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Post by OohMac on Nov 8, 2022 19:12:45 GMT
one of the best comments is by Campo's wig in that article (below), as well as a good one by our own OohMac. Abosolute B******ks!!! you are 100 % "Tinkerman" and d'ont start to try & convince anyone otherwise. Even after excellent team & outstanding individual performances its then all change without injuries or suspensions forcing the issue. You even started the season off stating you needed two players for each position for "squad rotation" no matter how well the player did one match they whre then "rested" and thats exactly what you did. It was like watching 2 different teams from week to week at the start of the season, so suddenly acting like you've allways wanted to name an unchanged side unless forced is like I said utter B******KS!!!and it made me think, was there an article maybe a month or two ago when IE admits rotation was always the plan.. kerching...yes. !! . you'd think he might contact BN first before he completely contradicts himself wouldn't you to pull previous articles. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/20911050.biggest-challenge-facing-bolton-wanderers-boss-ian-evatt-season/IAN Evatt’s toughest challenge at Wanderers this season may not be on the pitch.
Like it or loathe it, the Bolton boss is committed to a policy of rotating his players according to the tactical requirements of the next opposition.
The methodical approach of planning ahead with team selection reduces the impact of short-term form. Gone are the days where the first XI is scribbled on the back of a cigarette packet on the team bus – much to the detriment of Messrs Benson and Hedges – these days it is more likely to be established on a spreadsheet.
Making more play of physical data and opposition analysis supplied by the specialist team led by technical performance director, Chris Markham, Evatt’s plan is to keep the components of his plan as fresh as possible.this reminds me of that classic article in his first few months when he said , after not getting off to the best of starts, to say the least, WHERE HAS ALL THIS EXPECTATION COME FROM ? then we looked back to find that artcle the HM P the lge type one, where he said he was hoping to outdo Pep and Guardiola by getting a trophy/ win the title in his 1st season in lge football. Just think contradictions come from talking absolute drivel and trying to be too clever. I said before(and I quite like it so i'll continue to repeat) Ian Evatt could pull off the most successful bank heist in history, leave nothing behind but wouldnt get away it because he'd need to tell the world just how he did it. Constantly pointing these U Turns out. Like season 1 "we got every target we wanted" before "recruitment hasnt been good enough" season 2 "its ridicolous to say we need more fire power" before releasing Doyle and this season "ive been offered loads of great players but turned them down" Yes Ian, how special you are. You must take our young players and show them your ways. Laughable. When you point out his contrary ways all you get back is "well he cant say what he thinks can he, he has to dress it up" Don't use this word too often but cobblers.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Nov 8, 2022 19:59:38 GMT
absolutely no-one buying it , in replies to Marc iles putting out that story. :
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Post by whitesince63 on Nov 8, 2022 20:03:45 GMT
Come on though, give the guy some latitude, he’s still learning and credit to him for putting himself under the microscope at Wanderers, a club and supporters with high expectations, rather than at a lower league club with none of that. Let’s not forget that he was still facing embargo’s when he came in then was met with a wages limit so he’s faced some headwinds but still got us promoted and now in the top six despite a poor month. I don’t know how much say he had with signings when Phoenix was here but he soon made of for it once he’d gone. Of course there are things I think he could have done better but that’s hindsight and we can all use that one. On balance he’s been a success and I’m confident that with another window he’ll improve us again. As for tinkering, yes I think he overdoes it but as Churchill always said, someone who never changed their mind never changed anything, so let’s hope his change of mind leads to success?
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 8, 2022 22:14:38 GMT
Come on though, give the guy some latitude, he’s still learning and credit to him for putting himself under the microscope at Wanderers, a club and supporters with high expectations, rather than at a lower league club with none of that. Let’s not forget that he was still facing embargo’s when he came in then was met with a wages limit so he’s faced some headwinds but still got us promoted and now in the top six despite a poor month. I don’t know how much say he had with signings when Phoenix was here but he soon made of for it once he’d gone. Of course there are things I think he could have done better but that’s hindsight and we can all use that one. On balance he’s been a success and I’m confident that with another window he’ll improve us again. As for tinkering, yes I think he overdoes it but as Churchill always said, someone who never changed their mind never changed anything, so let’s hope his change of mind leads to success? Will you be saying all this if Cheltenham do us on Saturday W63? Being BWFC boss shouldn’t be a seat of learning, we don’t have the time, we want success and quickly. Well, I do I think he’s had long enough I dont have any confidence in him any longer (not that I had much in the first place)
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Post by OohMac on Nov 9, 2022 7:56:10 GMT
Cambridge. Cheltenham already have done us.
Cambridge is the type of physical game we were losing in Evatts first two seasons. So interesting to see how much learning hes actually done. I think not enough by a long way and we'll go down to a 2-0 defeat despite thier awful form.
Shall see.
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Post by whitesince63 on Nov 9, 2022 10:55:05 GMT
Come on though, give the guy some latitude, he’s still learning and credit to him for putting himself under the microscope at Wanderers, a club and supporters with high expectations, rather than at a lower league club with none of that. Let’s not forget that he was still facing embargo’s when he came in then was met with a wages limit so he’s faced some headwinds but still got us promoted and now in the top six despite a poor month. I don’t know how much say he had with signings when Phoenix was here but he soon made of for it once he’d gone. Of course there are things I think he could have done better but that’s hindsight and we can all use that one. On balance he’s been a success and I’m confident that with another window he’ll improve us again. As for tinkering, yes I think he overdoes it but as Churchill always said, someone who never changed their mind never changed anything, so let’s hope his change of mind leads to success? Will you be saying all this if Cheltenham do us on Saturday W63? Being BWFC boss shouldn’t be a seat of learning, we don’t have the time, we want success and quickly. Well, I do I think he’s had long enough I dont have any confidence in him any longer (not that I had much in the first place) Good question rioch. Unfortunately when we were at our lowest ebb there was a question to ask for FV, bring in an old campaigner from the usual bunch who are after a wage packet, or trust in youth with a bright new manager who had all in front of him. I don’t recall too many complaints when we appointed him, other than the Phoenix role which thankfully the board quickly removed. So far he hasn’t done too bad and fans of other clubs would be amazed if we sacked him after a promotion and current place in the top six. Is this really the time to be making such a fundamental change? For me no. If we continue to slide then maybe at the end of the season but right now, I’m sure he’s as frustrated as we are with how things are going and will do everything to put it right. I can only hope that he assesses his own performance as well as his players because he signs and coaches the players. He decides who plays and where they play so if they’re underperforming it’s got to also be down to him and he needs to accept that. Whether he will is going to determine how we fare. If he continues to do what he’s doing now constantly changing and being indecisive then he’ll fail because the players will turn on him and not perform. Maybe that’s what’s happening now, I don’t know but I can’t believe Declan John is the only one who’s unhappy at the moment and whatever Evatt does he needs to do it now. Cambridge on Saturday could be a defining moment in his career here because if we do perform badly again and continue with the five panic substitutions, it can only increase dissatisfaction. Everybody has to be judged at some point but whatever happens on Saturday I’d give Evatt until the summer before deciding to remove him.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 10, 2022 10:20:50 GMT
Wigan sack Richardson Quite a surprise that. They obviously think they can improve on him whilst there’s still something left worth fighting for 🤔🤔
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Post by realtrottersforever on Nov 10, 2022 12:25:50 GMT
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/afolayan-bolton-position-ian-evatt-24493070old story from July, but another of Evatts similarities to DF is messing about with his wingers. remember DF playing Chung yong lee , a right footed winger, on the LEFT side as an "inverted winger". with all his quotes at the time, no doubt, .. you plebs just don't understand modern football like what i do etc. that kind of thing !. it did not suit CYL one bit, yet he persisted with it. DF even went to get another right winger in, Feeney. and Evatts done similar things with Dapo. clearly a winger, but trying to make him a number 9, centre forward. then trying to play him left wing back. this is basically 'cos he's playing a system with wing backs so there's no room for wingers. how to alienate one of your better players. !!?! . one of the best things Lennon did was instantly revive CYL. sure BSA did some position switches but they made sense , didn't seem so forced or just worked. Campo had been tried at centre back and had been awful, so the switch was worth a try. Pedersen at left back was because we were desperate for left back cover with yet another Bibi injury absence , and he wasn't getting much game time up top. it's been suggested from the early days to give RS a try in the Campo role. at least it makes a bit of sense, get the strengths applied in a position where they can do the most good, while minimising the weaknesses in his game.
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