Hover through the fog and filthy air: Boro (A) 15.8.15

[Jugs]

Why break up the back four that worked so well last week for a three at the back that we've seen time and time again doesn't work. Just madness. The idea that 3 is better away from home baffles me. You end up with 5 at the back and nobody in midfield.

It's a bad decision by Lennon. When will he learn? Will we learn?

This sounds abject.

Danns is past it. Can't believe we gave him another year.

[TANGODANCER]

A bit of "treacle" football from us then.....Danns gives it away and Adoma fired of with a boot missing and still got a cross in. Ref sends him to the line for a hoof repair. And now.....they're pressing us and the fans have a mssive foghorn howl as the ref doesn't let Adoma back on.

[CrazyHorse]

He'll do a couple of subs at half time and we'll pull this one back.
3-3 full time. I'm telling ya.

[Bijou Bob]

This sounds more like Reading away than 3-3. He needs to sort this and quickly.

[CrazyHorse]

There's their third.
3-3. I'm telling ya.

[TANGODANCER]

Again they come and...some totally uninteresting scores waste a bit of time and then Adoma, Fabrini abd Ledbitter pay us a visit. Boro are too cocky and need a lesson. Come on you Whites......We have a few passes and a cross is cleared. "Is Prince's first name "The?" asks the man. And....we throw and....Holding, Danns and.....he gives away a free kick just in their half. Adoma comes, then Downing and they have all the possesion right now. They sound to be all over us and.....it's 3-0 off the bar.

[BWFC_Insane]

From Marc Iles on the live match blog:

Few people upset with the team he picked. Have to say, it's hard to defend the 3-5-2 on this evidence.

[Jugs]

Still, we're keeping Madine and Clough nice and fresh.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

According to the official BWFC Twitter, we'd switched to a back four by the 24th minute.

[plymouth wanderer]

this 3-5-2 is killing us! he's gotta banish it after this!

[Vertigo]

Well, that's the Bolton I know and love. 3-0 before half time with 0 shots on target.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Still, we're keeping Madine and Clough nice and fresh.

Heh!

Bet the Leicester fans aren't calling Ranieri a Tinkerman yet - they're 2-0 up at West Am...

(Dunno if he changed the line-up!)

[TANGODANCER]

Damming with faint praise as the man claims we are only " Absolutely shocking" This is winnable thinks Lennon as he crawls under the seats. Heskey wins one and it's about time we thought that maybe we haven't got it quite right. Free kick them, well they needed one as they haven't scored for five minutes.

[Burnden Paddock]

8 nil defeat. Thanks Tim Ream. Thanks a lot.

Might be some consolation if you had a couple of quid on this!

[TANGODANCER]

We're going to set off and turn it all round any minute now. Moxey has a rest for a minute and ......oh, Bury are leading 1-0....fascinating. Well done Anthony Axford for sponsoring the commentary. Bet he's delighted. GET A GRIP WHITES......IT'S BORO NOT BARCELONA......

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Barça got beat four-nowt last night. Bet they bounce back though

[BWFC_Insane]

We just started the game with the wrong team and the wrong system. Setup wrong from the start.

I think nobody expected anything today results wise, but you have to keep it out for 20 minutes or so then see what happens. Playing 3 at the back with a young lad in there, a system we have seen simply doesn't work for us is madness.

Why Vela was asked to play right wing back is also beyond me as Wilson would seem an ideal wing back. But whatever. Everyone makes mistakes. But Lennon must not repeat this. After the experiments towards the end of last season I'm a bit worried that he doesn't seem to be learning or is just stubborn.

[Prufrock]

3-5-2 can f*ck right off. How many times? Claims he's happy we're playing well just not taking our chances, so changes the shape and brings in Heskey. That ought to do it.

Think we've taken a dive on this one.

[TANGODANCER]

Ayala, Adoma, Fabrini.....all good north eastern English names, still, we have a Prince...and now Downing comes and wins another corner. Let's go in at 3-0 and score four next half. And Friend looses Fabrini and another corner results....and a shot goes over the bar with Heskey in our box. Good stuff this, what? Three minutes added time and....Heskey offside before they sally forth again and have a posession spell. Moxey loses out then wins it back. Throw us and "Boro are toying with us" says the voice as Matt Mills scores for Forest and we go for Lucozade and bananas. 3-0.

[danardif1]

I think he might be being stubborn because it often worked at Celtic both in the league and in Europe but he had players that fit that system and we just don't here...