Walkden White Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just back. Great result. Good substitutions by Parky. Ameobi changed the game and was a class above anyone else on the pitch. We defended brilliantly putting bodies on the line and at least one world class save from Alnwick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Aye, less than 10K on apparently Having iFollow and live on Sky was always going to have an impact on midweek games Less than 10k? It was no different to any midweek game, that's what our crowd is, it's not worthy of comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 How the fuck have we managed to sign Olkowski? He is genuinely a class above. Absolute master stroke from PP, KA or whoever but my word he’s superb. Feel a bit sorry for Little who I don’t think has done much wrong. Great proper championship win tonight. I said at the weekend, it feels like we have a team “equipped” for championship football finally. Ameobi, what a brilliant cameo and Buckley not far behind him. Loads to improve - Beevers’ distribution; decision making from the wide men who started; learning how to play with Oztumer; the crowd not panicking when we go sideways for a bit.....but all in all got to be delighted with that result and where we are in the league. I still think mid-table is a realistic aim, but how nice does it feel right now to be a white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol_BWFC Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Been given to macgennis apparently. Anyone got a link to the goal? #notaredbuttonwanker http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/bolton-wanderers/11479594/bolton-1-0-birmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Surprised how many think O’Neill had a great game, I thought he was ok and made some good interceptions etc but he lost the ball so many times which put us in trouble quite a lot. He’s a good player to have around and have liked his energy when coming off the bench for the last 30 minutes but I’m not having him as a starter. Very impressed with Lowe, does everything you expect from him and always seems to be in the right place, he can occasionally pick a pass too which goes a bit unnoticed. 1st half was terrible, we looked completely lost of ideas as soon as we realised that Magennis wouldn’t win the majority of headers, poor Oztumer could not get anyone to give him the ball when he was finding space. The centre backs, as good as they are at defending (which became more and more important and impressive as the game went on) really didn’t help the cause in the 1st half. Wildschut wasn’t too impressive, I’m hoping he’s still finding his feet (although his goals return isn’t bad) but he looked like a sprinter that was learning to play football. You can see he scares defenders but it seems to work best trying to put him in behind rather than give it him to feet and expect him to do something. Olkowski is class. That winger is a good player and beat him once or twice in the first half for pace but he soon learned how to deal with him and we hardly saw the winger from about 30 minutes onwards. He’s fairly quick, strong in the tackle and good on the ball, how we’ve managed to pick him up I’ll never know. Ameobi changed the game, when he fancies it he’s a class above anything we have. You can see the other players relax and start to play because they know they have an outball who can take the pressure off them, he also stretches the play and opens up space, it’s no coincidence that Oztumer looked like a different player as soon as he came on. Buckley to be fair looked good too, he was an improvement on Wildschut and was unlucky not to score. I don’t think we’re far off being a decent team, Ameobi is critical and I think we still need a ‘dynamic’ centre mid next to Lowe, which may be Murphy but I’ve not see enough of him yet. I do also think there needs to be a change in approach from the centre backs, I don’t want them trying to be city, I’d hate to see Wheater and Beevers take risks, but there is a happy medium and I don’t think we can really start to get our foot on the ball at home without them 2 trying to get the ball into midfield - although you can’t fault them defensively at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've only got half an eye on it, but Ameobi looks like he's playing in a lads v dads game My thoughts too. That guy is class. And some people think he's lazy. What quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QFPants Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 How the fuck have we managed to sign Olkowski? He is genuinely a class above. Absolute master stroke from PP, KA or whoever but my word he’s superb. Feel a bit sorry for Little who I don’t think has done much wrong. 6/10 in The Bolton News, bring back Iles FFS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted August 22, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2018 Few pictures on Facebook of madine sat in West Lower.. very random.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Sammi the only player to bring the ball under control when it comes down from the gods We've got 2 that can do that now, with his little helper Oz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Few pictures on Facebook of madine sat in West Lower.. very random.. the big man is coming home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) It’s just a huge change seeing everyone talking about us positively in this division. Been a while since we’ve been on this end of table in the Championship! In relation to the crowd, yeah it was quite poor, ticket prices didn’t help either. Let’s hope it’s better on Saturday. Definitely wasn’t below 10k, just looked our standard 13/14k hardcore. Edited August 22, 2018 by Lostock Whites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Winning when 2nd best is a good sign Not sure there is any other type of winning, who cares? Can't remember us being the best side against any championship side under parky, that's how we play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 if this red button thingy rolls out more games it will kill midweek football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianofcleveleys Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Beevers would be the only player ever to score zero in a game for pass completion if it weren't for a couple of little sideways balls to Wheater when they'd retreated. Defended doggedly late on but puts us back under pressure half the time with his nine irons to nowhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 If ever there was a result which showed the small but steady steps of progress than that was it 2 dour games against them in 6 months, not much quality from either side, very few clear cut chances but we lost the first and got the win here Those small victories over the course of a season will stand us in great stead overall Good points, it's the fine margins. It was exactly the same v Sheff utd last season, should have been a draw but we lost to a scrappy early goal. Onto the next challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted August 22, 2018 Moderators Share Posted August 22, 2018 Ameobi and Buckley to start the next game Noone was anonymous, whilst Wildschut strikes me as a player better running on to the ball rather than with it, Def a good one to bring on away from home We defended well enough but Brum will felt hard done by That Jota was the best player on the pitch by a mile, that's what 6m gets you in this league, that said I had to check who he was and was surprised to see they bought him from Brentford! League looks good, just don't want Sheff Utd to be the first team to beat us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Ameobi and Buckley to start the next game Noone was anonymous, whilst Wildschut strikes me as a player better running on to the ball rather than with it, Def a good one to bring on away from home We defended well enough but Brum will felt hard done by That Jota was the best player on the pitch by a mile, that's what 6m gets you in this league, that said I had to check who he was and was surprised to see they bought him from Brentford! League looks good, just don't want Sheff Utd to be the first team to beat us Why did Brentford sell him? He did look v good indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Thought Bogle was utter gash myself Me too. If he was a decent striker like a Nugent or Assombalonga we lose that game 1-0. No wonder Warnock got rid of him, he knows a bad striker when he sees one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted August 22, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've fucked XHamster off for the night and am currently knocking one out lookng at the league table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The spirit we have at the moment is superb. We had to dig deep tonight and I thought all the defence and Alnwick were very good. Oztumer was quiet but showed enough neat touches and passes to give us a glimpse of the quality he possesses. Jota was excellent for them, I was sick of the sight of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Beevers would be the only player ever to score zero in a game for pass completion if it weren't for a couple of little sideways balls to Wheater when they'd retreated. Defended doggedly late on but puts us back under pressure half the time with his nine irons to nowhere Interestingly the stats have shown, that Beevers had a pass completion of just 52%, compared to Wheater, who had 89% Somebody really does need to teach Beevers about composure, and do some passing drills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Sammy Ameobi. Enough said. That man changed the game completely. I lost count of how many teams he beat the opposition defenders. I have to pinch myself that not only does he play for us in our current financial situation, but he joined us in div 1. Up there with my all time favourites, and I watched George Oghani. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted August 22, 2018 Moderators Share Posted August 22, 2018 Why did Brentford sell him? He did look v good indeed. £6m I guess, they signed him for £1.5m, so good bit of business for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 £6m I guess, they signed him for £1.5m, so good bit of business for themAye Someone should of hit him early doors and he would of disappeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Thought their front 4 all looked threatening but Jota was a cut above for me. Great player Quality player. Criminal that he left such a good Brentford team for a car crash club. That Maghoma isn't bad either, I'd expect him to move on in the window or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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