The End is Nigh - Preston (H) 12 Mar @ 15:00

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

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[TANGODANCER]

Good half, better result. Repeat in part two ( plus beat the Welsh at rugby) and that will do nicely.

Not sure how much effect Madine is having up front? Sounds to be getting leaned on more than a bit. Gallagher almost knocks one in right off and it's almost 1-1. \Almost a repeat of the first half start. Now a bit of good old chat about this and that before Feeney goes and........Madine sends his header wide. Big plaudits for Feeney. Now goal kick us and we go with Davies and.....another corner. And......and....Moxey, cleared and....Moxey is offside.Bit of this and that then a Wallop from Rajubka. They get a free kick for reasons unknown and ....18,423 of a crowd announced. Pretty good.

[KeyserSoze]

must be best of the season that crowd?

[TANGODANCER]

Holding gives a free kick away as the visitors have a wail about getting him a booking. Free kick them, then one for us. More moans from the visitors then. And....we go....Feeney, Wilson, cleared and Feeney again does the business.
And we don't get a free kick as MK Dons score. Now then.....we clear, Pratley clears and Deryk has to do likewise. They are definitely......eager....and surte enough...1-1..

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

must be best of the season that crowd?

Yeah, we got 18,178 against Leeds (in the league), 18,048 against Blackburn. Couple of 12ks for shit teams with no travelling support. It's been a fairly consistent 12k home-support base, growing slightly (but not massively: maybe to 14/15k) for big games.

[TANGODANCER]

Part saved by Rachubka, but only partly and in it goes. Soft goal apparently.....Hull equalises agains thre Dons.
We need to get back in charge....COME ON. Away crowd making the noise. We go, they clear, Davies and......Madine not quick enough s the keeper grabs . Davies, Pratley and......some nice football before Pratley gets fouled. And now....Davies and Trotter and...Deryk, Wilson Trotter, Davies, bad pass from Deryk and.......Pratley does well. We go, they come, Moxey then Holding clears in a scramble. Pratley, Davies, Deryk Wilson, Davies, Holding Trotter, Moxey, Feeney and......a corner. COME ON WHITES.....Get back in front....

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Round the grounds:
Fulham 1-0 Brizzle
Hull 1-1 McDons (Hull equalised within two minutes)
Rotherham 0-2 Derby

As it stands:
Fulham 40
McDons 37
Brizzle 37
----
Rotherham 35
Charlton 29 (game in hand)
Bolton 27

[TANGODANCER]

Ohhhhhhhh. Lidergard saves them and they break and get a throw. Some results leaning our way. Rajubka saves as Rotherham go behind. Come on, we need to win.....And....more chit chat then Holding sallies forth. Wilson, Gallagher, Rachubka.....Holding, Davies, Clough fouled and seems to have been pretty quiet so far today. Cleared, then us and talk of Silva from the micmen. Who leaves......it's Pratley leaves ....some boos?

[TANGODANCER]

Now, are we ready to rumble? Deryk, misses Madine and noiw Clough goes and.....Lindergard saves a low shot. Liner doesn't give an offside but we clear. Keeper comes and grabs it. DAVIES....brought down and doesn't get the pen....mic men not happy, Lennon less so. Ref less than por Bolton? Gallagher flashes forward and ...Silva gets a mention, now Moxey and.......Clough puts it over the bar....real chance again missed.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Silva gets a full 20 minutes. He'll be knackered...

Brizzle equalise at Fulham, which would have been fine (preferable, even) had we still had a chance of catching either.

Round the grounds:
Fulham 1-1 Brizzle
Hull 1-1 McDons
Rotherham 0-3 Derby

As it stands:
Fulham 38
Brizzle 38
McDons 37
----
Rotherham 35
Charlton 29 (game in hand)
Bolton 27

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

By the way, I don't mean to sound unkind, but Preston scored with their first effort on target, while Ipswich scored from 2 of their 3 the other night. I know goalkeeping is more complex than that, but is Rachubka up to the job?

[TANGODANCER]

Moxey now...Feeney.....ohhhh, a volley, Trotter, now Silva nd......Lindergard does well. Moxey now and....Silva and....he wins a free kick and.....Gallagher gets called over to the ref as Johnson leaves for them for ?.....Anyway...Silva and....the keeper has it from not a good effort. Ref comes for a word with Mr Lennon and....a load of mither about scores then......Clough, Madine, now Moxey and a throw us. Moxey and....some ping and pong before they sally at us and....Holding clears. They come again and.........and......Wilson clears, Feeney's pass intercepted and.....and....Deryk, Davies and Feeney goes....throw us. Holdin goes forth, Silva, Holding Davies....and they do well and visit. Holding clears then Deryk. Could do with that goal about now as....Wooolery gets ready for a thirty second appearance. Doyle arrives for them also. Clough leaves the field for Woolery.

[TANGODANCER]

Throw us now, five to go plus??? Silva doesb't quite get forth and now they caom and......it's 2 fxcking 1 them.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Oh, Bolton. And to a former Rag as well.

Lennon suddenly remembers he's got substitutes, throwing on Woolery for Clough and Dobbie for Wilson (Feeney to right-back).

Rotherham have scored two late goals since going three down to Derby.

As it stands we'll be 11 points behind with 9 games to play.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

We're into five added minutes.

[TANGODANCER]

How can we keep doing this? Good play, missed chances and that one when't through Rajubka's legs. Woolery's first sally wins a corner and.....Wilson leaves for Dobbie. And......and.....the keeper takes it. Why do I always get the feeling that mic man loves us losing.......? Come on, two quick goals then......Moxey, Silva, cleared and Preston make a final sub. Dobbie, Madine, Silva,,,Dobbie and....cleared. Back from Holding and FIVE mins added. Some of the crowd leaving apparently. And now......the visitors have a dangerous area free kick and.....and.....the wall does its job. They come again and we get a goal kick. COME ONNNNNNNNNNNN FFS.......COME ON.....They clear and Rajubka wallops one forth from an offside. Here they come again and.....an offside prevents 3-1. They come again and....a free kick us as some crowd bother gets the stewards active. Woolery then Feeney have a late sally and lose out. Mic man say we don't deserve to lose.....well, can we save it? .....visitors get a free kick and that's that. Same old, same old.

[Dr Hotdog]

Lennon's got to do the right thing and fall on his sword. He isn't up to it. He can not gett groups of players to win football matches.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Goodnight Vienna.

Final scores:
Bolton 1-2 Preston
Fulham 1-2 Brizzle (90th-minute winner)
Hull 1-1 McDons
Rotherham 3-3 Derby (Millers were 3-0 down in the 82nd minute)

Table:
Brizzle 40
Fulham 37
McDons 37
----
Rotherham 36
Charlton 29 (game in hand)
Bolton 26

(EDIT: error corrected)

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Goodnight Vienna.

Final scores:
Bolton 1-2 Preston
Fulham 1-2 Brizzle (90th-minute winner)
Hull 1-1 McDons
Rotherham 3-3 Derby (Millers were 3-0 down in the 82nd minute)

Table:
Brizzle 40
Fulham 37
McDons 37
----
Rotherham 36
Charlton 29 (game in hand)
Bolton 27

Really, we have 27 points?

[DJBlu]

Lennon is too stubborn to walk.

I don't think the club can afford to sack him even with the club in new hands.

"Lennon was announced as the new manager of Bolton Wanderers on 12 October 2014, signing a four-year contract."

We're in for some dark days waiting for that contract to run down.