Site Supporter Good Knee Posted October 10, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just now, Good Knee said: Think two poor sides will dump up every game in this division all season mate. Sum up every gameĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted October 10, 2020 Moderators Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Was half watching whilst doing work Seemed to me we lacked cutting edge up front but if we'd got one maybe more would come After 0 from 3, I'm happy enough with 4 from 2 and our first clean sheet I expect to beat Oldham but something needs to change up top, be it approach or personnel, for all the good attacking signings we've made it's generally not happening But, our defending has improved so hopefully it will improve at the other end too Good to see everyone run off at halftime again Edited October 10, 2020 by ZicoKelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowball Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, RUREADY2ROLL said: We should walk this division; not going to do but should why? can u think of another club that has brought in 20 players in a close season and has got instant success? The players we have bought a lot from non league and league 2. truth is we are nothing special on the pitch at the moment. Ok the skill level isnt great in this league but most of these teams have been playing together for a good few years and have not just been thrown together.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrener Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Blondi said: Yeah,don't know whether it's coz he's got a barrel chest, he looks about 2 stone overweight and is as fast as as snail, he's captain, so we've got to persevere. Just didn't do anything of note, Santos looks a player though š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Horwich Posted October 10, 2020 Moderators Share Posted October 10, 2020 Skipped through the thread. Bet365 said we didnt have a shot on target, infact, no team did. Truth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, snowball said: why? can u think of another club that has brought in 20 players in a close season and has got instant success? The players we have bought a lot from non league and league 2. truth is we are nothing special on the pitch at the moment. Ok the skill level isnt great in this league but most of these teams have been playing together for a good few years and have not just been thrown together.Ā That's pretty much the situation sadly. I'm back to thinking "at least we've got a club" and "at least we aren't on minus 12 points".Ā And also .... "at least there's some football to talk about". The only way is up. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just now, Horwich said: Skipped through the thread. Bet365 said we didnt have a shot on target, infact, no team did. Truth? Truesay. Crawford was a whisker wide with a free kick though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowball Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just now, paulhanley said: That's pretty much the situation sadly. I'm back to thinking "at least we've got a club" and "at least we aren't on minus 12 points".Ā And also .... "at least there's some football to talk about". The only way is up. I think. it is. we got beat fucking 7-1 by Accrington bastard Stanley and are a league lower than them and other one man and his dog shite like Rochdale.Ā We arent walking anything Ā a steady improvement is all we csn hope for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkev Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 20 minutes ago, darrener said: Just didn't do anything of note, Santos looks a player though š Santos was great. 3 weeks ago he was the worst player to pull a Bolton shirt on.Ā Ā some good build up play, but final pass was poor. Slowly but surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, paulhanley said: That's pretty much the situation sadly. I'm back to thinking "at least we've got a club" and "at least we aren't on minus 12 points".Ā And also .... "at least there's some football to talk about". The only way is up. I think. This. Delfounso was off his game today, he's been excellent so far, and without his link up play, we posed little to no threat.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, burnden said: Ā And he brings Comley on instead ofĀ Darcy. FFS. Edited October 10, 2020 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted October 10, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2020 27 minutes ago, snowball said: why? can u think of another club that has brought in 20 players in a close season and has got instant success? The players we have bought a lot from non league and league 2. truth is we are nothing special on the pitch at the moment. Ok the skill level isnt great in this league but most of these teams have been playing together for a good few years and have not just been thrown together.Ā Good post Iām struggling to think how anyone could argue against this. Itās work in progress, our season wonāt be defined by this result.Ā Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Got to eat my words on Santos, looked great today. A draw isn't great but by god its better then the first few games. I still have faith for the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Santos has gone from purple aki in a Bolton shirt to Maldini in 2 weeks.Ā Agree with a few others... The big hitters aren't creating the chances they should be.Ā It was nice watching us pass it about well today but if we don't get a shot on target in 100 minutes what's the fucking point!Ā Bottom of the league up next!Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeep Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I think Santos may have shifted a bit of timber, that's probably helping him.... š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted October 10, 2020 Members Share Posted October 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, stevieb said: Santos has gone from purple aki in a Bolton shirt to Maldini in 2 weeks.Ā Agree with a few others... The big hitters aren't creating the chances they should be.Ā It was nice watching us pass it about well today but if we don't get a shot on target in 100 minutes what's the fucking point!Ā Bottom of the league up next!Ā If Santos is in the middle of the 3 , weāll be hard to beat because his reading of the game, anticipation and his extra yard will do wonders, a back two pairing I get a bit nervousĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackleywhite Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Francis Fogarty said: That was better than I expected actually. Santos is improving, and Brockbank Hickman and Crawford had halfĀ decent games. A cleanĀ sheet helps too. Two poor sides really. Me too. I've said it 3 times now Santos could have played for city today and not looked out of place might be a way back into the big time for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 36 minutes ago, jeep said: I think Santos may have shifted a bit of timber, that's probably helping him.... š He's also stopped charging up the field at any opportunity and it's helped just having him concentrating on defending , big hats off to Delaney who is playing well and seems to gel really well with Santos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.cramp Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Santos and Delaney had decent games.Ā We looked slow going forward and I cant see what Crawford does,Ā poor delivery, poor final ball.Ā Ā Hopefully a bad game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted October 10, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2020 Iām delighted to see Santos look much better and back end of last season I thought Delaney looked the part too. Take football out of it, these are young lads moving away from their families or having to bring wives & children to a new area. They are going to take a while to settle as well as getting used to a new team.Ā give them time, weāll be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marple whites Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 0 shots on target is unacceptable at this level. thought Hickman had a good first half and got some good balls in - so why subbed ? yet again, Doyle (the rolls Royce of a striker at this level) had no decent balls to him all game. goalie launches it out of play at least 4 times, with this playing out from the back lark Ā 0 goals in 3 home games - the natives would have been giving dogs abuse overall, just shite against a shiteĀ side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 If Santos can turn it around, maybe the rest ofĀ them can. Dear god, i thought he was the worst defender iād ever seen play in a White shirtĀ Ā and now heās like Cannafuckinvaro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Got to say we move the ball so slowly we need to move the ball much quicker so we can open teams up. Hope that comes with improving fitness.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marple whites Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 We did have 1 counter attack today that was decent from box to box and the last 15 of the first half showed decent possessionĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said: Iām delighted to see Santos look much better and back end of last season I thought Delaney looked the part too. Take football out of it, these are young lads moving away from their families or having to bring wives & children to a new area. They are going to take a while to settle as well as getting used to a new team.Ā give them time, weāll be ok I agree you need time to settle in a new environment, but if you wereĀ manager would you not break them into the first team gently?Ā The first couple of games saw little to no involvement for players that were already "settled" - no sign of Delaney, Darcy, BrockbankĀ and no Crawford initially.Ā Greenidge and White not only new to Bolton but new to Div 2 football got no settling in time.Ā IE wasĀ not blameless in the 1st few games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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