Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Tony]

The reason we've had such a shit season are summed up in this game, we don't mark players on corners and we concede late goals, we've been doing it all bloody season.

The result is harsh, but when you don't do the basics that's what happens, how the management and the players can't sort out such basics remains a mystery.

[Goldie.7]

We would of won this if Cuellar and Dunne/Collins were in defence.

Thankgod my twat of a boss is off work for a week he's been ripping me since we got knocked out of the CC.

[pauliewalnuts]

Well if it's not the manager's fault then who is at fault for us throwing in the towel in the FA Cup for a game that we went on to lose.

Unfortunately, when he made that call in mid week, he was just asking for this to happen, and lo and behold, it has gone and happened.

Poor management to have done that in the first place, poor management to have managed to keep us so clueless at the back for so long, and although we play some nice stuff further up the field, it is absolutely fucking pointless, pointless if you throw it away as spectacularly as we do with such regularity.

We need pretty one or more of the following next season - a defensive coach, a new goalkeeper, an entire new defence, a new manager. I'm starting to think that the latter is the best option.

[Breezeblock]

Utter fucking gash.

Bent was anonymous in the second half
Downing and Albrighton worked hard. Why Albrighton was subbed for Gabby is beyond me.
Comedy defending and apalling goalkeeping.
Ashley Young couldn't score in a brothel.
Deserved to lose in the end after not putting our chances away in the first half.

Fuck this shit, i'm going to kill  people on Call Of Duty.

[Shrek]

We played really well, missed to many chances and our inexperience at the back showed.

Young should be off pens, he is too predictable.

Cahill celebrating was a shame.

[peter w]

Looked good going forward for the most part.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Why does Friedel keep pushing his saves out into the danger zone?


  I think we would have won that tbh if Collins or Dunne had been fit.

[usav]

As pissed off as we all are, anyone watching that can clearly see there is no way we're going down. Bolton are one of the better teams in the league and we were better than them. How about we talk about our good play instead? I'm still looking up the league rather than down. There's no way we should've lost that, but, unfortunately, we did, it happens.

I don't disagree with you, but the problem is if we keep dropping points like that, we will be in the shit whether we play well or not.

[JJ-AV]

So frustrating. The positives to take? We played brilliantly, but were not clinical enough.

We're awful at the back, but with new additions that should hopefully improve. We conceded 2 silly goals today.

We're not far from being a good side again, but it's so fucking frustrating.

[Rigadon]

Despite having had what seemed like 8 really good chances to score more goals and a penalty (Wheater being the last man should've walked but didn't even get booked), we are back in the shit 3 points off relegation. 

I'm struggling to get anything but pure frustration from watching us this season.  It's painful, not enjoyable.

[Jimbo]

Just not good enough. The really troubling thing is that it doesn't even hurt any more. There's just a feeling of numbness, and a dreadful inevitability about the whole thing. Desperate, desperate times.

[TonyD]

Missed penalty and chances blah blah blah meh.

We lost that game because we cannot defend and havent been doing so for most of the season.   That is a managerial and coaching issue which is not being addressed.    So sort it GH or leave.  Personally I wish he would just go now.     He has taken us this week to a new recent low.

[mallo]

All the more annoying as we played well in parts. Defensively however, despite playing ok we're in the crap if we can't sort it out. I want to see a couple of truly boring 1-0s to us next.

[ian c.]

Enough chances to win 3 games.  3 defensive cock ups and we lose.

I thought we were the better team, but that is no comfort when you lose.

[madirishvillain]

thats what happens when you pish about with a team thats going well


£100 dots on them at 5/2 when we were 1 up - the only good thing about today


the nail in the coffin for us was when Randy gave Gerard 18-24 million for Bent

we are shite, we are clueless, we are going down