marple whites

Where do I start ? 2 hours to get from Marple to Sheffield on normally a 50 min train. got off at dore to get an uber to Sheffield, then ok to the ground. frist 10 ok, should have gone 1 up (Johnston) then the next 60 was embarrassing from all 11 plus subs. Left at 3, back to Sheffield- took half an hour. then best hour of the day - killer in the Howard at Sheffield. train then again delayed, kicked off the train at new mills, another drink, then only half of us got back on as mix up with platforms, so 2 under 16s on, dad not, got home 10 hours after leaving for a local game. do the players or manager have any idea of the cost and time we put into these nob heads ? They haven’t got the first idea - and the cold shoulder from my missus is worse than the 2 hours watching that game. something has to give, fans falling out, players not arsed, manager blaming the players - and as for his post match interview…… anyway, back to the g and t

Driving for this - normally a great trip this, but bus replacement and early kick off has put paid to that

Spoke to someone at work who is a Rotherham season ticket holder. The pitch is Australian grass that is grown in Florida. The pitch is never in a bad state so won’t be the pitch that gets the game called off. will be surrounding areas that aren’t really thawing. also, point to note, the train station was shut on Monday due to flooding - at worst get off at meadow hall and taxi it.

I am sure they will have it covered with the game being on sky it’s a decent earner for them to try at all costs to get it on.

We had a good chat with some derby fans on the way home - quite balanced in terms of being carful what you wish for. no money and what do their fans expect - they would seem to be happy if they stay up All about opinions isn’t it

Bloody long day but eventually worth it. first half again played reasonably well, just cant take our chances. miss a sitter second half, then gift them a goal with a bow on it. period of scrappy play and Charles for me then changes the game with his closing down and non stop running. appeared a decent finish from Collins. then everyone listening to the tannoy saying the game might be stopped and we score - then bedlum not felt like that or celebrated like that for ages. certainly made for a happy trip home. next stop Rotherham - we never win there……….

Can’t defend and can’t score - the 2 fundamentals to win football matches. the second half was boring. set pieces were garbage. got what we deserved …… again

Only played 10 this season, shame I like him, but need to assume that’s him done for the season

Certainly not my favourite

Mansfield was the turning point of the season last time we played there in Covid

The starting defence with the options of Williams and tutu is strong for this division and I think will see us get more points second half of the season if they all stay fit. with the other players coming back (Morley, Dempsey, cmg) and throw in a new striker once Charles goes and we have a half decent team. this month is going to be very telling as to how it’s going to shape up tho with 4 tough aways. anyway, 3 points, clean sheet, only downside being we should have scored more.

Got what we deserved - simple as

Not sure you can use the car park in front of the hotel - thought that was away only. we use the one behind the fanzone. in terms of the app they just debit your card each time you park up for a game. In fairness works well. earlier you get there the better places you can park, near to the exits to get a quick get away

Another late Lisa stansfield goal - like a juggernaut those men

Great point in isolation, thought forrester and Williams were immense and hope they both start against Barnsley. Jones just isn’t cutting it for me. they were very wasteful in the final third. let’s hope this can be the start of a run. big shout out to all that travelled the Friday before Xmas - top effort.

And there were loads of shrieking kids in that stand down the side to make it even worse than it was.

Yep me and junior in - trains booked

It’s the sort of game we will go and win - can’t see it - but it would be typical bolton

The ticket office said this counts as 1 of my 5 returns as it is the scheduled kick off - not bothered either way - I ain’t going

No one takes any credit what so ever for that. 6 games against top sides - Huddersfield, Stockport, Wigan, charlton, Birmingham, Wigan and let in 16 and scored none. embarrassing and no defenders for top of the league next week.

Yep same here

The season that keeps on giving ……

Any win will do and in the magnitude of this game, that would be huge. the division isn’t great, we need to keep holding on until injured players return and the transfer window opens. We will also gave another decent run

Got called off as we were in taxi to Stockport station. luckily got full train refund. Really bad results with a few winning away today. another week for injured players to recover, but huge next week irrespective.

We actually did better when Sheehan went off Tuesday - and tomo is back