Accrington vs BWFC. Match thread....exactly!

Keith needs to answer some questions today. When we win hes on talkSport and will talk to any man and his dog.

Hes made great strides but when he comes out with clever dick comments like im rushing players back then you leave yourself open for this.

2nd time weve taken a lead and been heavily beaten on his watch.

And no i dont mean hes under pressure or anything like that but thats a gift for Accrington.

I agree Kenglo, ten men teams close ranks just like MKD did and certainly don’t wave the white flag like we did today and in fairness we seemed to get away at only conceding 7 goals, it could have been double figures. That’s not acceptable under any circumstances. What’s happened to that fighting team we had a month ago, they look a yard slower and less committed for some reason and if this is how experienced professionals play then bring back the kids, at least expectations are lower from them but there’s no shortage of commitment. The jury’s still well and truly out on KH but results and performances like this certainly don’t help his case. That team should have been well up for the game today, especially after going one up and whilst accepting the sending off seems to have been grossly unfair it certainly doesn’t constitute a collapse like that. Where do we go from here because that defeat can only have dented confidence in everyone concerned? KH had better come up with something good now or else all the positive work he’s done might just go astray. We know he’s Bolton through and through but I’m afraid that only gets you so far.

I should think of the lottery numbers – I am becoming Mystic Meg!



That was a total embarrassment.



Embarrassing with a shambolic performance on the pitch and embarrassing from a moronic performance by the fans. We had flares yet again (someone will be hurt one day), countless bottles thrown on the pitch and then 2 morons running on to the pitch. We may have a good number of supporters but fan-wise we were also a disgrace today.

This game was so similar to the Rotherham match – we score first and then collapsed.

We set off well and after pressure from our corners, Verlinden jinxed through and centred for Murphy D to score at the far post. Decent goal and Accrington were there for the taking.

Accrington just took over though and prior to the sending off had 2 great chances that they missed. In both cases Chicksen was skinned (maybe he had no help but they walked round him) – the first resulted in a chance 6 yards out that Wright blocked well and then the centre forward, who later scored 2, was totally unmarked 10 yards out and headed wide. Accrington should have scored both of those.

Then came the penalty.

Yet again we were wide open, first in midfield and then Earl finished up defending one on one with their attacker. He tackled when he should have stood off and, I thought unluckily, was deemed to have tripped him. The referee gave a penalty and nothing else. The Accrington players then surrounded the ref and after 30 seconds he produced the red card. Disgusting from the Accrington players and farcical from the ref. If a red card is shown every time a player is fouled in the box, I give up.

The match was gone then.

Midfield was non existent, out tackled, caught in possession and rank bad passing.

The defence continued to be wide open. The manager chose to put Bridcutt at centre half. It did not work.

Goal no 2 came when again Chicksen was skinned down their right. Centre comes in, man unmarked, easy header. Wright and Bridcutt what were you doing?

Goal 3 came from a woeful pass from Lowe which got us caught out. Ball down the right (see the pattern here?) centre to far post. Emmanuel standing 10 yards off his man who shot and ball deflected off Emmanuel past Matthews.

The manager then changed the defence and brought Zouma on for O’Grady. 2 goals too late methinks.

The second half was a shambles. Accrington hit long balls over our full backs endlessly. Their front men ran into space while we stood still and watched. We were awful.

We had about 2 attacks – one which Lowe missed a sitter from 6 yards out

And the goals just kept going in – a lot just basic tap-ins with our defence frozen to the spot.

There will be complaints about the referee. The sending off was a terrible decision but we were shocking.


We gave up at 3-1 down.


We were out-thought, out-tackled just absolute rubbish.



Marks:-



Matthews - 4 Kept the score down with a couple of good saves.

Emmanuel - 2 Defensively rank bad.

Chicksen - 1 MOM last week – Slaughtered today.

Wright - 3 A couple of decent blocks but he should be organising this defence and he was dragged all over the show.

Earl Amateurish tackle for the penalty.

Bridcutt - 2 Really really poor. Caught in possession endlessly.

Murphy L - 3 Just nowhere to be seen in the game.

Lowe - 3 A stream of really poor passes, one which led to goal no 3.

Verlinden - 3 Set up the goal but then faded so badly.

O’Grady - 2 Substituted early on to allow Zouma on but, in all honesty, had done nothing.

Murphy D - 3 Scored again and got little support. Could not hold the ball up.

Dodoo - 3 Wasted a couple of opportunities to get goal attempts.

Zouma - 3

Graham

Just watched the highlights.......terrible defending

Agree with all that OM but frankly after Saturday I don’t see a hope in hell of us staying up now with this bunch of “senior” players. You know what? I’d get rid of most in January and soldier on for the rest of this year with the kids because at least we’d know by next season which of them will make it. Maybe drastic but frankly I don’t have much desire or appetite to watch that bunch again.