FA Cup 3rd Round
29/11/09 22:26 Category : Fixtures
Bolton
have been drawn at home in the 3rd round of the FA Cup, against
Lincoln City. Lincoln are currently 21st in League Two. This
actually makes the the fourth worst team in the entire Football
League. I’m still not staking any money on who might win it.
A Goal, A Point, Meh.
29/11/09 22:23 Category : Results
Bolton
gained an away point at Craven Cottage yesterday - a ground they
haven’t won at in the Premiership, apparently - due to a fine goal
by Ivan Klasnic and some ropey tactics in the second half. 1-1 was
the final score, with the Croatian scoring in the first half when
Bolton played well. In the second half, Bolton decided to defend
the lead despite not having kept a clean sheet all season and
Inevitably the equaliser came, from Damian Duff as it
happens.
No Goals, No Points, No Clue
23/11/09 19:04 Category : Results
Bolton
put in an abject display on Sunday afternoon to lose 2-0 at home to
Blackburn. Dunne scored on the break in the first half after a
Taylor free kick had been deflected onto the bar and the second
goal came due to a bizarre mixup between Sam Ricketts and Jussi
Jaaskelainen - Ricketts headed the ball back to Jaaskelainen from
outside the area, only to miss the goalkeeper (who had come out to
try to claim a ball he frankly didn’t need to) and head the ball
straight into his own net.
Despite pretty much a complete lack of creativity and threat up front, no ability to retain possession and a pass accuracy that would shame a conference side, Gary Megson’s main concern is apparently that his team didn’t run around enough. Between that and Phil Gartside giving an interview the Bolton News saying ‘now is not the time to panic’ - which almost certainly means people are panicing behind the scenes - it would not be beyond reason to describe the club as being in total disarray.
Despite pretty much a complete lack of creativity and threat up front, no ability to retain possession and a pass accuracy that would shame a conference side, Gary Megson’s main concern is apparently that his team didn’t run around enough. Between that and Phil Gartside giving an interview the Bolton News saying ‘now is not the time to panic’ - which almost certainly means people are panicing behind the scenes - it would not be beyond reason to describe the club as being in total disarray.
Ugh..
09/11/09 20:29 Category : Results
Bolton
Megson's team selections and results seem to have reverted to the
standard of the beginning of the season. With Jlloyd Samuel
suspended, Paul Robinson came back in at full back in a pretty
woeful defensive display (not that most of it was his fault, all
the defense had a shocker). Bolton lost 5-1 at Villa Park and at
least three goals were at least contributed to by bad play by our
back line. I won't list all the scorers but it is worth noting
Johan Elmander scored his first goal in... well, ages. A tap in
from about 3 feet out after Cahill's effort came back off the post.
At the other end, John Carew had an absolute blinder of a game. A
defensive disaster and an opposition striker having his best game
all season, not a good combination for us then.
The goal is here.
The goal is here.
Two Games, One Score
01/11/09 18:30 Category : Results
Bolton
played Chelsea twice this week - on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge in
the Carling Cup 4th round and yesterday in the Premier League at
The Reebok. The score was the same both times; 4-0 to Chelsea. I'm
not going to bother listing the scorers, but I will say that
Chelsea's last goal at the Reebok was a piece of great football and
that the game yesterday was pretty even up to the point where
Jlloyd Samuel gave away a penalty in a tackle with Drogba and got
sent off in the process. I thought the penalty was very harsh to be
honest but once it was given the red card was pretty inevitable. It
would be interesting to see if Bolton appeal - and if they did
appeal and win, what would that mean? Would the goal be chalked
off? Not that it makes any difference as far as the points
go.