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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 18, 2020 17:08:19 GMT
kick off 7pm. tuesday. don't think i'll be buying this one in. don't 100% bank on it being played David Dunn ( their mgr) missed the last game..tested positive for Covid. possibly more staff isolating too.
very unsure whether to have a bet as totally baffled how to call this one.
our away form has been slightly better than the dire home form.
quick bit of research into Barrow.
they're 22nd in the table. played 6. 0 wins. 3 draws 3 defeats.
still a legacy of Evatt's possession style as they have joint 2nd best possession in the div. 53.5%. we're top with 54.6%
they've scored 4 goals. we've scored 3. they are higher in the rankings than us for shots per game, shots on target, and better for shots conceded too.
they've only conceded 2 goals on one occasion. and none of their losses have been by more than a 1 goal margin. so basically I'm expecting it to be a fairly tight, low scoring affair.
i'll predict 1-1..but it could easily be 0-0.
Yoan Zouma plays for them too. they seem to play a 352
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 18, 2020 17:37:30 GMT
I’m still going to watch this one rtf, surely things must pick up soon? I’m hoping to see a much changed side with the likes of Darcy and Riley starting, or am I just being super optimistic/foolish?? After Evatt’s very forthright views on the players attitude he can’t possibly stick with the same shirkers, or can he? I just don’t know. Was it a wake up call, will the likes of Sarcevic, Gordon and Comley be given one last chance to impress, or will they be cast to the bench? I certainly hope they will but it depends how Evatt sees it. Would he be able to play Darcy now after what he said or would it be better to stick to his guns? I don’t think whatever happens Evatt is in any danger, everybody accepts the difficulty of the job he’s doing but sooner or later he has to accept responsibility for the players under performance week after week. Anyway, I’m afraid I’m going to have to believe he will just fiddle without changing much where it needs to. Sarcevic will start with Tutte instead of Comley which means once again no place for either Ronan or Riley so on that basis I think Barrow will be too good for us, especially with his old boys pulling out all the stops to put one over on him. Barrow may not score many but I’m going for 2 for them and none for us so 0-2 against the Whites and another wasted £10 for me!! 😩
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Post by OohMac on Oct 18, 2020 17:48:26 GMT
Someones got to concede possession and from what ive seen this season i have no issues with it being us.
We obviously dont have much time to train so I think the real changes would be attitude and aptitude rather than tactical. Get out of 2nd gear. No more coasting.
After Newport we were better. We have to be better and then we need to keep an intensity going.
Changes. Fairly obvious. Tutte in. Darcy in. Isgrove? Can he not do an hour? Comley gone. Doyle rested? Sarcevic either out or last warning
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 18, 2020 19:24:52 GMT
yes. agree with both of you guys, a fresh looking team with the likes of Riley, Darcy in, plus ...as OM suggests the fast tracking of Miller and Isgrove for at least 30 mins ,would make it more interesting. surely it's got to happen. i'd still be tempted with Sarce in behind the striker. looking at his goals for Plymouth, he's got a decent long shot on him. Crawford to the bench.
Crellin cb's Brocky, Santos, Delaney wb's Kioso , Mascoll
mf 2 Tutte + (Riley or Darcy)
front 3. Miller, Doyle, Sarce
subs : Riley or Darce Isgrove, Crawford Gnahoua or Delf 1 central defender... baptiste or greenidge or taft Gordon sub keeper. Alexander
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Post by davidm on Oct 19, 2020 18:46:18 GMT
Surely, this team will come good eventually. Tuesday is the chance.
Saturday was awful with slow ponderous poor passing together with players getting caught in possession and/or giving possession away.
So all this is to be improved upon.
Goalkeeper plus back 3 will surely stay the same.
Wingbacks – Kioso definitely but Gordon has done little to warrant a place except that Mascoll defensively was awful for the winning goal.
Central midfield – we cannot continue with Comlyn with his sideways/backwards passing and so badly inaccurate as well.
I presume that Doyle & Delfouneso will be the attack although they have had 8 games in which they have showed that they cannot play together.
We desperately need some pace in the team which is ridiculous when you consider all the comments regarding our new signings over the summer being lightning fast. I have yet to see that pace!
I don’t expect much change from Saturday’s team – maybe Comlyn and Gordon out.
We have to improve though. Hopefully, the manager’s outburst after the match will gee them up not dispirit them.
We are a great disappointment so far but we are playing a very average opponent so, yet again, Mr Optimistic that I am will forecast a 3-1 away win.
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Post by andyl on Oct 19, 2020 19:22:55 GMT
You would think, wouldn't you, that in my 62nd year of watching bwfc I would have developed some resilience to the effects of defeats and last minute goals or some immunity to the disease of supporting bwfc? Alas there is no known vaccine in htis life and on we go, so I've forked out the £10 for tomorrow's agonies. I'm also old enough to remember Barrow going out of the league, so it's good to see them back. if not to be at risk of emulation.
It is no coincidence that ( arguably) our two best efforts have been away at Colchester and Harrogate ( Doncaster). I hope not to experience the crushing aura of another defeat. No predictions, no instincts, just hope.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 19, 2020 21:34:09 GMT
Is tomorrow the time for big changes or tweaks?
Could we push Santos into the Campo role? If we play back 4 are Kioso and Gordon or Mascoll good enough defensively and would we lose too much of an attacking threat(not from the left)
When i think of our 5-3-2 formation i just picture those defensive passes. Going nowhere fast and eventually losing it
I think the changes I want to see long term may not be best implemented tomorrow. Maybe we do just tweak.
But think in time id go
________Crellin Brockbank Delaney Santos Taft __________Riley ____Kioso Crawford Darcy ________Sarcevic ___________Doyle
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Post by riochforthereebok on Oct 20, 2020 9:59:50 GMT
Simply put...... It’s win or bust for me This really has to be his last shot
I know Oom has mentioned that he’s going nowhere, but surely even Ms Brittan knows when to cut losses, she’s a reputable business woman and I would expect that she comes out and delivers a timely reminder that anything but VICTORY Ian and we’ll have to terminate your employment. Either that, or she could be in danger of falling into the Ken Anderson category of most hated BWFC owners if she sticks with him
I’m sorry, I feel that cheated by this man and anyone on here that seriously expects or thinks that Ian Evatt can turn this around, it’s not going to happen. I’ve never had my enthusiasm shattered so quickly in any part of anything in my life more so than this appointment and failure of Ian Evatt. In fact, if I had the keys to the door, he wouldn’t be on the team bus today, I cannot see a win for us tonight but even if we do I still want him out
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 20, 2020 11:01:20 GMT
BEEP BEEP BEEP. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/18806329.bolton-wanderers-front-man-shun-miller-faces-longer-lay-off-says-ian-evatt/" We’ve gone over it today but we have to move on and there were lots of good bits in that game and I didn’t feel like there was after the game on Saturday but sometimes until you watch it back and until you analyse it and take the emotion out of it, there were lots of positives.
“We should have been ahead in the game, we had some good chances, some good opportunities but we didn’t take them. We have to start taking them"OMG.... even some of Evatt's biggest supporters must be cringeing with his latest u-turn. it's no longer opinion. this is textbook bad management. it was awful. a disgrace. questions players character... it's ok lads i've looked again..we deserved to win.. i take it all back no wonder his subs are bad when he's admitting his head gets so clouded by emotions on the day that he can't think straight. it's your job to be making good clear calm-headed judgements.
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Post by kenglowhite on Oct 20, 2020 12:50:55 GMT
I've signed in, mainly because I want to see if Ian Evatt has changed anything, indeed if he is capable of making the right moves to improve things. Unfortunately Miller is not available as some have suggested, but Upfront I believe Doyle and Delfo will be OK if fed properly. Every team needs a splattering of youth, and Evatt has so far failed in that direction. He must realise how much Riley, and Darcy can bring out the best in his older players, most of whom need a bit of youthful inspiration to help them perform. Although OK in attack, I was less pleased than most in Kioso as a defender. He frequently failed to cover Brockbank and defence should be his main job. Unless Mr Evatt takes my advice I can't see us getting much tonight at 7pm.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Oct 20, 2020 13:40:09 GMT
BEEP BEEP BEEP. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/18806329.bolton-wanderers-front-man-shun-miller-faces-longer-lay-off-says-ian-evatt/" We’ve gone over it today but we have to move on and there were lots of good bits in that game and I didn’t feel like there was after the game on Saturday but sometimes until you watch it back and until you analyse it and take the emotion out of it, there were lots of positives.
“We should have been ahead in the game, we had some good chances, some good opportunities but we didn’t take them. We have to start taking them"OMG.... even some of Evatt's biggest supporters must be cringeing with his latest u-turn. it's no longer opinion. this is textbook bad management. it was awful. a disgrace. questions players character... it's ok lads i've looked again..we deserved to win.. i take it all back no wonder his subs are bad when he's admitting his head gets so clouded by emotions on the day that he can't think straight. it's your job to be making good clear calm-headed judgements. RTF Is it just me or is there a point to this video of a truck mixer
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 20, 2020 14:27:46 GMT
it's definitely you Rioch . BEEP BEEP ...the sound of Evatt quickly REVERSING his views ( in recent BN articles )... from the players are all a disgrace etc. risking losing the dressing room etc. to .. he's had another look at the video, and it was all ok. we deserved to win !? goes out all guns blazing... now tail firmly between legs on the retreat. you couldn't make it up . he sounded like he was going to make wholesale changes. at this rate, it'll be unchanged side.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 20, 2020 16:03:42 GMT
Disappointed with his Uturn as i thought he was right in what he said.
Maybe his mentors may have told him that its not the done thing. Maybe his bosses have warned him or maybe his squad have fired back and reminded him that they feel shackled be a tactical horrorshow.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 20, 2020 17:12:21 GMT
what a god-awful bench too. 3 wing backs . 2 centre backs. another defensive midfielder. Delf's wife is in labour so that explains his absence.
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Post by kenglowhite on Oct 20, 2020 17:49:41 GMT
This team selection looks like Evatt's resignation letter.
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