Wycombe Wanderers (H)

[ianofcleveleys]

40 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Have you tried getting reception on the concourse in that place? Wouldn’t want a decision pending on signal 😂

Indeed, horrendous, any intervention would take yonks to sort

[FrancisFogarty]

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

has to start

Agree. If he starts like that we mightn’t get into the shite we do.

[boltonboris]

My flight took off at half time and I didn’t expect to see that score line when I switched it back on. 
 

We’re never done. 
 

Fantastic come back 

[Johnnyrotten]

1 hour ago, onefinfrandsen said:

All the subs were on it when they came on, Taylor will rightly take the plaudits but the energy they gave us was fantastic, great to see Conways impact at both ends to.

Conway outstanding again, similar to Reading away.

Us playing deliberately without one of the best full backs in this division has to be some sort of joke.

Obviously some folk will say SS got it right because we won. 

Its possible to make an occasional wrong call and still win, or to make all the right calls and still lose.

[Eagle85]

With the exception of those that have genuine reasons, so many of our fans leaving early was shocking. Especially considering how many late goals we've got although that should be irrelevant. 

As an example theres one guy who sits near me who always leaves around 60-70 mins when we're losing, muttering that hes had enough as he storms off. He's missed all our late goals this season, and I'm not exaggerating, every single one. Today he left at half time. 

Injury time winners are the best bit of football by a mile, how can someone repeatedly deny themselves the possibility of seeing it just because they cant handle a bit of adversity. Absolute madness.

[Lostock Whites]

1 hour ago, barrycowdrill said:

Scoring goals so late so regularly isn’t luck. It’s belief in themselves and a reluctance to accept defeat. In part by the fact that opposition are just absolutely fucked at the end and also that never say die attitude 

we might question their decision making, execution, ability at times but you cannot question their heart 

players running through a brick wall for the shirt and the club. That’s alls we ask 

Exactly where I'm at and a lot of credit has to go to Schuey.

There's a reason we have been scoring late all season, it's no fluke. A lot is what you said above also that Schuey is competent at changing a game with his substitutions, added with the serious depth of game changing talent on the bench waiting.

It's a squad game as they say. 

I do think it's still play offs most likely but if it is, I have a lot more faith in this squad and manager for us to turn up in the big moments. They never know when they're beaten and that goes a long way.

[Stig]

1 minute ago, Eagle85 said:

With the exception of those that have genuine reasons, so many of our fans leaving early was shocking. Especially considering how many late goals we've got although that should be irrelevant. 

As an example theres one guy who sits near me who always leaves around 60-70 mins when we're losing, muttering that hes had enough as he storms off. He's missed all our late goals this season, and I'm not exaggerating, every single one. Today he left at half time. 

Injury time winners are the best bit of football by a mile, how can someone repeatedly deny themselves the possibility of seeing it just because they cant handle a bit of adversity. Absolute madness.

Out of town stadium is the answer to 90% of the people who leave early. There's a small window where you can beat traffic on car parks or even get into the train queue early.

Was a poor choice to build the stadium where we did and will always lead to early leavers

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, Cheese said:

First time in our history 3 subs have come on and scored, apparently.

3 subs were introduced in 95.

I was wondering if any team, never mind us, had ever had all 3 goals from 3 different subs.

[Mounts Kipper]

4 minutes ago, Stig said:

Out of town stadium is the answer to 90% of the people who leave early. There's a small window where you can beat traffic on car parks or even get into the train queue early.

Was a poor choice to build the stadium where we did and will always lead to early leavers

Don’t agree.. the stadium location is superb… the infrastructure and venues round the ground are excellent… there is no need to leave early the buses wait until game is over and you can go for a pint or a coffee while the traffic goes…. WTF wants to get home early on a Saturday night. 

Edited March 7 by Mounts Kipper

[Stig]

2 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Don’t agree.. the stadium location is superb… the infrastructure and venues round the ground is excellent… there is no need to leave early the buses wait until game is over and you can go for a pint or a coffee while the traffic goes…. WTF wants to get home early on a Saturday night. 

Public transport network is far worse than being in a town centre, so far fewer people will stay out for drinks > makes more people drive and makes it more difficult to get off car parks etc

 

Edited March 7 by Stig

[frank_spencer]

2 minutes ago, Stig said:

Out of town stadium is the answer to 90% of the people who leave early. There's a small window where you can beat traffic on car parks or even get into the train queue early.

Was a poor choice to build the stadium where we did and will always lead to early leavers

never leave early and am always back in bury within the hour.

why go to the match if being back home earlier is more important than watching another wanderers comeback? Congratulations to those who flounced out you missed a moment of footballing joy but are back home in time for Britain's Got Talent.

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, frank_spencer said:

Aye can't keep relying on 85th minute plus goals to win us points.

To win games we need CBT and Conway on that left flank. Jono may be a better option defensively in Shueys eyes and changing a team that won 5-1 the week before is daft. But I think we need to go and win our home games from the off.

It really isn't.  For one we weren't playing Exeter today and secondly winning 5-1 doesn't mean everyone played great.  Just as being 2 down to Wycombe didn't mean everyone was crap.  EE was superb first half today, some great passing and tackling/interceptions, but he's out of the team now if we go along with everyone's crap if we lose, everyone's faultless if we win.

[victor meldrew]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Nice touch from the crowd, especially considering the situation at the point he was taken off.

Also thought the remembrance for the 33 was done nicely and an impeccable minutes silence.

Booing the team during the first half was not so classy!

I voided the referee, one of the worst I have ever seen 

[Kane57]

4 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

It really isn't.  For one we weren't playing Exeter today and secondly winning 5-1 doesn't mean everyone played great.  Just as being 2 down to Wycombe didn't mean everyone was crap.  EE was superb first half today, some great passing and tackling/interceptions, but he's out of the team now if we go along with everyone's crap if we lose, everyone's faultless if we win.

Erhahon was toilet from minute 1

[Hoppy]

19 minutes ago, Eagle85 said:

With the exception of those that have genuine reasons, so many of our fans leaving early was shocking. Especially considering how many late goals we've got although that should be irrelevant. 

As an example theres one guy who sits near me who always leaves around 60-70 mins when we're losing, muttering that hes had enough as he storms off. He's missed all our late goals this season, and I'm not exaggerating, every single one. Today he left at half time. 

Injury time winners are the best bit of football by a mile, how can someone repeatedly deny themselves the possibility of seeing it just because they cant handle a bit of adversity. Absolute madness.

Probably the same people who leave for the bar at 40 mins and don't come back till 5 mins in the second half meaning you have to keep standing up to let them pass each time blocking the view of people behind and missing some of the game yourself!!

[Mounts Kipper]

9 minutes ago, Stig said:

Public transport network is far worse than being in a town centre, so far fewer people will stay out for drinks > makes more people drive and makes it more difficult to get off car parks etc

 

Loads on the retail park drinking afterwards. Buses available to all points around town. Train back into Bolton in 10 minutes… I loved Burnden but this place is miles better.

[Walkden White]

Brilliant win in the end not been so buzzing at the final whistle for a while. 
 

Dont know about anyone else but I’ve also not been so animated at the end against an opposition ever. Their shithousery was off the scale and I am so glad they got nothing. 
 

As Wycombe we’re leaving the pitch I think I used every expletive I knew with Vs flicked for minutes 😂😂

 

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Starts all day. It didn't matter the other week v Blackpool how fresh they were, he terrorised them first half and we should have been 3 up. Gale's nowhere near his level.

The big headscratcher about us is us having a sackful of wingers, no10s and strikers but persisting with 4 at the back when we haven't a LB.  Johnston, with Gale in front of him, is a real weak link, they knew it, targeted it and fully exposed it

Or a right back really.  Its wierd isn't it.  I'm a fan of Tutu generally and if we hadn't sign 3 left wingers this season, I'd be happy with him on the LW (he was outstanding there at times last season and a year ago we won in similar circumstances v Crawley thanks in large part to him).  But today he was woeful, and infuriatingly reluctant to attack and/or support whichever of the 3 right wingers was in front of him.  Seemed to be half asleep today, in such contrast to his left wing persona where he is all about fast direct attacking.  

But to the don't change a winning team brigade, he's now the best option, faultless today.

[TrickyTrotter]

That away end is laughable by the way.

 

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Look at my stats link earlier.

As I said, it's bizarre. 

Overall, their passing accuracy was quite poor.

Effective where it counts though.

Genuinely, no disrespect to stats, but irrelevant, I know what I saw.  They passed us to death for most of the game.  I did notice Morley hit a couple of 30 yarders too far first half, they weren't faultless, but compared to every other team we've seen here, they were very very good.

[Marc505]

Absolutely unbelievable turnaround. In Italy watching some farmers league, last I saw we were 2 down. Bit later on we check again and its 3-2! Brilliant stuff.

It could be on

It might be on 🔥

[Alf Hartigan]

17 minutes ago, Hoppy said:

Probably the same people who leave for the bar at 40 mins and don't come back till 5 mins in the second half meaning you have to keep standing up to let them pass each time blocking the view of people behind and missing some of the game yourself!!

Get a seat in the middle of a row then. You'll be able to sit on your arse for the full 90 mins.

[Ani]

People worrying/complaining about others leaving early is barmy.

They paid for their ticket and turned up. I nearly always stay and today clapped the players off, but if someone else decides they are happy to leave early for whatever reason it makes fuck all difference to me. Do people worry about season ticket holders who do not turn up at all ?

Anyone leaving early today missed one of those comebacks that make the trip over worthwhile. Fuck knows what was going today but the exit on the M62 was blocked before the game so ended driving to somewhere near Wigan, roads all round were blocked. 

[Johnnyrotten]

53 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

If Apter is it on the right till ACD's back we might as well play CBT left and Gale right, Apter was like a young kid playing men's football, not robust enough to make any impression 

Someone said earlier if ACD was going to get injured it was good timing as we could "replace" him in January.  But signing Apter has arguably weakened us, because we would have been forced to use either Gale, Cissoko or Tutu on the right wing, all better options IMO.  Or if we don't fancy those 3, some more game time for any of Burstow, Dempsey, Rodriguez, McAtee not necessarily as "wingers" but playing from the right as Burstow did today and we know Dempsey can.  Taylor the defender was an unnecessary signing, and so was Apter.

[Stig]

19 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Loads on the retail park drinking afterwards. Buses available to all points around town. Train back into Bolton in 10 minutes… I loved Burnden but this place is miles better.

Interesting viewpoint.

Can only speak for myself but I've never had a drink around the ground after the match since the Reebok opened, preferring to head back to town/Horwich/another area with decent boozer, rather than drink in a retail park.