Match update delayed - Megson Sacked!
30/12/09 11:56 Category : News
I was going to
post an update about last night’s game but that’s going to be
delayed for a bit because we have bigger news - Gary Megson has been
sacked! After letting a 2-0 lead slip to 2-2 - a result at
least partly blamed on Megson bringing off goalscorer Ivan Klasnic
for Gavin McCann with 20 minutes to go which brought an angry
reaction from large portions of the crowd - against Hull at home,
the club have obviously decided enough is enough. The official
statement is here. No news as to a successor yet.
Moved?
28/12/09 19:05 Category : Fixtures
I don’t remember
when this happened but the game at the Reebok against Hull that was
previously scheduled for tonight has been moved to tomorrow night.
I assume this is to do with Hull playing on
Sunday.
A Good Result, I Think
28/12/09 19:00 Category : Results
Bolton drew 1-1
away at Burnley on Boxing Day, which given Burnley’s home form is
probably a pretty decent result. Matt Taylor opened the scoring
with a direct free kick in the first half and David Nugent scored
for Burnley in the second half, after which Bolton were under
pressure but managed to hang on.
Goal is here.
Goal is here.
Well Blimey Again! (Update)
22/12/09 00:05 Category : Results
Can anyone
remember the last time Bolton scored 3 goals two games running?
Well it’s happened now. Bolton beat West Ham United 3-1 at a chilly
Reebok stadium last night. After a goalless first half, Chung Yong
Lee opened the scoring finishing off a nice move. That was
equalised by Diamanti before Robert Green dropped the ball at the
feet of Ivan Klasnic. It really was an awful error. Gary Cahill
scored a header from a corner late on to make the game safe.
Due to a very busy schedule this week (hey, time of year) I’m not going to get a chance to do the goal movies for this until the weekend. Given we don’t play Wigan until Monday night, I don’t think there’s much hurry.
Note : The goals have now been uploaded here.
Due to a very busy schedule this week (hey, time of year) I’m not going to get a chance to do the goal movies for this until the weekend. Given we don’t play Wigan until Monday night, I don’t think there’s much hurry.
Note : The goals have now been uploaded here.
Wigan Game Postponed
21/12/09 13:51 Category : Fixtures
The game at the
DW stadium this evening has been postponed. While the pitch was
passed as playable, the area around the stadium is heavily snowed
and icy and local authorities felt they were unsafe for large
crowds. No date has been set for the re-arranged game
yet.
Well Blimey
14/12/09 21:35 Category : Results
Something of a
thriller at the Reebok this weekend, completely out of sorts with
what we’ve had to put up with so far this season. The game with Man
City ended 3-3, with Craig Bellamy sent off. Bolton went ahead
three times - a Klasnic opener (which was just as offside as the
Wolves opener last week), then a Cahill screamer - a genuine goal
of the season candidate IMO - and a second Klasnic goal. Each time
though City pulled the game back, equalising through a deflected
Tevez shot, then a great move ending with Micah Richards finishing
from close in, then another Tevez goal late on.
There’s been a lot of grumpiness at the Reebok recently and there’s been good reason for it but you couldn’t fault Saturday’s game for entertainment value.
There’s been a lot of grumpiness at the Reebok recently and there’s been good reason for it but you couldn’t fault Saturday’s game for entertainment value.
Can It Get Much Worse?
07/12/09 19:27 Category : Results
Bolton
lost 2-1 away at Wolves on Saturday. The home side went 2-0 up
thanks to an early goal (which looked very offside) by Jody
Craddock and a 30 yard effort by Milijas, only for Johan Elmander -
on as a sub after Ivan Klasnic started - to pull one back from
close range to set up a frantic last 10 minutes.
But Bolton really have to do better than last minute scrambles against clubs that were previously keeping them company in the bottom three. There is no invention, no movement, no drive. Football365 today described Bolton Wanderers as ‘The unhappiest club in the league’ and frankly, I can’t find any particular evidence to refute the tag. We’ve scored 3 goals in the last 6 weeks and we haven’t kept a clean sheet all season. The players look dispirited, the manager is blaming everyone else including his own players and the board are totally absent, other than Phil Gartside proposing outlandish re-organisations to the FA whose only function seems to be to save Wanderers from a relegation which, on current form, is not just inevitable but is probably deserved.
But Bolton really have to do better than last minute scrambles against clubs that were previously keeping them company in the bottom three. There is no invention, no movement, no drive. Football365 today described Bolton Wanderers as ‘The unhappiest club in the league’ and frankly, I can’t find any particular evidence to refute the tag. We’ve scored 3 goals in the last 6 weeks and we haven’t kept a clean sheet all season. The players look dispirited, the manager is blaming everyone else including his own players and the board are totally absent, other than Phil Gartside proposing outlandish re-organisations to the FA whose only function seems to be to save Wanderers from a relegation which, on current form, is not just inevitable but is probably deserved.