Looking through WF's excellent predictions thread, it's clear that there is still some optimism about this one.
I have a strange feeling stirring deep down. It could be wind, or it could be last night's Madras of Hope.
Sturridge will be a major threat, and we are of course ravaged by injuries and suspensions. Coyle will really have to earn his dollar to motivate anything out of this one against Chelsea's world class squad.
But...stranger things have happened and it would be great to head into the international break with at least a point.
Thread open to all. Neutral observers welcome!
Teams:
BWFC: Bogdan, Steinsson, Boyata, Cahill, Robinson, Gardner, Pratley, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Ngog, K Davies
BWFC Subs: Lainton, Muamba, Eagles, Tuncay, Knight, M Davies, Vela
Chelsea: Cech, Cole, Luiz, Ramires, Lampard, Mata, Drogba, Meireles, Bosingwa, Sturridge, Terry
Chelsea Subs: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Romeu, Mikel, Malouda, Lukaku, Anelka
Bolton v Chelsea Match Thread
posted on 2/10/11
*our fault, not Chelseas
posted on 2/10/11
Ha, CC!
I don't often agree with him, but I thought this performance was horrendous.
posted on 2/10/11
Rowbot your wasting your time. They just dont get it. They accuse me of not seeing the big picture yet me thinks it's them. I have said over and over again I want coyle as manager but I don't want Bolton to be rubbish more. How long playing like this can go on is heavily debated but I for one think when the opposition gets easier we have to win. This team won't get anything in return of our first 7 fixtures.
posted on 2/10/11
If we dont win when the opposition gets easier then...
posted on 2/10/11
Fair play, Rowbot. I respect that you are happy to sound out the negatives. It frustrates me when people refuse to see the bad side.
posted on 2/10/11
I'm waiting for someone to try and use the Fulham vs QPR result as justification for today.
'It could be worse, we could be QPR'
'At least we didn't concede 6'
'Everyone can have an off day, look at QPR'
posted on 2/10/11
Petrov er
I haven't agreed with you in the past and I am not necessarily on your side here.
I think this was our worst performance of the season and some of the comments are becoming more and more ridiculous.
We conceded 5. 4 in 40 minutes and some say our full backs are good?
posted on 2/10/11
If we dont win when the opposition gets easier then...
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If we are still bottom at Christmas, we should think about changing manager, but not at the beginning of October ...
posted on 2/10/11
Petrov with all due respect I already said the performance was horrible especially in the first half AND that I think Owen got his tactics wrong. I fully agree that Paul Robinson is a huge weakness and that Petrov doesn't track back enough to allow us a slow easily turned left back in any case.
I haven't lost faith in Coyle or even the players but some are just not good enough and we all know who they are. I also said and stand by my opinion that Adam Bogdan simply isn't ready for this level and that selling Ali was a mistake.
I stand in awe of your statement that you want coyle as manager when on another thread within the last half hour you said you had lost faith with him. Isn't that trying to have it both ways?
I will defend Owen because I think he is the best man for this job and in the current circumstances with a squad this bare I don't think anyone could do much better. He needs to learn from his mistakes but at least he is honest enough to admit he makes them unlike a certain nameless former occupant of his office.
I don't look for an argument here but you are frankly talking about Coyle out of both sides of your face and I think you need to decide if you want him in or out and stick to it.
posted on 2/10/11
I want him as manager but at the moment I have lost faith it's as simple as that. I like him I like his ideas but unfortunately he just has not cut the mustard. However much I like him I prefer winning games or battling losses. For a while now neither have happened. I think our players are underperforming. I don't wholly blame them for that every manager has a job to get the best out of players and it's not happening. If it continues then however much I like him he has to go.