Morecambe v Bolton...... match thread

No panic... in the next 270 minutes the team just needs three goals and three clean sheets...... Us fans on the other hand will need eight changes of underwear, six packets of valium and a whole summer for our fingernails to grow back.

I think by the time we go to Crawley OM, they’ll be packing their suitcases because they’ll have nothing to play for. Exeter on the other hand will have everything to play for attempting to make the play offs. They’re currently 8th and just outside, so they’ve work to do. Saturday for me is a must win because we can’t rely on not slipping up and the two games Morecambe have are against teams with nothing to play for. That doesn’t mean they’ll be walk overs because if you drop your guard for a second, as we did against Grimsby, you can seriously come unstuck. It would be nice to think the shrimps might do that but there’s no sign of it so far. I’m glad both the Morecambe and Crawley games are away, I think it takes a little pressure off but we do need to turn up from minute one. I think we’ll be ok so I’m going for a win for Wanderers 2-0.

A comment on Exeter rather than Morecambe.
Exeter have two games before we play them, one of which is their own six-pointer with Newport, who are in pretty good form and the other with Grimsby, who are doomed. The former have absolutely everything to play for and the latter might just have given up or, on the other hand, might consider they have nothing to lose by giving it a go.
By the time we play Exeter they may already be consigned to finishing below the play-off places. Either way, it’s likely to be an open game, which should suit us.
As for Morecambe, surely both teams will create chances and we just need to put a higher proportion of ours away than we have been recently. Let’s hope the pitch allows us to play our game.
My expectation on team selection. Subject to injuries, unchanged.

Another absolutely vital match for us again.

Never played a league game at Morecambe before. I went to the old ground, Christie Park, in my teenage years a few times when I also watched Horwich RMI in the Lancashire Combination so it is amazing to find RMI gone and Morecambe playing us on an equal footing.

I expect the manager to keep an unchanged side with Sarcevic probably on the bench. As I have said often, I would like to see Lee and Williams back in partnership and another solution found for the no. 10 position.



There is a lot of nervousness about with regard to this match but, in my mind, it is a case of replicating the performances in most of our away games in the last 3 months.

If we play like we played at Forest Green, Salford, Bradford, Oldham and even Newport, we will win this match.

Morecambe will probably start off by pressuring us and we must cope with that unlike Grimsby where they hassled us off the ball. I think that teams have decided that their best chance against us is to pressure Santos & Baptiste and not allow us to play out calmly. This forces us to hit more high balls and we nearly always lose possession from these.

So stay calm, play our game not the game Morecambe want us to play and we will win.



Yet another tight, very nervy 1-0 win.

Agree David, if we play like we did in those previous games mentioned and several others, we should be more than a match for Morecambe. Actually though, I don’t think they’ll come at us early or try to high press Rico and Baps, that’s not their game. I don’t expect them to change what they do just for us, so I expect them to do their usual sit back and try to hit us on the break. I don’t think they’re overly bothered about possession, just preferring to attack quickly when the do get it. That’s why I’d prefer to see Lee back along side MJ in front of the back four to break up their attacks before they get to Rico and Baps. It’s also the reason I hope Sarce does start if he’s fit, to give us a chance of getting ahead before he’s worn out. I’d prefer him starting and growing into the game, than coming on as sub and having to immediately fit into a higher pace finish. I think the only question today is will we finally take some of the chances we’ll make, or will we continue to spurn them? Surely we have to take them soon and it can only be a matter of time before Dapo bags one. I just hope it’s today but whoever scores, I think we’ll win today so I’m going for 0-2 to the Whites.

Squeaky bum time

2-1 to Morecambe 😞😞

Hi MAT, don’t often see you on this side and agree COYWM.