Commentaters on Tower said at half time that Dougie could take him off without replacing him, and it would have no impact on the team, is he really that shit, or is Dougie deploying him in a false position ? to me he is shit scared of getting the ball, when he does its like wtf do I do now, I dunno, a good player turned bad by tactics, or a bad player who got lucky for a season ( Swansea).

Whoa whoa whoa...

 

Slow down a bit.

 

I thought it was Beckford that was getting hounded out? I see there was a fleeting try at a Hall hounding, now we've moved on to Pratley?

 

I cant keep up.

 

Can we make a decision please, who's on the firing line this season?

Tim Ream

 

ffs

 

Dougie, what were you thinking.

 

im definitely blaming the fans for that one

 

we've been here before

 

reams not great

 

he can be not great in a number of positions

 

so long as hes on sensible money, there is a case for him being around

 

if we've now got two left backs injured, do we go buy another one?

we've been here before

 

reams not great

 

he can be not great in a number of positions

 

so long as hes on sensible money, there is a case for him being around

 

if we've now got two left backs injured, do we go buy another one?

 

if tierney and moxey are injured we play baptiste

 

or kellet

 

or sign a kid on loan

 

or play me there

 

anyone but ream basically

FFS.

 

You're taking the piss now.

 

Are we throwing Ream in too!

mcnaughton could play left back as it happens

 

and hopefully threlkeld puts tuesday down to experience

FFS.

 

You're taking the piss now.

 

Are we throwing Ream in too!

 

difference is you won't ever here me boo or abuse a player at the game.

FFS.

 

You're taking the piss now.

 

Are we throwing Ream in too!

 

 

booooooooooooooooooooooo

difference is you won't ever here me boo or abuse a player at the game.

 

and i don't change my mind on a game to game basis!

 

infact in the last few years iv only ever had a problem with mark davies and ream.

 iv only ever had a problem with mark davies 

 

On his day he's the best player in the division

Yeah.

 

Booooooooo.

 

Fookin' Booo to the Fookin' lot of 'em.

 

Boooooooooooooo.

On his day he's the best player in the division

But we only seem to get him for one day

Tim Ream

 

ffs

 

Dougie, what were you thinking.

 

im definitely blaming the fans for that one

 

for what, exactly?

 

as a fan, it's your fault too then, whatever it is

for what, exactly?

 

as a fan, it's your fault too then, whatever it is

 

its was tongue in cheek

 

but i meant those who voted him player of the season

On his day he's the best player in the division

 

Over his whole Bolton career he's played an average of 20 games a season (give or take a couple). Premier at 38 games and Champ at 46...it's not great

Over his whole Bolton career he's played an average of 20 games a season (give or take a couple). Premier at 38 games and Champ at 46...it's not great

I thought he was 50-50 for Watford so surely there must be a chance of him being fit this weekend?

Broken toe?

What a transformation.

 

He's been fookin outstanding.

Interesting to see that a few could see it was Dougie who was the problem rather than Pratley.

My mate is a Swansea fan and he was gutted when he came to us. Probably the main difference is if you're playing in a well organised team where each player is placed according to his strengths then you can look very good indeed without being a world beater. I'd argue that the same was true for a lot of players in Big Sam's teams.

Bump.

what is clear from this thread is that you can only appreciate pratley if you take a macro view

Macro view leads....

 

Months later other follow xxx

Goes to show how man management can have n effect on players. Obviously with freedman walking round in circles with his head to the floor talking tactics and Mr burns passing on the message to the players had an effect.

He must have been one for the future back then.

Simon Charlton said yesterday on GMR that he had heard from various sources within the club that the players were confused by what Dougie was asking them to do during a game. It all adds to the general feeling that he just overcomplicated things.

I said last night that I couldn't work out if he's just shit scared of getting involved or he's being asked to do a job I cannot fathom.

 

Like most of the team, he's good enough but short on confidence.

 

As bollocks as we were last night, 24 hours later I'm hoping a victory from the jaws of defeat might just spur them into a performance on Saturday.

 

I've seen more good games from Pratley than bad ones so he is up to the task.

 

Same goes for most of the others. Which means the manager needs to up his game too.

 

He needs longer, they all do, but not much longer.

Neil Lennon has answered my question then

 

Unfathomable Dougie selections

 

Confidence is back too

 

Rosey.

How long left on his contract? Suspect this is the last year.