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

[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?

Same again today: 3 on target, 2 goals. Leeds had 4 on target, scored 2 goals; so did Burnley.

Again, it's a reductive stats set - and to Rachubka's credit, in his first game Birmingham only scored with 1 of their 5 on-target attempts - but he's hardly The Impregnable Spider, is he?

[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 27

Really, we have 27 points?

No, good spot, we're on 26. Original post corrected. Meanwhile, I'll just pop this here:

Fear not! For this game anyway.
We beat Preston (while McDons lose to Kingstonupon). I've got a 100% prediction record since I posted the run in predictions. The last three games have all gone according the fates as revealed to me. Nailed on WIN this one. Nailed with tempered steel nails...

[TonyDomingos]

We need at least seven wins from the final nine games to stay up. Just sayin'.

[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?

No, good spot, we're on 26. Original post corrected. Meanwhile, I'll just pop this here:

Fear not! For this game anyway.
We beat Preston (while McDons lose to Kingstonupon). I've got a 100% prediction record since I posted the run in predictions. The last three games have all gone according the fates as revealed to me. Nailed on WIN this one. Nailed with tempered steel nails...

I can explain that... I was giving Pru some temporary comfort prior to me getting my internet pint early. That simple...

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

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.

That quote's from Wiki, right? It has a citation from the BBC, but the linked page doesn't mention contract length, and the contemporary Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Record pieces all reported a three-year deal.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Nine games left. Three wins and three draws off safety. So we need four wins out of nine games, just to catch up. And that's before our rivals play. We have three rivals but if only two of them win just one more and draw another from their nine games, we'll need to win six out of nine. Domeeeeeeeeeeeeeed.

[bobo the clown]

We've performed decently enough and had enough possession and play to have won the past 5 or 6 games. Instead all losses & draws. Soft defence when under real pressure. Poor attackers when it matters.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

We've performed decently enough and had enough possession and play to have won the past 5 or 6 games. Instead all losses & draws. Soft defence when under real pressure. Poor attackers when it matters.

The last four, I agree. Five ago was Birmingham away, a (yes) spineless and gutless performance in which we only had four efforts, one on target. The one before that was QPR at home, which we could have edged, but we only had eight efforts and just two on target, so despite the lateness of their equaliser QPR (who had more shots and more on target) could argue they deserved it more than us.

But yeah. The deadly combination of inefficient attack and error-prone defence. That'll do it for yer. We've had three home games in the last four, conceded two in each and resultantly gathered a grand total of one point, through an injury-time penalty.

[BWFC_Insane]

We've performed decently enough and had enough possession and play to have won the past 5 or 6 games. Instead all losses & draws. Soft defence when under real pressure. Poor attackers when it matters.

Yep. Though the midfield is possibly our weakest aspect all round.

[twilight]

We've performed decently enough and had enough possession and play to have won the past 5 or 6 games. Instead all losses & draws. Soft defence when under real pressure. Poor attackers when it matters.

Yep. Though the midfield is possibly our weakest aspect all round.

I think I'll just say it, shall I? We're just a crap team overall

[Prufrock]

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.

That quote's from Wiki, right? It has a citation from the BBC, but the linked page doesn't mention contract length, and the contemporary Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Record pieces all reported a three-year deal.

Given contracts tend to go to season end I fear it's uncertainty at how to describe a 3 and 3/4 year contract.

[Prufrock]

Nine games left. Three wins and three draws off safety. So we need four wins out of nine games, just to catch up. And that's before our rivals play. We have three rivals but if only two of them win just one more and draw another from their nine games, we'll need to win six out of nine. Domeeeeeeeeeeeeeed.

We'll not get enough points to stay up even if rest go on holiday now.

[CrazyHorse]

Be reet.

[TANGODANCER]

Nine games left. Three wins and three draws off safety. So we need four wins out of nine games, just to catch up. And that's before our rivals play. We have three rivals but if only two of them win just one more and draw another from their nine games, we'll need to win six out of nine. Domeeeeeeeeeeeeeed.

Facts that don't matter, if you lose:
Playing well ...irrelevant
Being unlucky..irrelevant
Possession.......irrelevant
Near misses, hitting woodwork etc...irrelevant.
Not being injured..irrelevant.

Scoring.......relevant.
Winning....most relevant.

[TonyDomingos]

Spearing must be carrying a knock. Not to have him on the bench otherwise would be silly.....oh, er....

From Lennon's post-match comments:

"On Jay Spearing’s omission from the team…
We had to leave him out today because if he had played we were due to pay Liverpool an amount of money. Again, that is frustrating, but the new owners are only just in the door and they have to get their feet under the table and sort out what is best for the club. We don’t want to leave Jay in limbo, so that’s something we’ll have to resolve sooner rather than later."

[LeverEnd]

Spearing must be carrying a knock. Not to have him on the bench otherwise would be silly.....oh, er....

From Lennon's post-match comments:

"On Jay Spearing’s omission from the team…
We had to leave him out today because if he had played we were due to pay Liverpool an amount of money. Again, that is frustrating, but the new owners are only just in the door and they have to get their feet under the table and sort out what is best for the club. We don’t want to leave Jay in limbo, so that’s something we’ll have to resolve sooner rather than later."

I heard about this at the game. I've thought ever since they reared their heads that this new lot are a bunch of chancers and this does nothing to suggest otherwise.
Unless someone else somes in I see us as lower league for a number of years unless we get lucky and land an up and coming manager like Sam.
It's looked dreadful for a while and anyone who thinks this takeover is going to cure everything is fecking delusional.

[LeverEnd]

Oh yes, almost forgot to mentiuon that I was at the game today and it was fecking shit.
feck Gary Madine up his stupid arse the lazy gutles soft-arsed prick. Clough was dire, Wilson played the 2nd half like he was new to the game and Rachubka is actually worse than Amos. Who is shit.
feck the lot of them.

[LeverEnd]

Oh and another thing, Trotter's goal was a thing of beauty and I was in the prefect place to see it.
I salute him for his turnaround.

[TonyDomingos]

LE - I'm getting ... post-match ... drinking ...

[BWFC_Insane]

Spearing must be carrying a knock. Not to have him on the bench otherwise would be silly.....oh, er....

From Lennon's post-match comments:

"On Jay Spearing’s omission from the team…
We had to leave him out today because if he had played we were due to pay Liverpool an amount of money. Again, that is frustrating, but the new owners are only just in the door and they have to get their feet under the table and sort out what is best for the club. We don’t want to leave Jay in limbo, so that’s something we’ll have to resolve sooner rather than later."

I heard about this at the game. I've thought ever since they reared their heads that this new lot are a bunch of chancers and this does nothing to suggest otherwise.
Unless someone else somes in I see us as lower league for a number of years unless we get lucky and land an up and coming manager like Sam.
It's looked dreadful for a while and anyone who thinks this takeover is going to cure everything is fecking delusional.

The cure for everything is a few hundred million quid plus. As nobody seemed to want to do that, certainly on the terms offered we have to work with what we've got.

I wouldn't pay £100K for Spearing to play in 10 meaningless games. We've been down for weeks. Clear the decks and start again next season.

I wouldn't castigate new owners after a day. They've inherited this mess and have to unpick it. The fact that we are paying very average or even poor players the sort of money we are is scandalous.

I thought today and I genuinely don't think I can remember seeing a worse player turn out for us than Gary Madine. We've had a lot though who have been paid a lot less than him, that is for sure.