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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 9:24:24 GMT
Well it’s twenty past twelve in Crete and I was going to give my thoughts on tonight’s game but no thread. Here’s my ten pennies worth as much as we are still learning how to play football again we do need to get that first win maybe just maybe it could happen tonight 3-1 COYWM
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 7, 2019 11:17:59 GMT
I think with proper strikers now available Chip, this could be the first win and hopefully the first of many. Enjoy yourself in Crete whilst the rest of us suffer the rain back home. I feel a win is possible tonight so m going for 2-1 to Wanderers.
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Post by andyl on Oct 7, 2019 11:46:39 GMT
Hope it comes to pass, Minoan Wanderer! Yes we need a win, but a strange thing..with time to kill today I've spent the morning walking around the town centre and taking in the Bolton history bit of the Museum with its Nat case and its 1923 tickets. It all reinforces how glad and relieved I am that we have a team at all and what a tragedy had we not.
The foitball is way more interesting even if not up to speed and not yet winning. We have to go down almost certainly but I think we will blood some noses along the way- who knows maybe tangerine ones
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 18:38:24 GMT
Yes found a bar that’s showing the game Parky is in the studio COYWM
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Post by OohMac on Oct 7, 2019 18:58:25 GMT
Confident too Chip. Was going to say 3-1 too. Feel we need to take the lead and maybe get a buffer before 65mins where we turn into pumpkins.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 19:55:46 GMT
0-0 halftime very frustrating game struggling to put two or three passes together, not enough men in the box when we get a chance to swing it in. Bridcutt will be a big loss, we don’t seem to have any experience on the bench, but they hit the bar and we had a great shot that was well saved let’s hope we don’t get tired in the second half COYWM
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 21:00:08 GMT
0-0 full time my only gripe is that we started with 1 upfront that’s two goals in ten games we are not going to win many games like that COYWM
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Post by OohMac on Oct 7, 2019 21:13:07 GMT
Well firstly you have to respect that Blackpool are the team gunning for play off and we're holding the table up, so to get a draw and limit them to so few chances is a positive.
And thats not all the positives either. Hobbs, Zouma got thier head on all. I was really impressed with Crawford first half but where did he go in the 2nd? Lowe looked comfortable too. Politic very poor tonight big disappointing.
It looked really hard work tonight. Rushed, panic in the bottom 3. Wrong passes. No real control. Balls floated in high and slow. Set pieces never looked rehearsed. It was unfortunately too much like a Parkinson side.
Not sure why we made such an early change but then didnt make the 3rd sub when Verlinden was flying in on a yellow or when we looked completely flat after 65 or so mins.
Was expexting a lot of pass and move stuff. 1-2s. Overlapping. Not a lot of that.
Another lengthy break due to no Burton game. Which suits. Try and get O'Grady in, get Murphy up to speed. Hope Bridcutt isnt serious and he will be back.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 21:22:17 GMT
I have just returned from the pub I don’t want to sound to harsh or a bit like a moaning old get but we’re are all the experienced players got to it was crying out for someone to put their foot on the ball and have a look round and pick out a pass never mind we have nearly two weeks before our next game COYWM
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Post by andyl on Oct 7, 2019 21:51:52 GMT
All in all I was quite pleased with that. We more than nullified a well organised Grayson outfit and looked calm and controlled passing from the back. We could ill afford to lose Bridcutt yet in truth he'd missed a pass or two and Graham possibly improved us.
I thought Lowe was our standout player tonight with Crawford not far behind especially in that second half when he took over from Bridcutt in the deeper role.
In defence Hobbes made two splendid blocks but was prone to an error or two and let the ball bounce too much late on. Zouma was excellent andvthe two full backs good.
We were a bit lightweight on the flanks and Murphy a yard short but even so he all but stole in to fashion chances being denied only by a good save, a great block and the side netting. More to come from him.
Verlinden tried to get himself sent off but it was most unedifying to see Blackpool trying to get the referee to despatch him also.
I think we are getting better and we rode out an injury to our best player too. It will be a while before we string together wins but onward and upward. We are so much easier on the eye than last year.
Matthews 6 Emmanuel 7 Hobbes 6 Zouma 7 Chicksen 7 Bridcutt 4 Graham 6 Lowe 9 Crawford 7 Murphy 6 Politic 5 Verlinden 5
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Post by bonaparte on Oct 8, 2019 7:21:44 GMT
I agree generally with Andy, except for Murphy. I did not see the three chances Andy quoted, I saw a slow lumbering big man,not involved and not trying to be involved, easily displaced and unable to hold up the ball or bring in other players. 4 at the most for me.
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Post by davidm on Oct 8, 2019 8:04:38 GMT
I am not quite as positive as others regarding this performance. Yes, we played a play-off challenging team and held them but I thought that we were lacking the pass and move qualities that we had against Oxford and Sunderland.
Defensively, apart from one moment of sleeping in the first half when Feeney hit the bar, we were sound. To go from regular 0-5 scores to 0-0 is real progress.
Midfield, I think we struggled a bit. When we played the ball around at the back, there was an enormous gap between Hobbs and the midfield which resulted in too many Beevers-like hoofs forward. I must have a blind spot with Crawford as, apart from dead ball deliveries, I don’t see a great deal.
Forwards were slow and cumbersome. Murphy obviously needs matches, Politic got caught in possession endlessly and Verlinden seemed to want to get sent off.
Having said all that, we are still light years ahead of last season’s dross. We try to play football – we just need to win.
We seem to be doomed with injuries. If Bridcutt’s injury is as bad as feared, we won’t see much more of him. How many do we have injured now? Is it 10 players?
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Matthews - 7 No need for any great saves but did everything that was needed
Emmanuel - 7 Occasionally got carried away and gave the ball away when a simple clearance would do but overall good
Chicksen - 8 Very solid
Hobbs - 8 Franz Beckenbauer in disguise? The source of all our forward movement out of defence.
Zouma - 7 Good. No reckless lunges tonight
Bridcutt - 5 He was a bit sloppy before his injury. Will be solely missed.
Lowe - 6 Had to drop back when Bridcutt went off.
Politic - 5 Brushed off the ball too often. His poorest display so far
Crawford - 5 For me, he doesn’t dominate midfield as I would expect
Verlinden - 5 Easily controlled by Blackpool’s full backs
Murphy - 5 Looks massively unfit. Nearly got on the end of a couple of chances second half
Graham - 7 Impressive when he came on
DoDoo - 5 One shot narrowly wide but I was disappointed that he played out right and not up with Murphy
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Post by OohMac on Oct 8, 2019 8:11:16 GMT
I agree generally with Andy, except for Murphy. I did not see the three chances Andy quoted, I saw a slow lumbering big man,not involved and not trying to be involved, easily displaced and unable to hold up the ball or bring in other players. 4 at the most for me. Murphy 1st half played onside and got a shot away, also hampered Henergan for Politic to get a deflected shot off and there was the corner which i thought scrambled in but was side netting. In truth he was isolated and didnt hold the ball up particularly well. Think we want it to work for him so much that we may be over egging the custard. Had Donaldson put in that performance think he would have got the 5/10, not at level needed. |
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Post by andyl on Oct 8, 2019 8:54:05 GMT
We mustn't ask too much too soon. I was pleased to speak briefly with rtf, site admin last night and she made the timely point that with no pre-season we are bound to be behind in fitness. But we were agreed as was a friend of mine who sits nearby that it is so much more pleasing to see the team pass the ball out of defence so regularly.
Murphy was short - his best was the near post pounce on Verlinden's fizzing pass. Onward and upward. But he's behind those who are behind. Doodoo looked out of it too. His best a symmetrica effort tol Feeney cross shot.
Hey we contained Feeney! And Spearing. Not bad to neutralise Neil's favourite and lead assist man
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Post by greydad on Oct 8, 2019 9:47:01 GMT
A point and clean sheet against a form team in the league, BBC Sport stats had us ahead in possession, shots (on and off target) and corners, a distinct change from last season. The lack of a win is obviously disappointing but given the circumstances of the last few months it was an absolute pleasure to be back in the North Upper eyrie amongst familiar faces and watch a team that is becoming competitive and deserving of 3 points. Bridcutt's injury is a blow, a fractured collarbone according to the BN, and Buckley looks like being sidelined for some time....the fates are certainly not conspiring to make things easy for the club but progress, albeit gradual, is tangible and will hopefully continue against Rochdale on the 19th.
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