Members bolton_blondie Posted October 21, 2021 Members Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 'Eh Mummy, when we go watching England on Saturday....' FFS child. Edited October 21, 2021 by bolton_blondie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted October 21, 2021 Members Share Posted October 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said: 'Eh Mummy, when we go watching England on Saturday....' FFS child. Jesus Christ BB what are you teaching those sprogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted October 21, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said: 'Eh Mummy, when we go watching England on Saturday....' FFS child. England? They're much better than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolton_blondie Posted October 21, 2021 Members Share Posted October 21, 2021 44 minutes ago, Rudy said: Jesus Christ BB what are you teaching those sprogs To not be a twat at matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted October 21, 2021 Members Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 minute ago, bolton_blondie said: To not be a twat at matches. England matches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolton_blondie Posted October 21, 2021 Members Share Posted October 21, 2021 Just now, Rudy said: England matches? Those ones too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Anyone got a spare East stand lower for this one? Me + my daughter have season tickets in the ESL, but could do with another ticket for the Gillingham game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolli Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 24 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said: Anyone got a spare East stand lower for this one? Me + my daughter have season tickets in the ESL, but could do with another ticket for the Gillingham game. There will be alot of spares for this i would suspect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.cramp Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 A scrappy 1-0 will do fine. An afolayan shot going wide and takes a wicked deflection off Doyle's arse, that,ll do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 If anyone is interested the 5 for £20 offer in Reflections is on again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Jones apparently out till the new year 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted October 21, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2021 Terrible news. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/19664139.bolton-wanderers-seek-second-opinion-gethin-jones-injury-ahead-gillingham/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 So Brockbank / Isgrove playing right back in a 4 until January, or change to wingbacks? Theres always some weird third option though where someone random comes in and plays right back, or we pick up a free agent. Maybe Aimson can do it. Brockbank is OK and may improve with game time but think he weakens the side a fair amount. Isgrove can do a job but doubt his defensive capabilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 16 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: Shitter that is about Jones, IE should have options, however I don't think Isgrove or Brockbank as straight replacements are the way forward imo. Either 3 at the back, or this Aimson lad comes in and Johnston plays at RB, or Baptiste plays. Whatever system or whoever IE selects, its going to have to be for the next 10 games. Johnston left footer at right back? Not sure Baptiste could handle running the flank for 90 mins either, probably not even 60 mins. Think evatt has to either persist with Brockbank in a 4 or use Izzy as a wingback. Johnston, Baptiste and Santos as 3 CentreBacks sounds good. or Johnston Aimson and Santos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Interesting at 1:30 he's talking about not changing what you do (i.e. tactics/style of play) on the back of a couple of bad results, as it shows a lack of belief in it. Then right at the end he says that we have to find solutions to make up for Gethin being out - "if that means changing system, we will do." Clearly, he's considering a different formation. Whether he does it on Saturday against one of the lesser teams in the division is another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 We can still sign free agents, can’t we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Yep but then you’re eating up a squad space that could be better used come January when we can loan someone in or buy someone. Anyone who’s a free agent will probably take ages to get up to speed, fitness wise, and is probably shite so why bother when we’ve got cover or can change formation to adapt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Mantra said: Yep but then you’re eating up a squad space that could be better used come January when we can loan someone in or buy someone. Anyone who’s a free agent will probably take ages to get up to speed, fitness wise, and is probably shite so why bother when we’ve got cover or can change formation to adapt? Was thinking a short term deal until January. Fairly sure we’ve done that previously? Seems plenty of free agents find it easy enough to do a bit of training with local teams etc so hopefully they wouldn’t be too far off the pace. Personally find it preferable to reverting to the wing back disasters of last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said: Was thinking a short term deal until January. Fairly sure we’ve done that previously? Seems plenty of free agents find it easy enough to do a bit of training with local teams etc so hopefully they wouldn’t be too far off the pace. Personally find it preferable to reverting to the wing back disasters of last season. Yeh short term deal could work I suppose but can’t see it happening. Wingbacks were a disaster last year but we were also playing with Crellin, Greenidge, Comley and Delfouneso in the 11 and it was only early days under Evatt. I think in a higher division with the better players both for and against us it could be more effective. Edited October 21, 2021 by Mantra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Get Kioso back, can’t defend that great, but he bombs forward for fun. Gives their left side something to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOWTUN BAKED Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Continue with Brockbank, just don't play Baka in front of him. If Brockbank can't improve with a run of games, then what's the point of him being at the club? We can't just go out & get more players, there's a squad list isn't there? Not overly keen on changing the formation either, you're suddenly changing loads of positions then instead of 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted October 21, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2021 There are no free agents decent enough or fit enough to play competitive League 1 games. If they were, they wouldn't be a free agent. We go with what we've got, and if it isn't good enough, that's just life. Not terribly concerned, especially now Santos is available again. Every team in the division will have a poor run at some point. Let's hope ours ends on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted October 21, 2021 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2021 Brockbank or Baptiste Or Isgrove if we get desperate Squad game and all that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 35 minutes ago, BOWTUN BAKED said: Continue with Brockbank, just don't play Baka in front of him. If Brockbank can't improve with a run of games, then what's the point of him being at the club? We can't just go out & get more players, there's a squad list isn't there? Not overly keen on changing the formation either, you're suddenly changing loads of positions then instead of 1 Agree with that. Baka plays in his correct position up front or not at all, barring injuries. And as you say, if we had wing backs (please no), where does Dapo fit in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 45 minutes ago, BOWTUN BAKED said: Continue with Brockbank, just don't play Baka in front of him. If Brockbank can't improve with a run of games, then what's the point of him being at the club? We can't just go out & get more players, there's a squad list isn't there? Not overly keen on changing the formation either, you're suddenly changing loads of positions then instead of 1 I agree with you there. But think Gethins absence has a bigger effect on the team than we’d like to admit, and so yes while making only one change on the surface seems better than a complete overhaul, if you play 3-5-2 or some might call it 5-3-2 you’re not actually changing that much, in my opinion. I think it would actually suit this group of players more. Would mean we could play Bakayoko up top with Doyle and have Dapo through the middle Dixon Santos Baptiste Johnston isgrove John MJ. Lee Dapo Doyle Bakayoko Could even have Sarce in attacking midfield and Dapo up front with Doyle. OR a 3-4-3 / 5-2-3 is probably even less of a change same back line but with MJ. Lee Kachunga Doyle. Dapo Edited October 21, 2021 by Mantra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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