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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2020 20:11:35 GMT
Does this mean he gets to keep his job but fair play to the players who got us into that mess in the first place stay safe one and all COYWM
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Post by davidm on Oct 20, 2020 20:21:50 GMT
95th minute rescue from a rank bad performance.
We set off terribly but somehow got to half-time only 1 goal down. Barrow are not a good side so I expect all out attack for the second half. Yes, we had most of the ball but we created nothing from open play. Two shots, both from Sarcevic plus numerous corners but, as I say, we created practically nothing.
We set off terribly when Santos needless bundled their striker over at the edge of the box after only 30 seconds. Chris Taylor (remember him) scored from the free kick but I feel that Crellin should have got nearer.
Without another 3 minutes, we were 2 down thanks to rank bad defensive play. High ball into our box came to Baptiste who atrociously headed the ball back up into the air. Crellin appeared to have time to come and get it but stood rooted to the spot then charged out too late. The ball was played across the area and Delaney just toe poked it to the Barrow player on the edge of the box to score. A terrible defensive goal.
We were dreadful at this stage but slowly got back into it and started getting free kick just outside the area. Crawford’s delivery was good but Barrow’s defenders easily cleared until Kioso got onto another Crawford free kick to make it 2-1.
So we were back into the game for a grand total of 4 minutes when Baptiste chose not to mark but stand with his hand in the air to allow Barrow a 3rd goal.
Just before half time, Gnahoua got free down the left and put in a wonderful centre for Doyle to neatly head home.
Barrow should have scored number 4 when another long ball from the back caught us out and the Barrow striker was clean through 30 yards out. He should have lobbed Crellin but chose to go round him – by which time we just about got men back.
We could, maybe should, have equalised on the stroke of half time when Kioso headed across goal and just wide.
So 3-2 but I thought that Barrow were there for the taking in the second half but it just didn’t happen.
We had all the possession in the second half but apart from one Sarcevic shot which went straight to the keeper and numerous free kicks/corners, we created nothing.
When you consider the size of our defenders, I don’t understand how all our corners just go nowhere EXCEPT for the 95th minute when a scramble fell to Sarcevic who scored well.
We probably deserved a draw but make no mistake, Barrow were very very average and we could not dominate them.
Defensively, we were shocking.
Midfield still cannot run a game and
Upfront we just do not create chances. It is not that we miss them, we don’t create.
Marks:-
Crellin - 3 What was he doing on the 2nd goal? In fact, I’m too sure about the 1st either.
Kioso - 6 Our main attacking area. Scored one and missed a great chance at the end of the first half.
Brockbank - 5 Out of position
Baptiste - 2 Slow, slow and then even slower.
Santos -3 Set the mood of the game with a stupid foul after 30 seconds which cost us.
Delaney - 3 Could have cleared the second goal.
Comlyn - 4 A few more forward passes this time.
Sarcevic - 4 Last minute goal but he just doesn’t dominate games as I expect him to.
Crawford - 3 The only use he is is that he can take a good free kick but other than that, he was hopeless.
Gnahoua - 5 Lovely cross for Doyle’s goal
Doyle - 4 Good goal but out of the match for most of the time.
Gordon
Darcy
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 20, 2020 20:23:18 GMT
who put the ball in the box at the end there for our 3rd..was it Darce ?
well i got my draw prediction right. I did say 1-1, more goals than expected. surprisingly chances were quite limited on the stats.. it was just that almost every shot on goal went in...especially early on.
only 3 shots on target for us up to 85 mins..then 3 more in the final 10 ( 5 + 5 inj time ).
I even bet on us..Double chance Bolton or draw. thought my dough had gone after 10 mins. amazed to get a return. not that I fancied us much, i just felt maybe seeing as IE had wound it all back in , and the players had maybe won their battle with him... the players might have a point to prove to Evatt himself but seeing the team news I was very tempted to favour Barrow.
was it back 4 in the end ? couldn't get clear idea from radio comm what the hell it was.
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Post by andyl on Oct 20, 2020 20:30:39 GMT
Well at least it was our turn to get a late goal. Firstly a few positives - Two nicely taken goals by Doyle and Sarcevic
- Gnahoua was a 100% improvement on Delfouneso- splendid cross for Doyle's goal but lots else
- Darcy was a huge improvement on Crawford and in less than 15 minutes played goodish or at least more threatening dead ball kicks and played the vital cross for the equaliser
- Kioso is getting fitter-- I wondered if he would make a central forward and with one goal and a very near miss more fuel for the thought
- Comley had his best game- for me he was our man of the match- he barely misplaced a pass, generally moved the team forward for once and niggled his way through with a few fouls and a booking but we need that- in the end he had the better of his opponents
Now the negatives
- Crellin- what a team needs more than anything at this level is a decent reliable experienced keeper. With all the waffle about Darcey and youth here we have loaned a young keeper who is neat with the ball at his feet but who has now lost us one game and prevented us winning another. He went down for the opener with all the alacrity of a man 4 times his age and the second was just a floundering embarrassment. Two down in four minutes- both saveable
- I'd like to know who played their third goal on- that must have been a crass error
- On what planet led by Crellin did they think that punting high balls to Doyle for twenty minutes of the second half was a good idea
- Gordon looked knackered before he even touched the ball and came on ahead of Darcy
- Not that he played badly but what turn of the Evatt fruit machine produced Brockbank in left midfield ahead of various other options. It just meant that we were entirely right sided
Overall after the nightmare start and gift goals I thought we played better for significant phases of this game. It would have been an injustice to lose it and Sarcevic made two crucial interventions, first to block an almost certain goal and then to measure his finish at the end. We are most definitely better when we play the ball on the ground. If Baptiste and Delaney both struggled to get forward in general they were solid defensively unless Baptiste rather than Santos played the third goal in eiterh case -2 . There remain many glaring deficiencies not least from the manager. One of his greatest is to think that training is any substitute for matchday character. Important yes but not the be all and end all. Tonight's brickbat goes to ifollow and commentators. In addition to timeouts, replays when play was in action, lost commentary and the usual Feargal Sharkey moment they ran a comp to ask us to name the ex Bolton player and presumably wanted us to spot Zouma or so it appeared. Within a minute Chris Taylor scored and although he must have been delighted given his treatment at BWFC no-one knew enough to remember or remark. O well. The waters soon cover over. Crellin 1 ( can't be much else- cost us the game, just one good smothered save otherwise as poor as we now know him to be on crosses and kicking Baptiste 5 Santos 5 ( quite wayward really tonight) Delaney 6 Crawford 2 Sarcevic 6 Comley 8 Gnouaha 7 Kioso 7 Doyle 6 Brockbank 5 Gordon 1 Darcey 6
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Post by kenglowhite on Oct 20, 2020 20:32:06 GMT
Thought it quite fitting that there was a burp on the iFollow sound commentary every few, seconds.... raspberries for the Evatt team selection.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 20, 2020 21:15:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2020 21:15:51 GMT
5 points from 21 if we carry on like this we might get to double figures in another 7 games that would be 10 points from 42 that’s brilliant upto now I’ve spent £45 and not seen a win it’s very hard watching Bolton at the moment stay safe one and all COYWM
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 20, 2020 22:13:05 GMT
Belated comments but been looking after my 4 year old granddaughter so had to pause the game for 30 minutes in the first half for her tea then 20 in the second putting her to bed. I’m glad I stuck to it until the end though. I have to say that I’m a little disappointed in some of the comments and points awarded on here and started to think maybe I’ve watched a different game? I thought Crawford was good tonight, his free kicks and corners were superb and really unsettled Barrow. I thought Santos once again showed how suited he could be in the Campo role. When he goes forward he looks a real threat and can certainly make a pass. Comley was poor in the first half but after the break I thought he was excellent. For once he started to prompt forward moves and instead of slowing things down was entirely productive. Kioso was again our best forward and once he settles in properly will be a real threat in this league. Gnouhea was so much more influential than Delfouneso who we didn’t miss at all for me. One thing someone will have to explain to me is moving Brocky wide left and replacing him with the useless Baptiste at RB. I’m sure that was part of the reason we made such a bad start. Fortunately we settled down and in the end I thought were well worth our draw and indeed should have won. What did please me tonight was the heart and fighting qualities which we haven’t seen previously. Weekend will be interesting now but hopefully IE and the players are finally beginning to understand each other so looking forward to our second away win.
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Post by Alptrotter on Oct 21, 2020 8:39:43 GMT
Whether Sarcevic’s goal will prove the redemption that Evatt hopes will be seen in the coming weeks. I thought this another poor performance, characterised by Evatt’s trademark domination of possession to no purpose. Of course it was a crass blunder to replace Brockbank with Baptiste ( he surely is way past his sell by date, even at this level) but I still feel that his 3 man back line doesn’t work. It just encourages either sideways passing which invites the press and inevitable panic or a long aimless hoof from either Baptiste or Delaney. Of course we have no one capable of feeding on such scraps as SKD could in his prime. I would like to see a back four and try Isgrove and Kioso wide, Our current formation just seems to leave us slow and without sufficient runners. Too many passes go to static players who are immediately forced sideways or back. There’s no balance to the formation and it seemed to me that our opponents find space far more easily than we do.
All in all, I remain unconvinced that Evatt’s tactical approach is a good fit for success in L2. I hope I am wrong.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 21, 2020 10:03:01 GMT
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/18809399.barrow-3-bolton-wanderers-3---ian-evatts-post-match-reaction/" We can’t start games like that and give away goals but the third goal was at least three yards offside, we seen it back, and it baffles me how you can get that decision so wrong. It wasn’t even tight. I don’t think he was in the same postcode as our defenders,” he said. Mr Honesty strikes again. no-one mentioned this blatant offside in their match reports on this site. it wasn't mentioned in the BN match report. everyone blamed Baptiste. i've watched it several times on the extended highlights. hard to be 100% sure. not the best angle. best guess, you'd say he's level and on. it's certainly tight. it's certainly an awful start position from Baptiste...if Mr Honesty wants to talk about 3 yards, it might be Baptiste being 3 yards behind the rest of our defensive line. communication and leadership at the back leaves a lot to be desired. I didn't see it live, but i'd probably call Sarce man of the match. just shade Kioso. 4 shots from Sarce.. 3 on target. created another good chance with a cross for Kioso. and 1 vital clearance/block when Barrow countered. awful counter that was. you'd think they'd be switched on to that after the horror show of Oldham's 2nd. Darcy surely earning more game time next time out is another positive, but will that be a start or just an earlier sub appearance.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 21, 2020 10:05:38 GMT
My main issues are any team better than Barrow would have killed the game off. Oldham should have killed the game off.
Out of context, a game at Barrow was always going to be tough. They have extra motivation and probably knew exactly how to deal with an Evatt team.
But the context was that that 5pm on Saturday Evatts told these players that they were gutless and he made one change(one was enforced).
Whites said Comley was better 2nd half? Fair enough but thats about 2 hours of poor play before that kicked in. How does he deserve that luxury when Darcys getting his first 8 minutes of the season?
Ive never seen a manager so obsessed with tinkering with left backs too. Every game its the first sub on.
I think at half time 1 down the games there to be won. We scored 3 goals coming from behind. I'm sure this side is capable of scoring 3 goals without chasing the game. If we played unshackled with intent we could be beating teams rather than scrapping for points.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Oct 21, 2020 10:30:02 GMT
plenty more replies to this tweet ( in addition to these examples below ) , and nobody is falling for IE's take on this. embarassing.
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