Wanderers v Blue Moonies...

[Turkish Trotter]

We are down. To win as many games as we need to stay up would represent a miracle which only happens in Hollywood. Down, and with Coyle in charge not coming back up. He and his coaching team of chancers should have been fecked off in October.

City, Liverpool, United,Arsenal and Chelsea in the first five games from seven didn't do much for a confident start, in fact, it shattered it. We've never really recovered from it apart from the Everton, Liverpool again and Arsenal games. Playing Chelsea and City in the last two weeks was hardly a chance of changing anything. Our run-in, maybe Tottenhm apart, at least gives us a chance of turning things over.

Wolves have still got United, Arsenal, City and Everton to face;
Wigan have Liverpool, United, Arsenal and Chelsea to come.
Blackburn have United, Liverpool Tottenham and Chelsea.
Q.P.R. have Liverpool,Arsenal, United, Chelsea and City.
On top of that, Wolves Blackburn and Q.P.R. all have to play us.

It'sup to ourselves, but given a half-decent run in we should still avoid the drop.

Aree with you, but are we capable of a HALF decent run ?? Don't know, but if we can produce form like at Everton and Liverpool at home, then yes we are capable of picking up enough points. Thren again form like Wigan at home and we're doomed. Lets stick together and get through this fckin awful season, and hope for better next year. COYWM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bruce Rioja]

I went to the game with my school yesterday(uddingston Grammar) and really enjoyed the game.

As much as Man City were fantastic, I enjoyed watching Bolton and thought that they threatened City abit. Owen Coyle set his team up to frustrate them and until they scored the first goal the home fans were quite nervy.

I have seen Owen Coyles teams before playing my team(Motherwell) and they were usually defensively solid and looked good on the counter attack and Bolton reminded me abit of the old St Johnstone today.

I enjoyed the whole experience of a premiership match and it was good to see Bolton and I firmly believe that they will beat the drop.

Glad you enjoyed it, Fella, but I do think you're being overly generous in your take on how we played.

How's McCall doing at Well? Fancy a swap?

[Jokers in White]

We are down. To win as many games as we need to stay up would represent a miracle which only happens in Hollywood. Down, and with Coyle in charge not coming back up. He and his coaching team of chancers should have been fecked off in October.

City, Liverpool, United,Arsenal and Chelsea in the first five games from seven didn't do much for a confident start, in fact, it shattered it. We've never really recovered from it apart from the Everton, Liverpool again and Arsenal games. Playing Chelsea and City in the last two weeks was hardly a chance of changing anything. Our run-in, maybe Tottenhm apart, at least gives us a chance of turning things over.

Wolves have still got United, Arsenal, City and Everton to face;
Wigan have Liverpool, United, Arsenal and Chelsea to come.
Blackburn have United, Liverpool Tottenham and Chelsea.
Q.P.R. have Liverpool,Arsenal, United, Chelsea and City.
On top of that, Wolves Blackburn and Q.P.R. all have to play us.

It'sup to ourselves, but given a half-decent run in we should still avoid the drop.

And don't forget Tango the 5 straight defeats the back end of last season

[Jokers in White]

Frankly IF we stay up then great. That's all that matters really.

What and go through exactly the same next season....

Yes we need to stay up but FFS what's the point if we have only more of the same to look forward to next year under Coyle - if this is the extent of BWFC's ambitions in the foreseeable future then for me they can lock the gates and turn the fcuking lights off.

Shite football, shite players, shite manager, shite coaches, only 4 or 5 decent games out of 38, skin of the teeth survival year after year - do me a favour !

Couldn't agree more mate, if we do fluke it and stay up by a point or 2, we shouldn't renew this tosser's contract in the summer.

[Little Green Man]

I went to the game with my school yesterday(uddingston Grammar) and really enjoyed the game.

As much as Man City were fantastic, I enjoyed watching Bolton and thought that they threatened City abit. Owen Coyle set his team up to frustrate them and until they scored the first goal the home fans were quite nervy.

I have seen Owen Coyles teams before playing my team(Motherwell) and they were usually defensively solid and looked good on the counter attack and Bolton reminded me abit of the old St Johnstone today.

I enjoyed the whole experience of a premiership match and it was good to see Bolton and I firmly believe that they will beat the drop.

Glad you enjoyed it, Fella, but I do think you're being overly generous in your take on how we played.

How's McCall doing at Well? Fancy a swap?

Oh come on, he's hardly going to swap Champions League for Championship.

[wellfan11]

I went to the game with my school yesterday(uddingston Grammar) and really enjoyed the game.

As much as Man City were fantastic, I enjoyed watching Bolton and thought that they threatened City abit. Owen Coyle set his team up to frustrate them and until they scored the first goal the home fans were quite nervy.

I have seen Owen Coyles teams before playing my team(Motherwell) and they were usually defensively solid and looked good on the counter attack and Bolton reminded me abit of the old St Johnstone today.

I enjoyed the whole experience of a premiership match and it was good to see Bolton and I firmly believe that they will beat the drop.

Glad you enjoyed it, Fella, but I do think you're being overly generous in your take on how we played.

How's McCall doing at Well? Fancy a swap?

Maybe, But they were still alot better to watch than most Scottish teams.

McCall has been brilliant at Motherwell. We have a tight wage budget with a transfer kitty of £0 and his signings have been brilliant. We are sitting third at the moment and are not far off Rangers so we could be in for a special season.

I think he would do a good job at most Premiership/Championship teams.

[TANGODANCER]

We are down. To win as many games as we need to stay up would represent a miracle which only happens in Hollywood. Down, and with Coyle in charge not coming back up. He and his coaching team of chancers should have been fecked off in October.

City, Liverpool, United,Arsenal and Chelsea in the first five games from seven didn't do much for a confident start, in fact, it shattered it. We've never really recovered from it apart from the Everton, Liverpool again and Arsenal games. Playing Chelsea and City in the last two weeks was hardly a chance of changing anything. Our run-in, maybe Tottenhm apart, at least gives us a chance of turning things over.

Wolves have still got United, Arsenal, City and Everton to face;
Wigan have Liverpool, United, Arsenal and Chelsea to come.
Blackburn have United, Liverpool Tottenham and Chelsea.
Q.P.R. have Liverpool,Arsenal, United, Chelsea and City.
On top of that, Wolves Blackburn and Q.P.R. all have to play us.

It'sup to ourselves, but given a half-decent run in we should still avoid the drop.

And don't forget Tango the 5 straight defeats the back end of last season

Bolton 2 Arsenal 1. Next to last game.

[Jokers in White]

Most unusual match preview report ever, but you're all on the front page:

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Brilliant

[The Axman]

OK then here's the actual match report:

Two-nil, two-nil, and we were lucky to get nil.






(apologies to Bill Shankly).

[Athers]

Just seen we are only the 3rd team all season not to concede 3 or more at that ground, blimey.

[Lennon'sEleven]

Coyle said in the Bolton News Ream was playing in front of the defence because he expected Aguero to be playing behind their strikers.

Until when are managers allowed to change their starting line-up? Do they have to be submitted a certain amount of time before kick-off, and not altered? Or could Coyle have changed the line-up at the last minute (as often happens when players are injured in the warm-up)?

[bobo the clown]

Coyle said in the Bolton News Ream was playing in front of the defence because he expected Aguero to be playing behind their strikers.

It just gets worse.

He wouldn't get a job managing Old Riv's with that ineptitude.

The decision was shite anyway when Moo is one of the UK's finest man-markers & Ream probably still has to put the Reebok into his sat-nav. But whether or not, if that was for a specific reason that was then superceded he could have changed it. He should have hoicked Knight off after our v v fortunate escapes in the first 15m, slipped Ream back to the position HE'S PLAYED ALL HIS LIFE and boosted his overstretched midfield.

Tosspot. Utter, amateur, tosspot.

We would, actually, be better off with no-one. Mandy, of the pasty-shop, is vastly over-qualified.

[BWFC_Insane]

Has Aguero ever played behind the strikers? I've only ever seen him right up top on the shoulder of the defender, so to speak.

[Bruce Rioja]

Think this could come with its own caption competition

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

These two, really.

Wolves have still got United, Arsenal, City and Everton to face;
Wigan have Liverpool, United, Arsenal and Chelsea to come.
Blackburn have United, Liverpool Tottenham and Chelsea.
Q.P.R. have Liverpool,Arsenal, United, Chelsea and City.
On top of that, Wolves Blackburn and Q.P.R. all have to play us.

It'sup to ourselves, but given a half-decent run in we should still avoid the drop.

if wolves lose tomorrow its a decent weekend in terms of the big picture.

coyle needs to wake up though. miyachi is looking a decent player to have been brought in but arsing around with the likes of darren f*cking pratley when we had a midfield 3 that looked very decent when played together in the right manner is completely unacceptable.

Considering everyone expected defeat (and considering the bizarre formation), it was actually a good weekend long-term. Wigan not only lost at home, they sent that publicity-crazed self-lover of a chairman scurrying to the radio to diss his manager - ooh, helpful. QPR once again failed to make a home game count against beatable opposition. Wolves got a second fisting in three games. I'm even oddly pleased that Blackburn equalised against Villa (another beatable opponent), because long-term it might just help make it a six-horse race. Having lost their best (only real?) striker, Villa still aren't safe. Next week they play Fulham at home and after throwing two points here, the Villa Park mob will get gobby if Fulham - excellent yesterday – hold them for half an hour. After that they've got us (loss, obviously) and then Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Stoke and Man U.

Obviously all this means less than a liar's kiss unless we shape ourselves, preferably into the 4-5-1. The discussion of Coyle's line-up centered around the bizarre selection of Ream (or rather of Knight to partner Wheater behind him) and omission of Muamba, but that My First Big Book Of Tactical Ideas decision was less hurtful than shifting Mavies to the wing to accommodate the utterly underwhelming Pratley, fast becoming the Julian Darby to Coyle's Phil Neal.

So, we should go back to the thing that worked from mid-December to late January – namely, 4-5-1 with NRC and Muamba allowing Mavies to drift into the hole behind Ngog – but with an eye on the transfer-window additions: Ream alongside Wheater, Miyaichi on one wing with either Petrov or Eagles on the other, and Sordell warming up on the touchline to get an hour's endless effort from Ngog.

Do that, and there's a very good chance we'll beat QPR next weekend in what will be a fascinating day in the bottom five: after our lunchtime kick-off, Wolves host Blackburn (Wigan are at Norwich). Thanks to Wolves' welcome walloping at Fulham, if we win we're out of the drop zone.

[Ianmooreslovechild]

These two, really.

Wolves have still got United, Arsenal, City and Everton to face;
Wigan have Liverpool, United, Arsenal and Chelsea to come.
Blackburn have United, Liverpool Tottenham and Chelsea.
Q.P.R. have Liverpool,Arsenal, United, Chelsea and City.
On top of that, Wolves Blackburn and Q.P.R. all have to play us.

It'sup to ourselves, but given a half-decent run in we should still avoid the drop.

if wolves lose tomorrow its a decent weekend in terms of the big picture.

coyle needs to wake up though. miyachi is looking a decent player to have been brought in but arsing around with the likes of darren f*cking pratley when we had a midfield 3 that looked very decent when played together in the right manner is completely unacceptable.

Considering everyone expected defeat (and considering the bizarre formation), it was actually a good weekend long-term. Wigan not only lost at home, they sent that publicity-crazed self-lover of a chairman scurrying to the radio to diss his manager - ooh, helpful. QPR once again failed to make a home game count against beatable opposition. Wolves got a second fisting in three games. I'm even oddly pleased that Blackburn equalised against Villa (another beatable opponent), because long-term it might just help make it a six-horse race. Having lost their best (only real?) striker, Villa still aren't safe. Next week they play Fulham at home and after throwing two points here, the Villa Park mob will get gobby if Fulham - excellent yesterday – hold them for half an hour. After that they've got us (loss, obviously) and then Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Stoke and Man U.

Obviously all this means less than a liar's kiss unless we shape ourselves, preferably into the 4-5-1. The discussion of Coyle's line-up centered around the bizarre selection of Ream (or rather of Knight to partner Wheater behind him) and omission of Muamba, but that My First Big Book Of Tactical Ideas decision was less hurtful than shifting Mavies to the wing to accommodate the utterly underwhelming Pratley, fast becoming the Julian Darby to Coyle's Phil Neal.

So, we should go back to the thing that worked from mid-December to late January – namely, 4-5-1 with NRC and Muamba allowing Mavies to drift into the hole behind Ngog – but with an eye on the transfer-window additions: Ream alongside Wheater, Miyaichi on one wing with either Petrov or Eagles on the other, and Sordell warming up on the touchline to get an hour's endless effort from Ngog.

Do that, and there's a very good chance we'll beat QPR next weekend in what will be a fascinating day in the bottom five: after our lunchtime kick-off, Wolves host Blackburn (Wigan are at Norwich). Thanks to Wolves' welcome walloping at Fulham, if we win we're out of the drop zone.

Oh you're so naive . It's quite charming really. Why do fans always believe they understand the finer points of football tactics? What you suggest is exactly what the opposition would expect so how can it be a good idea? Are you mad? The magic hat is primed and the picking hand blessed and showered in holy water. The magician coyle is poised,what surprisingly shaped turd he will pull out next is anybodys guess.

[Ianmooreslovechild]

Think this could come with its own caption competition

Space to let ,apply within.

[a1]

Think this could come with its own caption competition

david platt's thinking "someone mustve escaped from k2 and broke into bolton's dressing room, that team selection and he's not wearing proper trousers , yeah , it'll be that."

:/

[Ianmooreslovechild]

Hadnt spotted Platt. Looks like he's just whispering "wanker" behind his hand. Possibly disguised as a cough

[enrdentw]

Think this could come with its own caption competition

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Knees and Toes.......