Amir Khan's auld fella has give him a heads up that if he dyes his hair then he's a dead man walking with the fanbase. 

 

Edited December 12, 2025Dec 12 by RoadRunnerFan

7 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Anyone else think that Schumacher’s interview showed a man with greyer hair and a more furrowed brow than the Schumacher that arrived at the club?

So am I.

Right no messing about 

 

TSL

 Christie Toal Johnson Conway 

Sheehan simons

ACD forss cissokho

burstow

I would freshen things up go a little more solid and add more pace to the team....Yes i know we are doing ok, but i do not want to be approaching Christmas with teams like Stevenage and Lincoln [After losing their best 4 players] Above us.

Happy at the start of the season to consolidate and i thought we would certainly improve under SS. This season the league is dire and promotion is there for the taking.

          TSL

TuTu      Forrester   Johnston   Conway

        Simons        Erahon 

           Sheehan

 

ACD    Burstow              Gale

The team has already been announced

 

1 hour ago, masi 51 said:

I would freshen things up go a little more solid and add more pace to the team....Yes i know we are doing ok, but i do not want to be approaching Christmas with teams like Stevenage and Lincoln [After losing their best 4 players] Above us.

Happy at the start of the season to consolidate and i thought we would certainly improve under SS. This season the league is dire and promotion is there for the taking.

          TSL

TuTu      Forrester   Johnston   Conway

        Simons        Erahon 

           Sheehan

 

ACD    Burstow              Gale

Genuine interest (ie not having a go) - you’d take Toal out?

Reason I ask is I’m surprised given we’ve got the 2nd best defensive record in the league (and I’m a Forrester fan).

8 minutes ago, gonzo said:

The team has already been announced

 

And it’s a belter.

Beautiful day, back on home turf, got 5-0 written all over it.

3-0

Burstow, Gale, Toal

22,319

Come On You Whites!!!

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

And it’s a belter.

Beautiful day, back on home turf, got 5-0 written all over it.

I can't make today so it deffo will be.

Traffic will be a breeze and there'll be no queues at the bar and no moaning from me on here later

I am however going to follow the game on Bolton News vidiprinter and call every player totally fucking shit throughout the game (mainly Cogley)even though I've no actual idea as to what is going on.

37 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Genuine interest (ie not having a go) - you’d take Toal out?

Reason I ask is I’m surprised given we’ve got the 2nd best defensive record in the league (and I’m a Forrester fan).

I’m a huge Forrester fan too but no way I’d leave Toal out of this. I’d have played Will against Mansfield last Tuesday because he’s the best scrapper and blocker we’ve got but I don’t think Schu sees in him what others do.

4-0 @ 16/1 & 4-1 @ 20/1

Best home record against about the worst away record.......what could possibly go wrong ? Uh oh

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Genuine interest (ie not having a go) - you’d take Toal out?

Reason I ask is I’m surprised given we’ve got the 2nd best defensive record in the league (and I’m a Forrester fan).

Yes i would Toal needs a breather more than most, he has not had the international breaks most have had coupled with him being included in some cup games. Thats not taking him out long term....That 11 i picked is a million miles off both selection and system ss plays. Just a alternative view point.

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

The team has already been announced

 

Just seen him say Morley and Dempsey are out..........I take it if Cogley is playing and not Christie. So the dead balls will go to Sheehan....More than happy with that.

Just threw Desmond in at right back because he is no worse than Cogley and would link up better with ACD 

Nowt wrong with Toal, but to phrase one of your sayings he is treading treacle........Ideal time to give him a breather before the Christmas work load.

Edited December 13, 2025Dec 13 by masi 51

My thinking is we’ll need pace at the back as Caldwell usually packs the midfield away from home to frustrate and depend on scoring on the counter - however he may opt for Magennis as a hold up striker to play off but we’ll see.

Just checked and they are excellent defensively away from home - 6th best record in the league - so I’m even more convinced we have to score first in this one, ideally early to see if we can loosen them up a bit and then any score is possible even though they rarely concede more than one per game away.

9 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

My thinking is we’ll need pace at the back as Caldwell usually packs the midfield away from home to frustrate and depend on scoring on the counter - however he may opt for Magennis as a hold up striker to play off but we’ll see.

Just checked and they are excellent defensively away from home - 6th best record in the league - so I’m even more convinced we have to score first in this one, ideally early to see if we can loosen them up a bit and then any score is possible even though they rarely concede more than one per game away.

They're bottom of the away form table, having scored 4. Agree an early goal would probably kill it off.

Edited December 13, 2025Dec 13 by jmjhb

1 minute ago, jmjhb said:

They're bottom of the away form table.

And conceding over a goal a game away from home. They’re not excellent defensively 

I do agree though Lusty with your point that we need to score first - although that’s not dissimilar to any of these type of teams that come up to set up camp and not be broken down.

Edited December 13, 2025Dec 13 by Eddie

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

I am however going to follow the game on Bolton News vidiprinter and call every player totally fucking shit throughout the game (mainly Cogley)even though I've no actual idea as to what is going on.

Don't forget to be the first caller on GMR stating how you've not been to the game but are gonna have your whinge anyway 

1 hour ago, frank_spencer said:

Don't forget to be the first caller on GMR stating how you've not been to the game but are gonna have your whinge anyway 

And start by saying I’m not normally one to whinge but…….

2 hours ago, masi 51 said:

Just seen him say Morley and Dempsey are out..........I take it if Cogley is playing and not Christie. So the dead balls will go to Sheehan....More than happy with that.

Just threw Desmond in at right back because he is no worse than Cogley and would link up better with ACD 

Nowt wrong with Toal, but to phrase one of your sayings he is treading treacle........Ideal time to give him a breather before the Christmas work load.

Who said that ? SS said no new injuries in the interview posted on here did nt ? 
 

Where did you hear this ? 

They’ve conceded 10 away goals at an average of 1.11 goals per game I.e. 6th in the away defensive table. Equally they’ve had trouble scoring away from home hence their lowly position 

Always likely to happen when they set up to frustrate.

Edited December 13, 2025Dec 13 by Wanderlust

47 minutes ago, Ani said:

Who said that ? SS said no new injuries in the interview posted on here did nt ? 
 

Where did you hear this ? 

Royal white posted it yesterday,,,,,,,He has been spot on the last few games

3 hours ago, masi 51 said:

Just seen him say Morley and Dempsey are out..........I take it if Cogley is playing and not Christie. So the dead balls will go to Sheehan....More than happy with that.

Just threw Desmond in at right back because he is no worse than Cogley and would link up better with ACD 

Nowt wrong with Toal, but to phrase one of your sayings he is treading treacle........Ideal time to give him a breather before the Christmas work load.

Might be a late change. Think Christie could be starting 

4-4-2??