Bolton 2-1 QPR

Hipster_Nebula wrote:hardly, you could guarantee that Jesus Christ would materialise at center field and the reebok would still be empty.

Get real. Every Bolton fan who hadn't been to the Reebok for 10 years would crawl out of the woodwork to see McGinlay's first game in charge.

If you're reading Eddie, and I know you follow my work, do it now while there's still time.

It has been pointed out to me that kick off is at 12.45pm tomorrow. I didn't find out until last night.

Good job you didn't rock up at 3 mate. We'll be out of the bottom 3 by then.

wanderlust wrote:Good job you didn't rock up at 3 mate. We'll be out of the bottom 3 by then.

Let's hope so! Put pressure on the rest of the pond feeders.

Skill-wise, both teams are poor, so if it comes down to passion, I think we are going to have a fight on our hands. The one thing we lack is leadership. I for one, would lie to see Reo Coker directing from themiddle of the field, standing still for all I care, but at least giveng the team some direction/plan.Coming out and saying what should be done after a game is just a case of hindsight. Foresight would be most useful. I still think we will have a very narrow win, (alternatively, itll be a rugby score), but no inbetweens)

OK, the worst thing he could have done was play 4-4-2 involving Davies. He hasn't done that but he's done the second worst thing which was to not drop Pratley.

01 Bogdan
02 Steinsson
18 Ricketts
31 Wheater
32 Ream
10 Petrov
16 M Davies
19 Reo-Coker
21 Pratley
24 Ngog
30 Miyaichi

not a bad team, its the one I was hoping for except the Prat for Muamba

Prats will prove the doubters wrong today.

Muamba and NRC are a better combination than Pratley and NRC plus Pratley has done nothing at all for us so far.

Good Lord did we ever need that goal from Pratley.

The set pieces have been absolutely dreadful so far.

Hipster, well done, you called it right for Pratley today

I would keep Klasnic as the 'impact' super sub, for the lat 20 minutes or so, as Ngog had an excellent first hour or so, but then went a bit quiet. Good to see Mavies more involved, he made a massive difference. Good win !

Natasha Whittam wrote:
I'd bring in John McGinlay for the last 11 games. I guarantee you we'd stay up. Imagine the buzz around the place - the Reebok would be full and the crowd as vocal as they've ever been.

I know the bit about the cheesy Wotsit was tongue-in-cheek.

But ditching Coyle for McGinlay and suggesting this would fill the Reebok is possibly the stupidest thing I've seen you write about BWFC, Nat. Do you actually know anything about football?

largehat wrote:

I know the bit about the cheesy Wotsit was tongue-in-cheek.

But ditching Coyle for McGinlay and suggesting this would fill the Reebok is possibly the stupidest thing I've seen you write about BWFC, Nat. Do you actually know anything about football?

If John McGinlay was manager I guarantee you a full house against Blackburn. Anyone who think otherwise is a cheesy wotsit.

An absolutely fucking awful performance. Soft in the tackle, headless chickens at the back, toothless upfront. BUT!!! But we fucking won thanks to Klasnic, the ONLY player we have who will win us games.

But we are shite, utter shite. We will finish second bottom, mark my words.

Klasnic took his chance well but he wasn't the reason we won.
We won because the ref played a blinder and for 9 whole minutes, OC was brave enough to go 442 with both Klasnic and Ngog on the park - during which time we scored.
Understandably, he withdrew Ngog at the death to close up shop.

Fact is we just aren't good enough at the back to play 442 for any period of time. Sure it increases our chances of scoring but it also increases our chance of conceding. But in the position we're in, the only thing that matters is the result.

Fair play to Coyle - I'm the first to complain about his non footballing brain but he went with Pratley as more attacking than Muamba - which worked for him, he put on Klasnic to go for the win - which worked for him - then he closed the game down by bringing on Muamba - which again worked for him.

The closing the game down with Muamba was the most interesting bit for me - normally he would have been trying to get a third goal instead!

Is he finally learning?

Coyle did very well today.

Miyaichi, Mark Davies and Klasnic all looked a class above the rest of our players today.