I realise some of you may have zero interest in this which is fair enough but from time to time I like to have a snoop on OppositionWays out of curiosity. Thought it was worth compiling some together which I'll do in this thread whenever I get chance. 

Seems like Lincoln have some pretty level headed fans but then one or two absolutely bitter fuckers. 

Pick of the bunch includes:

THE BITTER

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How about 10 points deducted for every £million of debt a club has?
Wonder just how low these perennial cheats would drop?

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Red Wimp said:

Bolton stayed in Lincoln last night. Not leaving much to chance.

No that was so they could rack up extra debt.

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Surely we can't lose to these cheats?
Why are they not on multiple minus points?

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I'd rather be us than them. How long do they have to pay their debt?

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The simple truth is, as much as the away fans won't want to admit it, we lost to one of those vile clubs tonight. One of those that has spent beyond their means, and clearly continues to do so.

 

THE PRAISE

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Good game. Shit result.
By the standards of last season Bolton should be pushing for promotion. But then that was last season.

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Beaten by the better team. Good to see a big away following.

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FT. Good game. Credit to Bolton - they did enough to control the game throughout, although we had some bright moments, especially in the first half. They also scored at exactly the right time and managed the game out. 

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Bolton also look like a really good side who should be in the top half of the table.

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I have backed Bolton to win the league as I think they are a decent team. They looked like a very settled team that are used to winning.

Taken from https://forums.vitalfootball.co.uk/threads/match-thread-lincoln-city-v-bolton-wanderers.117675/page-25 

Fuckin ‘ell, most of them think they have a divine right to win games because they think they have the strongest squad in the league. “We should easily swat the likes of Bolton aside” - Really? Fuck off.

It certainly seems like their new monied owners and the huge spending spree they allowed Cook to go on has turned the heads of fans who really should know better.

A lot of cocky presumption there. The "likes of these" remarks seem to forget who "these" are.

It is good to see there are some realists & fair minded ones. 

I wonder if Cook will be given time to get his players gelling and some sort of tune from them. Big funders tend to expect quick returns.

Really looking forward to wreaking sweet revenge on those that took this piss out of us when we had to play our kids.

Morsy is a decent L1 midfielder. He's no messiah, though.

6 minutes ago, Traf said:

Morsy is a decent L1 midfielder. He's no messiah, though.

28 minutes ago, Rudy said:

When did he have part of his right arm amputated?

Someone else will have to take throw-ins.

6 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

When did he have part of his right arm amputated?

Someone else will have to take throw-ins.

Optical illusion. Confusing perspective and all that 

16 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

When did he have part of his right arm amputated?

Someone else will have to take throw-ins.

Still be better than Greenidge

Who are these footballing gods they have signed ? 

My favourite: 

"Absolutely not. There’s barely another first eleven that is as good on paper as our second eleven."

2 hours ago, Traf said:

Morsy is a decent L1 midfielder. He's no messiah, though.

Well, according to Cook, his absence explains everything & when he's back in he will bring 10x the fight & commitment & all their woes will end.

Mmmm. Firstly, he's got two more games suspension to serve ... so, Cook seems to have accepted this shite will continue a couple of games longer.

Secondly, he's expecting a great deal from an ordinary, if decent, player.

Cook may we not be there by the time his special player is back & fit.

Edited September 12, 20214 yr by Dr. Feelgood

LMAO! As well as being our best game this season that’s probably the best AVFTOS collection. Great work again Matty.

The pre-match comments were particularly amusing.

No bad blood with Ipswich and I’m sure they’ll come good sooner or later with the money they’ve got but the lack of respect they gave us with some of those comments make me happy that we smashed them.

Edited September 12, 20214 yr by Mantra

Big fan of ‘we are gonna pump them, the bunch of wet wipes’ 

Dry them eyes mush 

Reading a lot of comments there reminds me of us last year, playing a system that is easy to play against, lots of time and space and especially room between midfield and defence 

9 minutes ago, Ani said:

Reading a lot of comments there reminds me of us last year, playing a system that is easy to play against, lots of time and space and especially room between midfield and defence 

Yep, think Evatt benefitted initially from the lack of crowds. Not easy to bring in a load of new players and hit the ground running, however Wigan and Paul Cook's ex-assistant Leam Richardson seem to have done just that.

Paul Cook has a good record as a manager as far as I know, and I'm sure he'll get it right with time, but it's never easy when the fans are turning on you.

I think a decent amount of our fans were patient with Evatt to be fair, despite complaints I didn't see too many calling for his head. Maybe I just wasn't looking at social media after losses though.

1 hour ago, Zico said:

My favourite: 

"Absolutely not. There’s barely another first eleven that is as good on paper as our second eleven."

Fuckin belter that. 

I liked this one

"He’s rights about the attack though. It was toothless, they won’t lay a glove on us. We’re going to smash them. 4-0 I think.

They lost to Cambridge Utd and drew at home to 10 man Burton in their last two games, failing to score in both. Fancy trying to talk them up as some sort of challenge."

2 hours ago, Ani said:

Who are these footballing gods they have signed ? 

Eris.

Got a few more from 2 different ITFC Forums

PRE MATCH

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I have gone for a Town win, simply because no other result ought to be possible.

PC has now got the players he wants and has had the past 10 days to work with them. Even if some of the squad are not available for this particular game, we have a big enough and good enough squad to be able to beat Bolton easily.

No more talking about players needing time to gel, that's total bollox - they are professionals and in any other profession (eg medical, construction, IT, etc) teams are put together and start to produce immediately, football is no different.

No more talking from PC about how good a manager he is and how successful he has been in the past. The time to put up or shut up is here.

 

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I’d still think we can beat Bolton. Walton in goal will help hugely, we’re at home..,the def weakness is the nagging problem without Morsy and (you’d hope) a upgrade in Edmundson. When is he due to play does anyone know?

 

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2-1 Bolton

 

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4-3 win.

absolute calamity defending from both sides and we do our utmost to throw it away but somehow hold out for the win.

Bonne x2, Edwards, Burgess

 

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I think we will improve, but Bolton could jump to third this evening and I think they will just be rubbing their hands together at the prospect of playing us. They are not going to be quaking in their boots at facing our new goalkeeper. It’s going to take a while to have any kind of psychological edge over our opponents.

 

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Bolton had 75% possession and 25 attempts on goal (albeit without scoring) against Burton last night...doesnt look like it will be an easy game on Saturday

 

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it's a shame to see a team name like Bolton Wanderers fall away in recent years like they have. You'd have to go back to the 1950's for any real accomplishments but they were a big name once upon a time. To the business in hand and while a relief to move on from any and all damn international breaks this is a game we essentially have to win.

ITFC 2 Bolton 0

 

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Bolton have had trouble scoring in a few games. Of course, they'll probably score against us though. I'm going for ITFC 3 v 2 Bolton.

 

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Who can forget the amazing play-off semi final against Bolton in 2000, what a game! Unlikely to be so many goals on Saturday though so going for a 2-0 Town win

 

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As I’m on holiday in Yorkshire and missing this game no doubt Town will get their first win. 
Town 3 Notlob 1.

 

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Their fans seem to accept it’ll be a hard game.

https://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/viewtopi ... =4&t=27292

 

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And look out for Eoin Doyle......., Knows how to score goals.

 

DURING

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Tap in....goal!!!!

Get in!

 

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We’re off! Phew. We’ve hardly touched the ball yet.

 

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Damn it, Bolton score

1-1

 

Come on lads, get it together

 

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Ffs. Our poor high press/non existent press lets them in from a direct ball. They just need to watch some Liverpool videos to see how it’s done.

 

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don't believe what i am listening too here

 

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Keeping up with the average of conceding at home!!

FFS. Come on.

 

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Never saw KVY before this season.... honestly can't see what all the hype is about, he is Fecking awful!!

 

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Couldnt make this up! 2-3...learning the hard way.

 

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Unlucky for Bonne, just misses the goal to the right of the post. Bolton then go up the other end and score.

Come on lads

 

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Frustrating half. Our defensive work on the right has been poor, Bolton are playing our formation and our tactics and doing it better than us. But for Burns we’d be totally out of this game. Coulson has been ok, Harper absent, evans ineffective, Aluko looks tidy, Chaplin just not involved enough. Bonne sharp as ever.

 

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Wow, what a first half that was, a fast paced game with equal amounts of skill and crappy mistakes....

More goals in the second half are almost guaranteed....come on Ipswich!

 

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Yeah Bolton are sh!t.. they have several good players.. BUT Critically they have found a way to easily break through our system… it’s technical, it’s clever… we had adjusted to it…. As in close the space between our midfield and our defence … but they sprung it again

 

 

SECOND HALF

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Terrible defending, Bolton have bloody scored again two minutes into the second half.

 

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Jesus our defending is bad.

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4 -2 now, anyone got idea of where this will finish.

There is chronically amiss with us, not just a one off but over a whole sequence of events. Bolton almost got a fifth there, seriously, what the hell.

 

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I am actually glad I cant watch this performance!

 

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****in' hell, it's 5 for Bolton now.

 

POST MATCH

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One vote for Bolton win though. That person care to share tonights lottery numbers??

 

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What a shambles that was in the end.

It looked like being a competitive match for the first half hour but we just crumbled after Bolton's third goal and it was all downhill from there. Bonne, Burns, Coulson and Aluko played well enough and Donacien was solid when he came on but nobody else could complain if they were dropped for the next league game.

 

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Is there a silver lining? Maybe "at least we're not Wednesday fans travelling back from the ends of the f**king world"?

Nope. No silver lining. Humped @ PR by Bolton. Jaysus H Fkn Christ.  

 

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Relegation didn’t happen to Bolton last season. They stuck by the manager and system and went up automatically. They play the same formation and style as us by one of Cooks former players in one of cooks previously successful sides.

All these players signed for cook. Many played together in his former championship winning teams. If he was ****, and Richardson was this behind the scenes mastermind of it all they wouldn’t have come here.

I am worried about the idea Morsy will fix everything and our lack of coaches. But equally the idea that cook had to go now is a bit short sighted.

mom sticking by Xmas as the deadline to see things clicking.

that said it took that Bolton side til feb and now they are playing the system very well indeed. Cooks system.

 

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I thought we were playing Bolton, not Man City or Chelsea. We are miles short in fitness, set up, tactics and ability in certain areas of the pitch. We are also short of heart, bottle, call it what you will.

 

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When Bolton score five,
'Cause we're fúcking shïte,
Oh, Ipswich,
Our defence should be more tight.

Or something like that.

 

 

Great work Matty and Mantra. 

Let's agree with the Ipswich fans and hope that full back that couldn't get a game for us isn't the mastermind. 

Good read them comments. 

A bit of fairness creeping in these days and not a profanity insight as far as I saw.

Good stuff Matty.

Really enjoy reading these.

good work.

What they saying @matty2094

Edited September 19, 20214 yr by burnden

Will be having a nosey this evening. 

It's really not as entertaining when we lose. RovrumWays have been quite complimentary.

All comments taken from https://boards.footymad.net/forumdisplay.php?f=2602

 

PRE-MATCH

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Are we playing a sleeping giant today? Just one who's taking a snooze? It should be a cracker and one we should do better in than last Saturday against Fleetwood. This could be a game worth watching and one we can win!!

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Oladapo Afolayan On loan from West Ham is the man to watch.

DURING

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Bolton look dangerous so we need to be careful here

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Anyone else suffering from jangling nerves?

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Inconsistency from ref by sounds

he's being influenced by a big crowd

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he's being influenced by a big crowd

Yes he’s certainly a homer. Bolton go down easily.

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Seems like Bolton have brought in Rent an Official

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their goal given as offside, looked tight to me

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Jesus H Corbett. That was not good for my blood pressure. Agree we look better balanced in midfield but they are getting into channels behind us too easily for me. Great advert for the division though. Two teams attacking like Billy-o

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Great stuff from us but it’s going to be a nervy 2nd half. They have played some good stuff too

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The most frenetic game of football I've seen for a long time. Not good for the nerves, both teams are all over the place 😂

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They have a good midfield, impressed with Sheehan.

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A well fought game, well under the cosh first 10 and it looked like we were going to get a drumming. Kept our nerve and soaked it all up and gradually started to press. Let's be honest here, Bolton should have scored at least 3 goals!

Make no bones about it, Bolton will be up there around the top, come the end of the season, I liked what they had to offer.

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Bolton are no mugs, but other than the odd flutter they created nothing of note, and even though they had most of the ball 2nd half, had we had someone pacey up top we would have scored more on the break.
They hit the post 1st half at 2-0, but smudger was so unlucky with his shot 2nd half that came back off inside of post, but a really professional performance against a team that will absolutely be pushing for a top 6 spot. UTM

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Proud Miller here. What a first half that was, with both teams attacking full on and creating chances. Quite clear to see how Bolton are and will be up there, with quality passing and speed up front. But we exploited their dodgy defence well and should have scored at least a couple more ourselves.

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Excellent win! Lots of teams will lose at Bolton this season, very energetic and in your face. We coped really well in the main with the pressure.

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A gripe at the officials today for acceding to their players and fans.
Jonah saves the ball going for a corner, lino does nothing, then we have 5 seconds of screaming from their fans and only then he springs into life waving for a corner way over on the far side. There's no way he could have seen that.

One of our players commits a foul, ref blows for a foul, Isgrove starts flailing his arms around for five seconds and it's only after the histrionics that the ref pulls out a card.

I think Richie Barker had enough of this nonsense and told Evatt what he thought of them hence the handbags on-the touchline

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Yes Sadlier wasn't great when he came on but I think Kayode would have been pummelled by their man mountain CH Almeida Santos who was very quick too

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Reading the Bolton message boards the phrase most often used about us was "well-drilled". Not something we say about ourselves but the opposition seem to think our coaching team know a thing or two...

..also interesting that they thought the ref did them no favours which, from a Miller's perspective, is hard to fathom.

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I think their manager came out with a bunch of sour grapes. He thinks they controlled the game. At least their fans saw through it.
This was what you call a quality away performance. Bish bash bosh. 2-0 up. Changed it around and cruised home. Last weeks horror show banished from memory.

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Ian evatt says they conceded from two set pieces.
The first one was a short throw in followed by four passes and a cut back from Wiles

I suppose every goal can be linked back to a dead ball situation Ian

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Wanderers fan here, but a local one, lived around Rotherham for 40 years but now in Tykes land!! ��. Really well done yesterday, two good goals and thought your teams organisation and game management was excellent. You’re the only team so far to manacle young Afolyan down the left wing who has been sensational this season but never got a look in. From our perspective it’s just a shame Doyle missed the sitter when he hit the post and our headed goal was disallowed because it could have really turned the game into a cracker. Still, it is what it is and you deserved the win. From what I’ve seen so far, I don’t think there are too many better than you in L1 so I think you should be strongly pushing for promotion back to the Championship and we’ll try and do both you and ourselves a favour next week at Sunderland. As for us, we have little cutting edge and if we are to progress we need to reinforce in January. Anyway, well done on yesterday and I’m now looking forward to our game at New York where we surely must do better than our last visit??

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Classy comments.
You look a good side and I agree if you got one back it could have been interesting.

Pleased for the genuine supporters you have had a rough few years and are on the way back.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

All very complimentary really. MackemWays should be more interesting should we rock up and do a job. Can't see them setting out to nullify us like Rotherham did yesterday.