Bolton v Burton... match thread

Hands up all those that were ‘forced’ to do PE or play football or go on a cross country run in wind rain sleet and snow with or without a cough cold runny nose sore throat?
And here’s ALF as we’re reliably informed (BN) that he has tonsillitis and may not play!!!
Is that a Parky excuse or what??

Win must be with our superb players and tactical genius of a manager we should walk this game 3-0 COYWM.

Not just ruined my Christmas Parkinson, you’ve ruined my life😡😡😡😡😡😡

Poor match, one trick pony wanderers, hoof to Madine. Easily snuffed out. Ameobi was best of a bad bunch, unlucky not score. Rest passed a lot usually backwards. Nothing to entertain. Nothing exite. Relegation form.

That was an appalling pathetic performance.

Totally devoid of quality.

We have not one player who can pass the ball accurately along the floor – constant hoofs just gave the ball to the opposition.

We started brightly for the first 10 or so minutes. Buckley managed 2 shots which the Burton goalie saved very easily. We then started to lose the ball and could not retain possession.
Our passing just degenerated and the pace of the game slow awfully.

That was to be the pattern for the rest of the match.

Burton had too much possession and eventually the ball fell to the edge of the area (as often happens in our matches) and Dyer hit it reasonably but how it beat Alnwick, I don’t know.

We had one near miss in the second half when a Wheater header hit the bar and Pratley somehow failed to score from the follow up. I thought it was a simple nod in for Pratley but I’ll wait until tonight to see it on TV.

The match then just meandered towards an inevitable defeat. We had some scrambles. I don’t think that the Burton keeper needed to make any significant saves.

We have many faults – cannot pass, cannot control the ball, hopeless shooting, no Plan B from the manager.

This is absolutely relegation form.

Three difficult matches coming up which will probably leave us stranded at the bottom come New Year.

To sum up; a dreadful relegation-style performance in which we played at half pace and which the manager could not affect once the game drifted after 15 minutes.

Alnwick - 5 I am sick of seeing us concede from shots from outside the box (Sunderland, Forest, today). It can’t be bad luck all the time.
His distribution was slow and poor – just hopeful hoofs towards Madine.

Darby - 3 I think he only got across the halfway line once in the whole match so we lost all that Little gives in combining with Ameobi. Just poor.

Wheater - 4 Was beaten on the ground too often. Unlucky with the header that hit the bar.

Beevers - 4 Again, cumbersome. Beaten too often and distribution was shocking.

Robinson - 3 He tries and he got forward well but his passing today was appalling.

Henry - 3 I don’t know what he brought to the match today. We did not dominate midfield and, like everyone else, his passing was terrible.

Pratley - 3 Usual headless chicken. Like Henry, he could not control midfield.

Ameobi - 6 Possibly our only hope of anything exciting. One shot just wide in the second half.

Buckley - 5 Two early powder puff shots but then faded badly.

Vela - 3 He seems to be living off last year’s reputation as he is just not in games these days. Again, awful passing.

Madine - 3 He won about 20% of the long punts but had no one around him to lay the ball off to. Cannot hold the ball up. Whoever allowed him to shoot from 35 yards at a free kick (TWICE!) wants speaking to.

Morais - 4 Played at right back so did not influence the game at all.

Noone - 3 Poor distribution.

Wilbraham N/A

If I was the manager of the oppostion I would KNOW that we play long ball AND I would put 1 in front and 1 behind Madine when we kick it long...Guuess what Burton did!!
AND seeing as we dont have a plan B..Guess what...WE DONT HAVE A PLAN.]

I,ve never been one to blame a manger BUT...I firmly t believe that these players are better than this and its the MANAGERS fault we are in this position.
Which means PARKY has to go (I,ll pay for the bloody Taxi)or we are heading for Div 1...he either cant or wont change his tactics.
Bite the bullet Ken...DO IT