Sammy Lee's Bolton v Peter Puppies' City... The Match Thread

[Toni_DelijeSever]

Nice second and third goal. Still can recover from shock (yes,it's quite shocking to see Bolton turning things around). Now,I'm keen to know...was Ream really THAT awful? I mean,I could easily accept that and still let him play,just to see Knight on the bench (or even better,far away from Reebok),but reading these posts is not giving me nice signs.

[truewhite15]

Nice second and third goal. Still can recover from shock (yes,it's quite shocking to see Bolton turning things around). Now,I'm keen to know...was Ream really THAT awful? I mean,I could easily accept that and still let him play,just to see Knight on the bench (or even better,far away from Reebok),but reading these posts is not giving me nice signs.

I didn't think he was that bad. Bristol never really threatened through the middle, and Ream showed some good passes and availability to keep the play ticking on. Mills was alright as well, with some eye-popping 50-yard passes.

[bobo the clown]

Nice second and third goal. Still can recover from shock (yes,it's quite shocking to see Bolton turning things around). Now,I'm keen to know...was Ream really THAT awful? I mean,I could easily accept that and still let him play,just to see Knight on the bench (or even better,far away from Reebok),but reading these posts is not giving me nice signs.

I didn't think he was that bad. Bristol never really threatened through the middle, and Ream showed some good passes and availability to keep the play ticking on. Mills was alright as well, with some eye-popping 50-yard passes.

Mills was good & seems to have lost a lot of bulk in the past month.

Ream was OK, but is still a bit scary .... plus once, on about the hou, totally misjudged the flight of the ball and let in their forward for what a better player would have made a one-on-one with (gulp) Bogdan.

[truewhite15]

The Cardiff game's on telly, 5.20 kick off.

When did that happen??

[bobo the clown]

The Cardiff game's on telly, 5.20 kick off.

When did that happen??

Well, it hasn't yet, has it !?

[hi there, i'm chris]

The Cardiff game's on telly, 5.20 kick off.

When did that happen??

It's not. Saturday 3rd of November.

[Annoyed Grunt]

The Cardiff game's on telly, 5.20 kick off.

When did that happen??

It's not. Saturday 3rd of November.

It is. Got changed a while ago.

[hi there, i'm chris]

My awful attempt at a joke is similar to that of bobo the clown's attempt.

I was going for the "it's not happened yet" joke.

[Annoyed Grunt]

My awful attempt at a joke is similar to that of bobo the clown's attempt.

I was going for the "it's not happened yet" joke.

Ah......didn't think you'd tried, what with someone already doing it.....apologies.

[hi there, i'm chris]

I was beaten to it by a matter of seconds

[bobo the clown]

I was beaten to it by a matter of seconds

Or the length of a shoe.



Here. Have a badge ....

[Bruno3]

Great improvement in terms of effort and, in the second half, the quality of movement and passing. One thing I don't think has been mentioned is the warm up before the start of the second half. It certainly seemed to get them up and running as we absolutely mullered them for the first five minutes and then continued to do so for the rest of the game. Still some dodgy moments in defence which could have been costly against a better team but Warnock is a vast improvement and I thought Tim Ream's pace helped. Ricketts for Mears would make me even happier.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

We beat Bristol City 3-2. Bristol fxcking City. Three fxcking Two.
Just me then.

[boltonboris]

Keep seeing the Ricketts for Mears thing... But Mears can defend. Not much gets past him.

Some really good football played. We looked a bit nervous for a while at 2-0 and turned the ball over a bit easily, but on the whole it was a vast improvement. Davies is playing well and showed he's not just a flick-on.

[Andy Waller]

Much better but Mark Davies is being carried in midfield. I can't see what he brings to the team?

[boltonboris]

Keeps the ball moving in fairness. Gets it, finds a white shirt and can play his way out of trouble. We've seen none of the flashy dribbling, but we are seeing a more competent all round midfielder, I feel

[Bruno3]

Keep seeing the Ricketts for Mears thing... But Mears can defend. Not much gets past him.

Some really good football played. We looked a bit nervous for a while at 2-0 and turned the ball over a bit easily, but on the whole it was a vast improvement. Davies is playing well and showed he's not just a flick-on.

Got to disagree - he got away with it on saturday because he had no-one to mark. His passing is erratic and, although he gets into some good positions through overlapping, his final ball is shite as it always (and I mean always) hits the first defender.

[boltonboris]

So his passing and attacking means he can't defend?

People lie: Numbers don't..

And the numbers speak for themselves

[Bruno3]

What numbers?

[boltonboris]

The number of goals we concede down his side (hardly any) compared to the numbers conceded elsewhere on the pitch (feck*)