Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[The Situation]

Same old same old.

Once again we concede from a corner... and the usual bonus too - right before half-time!

And once again we fail in the last 10 minutes.

Why does this keep happening?

Sickening to think if we'd gone 3-1 up we'd all be happy tonight.

[sfx412]

very unlucky not to come away with 3 points and considering the defence we had they did well to have won the game in every respect but the scoreline.

Easy to see why Bolton are so high in the league this season with luck like that.

Still good ammunition for the knives to be sharpened and you have to admit if we can't win matches when we are so superior and should be 3-1 in front away from home, relegation might just happen.

What makes it worse is with only 1 game left in March there isn't a quick reply. 2 dismal defeats on the trot, not good.

[oldtimernow]

Brontebilly gave Young 8................OMG

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

People blaming Houllier for the result today are fecking clueless or just too wrapped in their emotion to know better. We had the chances, when leading, to put the game firmly to bed. We didn't which then invites pressure on a very young and shaky defence, which to top it culminates in us missing a penalty. Stomping feet at the manager is simply futile, and the players need to take a bit of flak, Friedel as the experienced man does nothing to inspire in goal, while Young insisted on taking the pen when Bent and Reo Coker tried to dissuade him.

Might take a week or so away from the site, as the hysterics will start now about GH and be so boring.

I am fecking clueless.

Me too,fecking fecking clueless

[Rip Van We Go Again]

The other night people were saying that we had no chance of being relegated and I argued that our defensive frailties meant it was still a possibility and today underlined that. We've got enough going forward to trouble most teams but while we're such a soft touch at the back it is going to remain a worry.

That's nothing new is it Chris?

We've had a leaky defence all season, people on here have been saying for ages that it will cost us.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Sounds like I missed a corker!

If watching us throw away 3 points floats your boat then yes you did.  ?

[madirishvillain]

We got what we deserved

That is just plain stupid, did you see the game because I did.  We absolutely murdered that Bolton team on possession and chances created.  A missed penalty at the crucial time in the game was the turning point.  We did not "get what we deserved" because an easy victory is what we deserved based on the clear chances we created in both halves.

jesus wept


this is what is wrong with us

this shite

we had loads of chances

BOLTON 3 VILLA 2

stick your fucken chances up your fucken hole

Yeah shit like you mate who supposedly support the club

yea shit like me

bottom line is Villa lost

now i hope the fact we made loads of chances but got 0 points dosent come back to haunt us

anyway what a fantastic week for my club

thank you Randy and thank you Gerard

[andyh]

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.

Not having a go at the poster, but why do people contine to peddle this shite ?
Of course we COULD go down.
By keep saying we are too good to down, is just burying your head in the sand.
When you are down amongst the deadmen bad shit happens. Things go wrong and you can continue to get sucked in.
Decisions don't go your way.
You miss sitters
You miss penalties.
And all the time, games are drifting away, time starts to run out. Then suddenly you HAVE to start winning.
This builds up the pressure on you, and all the things that go wrong get magnified 10 fold.
Thats another one of the winnable 11 gone - and we've one so far. They are running out thick and fast.
We MIGHT be too good to go down, but we have a very soft underbelly and always look vunerable.
To my eyes we are in shit street and I'm struggling to see a way out.

[saunders_heroes]

Defence let us down yet again. And don't tell me we would have won with Dunne and Collins in today. They've been shite since day one.
Please let this season end so we can finally be rid of Houllier.

[Bad English]

Let's not be too negative about all this when there are positives. Most notable, the fact that we don't have to watch them play until the 19th March.

[Nev]

Football is about results and by his own design and bad luck, this bloke is not getting them.

[Mac]

Young is a cock, and Friedel should retire at the end of the season, he has nothing left to offer.

Young has one good game in 6.  If he's not winning pens for throwing himself to the floor he's no use.  Billy Big Bollocks. Get rid.

[TonyD]

People blaming Houllier for the result today are fecking clueless or just too wrapped in their emotion to know better. We had the chances, when leading, to put the game firmly to bed. We didn't which then invites pressure on a very young and shaky defence, which to top it culminates in us missing a penalty. Stomping feet at the manager is simply futile, and the players need to take a bit of flak, Friedel as the experienced man does nothing to inspire in goal, while Young insisted on taking the pen when Bent and Reo Coker tried to dissuade him.

Might take a week or so away from the site, as the hysterics will start now about GH and be so boring.

I am fecking clueless.

Me too,fecking fecking clueless

Sorry I am more fecking clueless - think of Dougal from Father Ted and you ain't even close.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Agree about the height issue bronte.

  Personallyi would'nt use Petrov again, and if we get a decent offer for Gabby and Ashley, then i would let him go.

  You have to be better and stronger on the ball in the position that Ash plays.

  Bentmissed a few, you get that with him, but as long as he continues to get chances, then thats ok with me, need more from the rest of theteam.

[Moorski]

The goalkeeping position needed  addressing but we will have to wait until the summer now, our defending has been pathetic all season but again that was not sorted out.

Another game that we should have won full of ifs & buts, some good play ruined by the inability to defend,it is pointless calling for Houliiers head as he will not be sacked, still GH has now got the 2 weeks off that he wanted.