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Post by davidm on Sept 3, 2022 9:59:30 GMT
Important game this – after 2 consecutive defeats.
I can’t see our new lad Beck starting so it will be Trafford, Jones, Santos, Johnston, Bradley and Iredale.
Williams will probably return with Morley and who? Dempsey seems to be the favoured one but Lee is probably the best no 10.
Upfront, I fear that Kachunga will get the nod to partner Charles. The manager has a bit of a blind spot about Kachunga as he contributes very little in my eyes.
We have a decent record against Charlton – the odd defeat but mainly wins – so I am hopeful of 3 points this afternoon – 3-1.
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Post by chip on Sept 3, 2022 10:21:37 GMT
Just about to set off we could do with a win today with our strikers getting a goal or three. Let’s hope that not getting a full on striker doesn’t come back to haunt us or an experienced centre back to help Santos and co out. 3-1 for me onwards and upwards COYWM
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Post by OohMac on Sept 3, 2022 11:32:28 GMT
For me I think we save the 532 for the tougher asks and go a bit more swashbuckling 433 with Dapo back in his left wide spot.
Jones Johnson Aimson Iredale
Bradley Lee Morley
Sadlier Charles Dapo
Of course that wont happen.
Should be a win regardless though 3-1.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Sept 3, 2022 12:47:50 GMT
Apart from Sheff Wed away (1-0) Charlton have scored goals in every game they have played this season, so there’s a warning to Santos and Trafford
Ian has faith in our strikers/front men and is confident they’ll get us the goals to fire us up the league.
Big crowd expected today, hope we don’t fluff our lines as these are the occasions that are there to sell to a knew generation of fans and also to bring back some of the ney sayers of old
I’m terrible at predictions as I say every week, so I’ll leave that to the 3 posters above me in this thread. I just don’t think Charlton are that bad that they’re going to let 3 goals in against us (hope I’m wrong and you lot are right)
COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Hope we don’t regret keeping the purse closed last Thursday
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Post by riochforthereebok on Sept 3, 2022 15:55:52 GMT
I could do with tonight’s lottery numbers from davidm, chip and OooM
That’s why I don’t do predictions
Well done Trotters
COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Post by Pedro on Sept 3, 2022 16:09:48 GMT
Much better. Great game.😀👍👏
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Post by whitesince63 on Sept 3, 2022 16:15:47 GMT
Big confidence booster that one, beating a really good team who were always dangerous. Maybe Evatt was right about his squad but it is a slight concern that our strikers didn’t find the net again?
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Post by riochforthereebok on Sept 3, 2022 16:20:20 GMT
Big confidence booster that one, beating a really good team who were always dangerous. Maybe Evatt was right about his squad but it is a slight concern that our strikers didn’t find the net again? We could get promoted with the lowest striker goals in the league😂😂 I’d like to think that there’s 2 very winnable games coming up with trips to Cheltenham & MK Dons |
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Post by realtrottersforever on Sept 3, 2022 17:47:50 GMT
What was that cacophony of noise emanating from the fanzone all through the game? Walking down to the game you could hear it on Chorley New Rd, at the junction of Victoria Rd, Horwich. On the way back from the game there appeared to be a council employee measuring the volume on the housing estate next to the Middlebrook.
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Post by davidm on Sept 3, 2022 18:17:33 GMT
What a good game of football that was.
Credit to the team but also to a very good Charlton team who will win more than they lose this season. End to end attacking by both teams.
We started poorly and, yet again, made a shocking defensive mistake – this time Johnston lost possession in our box for the Charlton man to play it across for a goal. A really bad mistake and after the last few matches this sloppiness needs to be sorted out.
Charlton had a policy of pressing our central defenders and keeper when we played the ball short and it caused us concern but we were passing quite well and got an equaliser when after some good passes Iredale centred for Bradley to bundle the ball in.
The play was end to end. Trafford made a very good save from an edge of the box shot and Thomason headed straight at the keeper when any sort of header to one side would surely have scored.
We eventually scored when there was some lovely passing up the right. Jones played the ball in, Bradley swung his foot at it – not sure if it was a shot or a pass – and the ball went to Lee to sweep it in. A really good goal.
So we got to half time at 2-1 – a very good 1st half by both teams.
Second half, Charlton got some steam up and dominated for a good while. They passed very well and also ran at pace. Their right sided attacker (no 17) was giving problems endlessly to Johnston who has a nasty habit of backing off. Twice he beat him. Trafford saved one shot well and the other went just wide of the far post.
In the meantime, we had a quite rare attack and Iredale floated in a centre which was about 6 inches away from the diving Bradley.
Charlton continued to press and Trafford was forced into action, making another couple of decent saves.
We got the ball into the net from a corner. Thomason’s header looked to me to be going in but Charles stuck his foot out and made sure. Unfortunately, he was offside.
We then won a free kick 30 yards and cleverly played the ball down the side of the wall for Charles to cause mayhem. The ball came across the 6 yard box. It appeared to be set up for Santos. He swung and missed but the ball went on to Johnston for him to score.
We then had an injury to Trafford which scared us. 10 minutes left and the possibility of no keeper but he recovered and, although he didn’t kick the ball again, he caught a couple of crosses and looked OK. It a dangerous decision to have no keeper on the bench and it almost cost us today.
So, as I said, a very good match. 2 good teams. A good performance and 3 excellent points.
For those of you who bemoan the fact –Yes no goals from the strikers but, particularly Charles, scared the life out of the Charlton defence and made space for the actual goal scorers. I don’t care who scores as long as we win.
Marks:-
Trafford - 8 Needed to make a few excellent saves today.
Bradley - 8 Yet again, excellent. Endless running and a goal (plus chould have had another)
Jones - 7 Kept busy and needed to defend well
Santos - 8 Good. No silly mistakes today and a solid defensive display against a good side
Johnston - 6 Yet another bad mistake. He also had terrible trouble with Charlton’s no 17 who turned him inside out frequently. Credit for being on hand to score
Iredale - 7 Great centre for 1st goal and some good breaks
Williams - 7 Good. Beaten a couple times in the 2nd half
Lee - 9 What a good player he is. His brain and his thinking are tremendous
Thomason - 8 A good performance. The odd stray pass.
Bakayoko - 6 Had difficulty holding the ball up and unable to play the ball to a colleague
Charles - 7 Busy as usual. A couple of blatant dives that he needs to cut out.
Afolayan - 5 Disappointing. Only on for 30 minutes but couldn’t make things happen
Kachunga
Dempsey
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Post by davidm on Sept 3, 2022 18:26:46 GMT
And a really decent referee today
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Post by chip on Sept 3, 2022 18:43:08 GMT
We needed that going behind early on after another sloppy bit of defending from Johnston but got our third goal so I will let him off for now, still no goals from our strikers we move onto Cheltenham onwards and upwards COYWM well done team
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Post by andyl on Sept 3, 2022 18:55:17 GMT
Not the fanzone, rtf, there's a fairground at the back of the arena and it's blaring away still - very vomit worthy ride on view above the foliage.
Anyway my first visit of the year and what a good entertaining game. A poor start with Rak- Sakyi humiliating Johnston in a carbon cooy of a couple of last season's giveaways. In truth Johnston had a horror show throughout.
But with Lee and Thomasson superb we bossed all the 50 50 balls and harrassed Charlton into errors a plenty. Santos too had his best game in ages, seldom called upon to defend he swept ball after ball 40 or 50 yds with accuracy finding Bradley, Lee and Iredale at will. This had the effect of forcing them back and leaving Thomasson space to curl crosses, switch play or thread passes through to forwards running into the penalty area atcwhich he excels.
We were on top and a fierce Iredale crosshot was well parried but straight into the onrushing Bradley at the far...noone else would have been there. I am very impressed with Bradley.
Charlton are no mean team. They passed the ball around swiftly and accurately but we man to man marked and doubled up when they came inside.
One lapse of concentration by Jones allowed a Charlton player a clear run on goal and Trafford made the most fantastic close range save pushing the ball over.
Our second goal was timely and quite special. A multi pass move with a splendid turn and break by Bradley who continued on to the cross and passed ( was he shooting?) straight to Lee who scored well.
Second half was more of a stalemate but still Wanderers pressed and outlanked Charlton. Bradley was but inches away from converting a cross with a flying header. Thomasson did stab one in but offside.
In the end Johnston had the honour of stabbing a close range shot home to seal the match and Dapo all but stroked a shot in the corner to be thwarted by a magnificent fingertip save.
Still some concerns for top matches. Charles was committed but Bakayoko erratic and at times clumsy.
The way we play obligesgood sub use. Dempsey did really well I thought and only a great block prevented acfirst touch goal for him
As we tired the passing got a bit careless and Trafford had to be at his best. I fo hope his injury is nothing much.
Just an all round good game. Hope we draw Wrexham in a cup. What a contrast.
Trafford 9 Jones 7 Santos 8 Johnston 4 Bradley 8 Lee 9 Williams 8 Thomasson 9 Iredale 7 Charles 7 Bakayoko 6 Dempsey 8 Dapo 5
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Post by realtrottersforever on Sept 3, 2022 19:13:23 GMT
I actually saw it in the Bolton News it was the Made in Manchester festival came to Bolton
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Post by andyl on Sept 4, 2022 9:46:40 GMT
Santos watch. - Good game as per report but just look at playback of goal one! Player comes past Johnson and along line. Santos has fair haired attacker- likeliest scorer. He ball watches, attacker drops back. At this point Jones has two options- 'Ric, your man ( fortissimo) or Ric, I've got x, you take 'y'( the actual scorer bursting through.
Presumed silence. Santos lummoxes free- pull back - goal- .
Evatt seems to ask him not to mark but to add his frame to block- this doesn't really help Trafford. But here he hasn't even been alert enough to turn and try to body block.
Ok Johnston's error- if on playback a cracking bit of skill by opponent. But I can't help feeling that faced with a winger on the byeline keeper to near others to mark men remains the tried and tested option!!!!
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