Bradford Home - 1st Leg Saturday 9th May

[Dennis Peacock]

2 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Dalby has to start for me, he can make the ball stick

It's easily recycled with Burstow

It's a must win game, he has to start

I don’t think he lasts 90 minutes. So the choice is: start with him and then when we’re potentially on the back foot for the last 30 minutes have no way of going long to relieve pressure. Or bring him on for the last 30 mins to relieve pressure (and potentially for extra time)

[boltonboris]

16 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Dalby has to start for me, he can make the ball stick

It's easily recycled with Burstow

It's a must win game, he has to start

He makes is stick when he has somebody up there to play with. It would be very unfair on Burstow to be 'dropped' albeit he'll certainly have a part to play.. I think with a 3 man midfield, Burstow can stretch them more than Dalby can and can turn them round a bit if they play a higher line than they did on Saturday

[bwfc4ife]

I'd start Dalby also and go for it, fortune favours the brave and all that and bring burstow on second half when hopefully we're protecting a lead and need someone sprinting around. We cant go there hoping to keep the ball and contain them, i think they'll score so we need to also. 

If we could nick one first 20 mins, they'll be shitting themselves

[Arrested development]

43 minutes ago, Dennis Peacock said:

I don’t think he lasts 90 minutes. So the choice is: start with him and then when we’re potentially on the back foot for the last 30 minutes have no way of going long to relieve pressure. Or bring him on for the last 30 mins to relieve pressure (and potentially for extra time)

I like option two. Dalby off the bench for a potential last 30/ extra time, who knows. 

Also a separate point that got brought up about LBs. 

I think it's time for Jonno to go after this season. But hopefully they sign a LB who's not small. A proper LB who's not gonna get done by any diagonal balls. A want a proper arsenal shithouse type defence where they actually defend first. 

[Johnnyrotten]

1 hour ago, Ani said:

On Thursday they could come out all guns blazing and try to overwhelm us. However I think they are equally likely to think ‘we only need 1 goal’ so let’s not give anything away and make sure we are in it with 70 minutes to go. They finished strongly in last 2 games. 
 

Be surprised if we change anything from Saturday as Dalby must not be fit enough to start. The key thing imo is that the wingers provide us an outlet and do not get pushed back. The last thing we need is the defenders trying to play too much at the back, amazing how many chances at this level are created by mistakes rather than a piece of brilliance. 
 

At some point will need people off the bench to also bolster us in some way.

I just wish ACDs shot was an inch to the right. 

It really is ridiculous, another yesterday (the only goal at Chesterfield).  

And definitely not just at this level, it happens in the Prem and Champions League most weeks, it sort of cheapens the achievement of scoring a league goal, because we could score some of the goals handed on a plate in the pro game.

[Johnnyrotten]

32 minutes ago, bwfc4ife said:

I'd start Dalby also and go for it, fortune favours the brave and all that and bring burstow on second half when hopefully we're protecting a lead and need someone sprinting around. We cant go there hoping to keep the ball and contain them, i think they'll score so we need to also. 

If we could nick one first 20 mins, they'll be shitting themselves

McAtee would be better at that, he's faster for a start, and has more to his game.

There is no discernible difference between Dalby and Burstow in the pace/energy stakes.

FWIW I was amazed how fast RR could move when he did a couple of sprints on Saturday.

And if Dempsey is fit he's also ideal for the chasing everyone around role (added to his tackling ability), if that's what's needed at that stage.  Burstow would be down the list of options for that role, he's OK at holding the ball up but not enough that its a decent option to what we lose without Dalby.

[Johnnyrotten]

42 minutes ago, Arrested development said:

I like option two. Dalby off the bench for a potential last 30/ extra time, who knows. 

Also a separate point that got brought up about LBs. 

I think it's time for Jonno to go after this season. But hopefully they sign a LB who's not small. A proper LB who's not gonna get done by any diagonal balls. A want a proper arsenal shithouse type defence where they actually defend first. 

Iredale? 😀

Hard to believe who IE replaced him with, another where we were expecting an upgrade and just went backwards.

[Stig]

2 hours ago, Dennis Peacock said:

I don’t think he lasts 90 minutes. So the choice is: start with him and then when we’re potentially on the back foot for the last 30 minutes have no way of going long to relieve pressure. Or bring him on for the last 30 mins to relieve pressure (and potentially for extra time)

Or have Burstow on if it's going to penalties....

I wouldn't want Dalby having to take one

[boltonboris]

13 minutes ago, Stig said:

Or have Burstow on if it's going to penalties....

I wouldn't want Dalby having to take one

Why is that out of interest? 

[Tombwfc]

1 hour ago, boltonboris said:

Why is that out of interest? 

 

12 yards is probably more than double the average distance of his goals for us. I can't remember him having a shot from that far out.

But I doubt there would be five I'd prefer still on the pitch if it got that far.

[boltonboris]

I’d always want strikers to take the penalties 

[Stig]

1 hour ago, boltonboris said:

Why is that out of interest? 

I've not actually seen him kick a shot at goal with any pace.

[gonzo]

6 minutes ago, Stig said:

I've not actually seen him kick a shot at goal with any pace.

Maybe he could dive header it.

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, Stig said:

I've not actually seen him kick a shot at goal with any pace.

He can't.  I'd only wanting him taking a penalty if the ball was floating 6 foot above the spot and he could head it in.  Or maybe the oppo defender could challenge him and Dalby could tackle the ball into the net.

I don't think I've seen him look up at goal never mind have a shot.

[ianofcleveleys]

I watch the latter stages of the warm up most home games, including the shooting in drills. Dalby's alright, pretty steady, some of the others are a real mixed bag, as they've shown in their finishing through the season. Gale hasn't hit the target for weeks, then only with a grubber. Cissoko similar. One of the crispest strikers of a ball in that scenario is Conway, would let him have a pen.

Edited 3 hours ago by ianofcleveleys

[Zico]

7 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

I watch the latter stages of the warm up most home games, including the shooting in drills. Dalby's alright, pretty steady, some of the others are a real mixed bag, as they've shown in their finishing through the season. Gale hasn't hit the target for weeks, then only with a rubber. Cissoko similar. One of the crispest strikers of a ball in that scenario is Conway, would let him have a pen.

You've made me nervous now

Given theme of the season has been a poor goals to shot the ratio I couldn't see us doing very well in a penalty shootout 

[Traf]

And as much as I love Josh Sheehan, he's not great at penalties

 

[desperado]

5 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

There is no discernible difference between Dalby and Burstow in the pace/energy stakes.

 

4 hours ago, Stig said:

I wouldn't want Dalby having to take one

 

2 hours ago, Tombwfc said:

12 yards is probably more than double the average distance of his goals for us. I can't remember him having a shot from that far out.

 

2 hours ago, Stig said:

I've not actually seen him kick a shot at goal with any pace.

 

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Maybe he could dive header it.

 

34 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I'd only wanting him taking a penalty if the ball was floating 6 foot above the spot and he could head it in.  Or maybe the oppo defender could challenge him and Dalby could tackle the ball into the net.

I don't think I've seen him look up at goal never mind have a shot.

… And let’s welcome to the stage, Bolton’s player of the year, the immaculate Sam Dalby! 🤣

[Eddie]

Talking of strikers taking penalties, remember Kev Davies having a short stint at taking them? He had such a weird technique, he basically floated them into the top corner - very unnatural!

[Traf]

It's all moot anyway, we'll be home and hosed by half time Thursday.

[Johnnyrotten]

1 minute ago, desperado said:

 

 

 

 

 

… And let’s welcome to the stage, Bolton’s player of the year, the immaculate Sam Dalby! 🤣

Ha ha!  He'd be some player if he could kick a ball straight more than 10 yards 😀

[Marc505]

6 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Talking of strikers taking penalties, remember Kev Davies having a short stint at taking them? He had such a weird technique, he basically floated them into the top corner - very unnatural!

Yeah, I never felt confident when he was taking them. Unnatural was very much the word!

Felt the same any time Beckham stepped up for England. Not the same style, but just never seemed right to me.

[tshape]

11 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Talking of strikers taking penalties, remember Kev Davies having a short stint at taking them? He had such a weird technique, he basically floated them into the top corner - very unnatural!

I remember him clipping a proper shit one straight at the keeper (might have been Shaka Hislop) and later joking that it was a brilliant save.

[Eddie]

8 minutes ago, Traf said:

It's all moot anyway, we'll be home and hosed by half time Thursday.

Unless we are 4-0 up on aggregate at half time then I’ll still be shitting it every time the ball goes near our box!

[Eddie]

1 minute ago, tshape said:

I remember him clipping a proper shit one straight at the keeper (might have been Shaka Hislop) and later joking that it was a brilliant save.

😂😂 I can still see his run up to it - never had any kind of body shape that suggested he was going to strike a clean penalty. It looked like some of them contestants stepping up for the half time plug hole challenge!

Some player but a penalty taker he was not.