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Post by andyl on Feb 11, 2015 10:15:25 GMT
Have just read Bolton News report. It says Feeney got in some good crosses. I must seek help.Must be having sporadic blackouts at key moments!
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Post by joanna on Feb 11, 2015 10:25:15 GMT
Lennon says: "I also thought Liam Feeney was outstanding start to finish, playing in a different position than he has been used to.” Hmmmm......
BTW, AndyL, your blackouts are affecting your spellings. Start your therapy by getting Bannan's name right! You'll be using it a lot in your reports judging by that performance....
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Post by Phil from Smithills on Feb 11, 2015 10:40:14 GMT
Good result I felt that we underperformed the first half, a well taken goal by Eida but he should have scored earlier a weak shot and straight to their goalie, great second half performance, I agree with the comments about Feeney worked hard but his crosses didn't account for anything.
I still have my doubts about Danns, when he gets the ball, he usually turns back and then gets closed down and losses the ball. Last night he didn't get into the game, or is it just me? our am I missing something about him.
Considering it was something of a make shift team with so many injuries, a good result and the bus was buzzing on the way home.
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Post by andyl on Feb 11, 2015 10:43:24 GMT
Yes. I think I'll just offer a blanket once and for all apology re the ills of predictive text and posting on train journeys. I edit what I can.
If you watch the video through NL always praises everyone of his players. Criticism is between the lines. In praising Feeney he also noted the problems we had covering. He also praised Lonergan ' s return to form- code for being not in form at Derby/Rotherham
But on this last as a demonstration of clear sighted, non -myopic objectivity... If Lonergan had not made a really good save to head off 0-2 I think we would have lost last night!
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Post by andyl on Feb 11, 2015 10:53:13 GMT
Correct re Danns, bolton lancashire. He has been undone by the two broadcasted Liverpool games. Brilliant in the first students of his game note that he always allows passes from his left to run across his body whilst he fully or part screens the ball but is blind to his opponent. Also when under pressure from left or right he almost always turns full circle and either passes backwards or tries to emerge on his right. Opponents have been drilled into tackling or closing him down from their left . In short they have 'wised ' up to his stock tricks. He did once earn a lucky foul Campo style last night but in the Liverpool return and now last night he is putting all our hearts in our mouths because we can see what he is blind to.
All of that said he is a success and even below par did a really good job in his position..no one did it on Saturday or after his dismissal last week. He is first on the team sheet for me. But he needs more variety in his movement under pressure
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 11, 2015 10:54:09 GMT
I actually thought we were better with him the team, than with him not in the team. I agree he does sometimes turn back into trouble once he has won the ball, he is combative if on occasion a bit rash, but he has more pace than Trotter, his passing is better than Spearing and overall I think he's one of DF's better acquisitions.
Unlike Feeney, who contributed little during his loan spell, certainly not enough to warrant a permanent deal and has done little to enamour me to him since his arrival, he couldn't beat a carpet, is lily-livered when fronted up to and his crosses leave a lot to be desired, and Trotter who contributes nothing more than a sack of spuds would (harsh but true).
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Post by andyl on Feb 11, 2015 11:09:01 GMT
The player I'm thinking of as a replacement for Spearing is Bannan! If he was a bit in and out in both games his passing and dead ball kicking is better than we have had for ages!
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Post by megsontilidie on Feb 11, 2015 11:18:14 GMT
Lennon says: "I also thought Liam Feeney was outstanding start to finish, playing in a different position than he has been used to.” Hmmmm...... BTW, AndyL, your blackouts are affecting your spellings. Start your therapy by getting Bannan's name right! You'll be using it a lot in your reports judging by that performance.... yes, bit o.t.t from NL but i think it's good man management, praising a guy who did "Ok" doing a job for the team in an unfamiliar role. (his crossing was bound to be hampered on the left side as he does very much favour his right foot. he didn't get exposed defensively from what i can remember.) unlike DF who couldn't wait to slate Baptiste when he was played out of position. Moxey might have been better in that position, but i think NL did well to give Moxey a rest and have some defensive cover on the bench. when Ream went down injured, it was looking like it was going to be needed.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 11, 2015 11:35:10 GMT
The player I'm thinking of as a replacement for Spearing is Bannan! If he was a bit in and out in both games his passing and dead ball kicking is better than we have had for ages! Absolutely agree about Bannan's dead ball kicking, as I said in my original post, and yes he probably is the replacement for Spearing but not to the exclusion of Danns, more so to the exclusion of Trotter within whom (?) I see no redeeming features at all. Funnily enough, although Feeney was playing out of position on the left, I actually thought he got more crosses in than he has been doing when playing on the right. They were just as ineffective, just more of them.
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Post by andyl on Feb 11, 2015 11:46:23 GMT
Yes that was the frustrating thing - so many wing runs, so many crosses and not one of Feeney ' s was any good at all.
Re full backs the question I have is what's up with MacNaughton. Is he not fit? Not even on the bench last night!
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Post by andyl on Feb 11, 2015 11:49:27 GMT
Pity home fans didn't see more of Twardzik last night. He may earn more respect than say Trotter. Even in a minute last night he got stuck in to a strop.Suppose it was his birthday!
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Post by kazooki on Feb 11, 2015 12:20:22 GMT
Great result with almost total dominance second half. Can't really add much to the excellent reviews already, I agree broadly with all of it. Just read a BN report with NL and this made me think .. eh?? .. also, on a lighter note - do a search on Google Maps for "gobshites"
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Post by Pedro on Feb 11, 2015 18:58:28 GMT
Extended highlights available now. www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/extended-highlights-bolton-v-fulham-2263630.aspxBrilliant to see such a come back after, as Marc Iles says, "Unease swept around the Macron, perhaps for the first time since Lennon came to the club in October." We thought Bannan and Janko a class above the rest but we certainly played like a team which was all the more impressive when you consider all the injuries. Great to see Eidur get his goal (from a Janko assist) and also Le Fondre get his goal after all that effort. Lennon has certainly got them all giving their everything for him and us. Bring on the "Golden Boys"!
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Post by davidm on Feb 11, 2015 19:20:58 GMT
Yes that was the frustrating thing - so many wing runs, so many crosses and not one of Feeney ' s was any good at all. Re full backs the question I have is what's up with MacNaughton. Is he not fit? Not even on the bench last night! Andy, I think the absence of MacNaughton was down to the “5 loanees” rule whereby you can only have 5 players on loan in your squad of 18. We had Saidy Janko, Barry Bannan, Adam Le Fondre, Ben Amos and Simeon Slavchev in the squad last night. When Bogdan returns to fitness, it will free up one place but we also have the Portuguese lad to find a spot for. On the match itself, I agree with most comments from everyone – poor first 40 minutes, excellent second half. I was delighted to get to half time at 1-1 and then ecstatic over the second half display. Neil Lennon gets credit for ditching the 3-5-2 shape when it was clearly not working and reverting to 4-4-2. Man of the match for me was Bannan with credits also for Le Fondre and Janko.
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Post by joanna on Feb 11, 2015 20:20:24 GMT
AndyL says: " as a demonstration of clear sighted, non -myopic objectivity... If Lonergan had not made a really good save to head off 0-2 I think we would have lost last night!" Really glad to read that favouritism and bees in the bonnet no longer cloud your judgement and impartiality, Andy.
The cynic in me expected you to say that if Bogdan had been in goal for Fulham last night, he would have saved Janko's thunderbolt between his teeth, whereas if it had been Lonergan between the sticks for the Cottagers, you'd have said that he was badly positioned, moved too slowly and didn't stretch up sufficiently....rather as you did for the last-minute Wolves equaliser which was similarly unstoppable in most people's eyes!
Sorry! Couldn't resist! Will try to be nice to you from now on, given your pledge to be "non-myopic!"
Can we make a start with your current fault-finding of Feeney's contributions? He was very good against Liverpool and tore Fulham's full back to ribbons for large parts of the game last night but had little to aim at in the penalty area, given ALF's size and with no Pratley to add presence in the box. NL was right to praise him, rather than nit-pick. Understanding with ALF will come when he learns the sorts of runs that Le F makes.
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