What a Swine
27/10/09 18:18 Category : Injuries
Some
newspaper reports suggest Bolton have become victim the swine flu
pandemic, with at least four players likely to miss the Carling Cup
game at Chelsea tomorrow night. A cynical person might suggest it's
a good cover story for Gary Megson to rest players for a game he
does't actually care about much without being accused of
'disrespecting the cup'.
Worth The Price of Admission
27/10/09 18:16 Category : Results
Bolton
won an exciting game (there's something I wasn't expecting to write
earlier in the season) on Sunday, beating Everton 3-2 at The
Reebok. Lee and Cahill scored early for Wanderers before a cracker
from Saha and Fallaini goal brought the Toffees back into it. Ivan
Klasnic scored his first goal in ther 86th minute to give Bolton
the points.
Goals are here.
Goals are here.
Loss With Interest
19/10/09 19:14 Category : Results
So
Bolton played Manchester United at Old Trafford.. and lost. That
bit's probably predictable. The game was anything but predictable.
The goals were an early own goal by Knight (not really his fault)
and a goal fron Valencia to put United 2-0 at half time but Bolton
hit back in the second half, pinned the champions back and scored
when Matt Taylor got on the end of Kevin Davies's cross. Bolton
also had a goal disallowed (I haven't had a chance to check how
good a decision it was) and for the last 10 minutes or so had all
11 United players virtually back inside their area. The game ended
with United frantically playing out time near a corner flag,
something you don't often see them needing to do.
So, a loss, but not in any sense a dispiriting one. Bolton largely picked up with the beter style of play they had going before the international break and looked a very good side overall. Plenty of cause for continuing optimism.
Taylor's goal is here.
So, a loss, but not in any sense a dispiriting one. Bolton largely picked up with the beter style of play they had going before the international break and looked a very good side overall. Plenty of cause for continuing optimism.
Taylor's goal is here.
A Creditable Draw
04/10/09 19:49 Category : Results
It's
amazing what a bit of positive thinking and a couple of team
changes can do. Gary Megson - who seems to suddenly have cottoned
on that you need a bit of flair as well as muscle - gave Korean
Chung-Yong Lee his first start in a 4-3-3 formation against Spurs
at the Reebok yesterday. The game proved highly entertaining and
ended 2-2, with Tottenham (the side with top 4 aspirations and £50m
worth of strikers remember) having to come from behind twice.
Gardner opened the scoring after only 3 minutes after Cudicini
could only deflect Lee's shot straight to him before Krancjar
equalised from Crouch's knock down.
Bolton's second goal was a wonderful move - arguably the best goal I've seen at the Reebok since Okocha was in his best form - and again involved the Korean, this time putting Cohen through to cross for Davies to score at the back post. Soon after Spurs equalised again, Choluka's header direct from a corner. So basically, Spurs played the way everyone expects Bolton to play and Bolton played the way everyone expects Spurs to play! Chung-Yong Lee was obviously man of the match although he was substitued as fatigue set in and he alone is enough for a sense of optimism that was utterly missing after the first game of the season.
I'll be honest, given the fixtures I didn't expect us to get a single point in October, so we're already ahead of schedule. I still don't expect us to get many more and pragmatism may be a better option against Manchester United and Chelsea but give the way Sunderland very nearly beat United yesterday playing exactly the way Bolton have been playing in the last couple of weeks, who knows?
Bolton's second goal was a wonderful move - arguably the best goal I've seen at the Reebok since Okocha was in his best form - and again involved the Korean, this time putting Cohen through to cross for Davies to score at the back post. Soon after Spurs equalised again, Choluka's header direct from a corner. So basically, Spurs played the way everyone expects Bolton to play and Bolton played the way everyone expects Spurs to play! Chung-Yong Lee was obviously man of the match although he was substitued as fatigue set in and he alone is enough for a sense of optimism that was utterly missing after the first game of the season.
I'll be honest, given the fixtures I didn't expect us to get a single point in October, so we're already ahead of schedule. I still don't expect us to get many more and pragmatism may be a better option against Manchester United and Chelsea but give the way Sunderland very nearly beat United yesterday playing exactly the way Bolton have been playing in the last couple of weeks, who knows?