Dr. Feelgood

They were overwhelmed. I kept thinking 'they'll get a grip in a minute' but they just didn't. Bravo Greece who played very well. The defence was awful & clueless. Pickford has a mistake built into his DNA. Most concerning for me was Bellingham. A great player as we all know & a well hit goal, but he's believing his own hype now & needs to knuckle down. Constantly trying to run the match & whittering at the ref. He'll collect cards, both colours if he doesn't stop.

An excellent riposte. 👏👏👏🤣

The breaker of Peter Reid.

Is Pedro Williams still playing for them?

"Holding has only made one appearance for the club since he joined on a three-year deal (13 months ago), in the EFL Cup last season ...". How odd. Obviously now used to earning big money but aged 29 he'd be best off getting a loan, if not a sale, somewhere.

In some form, yes. He's the manager, head coach. He's, many times, boasted of the quality of his players and their control. He's mocked those of us who fail to appreciate the pitta-pat keeper to Santos, to full back to Santos, to Sheehan to Santos, to fullback, to keeper etc., etc. He's the one who's devised this, purchased for it, coached on it. It's what he wants. All well & good now & then. Not continuously, not without any clear intent to use it as a lever to break forward. Regarding where players stand & how they defend corners .... absolutely. Do you not ?

Well, him going into hiding for a month after Oxford won't have helped.

Well I've no intention of getting a banner made or paying for a light aircraft to fly over. I want Bolton to win every match & if he proves me wrong I'll be genuinely happy & be quick to admit it. I just don't see that happening & every extra game is just kicking the can along.

Well, in a word "yes".

I am very much Evatt out. No dispute there. If they WERE from his choices what was yesterday all about ? Why revert ? I believe the players won those, not his fantastic Damascene conversion & yesterday, 2nd half, proved that. The only thing that stopped the win were those substitutions which killed the momentum. But he HAD to make them as his blueprint demanded it.

So you're giving up on this season ? He either changes, & he's had 3 major opportunities to do that. Or we get same ol', same ol' ... & we know how that ends. I honestly think the past 3 games were despite, not because of him.

Stats depend on your starting and end data points. If you just check the initial phase, the data will say "not many goals come direct from the corner". (Unless you're playing Bolton, of course). But no-one further upfield merely guarantees the ball will come back in. From new angles, you're not set for. A player out there will offer the chance to delay or prevent that.

If you leave, say, Dion 1 yard off the centre spot the opposition have to put 2 players back with him. That's not difficult to see. If there's another left about 35yards up, then they need covering. So any ball, even half cleared, doesn't easily come pinging back in for what is called the 'second phase'. I don't give a fck what some statistic shows. How do professionals not understand this ?

The mood very quickly returns to Evatt's future. After a little run when we played differently, scored early and took the game to the opposition we revert to fckg pit-a-pat ... &, subsequently, to making mistakes and defending like amatuers. He instructs that playing style, despite the different style getting results. I'm not sure whether in the second half the changed style was just the players grabbing it, rather than him upping the tempo. ... & I fckg hate the play-by-numbers style where he makes the same substitutions, at the same time as if it's a law. Then the shenanigans at the end. The Mr. Angry act of a man who can't control himself. We can continue Death by a Thousand cuts or rip the plaster off now. He's not going to change.

Only half paying attention & saw that LEI were playing JUV & thought it was Leicester but it didn't look like their ground. 🫣🙄🤪

Accepted, but the quicker the turn around the less chance for that to be solid. We've given teams time to build the bloody Maginot Line, bring on reinforcements and cook tea.

So long as Wiggin aren't Wiggin.

Agreed. Why did it take a crisis to get to this ?

Yes. Starting, together. As was my point at the time.

So, it seems attacking with speed & intensity pays dividends. Plan 'C' maybe. Who'da known ?

Pleased with Collins & McAtee up front. I have an instinct they'll be good together. Allows 'rotation' & players to keep fresh.

Gosh. I wish we had Matete full time. As close to a tough player as we have. (... I put George in his own category of run-around loon with a great pass in him).

... & that's just the women !

That the whole deal with clickbait radio. Sad, ain't it.

Re. Morley. Would you take a starting place over a place on the bench ? For me I'd rather be playing. I accept higher pay matters, but it would have to be significantly higher. If he returns to Bolton it's, at best, to an occasional game & for a manager who's not a fan of his.