High Noon in Wigan. Away at the Piedrome.,Sat,-2-04-22. 12-30 kick-off.

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High Noon in Wigan. Away at the Piedrome.,Sat,-2-04-22. 12-30 kick-off.

Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:37 pm

Clock ticking early, but little else exciting this week, so an early thread start. Spout your predictions, biases and expectations. The Pies have been having fun in the sun in Dubai. Here's a brief run down:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/what- ... news-here/
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Post by Worthy4England » Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:38 pm

We'll shit 'em. 1-2, Whites.

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Post by TonyDomingos » Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:25 pm

Y'know what? I've a sneaky feeling we'll upset the piecart. I'm with Worthy on a 1-2 win.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:36 pm

My view is they haven't to score. Achieve that, we have a point. That i itself won't do either, so its got to be 2 or 3 nil to us.
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Post by officer_dibble » Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:37 am

Don’t see it myself, I’m already getting annoyed with it being built up as ‘must win’ for our ‘play off hopes’. What it needs from Evatt is a sensible no pressure rhetoric because if we defend well we have the tools to hit them on the break and snatch something. If we go gung-ho to try and win we’ll get dicked. I fear he’ll approach it that way and we’ll get we’ll and truly beaten - I’ll predict a 3-0 loss.

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Post by Harry Genshaw » Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:51 am

officer_dibble wrote:
Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:37 am
Don’t see it myself, I’m already getting annoyed with it being built up as ‘must win’ for our ‘play off hopes’. What it needs from Evatt is a sensible no pressure rhetoric because if we defend well we have the tools to hit them on the break and snatch something. If we go gung-ho to try and win we’ll get dicked. I fear he’ll approach it that way and we’ll get we’ll and truly beaten - I’ll predict a 3-0 loss.
I fear the same. Our away form is patchy at best but against the better sides, and it pains me to say it, they're easily the best side in the division, we've been largely awful.

Our recent performances there have been dreadful and played in a nasty atmosphere, so I'm staying away this time. I'll watch it through my fingers on Quest, later on instead.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:25 am

I think even my "Hope springs eternal" attitude doesn't see us making the play-offs. I just want us to get our confidence back and do the best we can. That said, we can't afford to be afraid of Wigan; they're not Barcelona or Bayern Munich, and we can still give a good account of ourselves. I want to see managers doing an Arsene Venger bucket-kicking display whilst screeching "xxxxing Bolton" as we upset their apple-carts. We can do that...

On another point, Bodvarson is playing for Iceland today against Spain. I sure hope he stays fit and ready in time for Saturday. We'll need our best eleven out for that. Baka seems to have sailed through two games quite well, and Charles through his international game too, so....
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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:39 am

Harry Genshaw wrote:
Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:51 am
officer_dibble wrote:
Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:37 am
Don’t see it myself, I’m already getting annoyed with it being built up as ‘must win’ for our ‘play off hopes’. What it needs from Evatt is a sensible no pressure rhetoric because if we defend well we have the tools to hit them on the break and snatch something. If we go gung-ho to try and win we’ll get dicked. I fear he’ll approach it that way and we’ll get we’ll and truly beaten - I’ll predict a 3-0 loss.
I fear the same. Our away form is patchy at best but against the better sides, and it pains me to say it, they're easily the best side in the division, we've been largely awful.

Our recent performances there have been dreadful and played in a nasty atmosphere, so I'm staying away this time. I'll watch it through my fingers on Quest, later on instead.
Pretty much where I'm at.

I've never liked derbies, which I think bring out the worst in many fans (not just ours). They also have far more downside than upside, IMO; bragging rights mean nothing to me as I'm not one for gloating in a rival's face – football's too ephemeral and ever-changing for that to be a wise move - and even in victory it's more relief than joy.

And of all the teams to lose a derby to, Wigan might be the worst. Because they hate us more than we hate them; because they were non-league until the 70s; because they were the main (active) rivalry when I became a fan; because they clawed back the divisions between us; because they're now, sadly, better than us.

I might have to arrange to do something else on Saturday afternoon. I can cope with us losing – God knows I've put the 10,000 hours in – but I don't particularly want to watch it in real time. And if we do lose, I'm guessing the internet won't be the place to be. Not even, perhaps, on here...

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Post by TANGODANCER » Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:41 pm

Oh, ye fainthearts. Shame on ye...Is this the spirit that won the Battle of Britain, I ask? Are we doomed before we even make a charge at the pie shop? Are we afraid to get up and at em? Shall we make mockery of "Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire!"...I'm sensing a feeling of Private Frazer here chanting "Doomed, I tell yu " , instead of an Eddie Waring "Up and under" at em attitude. "Close the wall up with our English dead" shall be the cry instead, and....

Oh well, what are forums for.. :Jedi:

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:48 pm

If we have to close up the wall with our dead, it's been a particularly bad derby.

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Post by boltonboris » Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:26 pm

They're absolutely clinical. Bottom half in terms of chances created, top of the league in chances converted.

We don't defend well against good teams mainly and have been too shot shy ourselves recently.

2-0 to them
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Post by Gary the Enfield » Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:18 pm

We're gonna batter 'em a la Sunderland.

6-0 to us.

Four of them own goals.

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Post by Harry Genshaw » Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:35 pm

boltonboris wrote:
Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:26 pm
They're absolutely clinical. Bottom half in terms of chances created, top of the league in chances converted.
That's some stat that.

It suggests to me that they may struggle when they go up a level and face better defences. Here's hoping!
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Wed Mar 30, 2022 5:16 pm

boltonboris wrote:
Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:26 pm
They're absolutely clinical. Bottom half in terms of chances created, top of the league in chances converted.

We don't defend well against good teams mainly and have been too shot shy ourselves recently.

2-0 to them
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Post by officer_dibble » Thu Mar 31, 2022 9:31 am

Think I’ll be swerving the Twitter-sphere this weekend. It’s already cringeworthy.

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Post by Worthy4England » Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:38 am

I find that decent advice on any day, tbf.

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Post by TANGODANCER » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:00 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
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I find that decent advice on any day, tbf.
Just so. I once joined Facebook but only lasted about a month. Never been on Twitter, or any other media nonsense sites since except e-mail . Apart from dance and art related sites, The Wanderer is the only place I belong. Pretty anonymous me and happy with it..
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Post by Harry Genshaw » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:51 pm

officer_dibble wrote:
Thu Mar 31, 2022 9:31 am
Think I’ll be swerving the Twitter-sphere this weekend. It’s already cringeworthy.
I had the misfortune of catching some Pie Eaters rant;

Apparently, our ground isn't in Bolton, which I'm sure will be news to the Post Office, and Wigan are a bigger club nowadays because they won the FA cup when there was colour telly.

The more I read Twitter the more stupider I become.
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Post by Worthy4England » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:56 pm

Clearly they've not spotted they're averaging under 10k per match....

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Post by Harry Genshaw » Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:22 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:56 pm
Clearly they've not spotted they're averaging under 10k per match....
I know! Tinpot gets. We sold that many season tickets last month. :D
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