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by BWFC_Insane
Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Season 23/24 Predictions
Replies: 69
Views: 8987

Re: Season 23/24 Predictions

I think if we had a genuinely natural finisher we’d have gone up but I think that argument is probably true of a good chunk of teams in most leagues. There aren’t many around. I dare say if you gave Arsenal Haaland they’d have won the league already. Where I think our issues lie is one we were argua...
by BWFC_Insane
Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Season 23/24 Predictions
Replies: 69
Views: 8987

Re: Season 23/24 Predictions

Do you find it more or less reductive than second is success, third is failure? Success is promotion. The club have said that multiple times. In football there isn’t a prize for ‘nearly’. Thats not reductive in any sense. We should be getting out of this division - Evatt, the club the players are a...
by BWFC_Insane
Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Season 23/24 Predictions
Replies: 69
Views: 8987

Re: Season 23/24 Predictions

I'm just finding it a bit hard to see where Charles and co missing basic sitters is Evatt's fault. Must be me.. You can't blame Evatt for strikers missing the odd 1 or 2, but when you miss the amount of sitters that we do given the amount of chances we create, and its several of the strikers missin...
by BWFC_Insane
Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:54 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Season 23/24 Predictions
Replies: 69
Views: 8987

Re: Season 23/24 Predictions

I'm just finding it a bit hard to see where Charles and co missing basic sitters is Evatt's fault. Must be me.. I find this a really reductive. Nothing that happens on a field can be directly labelled as ‘managers fault’. But they are accountable for the results and outcomes at the end of the day. ...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

By that thinking any season irrespective of what happens is a success. But every season bolton wanderers are in league one should be considered a failure by anyone who is wanting to see this club get back to where it should. ................. I get some people don’t care. They’d be happy surviving ...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

The problem is the Championship is a financial basket case. It will become imperative to get promoted again because the finances make even less sense. Then it will become about surviving in the Premiership because of the financial disaster of getting relegated. If we're to be financially stable the...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Season 23/24 Predictions
Replies: 69
Views: 8987

Re: Season 23/24 Predictions

I'm just finding it a bit hard to see where Charles and co missing basic sitters is Evatt's fault. Must be me.. I find this a really reductive. Nothing that happens on a field can be directly labelled as ‘managers fault’. But they are accountable for the results and outcomes at the end of the day. ...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

I might have missed it, and apologies if I have, but has anyone come out and said that the whole financial workings of the club are predicated on being promoted in 2024, and if we don't do this then we are all doomed and half our squad need to be sold for half their value just to keep the lights on...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

Not being promoted is disastrous. I'd be happy (or very unhappy...) to be proved wrong, but I don't think it is disastrous at all. My prediction would be that not being promoted basically means we start next season in League 1 and try to get promoted then, whilst also trying to progress in the cups...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Season 23/24 Predictions
Replies: 69
Views: 8987

Re: Season 23/24 Predictions

We should for me be second. We aren’t and I do think that’s a failure on Evatts part. Time to make it up though and win the play offs. Must be me. How a failure to come third? If it were carved in stone, all the bookies would be out of business. Disappointing, yes, but the human element, luck and i...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: General Banter
Topic: General Chit Chat
Replies: 8906
Views: 828422

Re: General Chit Chat

Had one of those extremely funny episodes on Tuesday at work, sat on the PC when there was sudden squealing and three young female colleagues legging it in different directions. Hey up I thought, what's going on and trundled over for a gander. Turns out there was a large spider in a box they were m...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

We can make substitutions depending on the goings-on in the other match. We can remove and replace literally half out the outfield And I suspect that’s the way it will be played. Each player is an individual scenario. Charles needs minutes. Maybe santos does too. Collins if derby are winning probab...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Season 23/24 Predictions
Replies: 69
Views: 8987

Re: Season 23/24 Predictions

Pretty happy with my predictions. Saw Pompey as champions thanks to Mousinho and they did it.

We should for me be second. We aren’t and I do think that’s a failure on Evatts part. Time to make it up though and win the play offs.
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

It’s a completely different scenario but we’ve seen clearly and Evatt has admitted how ‘playing our strongest team’ in the cups hasn’t helped us. When you are Bolton in league one the only thing that matters and it is the only thing is getting out of the league via promotion. I think we’ve somewhat...
by BWFC_Insane
Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

It’s a completely different scenario but we’ve seen clearly and Evatt has admitted how ‘playing our strongest team’ in the cups hasn’t helped us. When you are Bolton in league one the only thing that matters and it is the only thing is getting out of the league via promotion. I think we’ve somewhat ...
by BWFC_Insane
Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

If they lose tonight they would need to beat us by 3 goals to finish above us. So though you'd expect them to go stronger against us it sounds like he basically doesn't care if they finish 3rd or 4th so doubt they'll be taking any risks against us. Going to basically be a friendly. I’d say this. Wh...
by BWFC_Insane
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

Barnsley bin their manager... https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/collins-departs/ Director of Football Mladen Sormaz said, “Neill has been extremely professional throughout the period with which I have worked with him, he has done everything he can do to push the team in the direction we ...
by BWFC_Insane
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Nostradamus file....
Replies: 121
Views: 3971

Re: The Nostradamus file....

All potential play off teams have a positives and negatives. Blackpool - well we are useless there. It’s a hoodoo. Beat them at home this season but it was close. I fancy they would be motivated for it to upset us. I do think if we matched their desire and physicality we’d win over two legs. But tha...
by BWFC_Insane
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Breaking pots... Home v Port Vale Sat 20th Apr. 3-0'Clock.
Replies: 145
Views: 3269

Re: Breaking pots... Home v Port Vale Sat 20th Apr. 3-0'Clock.

As a standalone game, earlier in the season, we'd have been very happy with that performance. Yes, we should have scored more. But we played well and we'll take those positives into the play offs. Collins is firing now and he looks capable of creating something whenever the ball is near him. He hit...
by BWFC_Insane
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Breaking pots... Home v Port Vale Sat 20th Apr. 3-0'Clock.
Replies: 145
Views: 3269

Re: Breaking pots... Home v Port Vale Sat 20th Apr. 3-0'Clock.

Yeah this is my view. We’ve known realistically the points total needed was low to mid 90’s for a while. It’s not a shock and we went into the season with such a target in mind. Was never going to be quite as bad as Sheffield Weds missing out on 94 or whatever last season but was going to be ballpar...