Well, back in Manchester. First half was the quietest I have ever heard from us away. Second half was a bit noisier but only because of the deserved moans at our players. Lost count of how many times we moved the ball sideways; even more than our usual drill. Can't be arsed to do any player scores as all the starting 11 were equally drab and disinterested. Gunter's "injury" was embarrassing. Thank God for Ola's excellent finish. Roll on next season.
On the train home. Quietest game for a very long time. Very little passion on or off pitch. Plenty of industry from Quinn, Williams and Norwood but not much invention or guile. Piazon a passenger. Gunter the pantomime villain. Back four getting passing practice. Forwards frustrated by lack of through balls. Bolton limited but still holding their own. In summary: abject. Then... what a finish! Almost made up for the previous 89 minutes. Almost... Still, beers in Piccadilly Tap and Preston 'Spoons were top notch.
Quietest away game I've been to, but understandable considering all the factors. Boring, dull and out of nowhere a banger from Ola John. Running down the stairs, almost getting trampled. Up there with the best 25 seconds of the season. Bad side note: we have needed 90th minute winners against the bottom two teams.
Did Bolton turn up on the pitch today? Woeful home support. After barely 8 minutes LWJ thought that 30 minutes had passed. Turgid stuff from the KO. Quinn moving to a more central role later in the game was pivotal to the result. As we started to pass the ball far better and open up Bolton's poor defence. If John wants a contract for next season then has to stop sulking when things don't go his way and focus on the game. Has the talent but one questions his mental strength. Looking forward to next season. Midfield is the weakest area. Norwood so obviously lacks pace. Williams has a poor touch and lacks awareness. McD please keep…
Well, back in Manchester. First half was the quietest I have ever heard from us away. Second half was a bit noisier but only because of the deserved moans at our players. Lost count of how many times we moved the ball sideways; even more than our usual drill. Can't be arsed to do any player scores as all the starting 11 were equally drab and disinterested. Gunter's "injury" was embarrassing. Thank God for Ola's excellent finish. Roll on next season. You were there and I wasn't, but that summary doesn't seem to gel with the twitter updates/text updates I was watching, so I'm curious. Those updates seemed to be a long sequence of…
Also don't get the lack of passion observation. What does it mean? Passion aplenty IMHO, but lack of quality.
Well, back in Manchester. First half was the quietest I have ever heard from us away. Second half was a bit noisier but only because of the deserved moans at our players. Lost count of how many times we moved the ball sideways; even more than our usual drill. Can't be arsed to do any player scores as all the starting 11 were equally drab and disinterested. Gunter's "injury" was embarrassing. Thank God for Ola's excellent finish. Roll on next season. You were there and I wasn't, but that summary doesn't seem to gel with the twitter updates/text updates I was watching, so I'm curious. Those updates seemed to be a long sequence of…
Watching the highlights on sky it certainly didn't look like we struggled to create chances. Just struggled to put the ball in the net! Vydra looked to have a mare. If it's a similar starting 11 on Tuesday night. Then you can form your own view.
This Championship game took place 3741 days ago in the 2015/2016 season.