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I think yesterday was a needed reality check for people. However no one should lose sight of how far we have come in last 18 months or so. From being on the brink of going out of existence we are showing we can compete in a league we just got promoted to, we have players who clearly what to be here and play for the club. A manager who wants to play attacking football and maybe most importantly owners who 'get it' and are constantly raising the bar for the club. I know people picking faults with certain players want the club to do well and that it is just how they express their support. But let's be honest this is the most exciting time to be a Bolton fan for a very long time. It will be a roller coaster but just enjoy the ride it is a million times better than it looked like not that long ago. There is pride back in the club let's celebrate that every week rather than worrying about the little niggles that will always be there

That’s how I broke it I made her clench so hard it snapped my finger like a twig.

I like listening to you. No matter how shit my day is I think thank god for small mercies, it could be worse

You don't work in healthcare. We laugh about the most darkest of things. If you didn't you'd cry.

A lot of fair assessments to be fair. My 2 penn’eth worth.. We were simply outthought and outfought be a very Wiley and structured side & their manager. Looking at the football aspect alone we (again) played some lovely stuff. Not many teams in this league can live it with. However we need 5 or 6 good moves to create 1 or 2 decent chances and even then our conversion rate is very poor. Last week was an exception to the rule where every chance went in. Yesterday, Burton and Cambridge demonstrated the issues. Doyle. Works hard but I agree with a few who say he’s hit his level. Works hard (tries) to run channels but does need 2 or 3 chances to score 1 which were just not creating for him. His link up play with Dapo and Isgrove was great yesterday but he’s 30 yards away from goal. He’s not quick or strong enough at this level. CB’s are better quick and stronger and his touch to get it out of his feet is poor. There’s been a few instances over the last few games where it’s been played in but he’s tried cutting back or the balls stuck under his feet. It should be one touch and bang. back 4 are all comfortable and we play through the thirds really well but it always breaks down in the final one. You get the impression they all went to score the perfect goal and make another pass rather than get a shot off. Warne outhought Evatt yesterday. First half they pressed so high on our goal kicks we couldn’t build out. The gap between their front 4 and back 4 must’ve been 30 yards. So we had to go long. As such without any support from deep it broke down. 2nd half after they pinched 2 goals they sat off and we found it hard (as Evatt referenced) to break down 2 banks in front of us. Baka is a big miss. Physical presence with pace that can unsettle a back 4 and give us another option. I applaud IE and the teams insistence on continuing to try and play no matter what the minute but he needs to come up with other plans particularly as other teams will see how Rotherham set out against us and try to mirror it. we’ll win more then we lose playing the way we do and it’s far more enjoyable watching us try and do it this way then previous regimes. We just got done by a more street wise and knowledgable unit yesterday

Do they wear utd shirts?

That's where I'm at. No disgrace losing to Rotherham, who are one of the better sides in this league. We're currently averaging enough points for a top 10 finish, which in my opinion would equate to a very successful first season back up. Too many Bolton fans seem to think we should win every game and have to have a big inquest after every game we don't win resulting in lots of criticism of our management & players. This team is our League 2 team plus Sheehan who we signed from League 2. Rotherham were in the Championship.

You can’t help yourself… sickening.

Got another ear piercings this weekend. That is all.

Your butler fingered your balloon knot?

Keep at it mate. I'm a "nothing stops me" nutcase and it took me at least 5 weeks. It will go away

Incredible strike rate had Jimmy Greaves - 132 goals in his first 4 seasons with Chelsea, 266 goals in 379 games for Spurs - 85 more than Harry Kane. 422 goals in 602 total club games.His strike rate for England was a goal every 1.24 games. He retired through injury aged just 31. Phenominal striker was Jimmy Greaves….RIP

I can hear it. But I'm a young whipper snapper.

Kante came on proper machine that fella

Lots of over reaction to our loss on Twitter. This is the summary in The Football League Paper. Spot on in my view. Two divisions separated these clubs last season. That gap is down to just two places and one point as Rotherham deployed previous Championship nous to do a number on the Trotters. It was a lesson individually and collectively for Wanderers. They conceded from two setplays and missed a host of chances at the other end. Chief threat Dapo Afolayan was increasingly marked and fouled out of the game. But there was plenty to suggest Bolton can bounce back.

After Nat, Jimmy Greaves was Granddads favourite player, he would always bring him when talking about the best players. He genuinely held him in the same regard as Pele, Maradona & Eusebio Gutted about Boycie, cracking character. Suppose we’re in that era now where we will see old players and tv actors who we’ve grown up pass. "I might be able to con people into buying my cars. I might be able to convince them you conceived and gave birth in 7 days flat. But how the hell am I going to persuade them my granddad was Louis Armstrong."

Please dont tell her ive seen what they ďo to dogs

We’re going soft. We’ve been through it, if others have the same fate, tough shit

Lost his watch though

Radical I know but I enjoy the game of football. I’ll watch Champions League or Manchester League. Granted at £10 some games are not great value anymore. On a website where absolute shite is chatted, how very odd to have a pop at the sport that brings us together.

I'm actually gutted 😢😢 One of my most favourite scenes

My main memory of Jimmy Greaves him talking a pile of shite before our semi v wolves. Biased cunt. RIP like.

That’s something that really bugs me. Surely if you stand onside, you have a decent run to attack the ball

I know what your saying, but, some of the more sporting welcomes come in areas where there’s a good proportion of houses like that and sometimes the biggest dick heads are parents from the so called more salubrious areas of the region.

This is why I dislike the Massives more than Utd its their bellend fanboys round here ”Fuck off back under your rock and go and support your tinpot club” ”It’s really difficult to get to a midweek game” (ground is 2 miles away) ”Loads of people are on holiday” (yesterday’s empty seats) Just fuck off.

Must say it’s of no interest to me but at the same time not offended in slightest. Worlds changing and I’m not sure hankering for the good old days is a battle you’ll win unless you are Prime Minister Johnson

People need to have a bit more patience. I understand as fans we want success yesterday but after 8 games last season we were near the bottom of division 4 while they were in division 2. We'll improve gradually in every window we have Evatt & Markham in tandem. This season we'll be mid table imo but I reckon we'll challenge next season. Enjoy the ride and let's hope for a decent FA cup run to keep us all happy

I thought completely the opposite. They did a job on Dapo and I think his head had gone yet we kept trying it time after time

Dunno, maybe to support your team? Plenty of matches have 2 goals put in in the last 10 mins or so. Everyone is so much in a rush these days.

Fuck. That was a hard watch. Spent the day with the youngest today up on the Fylde. First time for a while as she isn’t in a good place. I’d missed this and she told me to watch it to see what I thought She was living here and working in Manc when her grandad (ex-FiL) was moved into a dementia home. Packed in her job and moved back to live with her mother and spent her time caring for him. He died one day right in front of her. That was the start of her problems. Fair play to her, she ditched the fact that she had a 1st Class Honours Degree and trained fo work in a home like portrayed in Help! But for high functioning autistic folk rather than dementia patients. Worked days/nights with all those problems. Told me to watch it and at the end to think that it was bollocks. Working in social care was nowt like that when Covid hit. It was 10 times worse. Jodie Comer’s character had it “easy” on the night shift. One carer in a home with one patient in distress. Utter bollocks. It was way worse. She’s still off work on the sick but hoping to get back soon to help her clients Long post sorry. The programme was quite good but like she said barely scratched the surface of reality

Had a couple of parents going toe to toe on Thursday in my sons under 7s team, best thing was we were playing our other club team 🤦‍♂️😂

Yeah but how good is Sheffield Tap? Twatted.

Is there actually any need for that response?

Really?? I’m presuming you mean live? Regardless, whether you’ve watched Doyle live or on Ifollow, coming to the conclusion that he is just plain “poor” is astoundingly narrow minded. Really strange post

After what we went through I have found a more empathetic side of myself. I don't think I would be as sympathetic if I hadn't gone through that actuall rollercoaster myself. I don't want to go through my feelings of what seemed like our impending doom. But it was, outside of family & friends, the most shittest time of my life. DCFC will be ok. They will take whatever comes their way on the chin and bum around getting things straight again. On the whole rival football fans "can" be pretty decent.

Went for my 40th, as others said well spread out, but loved it. Went to a Bier Keller place at Alexanderplatz and went to the bar up the Tv Tower, Found a Brew Dog near the Berlin Wall Memorial in Mitte IIRC Had a very enjoyable evening in Kreuzburg some really quirky bars. Uber was our friend to get around.

Just have your fucking jab 🙄

Yes declining. And here’s the most important thing. We are all living our lives again and I will be honest it feels great. So with all due respect ram your negativity where the sun doesn’t shine 😎.

Morris Dancers 👍

Before all our contracts were changed to WFH our offices were in Earby which is just past Colne. Most of my colleagues live over that way so Christmas Do's tend to be in that neck of the woods. No chance I'm forking out for a hotel just to go to it ... and there's fucking no way I'd drive over and not drink.

Yeah, Fiveive were quite prolific for a while.

Last week I pulled up to the lights next to a only fools robin reliant, I looked inside and the two lads were dressed as Batman and robin, Del shouts Alright Pal, Rodney shouted Del let’s go, before Del shouted Bonjour Clas