Holden and Mavies?

[Montreal Wanderer]

At the expense of which forward HP?

It would have to be Elmander because you don't want a pissed off Kev in the locker room....

[Eire_Trotter]

This is a great argument!

I would go with our usual pairing of Holden/Muamba as it has brought us our great results of late, Spurs, Newcastle etc.

Should we gain a lead in the second half at any time I would swap a striker for Mavies which would allow us to shore up the midfield without sitting back entirely.

But hey, who's to say we're even gonna take the lead. Sure if we nick a point this will be me >>>>>>

[officer_dibble]

At the expense of which forward HP?

I know it won't happen but we could try dropping Chungy
Holden or Mavies on the right
Seems a bit of a shoe horn situation I suppose
But saying that if Lee was injured it would be Davies I would bring in

[H. Pedersen]

At the expense of which forward HP?

It would have to be Elmander because you don't want a pissed off Kev in the locker room....

I was just wondering out loud really. City's back line is shaky and would be vulnerable to both Davies' aerial prowess and Elmander's skill on the ground. I think Coyle will stick with 4-4-2.

[Lord Kangana]

Leave it as is. Holden back in. Its worked so far, I'm guessing if it doesn't work on saturday its more to do with the 17 bazillion quid that City have spent than any intrinsic shiteness we may have.

[William the White]

Leave it as is. Holden back in. Its worked so far, I'm guessing if it doesn't work on saturday its more to do with the 17 bazillion quid that City have spent than any intrinsic shiteness we may have.

Taken as a whole - yes.

But the vast majority of managers facing this side away would take the road of caution, there'd be one up front and five in midfield...

I'm with you - don't do it... and let's see how we compete...

Is this just bravado?

[Lord Kangana]

I like Coyle's balls out approach.

We will come a cropper for it now and then. As I've said before, it reminds me of BR's time. Yes we'll probably get thumped for it every so often. But its worth it. We can dream.

[William the White]

I like Coyle's balls out approach.

We will come a cropper for it now and then. As I've said before, it reminds me of BR's time. Yes we'll probably get thumped for it every so often. But its worth it. We can dream.

Yep.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

If Coyle did protect a lead by substituting a striker for a midfielder, would that be the first time he's done so as a Bolton manager? I can only ever remember like-for-likes or positive substitutions - like I say his bench is usually one goalkeeper, one defender and five midfielder/forwards...

Not that it'd be wrong to hold-what-we-have, but it'd be unusual...

One other thing: we can play the "4-4-2" system but switch positions around to stiffen midfield... like at Arsenal where for a spell Elmo & KD dropped deep and wide while Chungy played as a lone striker... mind, that's one of only two games we've lost and it's December tomorrow...

[Worthy4England]

At the expense of which forward HP?

It would have to be Elmander because you don't want a pissed off Kev in the locker room....

I was just wondering out loud really. City's back line is shaky and would be vulnerable to both Davies' aerial prowess and Elmander's skill on the ground. I think Coyle will stick with 4-4-2.

Maybe, but defensively, they're second tightest in the Prem having only conceded 12 goals...and 7 clean sheets...and only 5 goals conceded at home, 3 of which were against Arsenal when they were down to 10 men after 5 minutes.

[Lord Kangana]

So you're saying we'll score 4 then?

[TANGODANCER]

We need Muamba to sit on Tevez for 90 minutes. If they're going to score my money's on him to be the one to do it.

[Lofthouse Lower]

We need Muamba to sit on Tevez for 90 minutes. If they're going to score my money's on him to be the one to do it.

Holden and Mark Davies is a pretty poor option, in my opinion. Holden can do some of the harrying and hassling but I doubt whether he can keep it up for the full 90, and whilst Marky D might be decent at carrying the ball I remain unconvinced by him. I'd be loathe to tamper with a winning formula. Therefore I totally agree with the above post, we need to keep the snood-wearing ugly bell-end in Fabrice's pocket if we're to stand any chance.

[boltonboris]

We need Muamba to sit on Tevez for 90 minutes. If they're going to score my money's on him to be the one to do it.

Holden and Mark Davies is a pretty poor option, in my opinion. Holden can do some of the harrying and hassling but I doubt whether he can keep it up for the full 90, and whilst Marky D might be decent at carrying the ball I remain unconvinced by him. I'd be loathe to tamper with a winning formula. Therefore I totally agree with the above post, we need to keep the snood-wearing ugly bell-end in Fabrice's pocket if we're to stand any chance.

In which case we need to drop a striker and play another midfielder. Otherwise it'd be Holden v Barry, De Jong and anyone of Milner, Vieira and Yaya Toure

Gulp

[Soldier_Of_The_White_Army]

We need Muamba to sit on Tevez for 90 minutes. If they're going to score my money's on him to be the one to do it.

You want a defensive midfielder to sit on a striker???

[bw@bw]

At the expense of which forward HP?

It would have to be Elmander because you don't want a pissed off Kev in the locker room....

I was just wondering out loud really. City's back line is shaky and would be vulnerable to both Davies' aerial prowess and Elmander's skill on the ground. I think Coyle will stick with 4-4-2.

So shaky that only Chelsea have conceded less

[Lofthouse Lower]

Kolo the clown has a mistake per match in him at the moment, let's hope our boys can take advantage

[Worthy4England]

So you're saying we'll score 4 then?

I think the Bard mentioned - and I agree - one in the 94th minute after they've hit the woodwork 15 times and not managed to get the ball over the line, will do quite nicely thank you.

[seanworth]

So you're saying we'll score 4 then?

I think the Bard mentioned - and I agree - one in the 94th minute after they've hit the woodwork 15 times and not managed to get the ball over the line, will do quite nicely thank you.

As long as its a questionable penalty.

[thebish]

So you're saying we'll score 4 then?

I think the Bard mentioned - and I agree - one in the 94th minute after they've hit the woodwork 15 times and not managed to get the ball over the line, will do quite nicely thank you.

that game was one of my favourite results EVER! happy days!