The Jamaican Way
Sunday, 02 November 08, 12:20 PM
Bolton climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone after beating Manchester City 2-0 at the Reebok Stadium...
And boy didnt we deserve it!
A cracking performance all round from the team but a bit of the credit will have to be pointed in the direction of our Jamacian left mid, Ricardo Gardner.
Coming on in the 43rd Minute for the injured Riga, Gardner played his socks off scoring one goal and setting up the other that Richard Dunne kindly tapped home for us.
I was very impressed with our midfield and the way we managed to close down Manchester City across the field letting them get nothing started. Robinho was all but kept to a hush apart from a couple of shots and Wright-Phillips was mentioned even less.
It seemed like it was going to be another one of those games, 0-0 and fulltime creeping closer with us having the possesion but not the clinical edge infront on goal. It looked even more like one of those days when Mike Riley turned down Matty Taylors penalty appeals after he appeared to be tipped over my Richard Dunne but Bolton showed real character and didnt slow up, which finally paid off in the end when Taylor won the ball off Robinho in midfield and started a Wanderers counter attack. The chance looked to have slipped when Muamba fell but he squeezed the ball away to Nolan who fired out to Steinsson on the right flank. The Right backs cross was a sitter along the deck and Gardner slammed it home off the underside of the bar.
With 15 minutes remaining it was just a case of holding the lead and when City threw to many men forward it was a ball down the line from Muamba for Gardner to chase that lead to our second. The man of the moment picked up the ball and drove into the goal box sliding a ball past Hart for Davies to tap in, unfortunatly for Davo the Manchester Captain Richard Dunne was there to beat him to finishing it but im sure you wont Davies complaining.
A great result and one that was needed lifting us up to 17th on goal difference and hopefully the Villa win at St James on Monday to keep us there.
Im sure Gary Megson will sleep easier tonight knowing that and i have to say he set up the team and tactics very well, We were not just sitting back and in the second half nearly all our players (Besides Jussi in Goal) entered the Manchester half at one time. We were passing the ball on the ground and actually getting it to feet and although Megson only made one sub when needed through injury, i dont think its something the fans will complain about this week.
We cant afford to take our foot off the gas now, we have set a standard and need to stick with it to stay up this season, thats all from me for now, im off out for breakfast to celebrate!
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The Brazilian Test
Saturday, 01 November 08, 01:21 AM
On Sunday afternoon Bolton Wanderers welcome the Brazilian flair of Manchester City to the Reebok Stadium with both teams in need of points.
We have dropped futhur into trouble after losing 1-0 at home to Everton Midweek while Citeh lost 2-0 to Middlesbrough at the Riverside. Most of Bolton fans are calling for Megson's head and there is rumors of a mini protest/boycott going around the whites fans. With the game live on telly on the Sunday im sure plenty of fans are planning to follow through with the boycott and watch the game from home.
3 points is in need for the Club and we need to make the most of our home games if we want to have any hope of staying up, which at this stage looks a shaky bet. However Manchester City's form has gone through a little dip of late, only winning one of there last five games in the league so there is certainly hope we could pull something off, thats if we can score of course.
Out of our 10 games this season we have only registered 8 goals, scoring in only 4 of them. Most of us were hoping that Johan would have settled by now and be banging them home but we are yet to see much come back from our record signing, only scoring once this season. Another one under pressure is Kevin Nolan, the captain has been the target of abuse for a number of weeks now and some are calling for him to be benched. Nobby scored in the Carling Cup loss to Northampton to notch up his 50th goal for the club but we are yet to see him register in the league. I have a sneaky feeling this will be his game to turn it around though and looking at Bet365 offer of 3.75 (11/4) for an any time goal i think its might be worth a bet.
As for our opponents, they are having no problem in hitting the back of the net. 23 times already this season and they sit top of the pile in goals scored. The threats are all over the park, Robinho and Jo up front and Ireland, Elano and Wright-Phillips in behind we will have to be on our guard and i wouldnt be surprised if McCann came back into the side after suspension as we revert back to our 451 formation and try and controll the middle of the park.
In this fixture last season it finished 0-0 and im pretty sure we wont see a repeat of that. Im only human so youll probably understand im not oozing with confidence over this one. I would take a score draw if offered now but i see Man City coming away from this one 2-1 winners, with the hope Nolan score's for us so i at least take some cash.
We have dropped futhur into trouble after losing 1-0 at home to Everton Midweek while Citeh lost 2-0 to Middlesbrough at the Riverside. Most of Bolton fans are calling for Megson's head and there is rumors of a mini protest/boycott going around the whites fans. With the game live on telly on the Sunday im sure plenty of fans are planning to follow through with the boycott and watch the game from home.
3 points is in need for the Club and we need to make the most of our home games if we want to have any hope of staying up, which at this stage looks a shaky bet. However Manchester City's form has gone through a little dip of late, only winning one of there last five games in the league so there is certainly hope we could pull something off, thats if we can score of course.
Out of our 10 games this season we have only registered 8 goals, scoring in only 4 of them. Most of us were hoping that Johan would have settled by now and be banging them home but we are yet to see much come back from our record signing, only scoring once this season. Another one under pressure is Kevin Nolan, the captain has been the target of abuse for a number of weeks now and some are calling for him to be benched. Nobby scored in the Carling Cup loss to Northampton to notch up his 50th goal for the club but we are yet to see him register in the league. I have a sneaky feeling this will be his game to turn it around though and looking at Bet365 offer of 3.75 (11/4) for an any time goal i think its might be worth a bet.
As for our opponents, they are having no problem in hitting the back of the net. 23 times already this season and they sit top of the pile in goals scored. The threats are all over the park, Robinho and Jo up front and Ireland, Elano and Wright-Phillips in behind we will have to be on our guard and i wouldnt be surprised if McCann came back into the side after suspension as we revert back to our 451 formation and try and controll the middle of the park.
In this fixture last season it finished 0-0 and im pretty sure we wont see a repeat of that. Im only human so youll probably understand im not oozing with confidence over this one. I would take a score draw if offered now but i see Man City coming away from this one 2-1 winners, with the hope Nolan score's for us so i at least take some cash.
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