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Post by Trotter on Dec 1, 2014 10:18:05 GMT
Reading away a while ago would have meant a certain defeat but now Lennon and his team are looking much better as well as slowly climbing the table were if we win this game we actually climb above Reading managed by Nigel Adkins who is introducing academy players gradually this season which he admits will be a season of transition that said it could be an ideal time to play them even though they have just had a good win at Norwich with an ex academy player scoring both goals so with a good incentive against a team we have mixed results against normally I'm going for a Win for the lads.
Reading 0 Bolton 1
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Post by megsontilidie on Dec 1, 2014 14:08:23 GMT
www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-championship/2014-2015/attack/awaynot time to do a full statty preview but i will offer up this for now. we're 24th (rock bottom) of the away attack table. we've scored 5 lge goals (away) and not one by a striker yet !! the breakdown of that 5 is : 2 by Mills, 2 by CYL and 1 for Moxey. on the plus side, we are maintaining our good knack of scoring in every single game since Df left. ( despite not scoring in 6 out of 10 WITH him !)
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Post by megsontilidie on Dec 3, 2014 14:23:24 GMT
1st goal might be important in this one. www.soccerstats.com/firstgoal.asp?league=england2Reading have scored the 1st goal in 6 of their 9 home games... in those, they gone on to lose 0, win 5, draw 1 in the 3 (home) games that they've NOT scored first, they've LOST THEM ALL. !! in terms of our AWAY form. we've scored the first goal twice out of 9 games. winning 1 and losing 1. but of the 7 occasions ( out of 9) when we've conceded the first goal, we've lost 6 & drew just 1. no wins. overall, hope we can keep the unbeaten run going...i'll go for 1-1.
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Post by whitesince63 on Dec 3, 2014 17:10:27 GMT
I agree meggers I think 1-1 is a good shout too. Be nice if we could pinch a win but I'm not sure we're just quite there for that yet.
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Post by socalwanderers on Dec 3, 2014 19:39:46 GMT
Gudjohnsen to open his account?? 1-2 BWFC!!
I didn't realize Anton Ferdinand was played for Reading! I here he is injured lol still not a threat either way!
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Post by Trotter on Dec 5, 2014 19:59:58 GMT
Gudjohnsen to open his account?? 1-2 BWFC!! I didn't realize Anton Ferdinald was played for Reading! I here he is injured lol still not a threat either way! I don't think Reading fans know he plays for them also.
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Post by socalwanderers on Dec 5, 2014 21:17:29 GMT
*preview
Reading have been hit by a new spate of injuries ahead of the visit of Bolton.
Forwards Jamie Mackie (hamstring) and Pavel Pogrebnyak (calf) are the latest casualties along with defender Anton Ferdinand, who only came on as an 89th-minute substitute at Norwich last weekend and still found time to pick up a calf problem.
All three will miss out and join long-term absentees Hope Akpan (shoulder), Danny Guthrie (calf) and Jem Karacan (knee) on the sidelines.
But boss Nigel Adkins can welcome back defender Alex Pearce, who missed the 2-1 win at Carrow Road through suspension.
Eidur Gudjohnsen will go straight into the Bolton squad after rejoining the club 14 years since he left them for Chelsea.
The 36-year-old former Barcelona forward agreed terms on a deal until the end of the season on **Thursday/Friday** after impressing on a trial basis.
Josh Vela is expected to continue at right-back because Kevin McNaughton continues to be troubled by a hamstring problem, while Hayden White is back at the club after a slight knee problem cut short his loan stay at Bury.
Neil Lennon has no other injury worries and Andy Lonergan is expected to keep his place in goal despite the return to fitness of Adam Bogdan (fingers).
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 5, 2014 23:11:28 GMT
Must win game for one reason and one reason only!!! That 7 goal shocker... But I think we could do them 3-1
As anyone noticed yet that I keep predicting 3-1 to the Wanderers???
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2014 11:35:20 GMT
Must win game for one reason and one reason only!!! That 7 goal shocker... But I think we could do them 3-1 As anyone noticed yet that I keep predicting 3-1 to the Wanderers??? Yea its known as " one time I'll get it right trick " bet you shout long and loud then
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Post by Phil from Smithills on Dec 6, 2014 15:21:44 GMT
Watch wiziwig.tv ........Bolton match
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 6, 2014 18:24:16 GMT
Must win game for one reason and one reason only!!! That 7 goal shocker... But I think we could do them 3-1 As anyone noticed yet that I keep predicting 3-1 to the Wanderers??? Yea its known as " one time I'll get it right trick " bet you shout long and loud then I'm feckin useless at predictions Owd:( Still, it wasn't a 7 nil mauling so that's a plus
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Post by davidm on Dec 6, 2014 18:33:32 GMT
In the end, it was a good point.
We worked very hard throughout the team but the spark up front just was not there.
There was a lot of good tackling, hassling and passes but when we got to within 25 yards of the Reading goal, we stuttered.
Defensively, we looked OK in open play but from dead balls we were awful. The number of times that Reading got in headers and scrambles at corners and free kicks was excessive. Mills and Dervite need to look at their heading – Glen Murray bullied them.
Can’t complain too much – a point at Reading is good. We had a couple of scrambles in their box and Pratley missed a real good chance when shooting across goal. Craig Davies also brought a good save from Reading keeper following scramble from corner.
Overall, we worked our socks off, never gave up and hung on for a point.
Marks:-
Lonergan - 7. A few good saves but not tested too much.
Vela - 7. Looks class in his work.
Mills - 5. Strange game. In open play, loads of good tackles/blocks but, as I said above, Reading’s corners terrified me. He also spent a lot of time moaning at the ref.
Dervite - 5. Same as Mills – needs to dominate in our area.
Ream - 6. Worked really hard and came close to scrambling the ball in after a corner.
Danns - 7. Really good work throughout including lots of tackling/hassling.
Pratley - 7. As with Danns ran endlessly, tackled well and somehow avoided a yellow card despite a couple of wild tackles.
Feeney - 5. Still a struggle. Some runs spoiled by poor centering.
Clayton - 6. Worked really well. Not many times in the area but good experience.
CYL - 8. As usual these days, a class performance. Some excellent runs and passes.
Davies - 6. On his own up front and struggled.
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Post by megsontilidie on Dec 6, 2014 21:44:00 GMT
i'd agree with most of DavidM's marks. the minor adjustments would be Mills up to 6, Danns down to 6.... didn't notice him much. reasonably happy with the point. NL's first game where we've not scored, but compensated for a by a rare AWAY clean sheet,( and especially in the context of how many we shipped last time at that ground !! ) & it keeps the unbeaten run going. didn't see much of 1st half. 2nd was quite odd in its subtle momentum swings..we'd look fairly in control, then step it up to having them pinned back for 10 mins..then fairly even 10 mins , then they'd have a 10 min spell where they had a few half chances, but no massive chances either way.
Iles and Dearden on GMR were raving up Clayton. i couldn't see it myself. when Dearden put that point to Lennon post-match, NL said he'd done "ok" ..lol..so much more in agreement with me & DavidM there !! i've said for last few games Clayton and Feeney have been weak links. i can't quite see why they are getting so many minutes. i don't mind them starting but both are ripe for subbing earlier if they are not doing it. Rob Hall had a good cameo last week. even Iles was saying Feeney should have been subbed earlier. and while it's good he wants to prioritise Wilko ( our own ) over Mason (loan), while we have Mason we may as well use him. fair enough if it's just as an impact sub for 10 or 15 mins.
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Post by socalwanderers on Dec 7, 2014 1:10:28 GMT
Not our best performance under Lennon, however five games unbeaten and Lennon getting to grips with a team left by Dougloss from relegation favorites to an upturn in results will do for me! Steady as we go! I guess international Clearance prevented Gudjohnson from playing a part today?
Pedro did you get to the game??
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Post by Trotter on Dec 7, 2014 7:18:30 GMT
Win at home draw away policy is a good one to have especially after the start we had.
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