desperado Posted January 25 Posted January 25 2 hours ago, Bertie said: Hate watching these guys (Burton not us) Good job you clarified that one in the current climate 😂 On a serious note, condolences, BWFC is a great way of getting normality and distraction from burdens back into your life 👏 Hope they get a win firstly for you and a decent performance as a bonus Quote
FrancisFogarty Posted January 25 Posted January 25 12 minutes ago, frank_spencer said: I'd rather give him that bit extra to recover so a spot on the bench in case we need him. This. A bit of bench time for him and make sure early on that we won’t need him. Quote
thebells Posted January 25 Posted January 25 2 hours ago, Eddie said: Burton’s 5 included Reading, Plymouth and Lincoln away and Huddersfield at home. We’ve had a squad that has been so big, with so many not able to fit even in the match day 17 that we’ve been happy to trim it down - I can’t imagine Burton have that luxury. We’re 3rd and they’re 20th I accept there needs to be patience and to be honest, any win will do, but this idea that we’re hard done to with the number of games is a bit overly defensive of the team / performances. We weren’t shit on Saturday because we’d played 2 more games since Boxing Day compared to Orient - we couldn’t have wished for a better / easier run over the traditionally hardest part of the season. We were just a bit shit, but we won. I didn’t say we were hard done to. It was a simple observation about something that is one of many factors in the ultimate result of a football game. Quote
Eddie Posted January 25 Posted January 25 16 minutes ago, thebells said: I didn’t say we were hard done to. It was a simple observation about something that is one of many factors in the ultimate result of a football game. Fair enough, hard done to probably the wrong wording. I suppose I just don’t think those extra couple of games are a massive factor in us looking a bit shit. And if they are, we should have used our squad better. Anyway, regardless of number of games, I think we’ll win on Tuesday and by a couple at least. Quote
BoltonPro15 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 There's a group of 12 of us who usually go. We very rarely have full attendance, but usually around 8/10 of us every game. This season we've completely tailed off and for the first time ever we had zero there on Saturday. Think we've 3 confirmed so far for Tuesday. Quote
L/H White Posted January 26 Posted January 26 1 minute ago, BoltonPro15 said: There's a group of 12 of us who usually go. We very rarely have full attendance, but usually around 8/10 of us every game. This season we've completely tailed off and for the first time ever we had zero there on Saturday. Think we've 3 confirmed so far for Tuesday. people like your lot & @gonzo why the clubs treading water Quote
Stig Posted January 26 Posted January 26 What has happened this season as attendance (actual, not tickets sold) does seem to have tailed off a bit? Boredom of the same league for 5 years? Or could just be a run of really uninspiring games over this winter period. I am definitely looking forward to the next game with a decent away following Quote
BoltonPro15 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 7 minutes ago, Stig said: What has happened this season as attendance (actual, not tickets sold) does seem to have tailed off a bit? Boredom of the same league for 5 years? Or could just be a run of really uninspiring games over this winter period. I am definitely looking forward to the next game with a decent away following Can only speak for me and my lot (some have been going since 70's, others since 90's). I can't remember it ever being as dull to watch. It's not exciting or entertaining at the moment. This leaves us open to better offers, which wouldn't have even been a consideration in times gone by. Boredom of the same league is probably about right too. Quote
BeeversLeftPeg Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Horrible side to play against, always have been. Dark arts from minute 1, hopefully an early goal will help avoid another close run thing game like Saturday, but can't see it to be honest. 1-0 Whites, just. Tomorrow night feels like a really big night in the season for us. Quote
BeeversLeftPeg Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Just now, BoltonPro15 said: Can only speak for me and my lot (some have been going since 70's, others since 90's). I can't remember it ever being as dull to watch. It's not exciting or entertaining at the moment. This leaves us open to better offers, which wouldn't have even been a consideration in times gone by. Boredom of the same league is probably about right too. I'd argue that the same applies to football across the board at the moment. The way the game is played compared to even 10/15 years ago is so different. Quote
Ani Posted January 26 Posted January 26 8 minutes ago, Stig said: What has happened this season as attendance (actual, not tickets sold) does seem to have tailed off a bit? Boredom of the same league for 5 years? Or could just be a run of really uninspiring games over this winter period. I am definitely looking forward to the next game with a decent away following Think there have just been too many games in short period, we had 3 out of there Saturday. : or 4 Tuesday. Add in the not so great weather and people not having paid since Xmas, who in the right mind is going to take the family to Bolton v Orient in the middle of January as a treat ? If you are paying for ticket on day you are doing in north of £100 for tickets and crap you buy on day to watch. Especially when we have Burton on Tuesday 😂😂 Quote
Whitesince63 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 I think it’s a combination of too much on TV now and their switching of game times, the weather and the pretty dire football on offer. To be fair to the club they’ve kept ticket prices down to the lowest level possible so there’s no more they can do but at the end of the day you want to watch exciting football and recently it’s been anything but that, more frustrating than anything and that’s never good. Hopefully as the weather picks up, we get some good signings in and results and performances improve things will look a lot better. Quote
ianofcleveleys Posted January 26 Posted January 26 33 minutes ago, BeeversLeftPeg said: I'd argue that the same applies to football across the board at the moment. The way the game is played compared to even 10/15 years ago is so different. I was thinking the same, its become more of a grind this season with us, factors certainly including run of games against opponents with the same MO, poor officiating allowing games to descend into pantomime shithousing, and our collective loss of form / confidence, but there's a wider loss of enjoyment across the board that I see bemoaned across the socials by folk from clubs of all levels. The joy has been sucked out of Premier League football through VAR, in the EFL its more of the above, emphasis on grinding points out by hook or by crook by some coaches, other Poundland Peps turning their fans off with tedious attempts at 'possession based football' to satisfy some rich but dim owner who thinks its cool to have a 'vision and a project'. Quote
bwfc2003 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 53 minutes ago, BoltonPro15 said: Can only speak for me and my lot (some have been going since 70's, others since 90's). I can't remember it ever being as dull to watch. It's not exciting or entertaining at the moment. This leaves us open to better offers, which wouldn't have even been a consideration in times gone by. Boredom of the same league is probably about right too. How many last minute goals have we scored - is that not exiting enough for you Quote
gonzo Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Firesticks are a big killer, especially in the depths of deepest darkest January. Quote
L/H White Posted January 26 Posted January 26 1 minute ago, gonzo said: Firesticks are a big killer, especially in the depths of deepest darkest January. 100% can sit on the couch at 7:44 with your balls out nice & warm and don't have to fight getting off that car park during the week Quote
RUREADY2ROLL Posted January 26 Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, L/H White said: 100% can sit on the couch at 7:44 with your balls out nice & warm and don't have to fight getting off that car park during the week Shit fan 🤔 Quote
gonzo Posted January 26 Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, L/H White said: 100% can sit on the couch at 7:44 with your balls out nice & warm and don't have to fight getting off that car park during the week That's it mate. Not a chance I'm grafting in a storm all day tomorrow then trapsing an hour down the motorway to sit freezing my cock off when I can whack it on at home and be in bed for 10. Quote
Lostock Whites Posted January 26 Posted January 26 (edited) There's no club left now in the league, maybe besides Stockport that deserve a battering as much as these. Genuinely despise this club and we've only had ourselves to blame in recent years to allow them to rattle us so much. No doubt they will play out of their skins and make it as horrible as possible as usual. Even despite some wins in there our home games have been quite poor for a while now. I don't really care as long as we win, but good god I would love it if we could just have a nice comfortable game for once, especially against these. Edited January 26 by Lostock Whites Quote
L/H White Posted January 26 Posted January 26 6 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said: Shit fan 🤔 I'll be there Quote
RUREADY2ROLL Posted January 26 Posted January 26 1 minute ago, Lostock Whites said: There's no club left now in the league, maybe besides Stockport that deserve a battering as much as these. Genuinely despise this club and we've only had ourselves to blame in recent years to allow them to rattle us so much. No doubt they will play behind their skin and make it as horrible as possible as usual. Even despite some wins in there our home games have been quite poor for a while now. I don't really care as long as we win, but good god I would love it if we could just have a nice comfortable game for once, especially against these. They played well against Lincoln and should’ve at least got a draw; ripped off by the officials as well Quote
Whitestar Posted January 26 Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Stig said: What has happened this season as attendance (actual, not tickets sold) does seem to have tailed off a bit? Boredom of the same league for 5 years? Or could just be a run of really uninspiring games over this winter period. I am definitely looking forward to the next game with a decent away following All of the above Quote
BoltonPro15 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 54 minutes ago, bwfc2003 said: How many last minute goals have we scored - is that not exiting enough for you Is the juice worth the squeeze? Quote
Sweep Posted January 26 Posted January 26 38 minutes ago, L/H White said: I'll be there Happy Clapper you Quote
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