Plymouth Argyle (H)

[athywhite1958]

As others have said, great performance, looking forward to Barnsley next week, let the good times r

[mickbrown]

Great stuff.

Love that we’ve signed Glen Hoddle as a keeper. 

Gale is going to be a shitload of fun this season  

The lad from Hull had a great game. Worked hard, made runs held it up and got involved. 
 

All topped off by McAtee giving us a short cameo doing none of the above and reminding us just how fucking shite he is. 
 

Encouraging

[onefinfrandsen]

36 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

The difference between really top wide men, and those at a lower level.

Brighton lad may go on to bigger things, but any team with two wide lads with skill and pace need them to create goals.

I'm confident they will, but some teams will double up/find a way to nullify some of that pace, meaning they will need an extra string to the bow. 

Plymouth had 3 men on acd at times and still couldn’t stop him

[Cheese]

 

[gonzo]

Feels a little bit like Bolton are back to me.

[Cheese]

 

[Casino]

5 hours ago, Kane57 said:

Expecting Sheehan to step up to the plate after all these years of never ever stepping up to anything is quite the show of faith/drunkenness

 

Will you never learn

[gonzo]

Just now, Casino said:

 

Will you never learn

He was well up for it today.

Maybe he can do more than take the ball of Santos and get clattered after all.

[Eddie]

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Feels a little bit like Bolton are back to me.

Players that you actually want to like. It makes a big difference!

TSL has a bit of Trafford about him - he’s a character that will become a fan’s favourite.

Burstow running himself into the ground, battling, winning headers, grafting - it’s the kind of stuff that fans loved SKD for.

Simons won’t shirk out of one 50:50 (or even 40:60) all season.

Wingers never stopping and doing everything they can to get you off your seats.

Homegrown lad looking every bit the LB we’ve not had for years.

Plus the lads that are left from the old squad are the ones that are clearly the better characters (maybe one or two still yet to leave).

You want them to do well, you give them the benefit of the doubt and encouragement when they make a mistake. Compare that to the shower of shit managed by a manager that nobody liked of last year!

[BWFC_LOVE]

5 minutes ago, Casino said:

 

Will you never learn

The modern day TonyCee. Might see a positive post one day. 

[MancWanderer]

3 hours ago, paulhanley said:

Will avoid the analysis for now. After a long winless run at the end of 24/5 and last weekend it feels brilliant to get a good solid home win on the board. Really important also in the context of being dealt what looked like a tough first three games of the season. 

Enjoy the evening everyone. A long season ahead ... but a different era now and prospects ahead.

Aye. No point overanalysing. 2-0 is a good win. We move on

Enjoyable is my word for the day 

[Johnnyrotten]

All very well playing well, scoring 2 goals and never looking like conceding.

But I assume most of us are still fuming at the line up, Johnston can't defend and we need to get shut, Tutu will never make a full back, Sheehan and Randall weak as piss, Toal never been the same player since the injury, too slow and gets bullied.

Hopefully SS will see sense and get our best XI on the pitch next week.

[batton carrier]

Straight in pub after game just got home.

Loved that performance. More of that please lads

[Kane57]

39 minutes ago, Casino said:

 

Will you never learn

Was today a particularly memorable performance? Not sure 

[gonzo]

1 minute ago, Kane57 said:

Was today a particularly memorable performance? Not sure 

I'd say it was tbf. Proved he was more than just some schmuck sitting in front of the back 3 accepting suicide balls.

Miles better than Morley.

[Ros Coe]

Good performance against a very Evatt like team.. did they ever test Teddy?

Relieved those days are over for us. 😮‍💨

we’re more organised and balanced, don’t mind not having the ball but want to win it back quickly after losing it. Finally playing with proper wingers who can change/win games. No longer a soft underbelly. Simons cool, no nonsense type we’ve been lacking and Erhahon will be a beast when match fit.

Early days yet , but we didn’t deserve to lose last week and definitely deserved a win today. This team has potential and we might yet have a squad and manager that is built in the Bolton way. 🤞

 

 

 

 

[Johnnyrotten]

OK joking aside.  Great performance, first look at Simons in the flesh and I know why McGinlay said he'd be our best player.  Championship standard all day long, just doesn't put a foot wrong at this level.  Hard as nails and doesn't give unnecessary free kicks away.

Wingers an absolute breath of fresh air, fast direct, fearless and want to shoot.  

Burstow is exactly what we've been missing last few years.  He's not "outstanding", he's just a centre forward who knows what the role is and plays it with intelligence and strength.  If folk thought Vic was OK in that role, compare and contrast.

[Eddie]

Others have said it, but worth a post of its own.

Max Conway!

Never seen anything of the lad before. Wouldn’t have known him if I was sat next to him. That’s a proper full back performance!

He does have an uncanny similarity to Alonso in his stature, the way he moves, shapes himself etc.. I don’t care how good Taylor is, he doesn’t come back in if Conway continues to play like that.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, Casino said:

Fortunately, I dont think hes anywhere near prem level, not least cos hes small

Which is great for us

Not yet, and maybe he won't get there.

Not arsed about skilful wingers being tall.

Pace, low centre of gravity, and a bit of strength.

Get the head up and add end product and they're on their way.

[ianofcleveleys]

2 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Top marks for Schumacher picking that starting eleven. 
There were hints he might make a few changes, and those he made were brave and made a nonsense of some of the comments on here about individual players. Including me. By dropping JDC and replacing him with OT there was far more cover down the right flank and created a role for Sheehan to partner Simons in the middle so that either could use their distribution skills most effectively and opened the door for more direct football which proved effective today. I was mistaken - Sheehan does have a role where he doesn’t have to feel he has to take responsibility all the time or fact about with the ball and as long as he sticks to that he’ll be fine. It’s a good system for most opposition even though it puts a lot of demands on Toal and Johnston. But they are warriors.

When I saw the line up I thought it looked a bit lightweight, and Tutu at right back gave me the shivers, but I'd happily hold my hand up, it was the right pick for the day and the opposition. The Simons / Sheehan combo worked a treat. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, onefinfrandsen said:

Plymouth had 3 men on acd at times and still couldn’t stop him

Yes, I know.

To be a top winger though, crosses and assists have to be consistent.

He looks a diamond so far at this level- just hope he manages to keep it up, and even improve.

[Zog1]

I'm conviced the reason people think the defenders from last year are so bad is literally down to Evatt's inability to understand tactics above an elementary level.

League 1 isn't hard... not really. Simple back 4, a hard bugger in the middle, a passer next to him, and 2 wingers and lump to aim at.

Under Ian Ego, we had a midfield with 3 passers (none of them bad players just not the right mix) that was never going to work. If we'd have had a Simons or Erhahon in 2023-24 we'd have been promoted. 

 

 

 

 

 

[ianofcleveleys]

1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Yes, I know.

To be a top winger though, crosses and assists have to be consistent.

He looks a diamond so far at this level- just hope he manages to keep it up, and even improve.

My Blackburn mate said he did well first half of season under Eustace though end product was hit and miss, less so under Ismael who didn't seem to fancy him. Like one or two of SS's signings, this level might be spot on for him

[Ros Coe]

9 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Others have said it, but worth a post of its own.

Max Conway!

Never seen anything of the lad before. Wouldn’t have known him if I was sat next to him. That’s a proper full back performance!

He does have an uncanny similarity to Alonso in his stature, the way he moves, shapes himself etc.. I don’t care how good Taylor is, he doesn’t come back in if Conway continues to play like that.

I said exactly the same today..

[ianofcleveleys]

Just now, Ros Coe said:

I said exactly the same today..

What I've liked about him last week and this is his anticipation, he sees things early and cuts balls out. That's a great attribute, aside from his height, running power and good left peg. Done his defending very well both games