Now kicks off at 3:01

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25 minutes ago, boltonboris said:

If he’s playing right back he’ll be up against Johnston or Conway as opposed to Tutu or Christie. 
 

Besides. He’ll have Blackett-Taylor to pin him back 

 

20 minutes ago, Matt Lofthouse said:

Ha good spot 😄

 

26 minutes ago, boltonboris said:

If he’s playing right back he’ll be up against Johnston or Conway as opposed to Tutu or Christie. 
 

Besides. He’ll have Blackett-Taylor to pin him back 

 

20 minutes ago, Matt Lofthouse said:

Ha good spot 😄

I meant our right back ! Hence talking about Christie and Tutu ! 

I only just discovered multi quote, not quite mastered it 😂

37 minutes ago, Ani said:

Only doubt I would have on Saturday is the right back/wing back. Cleary is clearly (😂) their biggest threat and neither Christie ( for pace) and Tutu ( based on second half v Dons) are our strongest . 
 

But if we get them on back foot and push on will be fine *
 

* assuming we can kick straight with a bit of power in front of goal 

Which is why despite being at home I wouldn’t ditch the 3 centre backs against these. They don’t only have Cleary, good as he is, theres also Philips, Banks and McGoldrick who are serious threats. They’re not the best at the back though and the keepers questionable so rather let’s keep a strong defence and let our forwards rip into them.

Is Sheehan fit?

56 minutes ago, Ani said:

 

 

 

I meant our right back ! Hence talking about Christie and Tutu ! 

I only just discovered multi quote, not quite mastered it 😂

I can’t see him starting Christie, the pace issue alone means Tutu is more suited.

Based on my scouting mission last night, I don’t think McGoldrick plays, I think they’ll sit deep and try and use Cleary and Banks on the wings to break. Cleary didn’t have a great game but you can see why he has the highest number of assists in the league - stop him (match him up with pace) and they really don’t have much else.

It’ll be interesting to see if Connell is back off the naughty step.

Last night couldn’t really have gone much better for us. Morale got hit with a late equaliser to a team they’d expect to beat, crowd on their back, weather was terrible, pitch looked heavy and likely took it out of their legs and their 38 year old striker in form played his second 90 mins in 4 days which for me makes him highly unlikely to play against us.

4-0 Bolton! Dalby, Apter x2, Kenny

12 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Is Sheehan fit?

Well fit. 

12 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

So you have no confidence in our renovated striker force to do better than we have in the last 3 months?

It was tongue in cheek TBH, just picking up on the usual "we need to score 1st" stuff that gets aired every single game, probably by fans of all 92 clubs.  Not you BTW, every fan of every team comes up with it and I'm no different, in the Colin Todd team for eg if we conceded I always assumed we'd just take a bit longer to get ahead, but its a different game now, first goal is massive.

To answer your question, who is the renovated strikeforce for this particular game?  I'm expecting the same team as at Wimbledon which is fine, they played well.  But also people are soon forgetting our best attacker/creator this season is currently injured and we are struggling for goalscorers, are you expecting us to bag 3 or 4 on Saturday with largely the same team that has only been scoring 1's and 2's against teams arguably worse than Barnsley?

I'm only talking about this 1 game, not the rest of the season when new signings will be bedded in.

43 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Is Sheehan fit?

read he failed a medical at cardiff last week

30 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

It was tongue in cheek TBH, just picking up on the usual "we need to score 1st" stuff that gets aired every single game, probably by fans of all 92 clubs.  Not you BTW, every fan of every team comes up with it and I'm no different, in the Colin Todd team for eg if we conceded I always assumed we'd just take a bit longer to get ahead, but its a different game now, first goal is massive.

To answer your question, who is the renovated strikeforce for this particular game?  I'm expecting the same team as at Wimbledon which is fine, they played well.  But also people are soon forgetting our best attacker/creator this season is currently injured and we are struggling for goalscorers, are you expecting us to bag 3 or 4 on Saturday with largely the same team that has only been scoring 1's and 2's against teams arguably worse than Barnsley?

I'm only talking about this 1 game, not the rest of the season when new signings will be bedded in.

You say same team so all of Conway, Sheehan, Simons, Gale, Rodriquez and Kenny do not start.......We will have some bench

Just now, masi 51 said:

You say same team so all of Conway, Sheehan, Simons, Gale, Rodriquez and Kenny do not start.......We will have some bench

Largely the same team as last few months I meant - eg if Sheehan starts instead of Dempsey or Simons instead of EE its a normal line up, nothing new.  Same with Conway or Johnston, or 3 CBs or 2 CBs.  Gale unlikely to start instead of CBT.  Rodriguez definitely not starting any time soon according to SS, Kenny supposedly a doubt but no way is a new signing just coming in to replace Dalby or McAtee without getting a try off the bench.

And yes, we will have some bench whoever starts, definitely.

54 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Is Sheehan fit?

Expected back but touch and go on Kenny. Had a similar injury to Sheehan and might be a bit behind

rodrigues on the bench is Likely 

Much discontent at Barnsley and probably not helped with last nights result. Fans have every right to be unhappy letting DKD go and only replacing him with 33 year old injury prone ex Tyke Tom Bradshaw giving a total age for their strike force of 71 years!. Who knows what will happen with Luca who apparently had a move lined up which was then pulled leading to his reputed strop? Could he have been heading here instead of our Scottish target which failed? Who knows but surely in the state they’re in and without McGoldrick fit to start we won’t get a better chance to hump them? This could be the game when things finally go right and the players for once find their shooting boots?

18 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

Much discontent at Barnsley and probably not helped with last nights result. Fans have every right to be unhappy letting DKD go and only replacing him with 33 year old injury prone ex Tyke Tom Bradshaw giving a total age for their strike force of 71 years!. Who knows what will happen with Luca who apparently had a move lined up which was then pulled leading to his reputed strop? Could he have been heading here instead of our Scottish target which failed? Who knows but surely in the state they’re in and without McGoldrick fit to start we won’t get a better chance to hump them? This could be the game when things finally go right and the players for once find their shooting boots?

Connell was reportedly on his way to Luton but it fell through.

And in the summer it was widely reported that Wycombe bid £1.2mil for him.

Presumably he's been anticipating a pay rise and longer contract and its not happened, but no suggestion we were in for him.  In another world he should have been here for the last 7 years not Celtic U20s and Barnsley.

Connell had been in discussions with Luton. The clubs couldn't strike a deal & he was told that on Tuesday.

Bit of a sideways move.

50 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Connell was reportedly on his way to Luton but it fell through.

And in the summer it was widely reported that Wycombe bid £1.2mil for him.

Presumably he's been anticipating a pay rise and longer contract and its not happened, but no suggestion we were in for him.  In another world he should have been here for the last 7 years not Celtic U20s and Barnsley.

Yeah fuck the little cunt

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1 hour ago, jmjhb said:

Bit of a sideways move.

Probably not salary wise.. Luton offering decent wages by all accounts

I think I've seen us play Barnsley more than any other team.

Barnsley 0 

same spine - Dalby, Erahon and Forino

Pretty excited for this one with new lads

Just saw this on twitter and had to post it: 

 

7 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Largely the same team as last few months I meant - eg if Sheehan starts instead of Dempsey or Simons instead of EE its a normal line up, nothing new.  Same with Conway or Johnston, or 3 CBs or 2 CBs.  Gale unlikely to start instead of CBT.  Rodriguez definitely not starting any time soon according to SS, Kenny supposedly a doubt but no way is a new signing just coming in to replace Dalby or McAtee without getting a try off the bench.

And yes, we will have some bench whoever starts, definitely.

Totally new team than the past few months.....New keeper, Johnston full back, Firino in the middle

No Sheehan or Simons, Two Wingers making their debut and a start for Mcatee

SS has now got options

3 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Connell had been in discussions with Luton. The clubs couldn't strike a deal & he was told that on Tuesday.

He's still only 24 !

Under contract at Barnsley until June 30, 2027. He signed a four-year contract extension in July 2023, which also has a club option for an additional year. 

So if he's dissatisfied with his income it's sort of out of his hands. ... & his fault.

They were asking £1.2m 12m ago.

That apart I'd still have him. Just the sort of midfield shithouse we needed through the Evatt years.

1 hour ago, Zog1 said:

Just saw this on twitter and had to post it: 

 

Absolute shite for thick people.

23 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Absolute shite for thick people.

You like it then! 🤣

51 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Totally new team than the past few months.....New keeper, Johnston full back, Firino in the middle

No Sheehan or Simons, Two Wingers making their debut and a start for Mcatee

SS has now got options

Do you think GJ will stay at FB? (genuine question).  Either way the defence is basically what its been all season (no reinforcements), and why wouldn't it be, it doesn't need to be improved especially at home, we've hardly conceded any.

I think the chat was about making us more potent up front.  The 2 big changes for this week are CBT and Apter for Gale and ACD - 2 good signings, hopefully an upgrade but they are hardly replacing poor players.

Not sure why "no Sheehan or Simons"?  Sheehan a must for me, and Simons interchangeable with EE, neither are consistent but are great on their day.

McAtee has played the last 3 games, and we've seen the improvement, long may it continue.

Yes SS does have more options up front once the new players are integrated, for this week we might have to be patient. If there are changes compared to Wimbledon I'd expect it to be the tried and trusted that have played loads. 

25 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Do you think GJ will stay at FB? (genuine question).  Either way the defence is basically what its been all season (no reinforcements), and why wouldn't it be, it doesn't need to be improved especially at home, we've hardly conceded any.

I think the chat was about making us more potent up front.  The 2 big changes for this week are CBT and Apter for Gale and ACD - 2 good signings, hopefully an upgrade but they are hardly replacing poor players.

Not sure why "no Sheehan or Simons"?  Sheehan a must for me, and Simons interchangeable with EE, neither are consistent but are great on their day.

McAtee has played the last 3 games, and we've seen the improvement, long may it continue.

Yes SS does have more options up front once the new players are integrated, for this week we might have to be patient. If there are changes compared to Wimbledon I'd expect it to be the tried and trusted that have played loads. 

Think Data will decide that. Conway i imagine will play away at Lincoln, SS may give him another week rest

We have a squad and options now for more than one system