he thought it was going over.
Delighted with the point but that is papering over the massive cracks.

Agree we were terrible but hopefully a lucky point kicks off the season. Garcia needs to pull his shorts up otherwise he’ll trip over.

[Brogue]

Classic smash and grab to get a point, but you can’t polish a turd, we looked like a pub team most of the game , not clue looking at the players how it’s going to change. God help us if we lose Wing .

The problem is wing. And it’s not his fault. But this all stems from Bindon and mbengue going. The pair of them were able to bring the ball out from the back. We’ve lost that now. Wing is playing far deeper this season because he is having to take the ball from the CB’s and bring it out. There is then too much of a gap between him and the CM. Which is causing pockets of space for the opposition to get into. Means wing can’t get the ball through to the CM so he had to go long all the time. Hopefully with Williams at the back ( who had an excellent game btw) and PoC to return he might be able to sit a bit higher up the pitch.

[Snowflake Royal]

Frustratingly, amongst the best we've looked all season is when throwing the kitchen sink at it late on in desperation once we're already losing. Both times we've scored.

Attack from the off.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Classic smash and grab to get a point, but you can’t polish a turd, we looked like a pub team most of the game , not clue looking at the players how it’s going to change. God help us if we lose Wing .

The problem is wing. And it’s not his fault. But this all stems from Bindon and mbengue going. The pair of them were able to bring the ball out from the back. We’ve lost that now. Wing is playing far deeper this season because he is having to take the ball from the CB’s and bring it out. There is then too much of a gap between him and the CM. Which is causing pockets of space for the opposition to get into. Means wing can’t get the ball through to the CM so he had to go long all the time. Hopefully with Williams at the back ( who had an excellent game btw) and PoC to return he might be able to sit a bit higher up the pitch.

And Elliott can help knit together the midfield a bit more too. Agree 60 yard passes from CB is not particularly effective.

[Rax]

MOM and Fraser (as the most forward midfielder) offer absolutely nothing. What’s happened to Savage, has he been replaced with a clone ?
Just the luckiest draw I’ve ever seen. Garcia shot was going in row Z until the defender took the sting off it and looped it over the keeper. He even just said in his interview he thought it was going over.
Delighted with the point but that is papering over the massive cracks.

Sadly, I'd agree - MoM is the worst footballer I've ever seen to wear the shirt (and I've seen Brayson and O'Reilly) - we need an experianced striker that can hold the ball up at least!

[Snowflake Royal]

Classic smash and grab to get a point, but you can’t polish a turd, we looked like a pub team most of the game , not clue looking at the players how it’s going to change. God help us if we lose Wing .

The problem is wing. And it’s not his fault. But this all stems from Bindon and mbengue going. The pair of them were able to bring the ball out from the back. We’ve lost that now. Wing is playing far deeper this season because he is having to take the ball from the CB’s and bring it out. There is then too much of a gap between him and the CM. Which is causing pockets of space for the opposition to get into. Means wing can’t get the ball through to the CM so he had to go long all the time. Hopefully with Williams at the back ( who had an excellent game btw) and PoC to return he might be able to sit a bit higher up the pitch.

And Elliott can help knit together the midfield a bit more too. Agree 60 yard passes from CB is not particularly effective.

Yep, Elliott/Doyle have the touch to come short for the ball, receive with a man touch tight, and lay off, or roll them. Then they're running into space, the team's moving forward and the oppos are backing off.

[traff]

Players I would start upfront over MOM.

Ehibhatiomhan
Savage
Doyle
Garcia
Stickland
Burns
Kyerewaa
Okine-Peters
Osho

Kingsley

[Hound]

Frustratingly, amongst the best we've looked all season is when throwing the kitchen sink at it late on in desperation once we're already losing. Both times we've scored.

Attack from the off.

I think that’s been more about the other sides

We were way too attacking and offensive to start and it killed us

The likes of Savage, Fraser and MoM were all poor but the amount of running they are expected to do is insane. MoM actually did ok everywhere other than up front. Someone needs to stop him running all over the pitch. Savage looks utterly headless and Fraser lost

Doyle isn’t a winger, Elliott was useful and the 2 CBS did well. Abrefa had a good end to the game

Lucky to get the 1-1 but some encouraging signs towards the end