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by jimbo
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Bare Bones....
Replies: 618
Views: 65232

Re: Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Bare Bones....

Maybe if Charles is fit, a couple of 30 minute run outs for NI might get him a bit of sharpness back so he’s more ready to make an impact when he comes back for us.
by jimbo
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Race to the tape: 2024's League One promotion campaign
Replies: 102
Views: 5536

Re: Race to the tape: 2024's League One promotion campaign

Prufrock wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:20 pm
Bogey teams are a nonsense and pure statistical noise

Anything head-to-head beyond 5 years (at a push) is meaningless.
Well yeah. How Sam Allardyce’s Bolton did against Paul Jewell’s (or whoever’s) Derby is hardly going to inform Evatt’s thinking for the weekend.
by jimbo
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: North by North West. Away to Blackpool Sat 24th Feb, 3-0'clock
Replies: 210
Views: 4060

Re: North by North West. Away to Blackpool Sat 24th Feb, 3-0'clock

Why do you think he's being targeted & bullied? Maybe something to do with being widely regarded as one of - if not the - best players in the division???? He’s being bullied because he lacks the physical attributes to win those battles and teams do it because it’s working. We can’t keep doing the s...
by jimbo
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Red cards and Red Kits, Bolton v Charlton - 17th Feb 2024 3pm
Replies: 237
Views: 4278

Re: Red cards and Red Kits, Bolton v Charlton - 17th Feb 2024 3pm

Frustrating. It feels like now is the time that we need to be hoovering up points bearing in mind what’s to come.
by jimbo
Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:06 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Just about the worst day we could have had. Started it in a good position with no Ashwin for them. We could have made steps towards winning the game today, but we’ve lost 8/100 and then watched them saunter to 180-1.
by jimbo
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Very sloppy in the field from England. They won’t be happy at all with that. Drops. Too many runs handed away. Big job here to save this test I think. We’re going about the batting nicely. Hopefully we can keep going, as we often see how quick wickets can change things. A good score from Root after...
by jimbo
Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Worthy4England wrote:
Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:34 am
Starting to look like a 400 chase. But another couple for Jimmy so far.
As many wickets for him in this test as in the 4 he played in summer.

We’ve fought back well here. Usually you wouldn’t give a team a chance chasing 400, but we’ve learned never to write off this England team!
by jimbo
Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:15 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: There's a Moose loose about these U's Take Twos. Cambridge United Away. 20/02/2024
Replies: 427
Views: 8202

Re: There's a Moose loose about these U's, Cambridge United Away 6th Feb 2024

This is a must-win imo if we have automatic promotion targets. It's all well and good having games in hand but gotta get the points eventually. I mean yes but equally we have to acknowledge we are going through a tricky patch here with key injuries and new players being integrated. It feels like a ...
by jimbo
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:23 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Great stat that since he turned 38, Anderson is averaging 14 with the ball in Asia.
by jimbo
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:22 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Excellent day so far. Finished them off effectively, and then made a positive start with the bat. Need to keep going now.
Also, great effort by Anderson. It takes a lot to come back from the summer he had, train for 7 months for a tough India trip and then bowl so wonderfully.
by jimbo
Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:17 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Happy to admit Hartley proved me wrong. Interesting article from Atherton today about the data available to selectors now and how that will help them identify key attributes for players to succeed in specific conditions. Apparently Hartley has long been considered an option for Indian tours due to h...
by jimbo
Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Well well well. what a turnaround. Amazing we’re in with a chance here and Hartley bowling wonderfully.
by jimbo
Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Who opened the door? My money is on Janus! 2024 January transfer thread.
Replies: 1362
Views: 477248

Re: Who opened the door? My money is on Janus! 2024 January transfer thread.

If a player did want to choose Wrexham over us, that’s fair enough. What I would say is that would show he’s likely not got the character or ambition we really want here, so I wouldn’t be losing sleep on us missing out on him.
by jimbo
Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

It has shown how poor our depth of spinners are in this country. We’ve got away with Leach, Moeen and Rashid for a while, but beyond that there really is a dearth.
by jimbo
Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

The other thing to note is listening to the Indians they say the pitch is getting slower and slower so the turn and bounce becomes easier to deal with….I guess counterintuitively maybe we should have bowled first…. I doubt it would have made a massive difference with our spin options - they aren’t ...
by jimbo
Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Yeah we’re so far behind India. I think there are going to be some really really one sided games. We might be competitive in a couple if our batsmen all fire together. It must be our weakest selection of spinners touring there ever. Hartley is bang average in the championship, and a young leg spinne...
by jimbo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

India tomorrow. First of 5. We’ll likely get hammered. Interesting team selection with our only seamers being the notably fragile Mark Wood and Ben Stokes. Otherwise it’s 3 spinners and Joe Root. I assume they’re not expecting a green seamer 😂 Stokes can't bowl at all post knee surgery, its Wood on...
by jimbo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:02 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 439683

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

India tomorrow. First of 5. We’ll likely get hammered.
Interesting team selection with our only seamers being the notably fragile Mark Wood and Ben Stokes. Otherwise it’s 3 spinners and Joe Root. I assume they’re not expecting a green seamer 😂
by jimbo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:24 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Who opened the door? My money is on Janus! 2024 January transfer thread.
Replies: 1362
Views: 477248

Re: Who opened the door? My money is on Janus! 2024 January transfer thread.

It’s going to be a difficult week trying to find the cash and quality of players who will be available and able to help a promotion pushing squad. Previous January’s I suspect the pool might have been bigger.
by jimbo
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: South to East (London, that is) Leyton Orient away Sat 20th Jan 3-0'clock..
Replies: 205
Views: 5044

Re: South to East (London, that is) Leyton Orient away Sat 20th Jan 3-0'clock..

If we win it, the next one will be the big bear-trap... Just keep winning. Losing a game in isolation doesn’t mean that much. Many probably thought our defeat and Portsmouth was significant in the battle between us, but look how things have gone since. We’ll lose some between now and the end of the...