Sold out their allocation of 4,300

 

That is a top class turnout

 

Should be close to 18/19k crowd

They where a scruffy set of cnuts I'll say that much, all they did walking down from the A6 was take constant selfies - one fat scruffy cnut crossed the road at the M61 r/about and took a photos of them all from the central reservation - like they where on a day trip out. To be fair to them It looked like they had a good 15-20 older lads at the front who looked game but the rest looked like they were straight from school - they could also see before they went down the steps past the bridge onto the premier inn car park that there were very few people outside the two pubs and it was 2.55pm     

I walked a few paces behind them all the way down De Havilland Way from the A6 about 2.45pm, about 70 of them got off a coach & possibly a mini bus at the A6 roundabout - a mixture of older lads and 16/17 year olds looking like they were on a school trip supping bottles of vodka - as mobs go they didn't look up to much, but perhaps that's what mobs look like these days !

 

They then stopped for few minutes & I walked past them, they then went down the steps near the railway line opposite the Premier Inn & ran across the car park throwing a few bottles and then just chased whoever was drinking outside back into Scotts & the Harvester - though there were not many left drinking at that time it looked like there were about 20 people spread outside both pubs who got chased inside as it was about 2.55pm when this happened. About 10-15 Tactical Aid jumped over the perimeter wooden wall within minutes and put a stop to it.

Pretty much how I saw it. We were on the terrace at Scotts. Besides the 3 of us there was only about a dozen stragglers left. This was similar to the Bristol City salad bar assault - lads just looking for a barny. The difference was Bradford gave it billy big balls against an almost empty pub. The Lady bouncer on at Scott's was fooking game I can tell you.

Shite again, we've really not going this season, but we are third.

 

Beevers and Wheater look solid, Vela and Spearing should dominate most midfields, and with Clough/Madine/Clayton we may be a different prospect going forwards.

 

Trotter, Ameobi and Buxton look poor in the team...but we are third, THIRD, having played shit all year.

 

Hopefully PP finds a formula that works and we can cause some damage. Wigan didn't pick up until the new year after a big overhaul of players.

 

Roll on Rochdale...get yourselves down there....COYWM.

Saw 2 after the game walking Dan the hard shoulder j the motorway swigging a bottle of ale!! The mini bus was waiting for them a bit further up. Big day out for them

We had left Scott's at nearly 2.50 and very few Bolton fans were left. we were just crossing the road to the ground when they all came down off the main road. See you in April......

Feb

 

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Just hope we put in a performance against dale with a big following, otherwise numbers will start dropping

Dosen't sound as though we missed much

Embarrassing that their fans were doing oles from passing it around their box. They didn't really threaten but neither did we apart from flashes in the first half

Vela is crap, not sure what he offers and anyone saying trotter is decent is off their heads. He's wank. Proctor definitely has his limitations but he puts himself about. I'm pretty sure it'll click soon. Get Madine back in with Clough buzzing around him. Just wish Parkinson was a little more positive with his set up

I'm saying that he's trying to make us more solid and hard to beat which in itself is a big task after the dross we suffered over the past few seasons

today was as bad as anything under our last 3 managers, only difference is the opposition is also rubbish.

 

why can't we  run at the opposition instead of passing sideways all the time.

I've had a think

 

And I'm no nearer to knowing what Liam Trotter is supposed to be doing.

I've had a think

 

And I'm no nearer to knowing what Liam Trotter is supposed to be doing.

 

 

Making

Up

The

Numbers

No chances for both sides tells it all,

 

But by fuck we need to get a bit quicker and learn how to unlock a defence.

 

I'm happy with the point, no so how it was achieved

Bradford has changed so much, still a good away game though.

One tactical change was all that was required.

Clough for Trotter

4-2-3-1

Get the three closer to the isolated Proctor.

 

The Clough chance from the Proctor knock down was the only time this happened in the game.

Parkinson is a poor mans Freedman, given his after match comments I fear we will struggle to score even against lesser teams, let's see how we line up next week against Oxford.

One tactical change was all that was required.

Clough for Trotter

4-2-3-1

Get the three closer to the isolated Proctor.

 

The Clough chance from the Proctor knock down was the only time this happened in the game.

That's fine going forward bit it doesn't help our fullbacks when they have the ball. I'd have been worried that Wheater and Beevers, who were already stretched covering for Moxey and Buxton, would have even further pulled out

 

And the pair of them were magnificent

Parkinson is a poor mans Freedman, given his after match comments I fear we will struggle to score even against lesser teams, let's see how we line up next week against Oxford.

no one is a poor mans Freedman.

Full backs dont need to both get forward Jules.

Go unbalanced

Bradford fans were as disappointing as the match. Vela was poor, we could play for weeks and never score

Echo what most have said in regards to vela, he does very little in midfield and to me seems like another Keith Andrews in that he can only go sideways and backwards, I just can't see what he brings to the team. Beevers and Wheater look a great partnership at this level, just need the goals. I personally think Proctor does a job but just not as a target man, he runs the channels well and I think Mark Davies not being in the team has highlighted the issue. All in all we are still to get our season properly up and running and just feel we need to hammer a team to get in a good run, step forward Rochdale, COYFWM

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no one is a poor mans Freedman.

Get that man a drink ????

That's fine going forward bit it doesn't help our fullbacks when they have the ball. I'd have been worried that Wheater and Beevers, who were already stretched covering for Moxey and Buxton, would have even further pulled out

 

And the pair of them were magnificent

correct the main reason why we are 3rd, hate to think what will happen if/when suspensions and injuries start