Charlton 0-0 Bolton

Just arrived in Charlton. It's a warm and sunny day. Just seen Marvin sat on a bench Tweeting bollocks.

442 - nobody on here though Doog would go for that!

4_4_2? He deffo reads forums.

He's played 442 plenty of times since January, it's not much if a surprise.

So 0-0. Did anyone else listen to Tower FM and find the commentary so boring they had to switch to GMR?

Biggie wrote:So 0-0. Did anyone else listen to Tower FM and find the commentary so boring they had to switch to GMR?

Tried switching for everyone but the reception was crap.

There endeth the season ..... Mathematically out of that 6th place and will be lucky to get a top ten finish now.
So we end up in a worse position then last year with no money and a manager that half the fans don't like. 
Grand being a BWFC int it  

Report: Charlton 0-0 Bolton

IN BRIEF

Bolton’s unbeaten run shows no sign of letting up following a hard fought draw against Charlton at The Valley.

In a scrappy game played on a bobbly pitch, Wanderers dug deep to snuff out forays forward from the hosts and should have arguably won the game.

In the second half Matt Mills saw a header cleared off the line whilst Neil Danns blasted over from just inside the area.

In the end Bolton had to settled for a share of the spoils and in doing have now suffered just one defeat in their last 13 outings.

TEAM NEWS

Wanderers’ team showed three changes to the starting line-up that had previously seen off Barnsley at Reebok.

David Wheater, Neil Danns and Lukas Jutkiewicz were in from the off, with Alex Baptiste, Robert Hall and Andre Moritz on the bench.

Marvin Sordell, approaching the end of a season-long loan spell at The Valley, was ineligible for the hosts.

FIRST HALF

Bolton set much of the early tempo, with comfortable opening ten or so minutes eventually yielding the game’s first opening.

Jutkiewicz latched onto Alan Hutton’s through ball in the right channel, before firing a dangerous cross into the Charlton six yard box. Liam Trotter’s shot was then spilled by Ben Hamer, before after a period of pinball Charlton eventually cleared their lines.

The hosts responded with a brief flurry of efforts. First, Morgan Fox skipped forward from left-back and saw his fierce cross glanced narrowly wide at the near post by Simon Church.

Astrit Ajdarevic then volleyed wide from the edge of the area before Reza Ghoochannejhad saw a shot when in the clear smothered by Adam Bogdan.

On 30 minutes Danns flashed a shot narrowly over the bar from distance whilst Jutkiewicz’s back post header from a set piece was well blocked, as the remainder of the half somewhat fizzled out.

HALF TIME

Within five minutes of the restart Bolton engineered their best opening of the contest in front of the stand that housed their travelling fans.

A routine corner kick was clipped into the near post by Tim Ream, with Matt Mills looping a header goalwards that was acrobatically cleared off the line by Diego Poyet.

The game suddenly had life and began to become stretched.

Church attempted to pinch the ball off the foot of Bogdan before hitting the deck and appealing for a spot kick. The referee waved away the appeals of the home fans.

Bolton were marginally the better side, though it just seemed the ball wouldn’t quite sit up at the vital moment in the final third.

Jutkiewicz and Beckford both saw snapshots well held by Hamer, as Wanderers began to turn the screw with just 20 minutes left on the clock.

Late on Charlton’s primary threat came from wide crosses into the box. Michael Morrison and sub Jonathan Obika both heading wide late on.

There was still time for Beckford to superbly beat three men and tee up Danns, though the on-loan midfielder failed to find the target from inside the area, as the game eventually ended goalless.

FULL TIME

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karlypants wrote:

Biggie wrote:So 0-0. Did anyone else listen to Tower FM and find the commentary so boring they had to switch to GMR?

Tried switching for everyone but the reception was crap.

Does that mean everyone else also thought it was awful?

Dire, absolute dire.

If I had to guess I would say the performance was probably on par with the Huddersfield game a few weeks back. The club can kiss away any chance of season tickets being the same or higher next season if this is the shit dougie is churning out every week.

I can't really comment on the game as a whole as I only listened to about 40minutes of all the game but we really need to start playing at a higher tempo IMO if we are to mount any sort of charge next season.

Perfect result for Dougie, a 0-0 draw. It's why he got into football management.

Right now he'll be smoking a fat cigar and giving Mrs Freedman a blow job.

I didn't see the game, but I've no major complaints about the team selection or substitutions.

Trotter has had a lot of stick since he came to the club (deservedly), but it makes sense to give him more chances, assuming he was as good at Millwall as people say.

Sums up the season of Lord Dougie,fucking shit result by a shit team against another shit team !!! Roll on next season,no Davies , no Chungy, no Ream but plenty of Trotter and Pratley !!! fucking marvellous !!

Just seen Lord Dougies post match comments !!! he is truly a huge tit of the highest order !!!! 0-0 against Charlton ffs amazing Dougie

Get rid of that fucking manager, i've had enough!!!

Natasha Whittam wrote:Perfect result for Dougie, a 0-0 draw. It's why he got into football management.

Right now he'll be smoking a fat cigar and giving Mrs Freedman a blow job.

At the same time? That's a bit dangerous isn't it?

Natasha Whittam wrote:Right now he'll be smoking a fat cigar and giving Mrs Freedman a blow job.

 

Predictable result seeing as he stuck with basically the same team against a desperate Charlton side. With the result having no importance it was a missed opportunity to experiment and start thinking about next season and where we might not need to buy in the summer.

What worries me is that was perhaps meant to be the "unveiling" of the core of next season's team.

Tigermin wrote:Just seen Lord Dougies post match comments !!! he is truly a huge tit of the highest order !!!! 0-0 against Charlton ffs amazing Dougie

Unfortunately wankers like you expect to win every game 5-0 whilst playing like Barcelona and if we don't you slate the manager for it. We have nothing left to play for, Charlton have everything to. What exactly is wrong with what he said post match;

"It was a very resilient and dogged performance.
"Charlton kept going, to their credit. They are in a difficult situation and we had to match that. You don't get anything for creating opportunities but we had enough to edge the game.
"In the grand scheme of opportunities, it's not a fair result.
"Dannsy had a great chance, Matt had one cleared off the line, but Charlton put their bodies on the line."

bwfc1874 wrote:

Unfortunately wankers like you expect to win every game 5-0 whilst playing like Barcelona and if we don't you slate the manager for it. We have nothing left to play for, Charlton have everything to. What exactly is wrong with what he said post match;

Some people have higher standards. And be honest, how much longer will you continue to shell out to watch this utter crap?

Yes the game was virtually meaningless to BWFC, so why go out and be so negative? Why not try and create a bit of excitement for the new season - I don't believe for one minute the club isn't well aware of the current apathy of Bolton Wanderers supporters.

Regardless of how you feel personally 1874, there will be many season ticket holders who simply won't renew for the new season because of results/performances like those against Charlton, Doncaster & Huddersfield.

And tell me, what was the point of putting young players on the bench and not giving them a short run out?