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by nicholaldo
Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:16 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: A welcome on the hillside......V Swansea at home, Sat 10-11-18 , 3-o'clock.
Replies: 139
Views: 25134

Re: A welcome on the hillside......V Swansea at home, Sat 10-11-18 , 3-o'clock.

We're playing well here. And we're doing one thing that we haven't done in ages - getting crosses into the box.
by nicholaldo
Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:37 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Stats and stuff
Replies: 134
Views: 25109

Re: Stats and stuff

Iles tweeted an interesting set of figures this morning comparing our results after scoring first with our results after conceding first: 2018/2019 We score first: W4 D2 L0 (PPG: 2.66) We concede first: W0 D2 L8 (PPG: 0.2) 2017/2018 We score first: W10 D5 L1 (PPG: 2.18) We concede first: W0 D5 L22 (...
by nicholaldo
Sun Nov 04, 2018 6:22 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ken Anderson - Old Owner (Definitely. For Ever ..... )
Replies: 4325
Views: 681349

Re: Ken Anderson - New Owner (Definitely. For Now ..... )

From Marc Iles' twitter account: " I understand there were payment issues with a handful of senior players last week in the build-up to Aston Villa defeat. They have been cleared up - fairly swiftly it seems - but I can't imagine such things help in the build-up to such an important game. " It would...
by nicholaldo
Sun Nov 04, 2018 6:11 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Rugby league
Replies: 4
Views: 2491

Rugby league

Did anyone else watch this afternoon's international? This series has been an absolute cracker. For the benefit of the sport, I was almost routing for a New Zealand win, or at least a draw, just to take it to a decider at Elland Road on Sunday. But I'm glad we got there in the end; our final two tri...
by nicholaldo
Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:50 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.
Replies: 116
Views: 21983

Re: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.

Parkinson's time WILL NOT BE DUE TO COME TO END under this parsimonious Chairman until he (Parkinson) can be sacked for no dosh outlay from Ken's pockets. We are, unfortunately, stuck with a shit manager, who has assembled a team of shit players, who cannot organise a ball pass between them, becaus...
by nicholaldo
Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:00 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.
Replies: 116
Views: 21983

Re: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.

TANGODANCER wrote:
Sun Nov 04, 2018 12:55 pm
Step 1 on the road to recovery: Win a game. An ancient Chinese proverb says that a thousand mile journey begins with the first step. We're not that drastic, but the point 's the same. Win.

If only it were that easy...
by nicholaldo
Sun Nov 04, 2018 12:42 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.
Replies: 116
Views: 21983

Re: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.

Against Villa, it was basic defensive mistakes that cost us. No one was aware of Grealish's run, while Olkowski wasn't aware of anything going on around him all night. It's simple stuff that can and should be cut out. It was a general point I was making. Defensively, we're doing okay with pretty or...
by nicholaldo
Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:46 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.
Replies: 116
Views: 21983

Re: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.

Parkinson's time WILL NOT BE DUE TO COME TO END under this parsimonious Chairman until he (Parkinson) can be sacked for no dosh outlay from Ken's pockets. We are, unfortunately, stuck with a shit manager, who has assembled a team of shit players, who cannot organise a ball pass between them, becaus...
by nicholaldo
Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:43 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Where is our natural home?
Replies: 22
Views: 3683

Re: Where is our natural home?

It depends on what variables you think should be used to measure it. Average attendance is probably one of the best, and would likely have us in the top half of the second tier with a lot of others. On trophies won I'd hazard a guess that we would be in roughly the same area, but our history of leag...
by nicholaldo
Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:24 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.
Replies: 116
Views: 21983

Re: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.

We gave it a pretty good go but ultimately just didn't have the quality to get anything from it.
by nicholaldo
Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:49 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.
Replies: 116
Views: 21983

Re: Villainous Intent. V Aston Villa away Friday 02-11-18 7-45.

A slight improvement on our very low recent standard.

The commentator said we’ve been outspent by MK Dons, Blackpool and Scunthorpe on players. That doesn’t half put things in perspective.
by nicholaldo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:00 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Hail the conquering heroes come.......Bolton V Hull, 3-0'clock Sat 27th Oct.
Replies: 135
Views: 21137

Re: Hail the conquering heroes come.......Bolton V Hull, 3-0'clock Sat 27th Oct.

Re bringing a new manager in: are we not overestimating how much of a draw we now are? Personally, I think that our problems are bigger than the manager but if we do make a change the ones with anything about them would surely wait for a better opportunity if we came calling? There's that Groucho M...
by nicholaldo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:39 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Hail the conquering heroes come.......Bolton V Hull, 3-0'clock Sat 27th Oct.
Replies: 135
Views: 21137

Re: Hail the conquering heroes come.......Bolton V Hull, 3-0'clock Sat 27th Oct.

Re bringing a new manager in: are we not overestimating how much of a draw we now are? Personally, I think that our problems are bigger than the manager but if we do make a change the ones with anything about them would surely wait for a better opportunity if we came calling? There's that Groucho Ma...
by nicholaldo
Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:17 pm
Forum: Other Footy
Topic: Tonight's Football
Replies: 6363
Views: 709068

Re: Tonight's Football

Two nowt! They can’t live with us on the counter attack.
by nicholaldo
Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:16 pm
Forum: Other Footy
Topic: Tonight's Football
Replies: 6363
Views: 709068

Re: Tonight's Football

What a finish that was! It reminded me of Owen’s in 1998.
by nicholaldo
Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:06 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ken Anderson - Old Owner (Definitely. For Ever ..... )
Replies: 4325
Views: 681349

Re: Ken Anderson - New Owner (Definitely. For Now ..... )

For what it's worth, Nixon's saying that he thinks the Americans have left and this is just Ken trying to create an auction. It's encouraging that we're now hearing reports about prove of funding being in place, though.
by nicholaldo
Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:06 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Reconstruction time again: the summer 2018 transfer thread
Replies: 2831
Views: 479200

Re: Reconstruction time again: the summer 2018 transfer thread

It's pretty much a no lose scenario. He won't be able to properly play a part yet, obviously, but he at least has a full two weeks now to get cracking.

Has it been confirmed how short the short-term contract is?
by nicholaldo
Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:02 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ken Anderson - Old Owner (Definitely. For Ever ..... )
Replies: 4325
Views: 681349

Re: Ken Anderson - New Owner (Definitely. For Now ..... )

Must this personal vendetta infect every thread?

The attempt to turn a benign exchange into a pissing contest being just the latest development of the obsession.
by nicholaldo
Sun Oct 07, 2018 1:00 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Love thy Neighbour...Bolton V Blackburn Sat 6th Oct.17-30
Replies: 101
Views: 18716

Re: Love thy Neighbour...Bolton V Blackburn Sat 6th Oct.17-30

And Buckley is, on the whole, as under whelming as he has been since signing. When Buckley first started getting people's attention, his pace was what made him dangerous. I think I'm right in saying that he then made his way to us via a couple of hamstring and knee injuries, the worst possible inju...
by nicholaldo
Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:34 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Love thy Neighbour...Bolton V Blackburn Sat 6th Oct.17-30
Replies: 101
Views: 18716

Re: Love thy Neighbour...Bolton V Blackburn Sat 6th Oct.17-30

Prufrock wrote:
Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:40 am
If Ameobi plays fewer than 35 games this season, we're fecked I reckon.

This is it in a nutshell.