Wanderers vs Macclesfield: The Threequel

[Andy Waller]

Thanks!

[BWFC_Insane]

People booed because we didn't come out on a freezing cold Tuesday night and pay money to watch Boyata and Wheater pass to each other for 45 minutes.

It's boring and we want to see goals.

I don't think thats why. Its because first half we kept the ball well, passed it, created openings, we weren't exactly brilliant but we were professional, and decent enough.

Second half the players honestly looked disinterested, our play reflected that as we started taking the "easy option" and just launching long balls.

We were outplayed second half by Macc. And our players didn't seem to care and certainly didn't react to it.

Thats why there were boos.

[Sponge]

Thought we did OK in the first half and then just eased off in the second. Yeah they had chances and were the better side but they rarely threatened. Can't understand why our fans implore Bolton to play it forward at every opportunity, playing keep ball at 2-0 up is completely standard. Have some fecking patience.

Couldn't believe the booing of Robbo when he came on as sub and his following couple of touches. He might be a shit player but he's our shit player.

This depresses me. Robbo has been shit this year. I mean, really awful. Yet last season he was contender for player of the season. It's clear his confidence is shot to pieces—the last thing he needs is he own fans booing him. C–nts.

Still, respect to those who went and supported the team. Must have been Baltic out there.

[CrazyHorse]

That's BWFC_Insane in the pink hotpants??

[CrazyHorse]

First half was alright, though Davo still looked out of his depth.
Second half we were poor, good job they were worse; apart from the last ten when they turned it up a gear. Robbo coming on really changed the game and not in a good way. Dr.Karl's right thou, jeering the useless fcker isn't right.

Was there really booing from the home crowd at full time? I never heard any of that.

How come the linesman in front of me had a pony tail and bouncing moobs? I couldn't take my eyes off him...I'm confused.

Says something about the state of the football though when most of the crowd preferred to watch the scrap rather than what was happening on the pitch.

Credit to Coyle, job done. We're going out in the next round though.

[ohjimmyjimmy]

First half was alright, though Davo still looked out of his depth.
Second half we were poor, good job they were worse; apart from the last ten when they turned it up a gear. Robbo coming on really changed the game and not in a good way. Dr.Karl's right thou, jeering the useless fcker isn't right.

Was there really booing from the home crowd at full time? I never heard any of that.

How come the linesman in front of me had a pony tail and bouncing moobs? I couldn't take my eyes off him...I'm confused.

Says something about the state of the football though when most of the crowd preferred to watch the scrap rather than what was happening on the pitch.

Credit to Coyle, job done. We're going out in the next round though.

Against Macclesfield n all..

[Verbal]

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[coffeymagic]

There's part of me that says 'Job done.' No injuries, clean sheet, fringe players - sorted.

But there's another part of me that says 'Jesus fecking Christ Bolton.'

[boltonboris]

I went.

Decent 1st 40. Persisted with playing football. Mavies grew and Petrov & Tuncay outstanding.

Then...Owen spoke at HT.

2nd half we refused to attack. Complete bore. A decent side would've buried the 3/4 decent chances we gave them.

Job done but could've been so much better.
Still, I didn't boo. I'm not a retard. Frustrated by the 2nd half but content with a win


Oh. and SKD is so past it, it's unreal & quite sad really.
Oh and another thing. NRC is stealing a living. How did he ever play for Eng (did he actually at all or have I dreamt that?)? If he can't boss a game against that lot, i give up. Stealing a living.

And yet he bossed the midfield for large periods at the 2nd best team in Europe...

So what's it to be? Mark Davies was apparently outstanding, but when we don't have the ball, a midfield containing Mark Davies, Tuncay and Petrov means what? NRC is the only fvcker in there

[bobo the clown]

There's part of me that says 'Job done.' No injuries, clean sheet, fringe players - sorted.

But there's another part of me that says 'Jesus fecking Christ Bolton.'

21st Century Schizoid Man, Coffey ??

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Martin Petrov one-on-one.

2-0 to the whites.

Another assist by Klasnic.

Nope - Tuncay, coming in off the wing to find space in the hole. Y'know, like he can. Hopefully he can kick on from there. Also good to get Boyata a game, just in case we have to keep him.

Job done, s'pose, although it seems Robbo and KD still inspire fear and loathing.

[The Axman]

I missed the first goal, had my back to it scanning around - s'what you get for being nosey. Decent effort first half, but the Whites made Macc look like a Championship club rather than the lower div clumpers they truly are. It was soooooooooooo boring second half. Nearly left before full time whistle to book myself into nearest Casualty for de-icing, de-fibrillating and de-welding of eyelids to eyeballs; it would have been more entertaining I was that bored.
I must admit that I was booing (sorry Sponge), but it was mainly in an effort to warm up what remained of my air supply in my tiny frozen lungs. I have never ever been so cold at a match in a stadium - I've experienced similar with a north wind whistling up your jacksie at some god-forsaken ground in the Evo-stik, but you expect it there, what with no protection from the elements!

Got recognised by the Maccies I was trying to avoid and so got dragged out for drinkies afterwards and am now sitting at work with a headache; bugger.

[truewhite15]

People are trying to justify booing at full-time in a game we won? Am I old fashioned in that I think the result is the most important thing, and that people should NEVER boo at a match? Jesus wept...

Who the f*ck cares that we kicked it back into neutral after the game was won??

[BWFC_Insane]

People are trying to justify booing at full-time in a game we won? Am I old fashioned in that I think the result is the most important thing, and that people should NEVER boo at a match? Jesus wept...

Who the f*ck cares that we kicked it back into neutral after the game was won??

I don't think booing is ever a good idea during a game.

I don't think anyone is "justifying" it.

But I think its easily explainable. A lot of very frustrated people who've seen us win 3 times at home this season only, and 2 of those were against Macclesfield, and lose a whole bunch of games.

Watching our overpaid, pampered premiership softies get a right royal pasting against Liverpool is bad enough, but sitting on a freezing cold Tuesday, watching them stroll around a pitch at 2-0 up making a league 2 outfit look better than we are, panicing as soon as they attack us and generally showing all the appetite for the game of an anorexic at an all you can eat Chinese Buffet, then folk are going to let their frustrations out.

Personally I don't agree with booing at games, shouting negative things at your own players, calling for the managers head, or doing anything that can negatively affect the atomosphere inside the ground. Thats me. But others differ and they pays their money and can take their choice...

[ChrisC]

Bolton manager Owen Coyle was moderately satisfied with his side's victory over Macclesfield in their FA Cup third-round replay, but knows there is plenty of room for improvement.

The struggling Premier League side progressed on the night to set up a home date with Swansea in the next round courtesy of first-half goals from Kevin Davies and Martin Petrov.

And while Coyle was pleased with the win and the attendance at the Reebok Stadium, he knew the performance was nothing more than a job done.

"The purpose of this evening was to make sure we progressed to the next round and that's exactly what we did," the Bolton boss said in his post-match press conference.

"In the first half we were terrific and put in a professional performance. We got two goals in front and created a number of chances and if truth be told we should have added to our tally.

"In the second half we took our foot off the gas and when you do that you allow the opposition back into the match. Macclesfield peppered our box with long throws and free-kicks, though Adam Bogdan only had one real save in all of that.

"We rested a number of players tonight, making five changes and of course when you do that you lose some of the fluency, but it was important to give those players game time.

"We had a nearly 9,000 people at the ground on what was a cold January night and I'd like to thank them for that. We took 1,500 to Manchester United on Saturday and we've now got a run of home games to look forward to. The support is very much appreciated.

"We'll now get back on the training ground in order to prepare for what will be a tough game against Liverpool."

[The Axman]

People are trying to justify booing at full-time in a game we won? Am I old fashioned in that I think the result is the most important thing, and that people should NEVER boo at a match? Jesus wept...

Who the f*ck cares that we kicked it back into neutral after the game was won??

Am i trying to justify it? I dunno.
Am I condemning it. Absolutely not... I think people have a right to express disappointment, frustration, boredom, crazy decisions in a non-violent but effective way, which mass booing does.

I was booing because the game was utterly devoid of 'magic' in the second half and the BWFC players (in my very humble opinion) didn't seem to give a flying fukc.

I admit that I don't really care if you think that I'm feckless, ignorant, disloyal. I was cold and disappointed.

[truewhite15]

Maybe I'm just easily pleased, but I still subscribe to the theory that if we win, I'm happy. I couldn't care less how we played, as long as we get the result in the bag. Which we did. Yes, we were poor in the second half, but how many times this season have we seen the big boys get the recliners out if they've got the game tied up in the first 45? It's nothing new. And despite that, Macc still only had 1 shot on target. If you were expecting 6-0 scorelines, I'd suggest that's more your issue than the team's.

[The Axman]

Fair enough. I've definitely got issues. I'll try not to boo again. Actually I don't 'boo' I kind of make aderogatory noise more along the lines of a demented grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - so I'll promise to try not to grrrrrrrrrrrrrr again. For a bit. see how it goes. And I'll work on my issues. (But I'd have liked 6-0 and probably would not of grrrrr'd if it had been).

coat on....

[BWFC_Insane]

Maybe I'm just easily pleased, but I still subscribe to the theory that if we win, I'm happy. I couldn't care less how we played, as long as we get the result in the bag. Which we did. Yes, we were poor in the second half, but how many times this season have we seen the big boys get the recliners out if they've got the game tied up in the first 45? It's nothing new. And despite that, Macc still only had 1 shot on target. If you were expecting 6-0 scorelines, I'd suggest that's more your issue than the team's.

But the lacklustre performance highlighted all the issues we've had this season and showed that none of them have yet been solved.

A win in itself is fine, but you have to see the context.

As fans we've been massively short changed this season and that game was a chance 2-0 at half time to put on a show.

Instead they are being paid more a week than most of those sitting in the freezing cold last night are a year, to only try for 45 minutes.

Its not good enough.

Neither is only 4 points at home so far this season.

As you seem only bothered about winning, you must have been pretty unhappy for most of the season?

[Dr Hotdog]

Nice to see Chungy doing the half-time draw!