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There are still plenty of seats in all home areas. When no one can get a seat and we’re sold out, then a moan might be legimate. A (nearly) sold out stafium looks tremendous and has a great atmosphere. If you’re worried about the noise from the away end, shout louder. If the players are intimidated by a full away end, they ain’t for us.

we lost the final v Italy because we tried to sit on a 1-0 lead from the 3rd minute and went deeper and deeper until the inevitable happened not because they took the knee if you think we lost two finals because of a woke manager, you have to acknowledge that bar the obvious Ramsey, the same woke manager got us to two finals, including the only one to win a semi on foriegn soil, making him the second most "successful" england manager or face the reality that what happened on the pitch has got fuck all to do with woke or virtue signalling or any of that nonsense you keep banging on about

Exactly, and we all know too well pretty much 90% of home matches have a taxi load of away fans. It's good to see the away end sold out for once and certainly adds the emphasis upon us even more in the home end. Okay there's 5,000 Bradford fans, but there will likely be 22,000 Bolton fans. Our support is top notch when we're on it. Buzzing for this one, it's what footy is all about and hopefully a sign of the soon to be Championship games and beyond that this club desperately deserves! COYWM.

Can't wait for this match to be done with so all this crowd noncery stops.

Maybe I'm just a soft old twat these days who doesn't hate people, teams or countries enough but I like to see any or all of our clubs sides go a long way in Europe and enjoy seeing as many of the home nations in Euros or World Cups as possible. They're good news stories and add interest to watching those comps for me. How many of us are English but have a bit of Welsh, Scottish or Irish in us or in family members that's enough for a passing interest in their fortunes. There's then the thing of our players doing well for their respective countries. Both of those were reasons for an enjoyable night flicking between Scotland and Wales last night

I'm one of those, I can't stand the words and tune so I don't sing it. Absolutely love the Scottish and French one's and if our's was Land Of Hope and Glory or Jerusalem I'd happily belt it out with pride. I find our's embarrassing, I can't wait for it to finish and feel sorry for the players having it thrust on them with cameras in their faces to check if they're singing it with emotion.

Agree with all of that apart from “tremendous manager”. I think he was a very good man manager. He’s clearly got very good people skills and can lead - for the most part that’s what international football is about, pulling together a squad from different teams and getting them to gel. What he’s not very good at is managing a football game. Setting up in a WC semi final against Croatia with a midfield 3 of Henderson, Lingard and Alli showed you all you need to know about his tactical nouse. It’s why he’s never done anything as a club manager. I don’t agree with Bolty that the virtue signalling had anything to do with it. I do agree with Bolty that we now have a manager that given the same situation (ie latter stages of a tournament) would have a better chance of getting us over the line. I’d still rather see Bolton win L1 than England win the World Cup though 👀

Wow. Well, going off this thread, up the piss-boiling Jocks! Interesting, that as supporters of a club who have prided ourselves on bloodying the noses of more illustrious teams for decades, many of our fanbase seemingly can't let the Scots have their moment in the sun. Fucking good on them, I'm delighted for them. Well done to Josh Sheehan too. (As an aside, the English anthem is wank. Imaginary deity save the unelected landowner, indeed.)

I hope Scotland never win a game of football again the bunch massive cunts. Would love Denmark to spoil this and the pricks can carry on buying the shirts and waving the flags of whoever we play in the Knock out stages. There wouldn't be one single Scottish man wanting England to win a football match. Fuck em.

You any idea how they refer to us ffs?😀........fuck me the terminally offended are at it again!! I only have a handful of mates from North of the border and to a man they all love the banter and the insults and revel in giving it back. The point I was making was when we lose they fucking can't wait to gloat but they fuck up I greet my deep fried friends as usual .....it really does irk them you know. And for what its worth I have a Scottish friend who I have been to stay with many times and my honorary title amongst his friends is ' Dirty English bastard', which i happily accept as a term of affection.

2-0 win. Through to the 3rd Round.

When a Yorkshire club turns up with a big following, reminds me of that game (98?) when we smashed Huddersfield 3-0. Todd's teams were hit and miss but that day was a hit. One of the best halves of football from any Bolton side I recall. I'm looking forward to it as we'll find out more about Schumacher and his team this weekend. Fuck the ghost of Evatt once and for all.

That collective pause of breath though. Tremendous

Top post .. it was football ...the theatre of football...I jumped out of my seat for the fourth Scotland goal . Just enjoy the football , it's a beautiful game, wherever it's played and whoever is playing

away fans should never been in the bottom tier, give them the top & top only

This is the kind of thing that really gets my rage on the wrong side of the dial . And I am sure that you are a very lovely gentleman that i would enjoy a pint or 7 with and everyone is entitled to their opinion . BUT This is our National Anthem , yours mine and everyone else that lives in England (at the very least) I couldnt give a shit if the words were " Wibble wibble , we are the weebles, kerplunk kerplunk , whoops were's my thribble , ramasees niblik the third is my name and gerflurgensplat is the game" its the anthem , sing it loud and hard like its a scream of defiance . Folk would rather have Jerusalem , a hymn, as they dont wont religion in an anthemn . Weve had kings and queens for over two thousand years but folk want to be like france . FUCK THAT . Here endeth the lesson .

Not here there isn't.....there nothing that winds the Jocks up more than an Englishman shrugging his shoulders and not giving a fuck about them.

All about the lyrics & anthem mate. There’s nothing to ours & many people just don’t want to sing about God & the Royal family. I’d not be if I was them. Plenty PL stars in the Scotland squad but they still sing it with pride. Anyway What a fucking goal that was, hopefully they don’t sit back too much.

I would put the word out to the migrants that there is fuck all chance of staying in Britain if they do not have relevant documents saying who they are with D.,O.B. and country they are coming from. If they can provide this evidence they will be formally assessed for refugee status, if they cannot provide the evidence they are sent back to France (a safe country) from where they have come from as soon as possible with no chance of accommodation or benefits here, except maybe a day or two in a detention centre

Just don’t start like we did against Port Vale; we need to be on the front foot from the kick off

If SS wants to change formation/personnel because that's his best available team, fine. But no need for changing anything based on who we're playing. As with every other home game this season, we're playing a bang average L1 team at home, who will be dodgy at the back when we attack them, lacking pace and not great at finishing. We are the form team (at home), let them worry about us, don't give them the benefit of changing the style that has worked in the previous 8 (and I include the 2 draws).

We're not going so defensive at home Or away

Loved those wrestling events at Pembroke halls, favourite wrestler was Crusher Mason. Proper good baddie. Happy days.

@masi 51 why in the holy fuck would we play Erhahon on the left? When we've cissoko and JOT who are regulars on the left wing, Forss can and has played there and Gale is supposed to be pretty much fit and ready to go? There's pointlessly fucking about with it and whatever the fuck that suggestion is.

That's being optimistic 😀If we win there will be lots of talk of shutting them up, away end emptying early, rising to the occasion etc. If we lose we know what's coming. Either way, it will be a talking point until Bradford are finally out of our heads, the international break has a lot to answer for. Thank god there's 4 months till the next one, maximum 1 week build up to every game now!

to be fair, some people didn't like the journalist, so, you know, shit happens.

Piss off with your actual match talk

I went last year for a cleaning pole. Lady served me. Great place: the "open all hours" of the cleaning world.

Hopefully the home fanzone will get a mob together and steam the cunts.

yeah, I'll have some, how much?

reckon maybe so Tuchel has the experience of winning big games, cups and titles which most English managers never have best CV since Capello....

Snow up Rivey had a flutter about 9.30 top end of Horwich Lanzarote in the morning 😜☀️

We weren't good enough to beat those teams at home and (with the sole exception of Wigan last season) we weren't good enough to beat them away either. There's nothing mystical about it.

Some bitter jocks on talksport this morning taking shots and England and Simon Jordan. It's bloody brilliant. Shove your big say sweaty love in

I don't reckon many hate the sweaties, but we will soon be flooded with footage of whordes of oat munchers having a once in a lifetime break from their mutual sectarian rivalry. "Oh how wonderful they are"... Until they get back home and return to their petty religious divide.

So you are perfectly happy with them revelling in England misfortune? The daft cunts are still singing about the Hand Of God FFS. Fuck them - it will be enjoyable watching them out with a whimper in the group stage.

2 events I would have given a body part to be involved were the millenium in Times Square and Athens in 2004 ( with a Stelios top on ) . Very Jealous .

I wouldn't call that a fantastic performance at all, at one stage it came up Scotland 1 shot Denmark 17, they relied on wonders goals and a red card, even there own commentators were saying they are playing bad and asking for trouble for being so negative.

That 2nd yellow was a disgusting decision

What a horrendous, horrendous man.

Plausible, yes. Doable, almost certainly not. If enough of her own backbenchers say no, then they're in the predicament they were in before. Tories have offered support, but on the proviso that they toughen it. Can't see that happening whatsoever, so that support probably wouldn't materialse. The ministers know this. A similar position to the last government, with plenty of their own mps not vested in a tough approach. The cynic in me wonders if Starmer et al can see the writing is on the wall, and have essentially decided to move away from the loony left, and go back for their traditional "red-wall" voters. Alternatively, as I said before when she made her first speech in the role, she is pitching her bit for a leadership bid. Quite a clever move on her part either way, though if she fails to made any headway with these measures, it will be hard for her to gain traction in a leadership contest. It should also be noted that these measures won't be retrospective, so they would only come into force once the bill has passed, and a date announced. That would also see a flood of crossings before the cut off date. In essence, doing nothing about all those currently here, and arriving soon.

Flowers of Scotland 👌 Stunner Everytime

I’m guessing I’ll be in the minority here, and likely because I don’t have anywhere near the care for England that I do for Bolton (and it does sound like when your mum says “I like to see local clubs doing well” - which is completely the wrong answer)… but I’d quite like to see all the home nations at the World Cup. Far more interesting than watching Macedonia or similar over there.

Yep. Exactly what many have been saying for a long time but were usually met with being labelled racist, not wanting brown faces, it's not a big deal, brainwashed GB news watchers etc etc.

CUNT LUMP

Here we go - some blame the board material to get the moaners back in the game 🤣 I’m genuinely gobsmacked that some folk are getting so upset about this, even more so that we would fast forward and make a forecast that this could cost us promotion! For Gods sake, embrace the occasion, be prepared to turn your voices up, out-sing the yorkies and have a bit of faith in SS and the boys that they will rise to such an occasion. I’m really looking forward to it COYFWM 👏

@gonzo I'm still not having it "Bolton Are Massive/Get Battered Everywhere They Go" is Rotterdam by The Beautiful South

I can't explain why, but this is ace.