Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[rutski]

Ian J how can you think Houlier is a good manager, i just cannot understand it 

i promise you mate, you will eat your words!

[dave.woodhall]

How much is Gary Cahill worth now ?
Bolton fans were singing "Cahill, fucking hates villa"

Not as much as I do sometimes.

[Ian.]

Surely the fault lies for defending at the training ground. If we fix this we are in with a good chance. We can create and we can score. With a good strong defence it installs confidence through the team.
Am I wrong in remembering when Gregory left for Wycombe our team under Little struggled.
Houllier needs help on this, infact I think signing someone up for this role could be more important than actually signing a defender.

[Dan England]

and we have to get rid of players because of the debt

the results today coudnt have gone any worse for us

just need Wigan to get a result v Man City tonight (although that shouldnt happen after our confidence booster)


we are going down, make no mistake - the only worse team i see apart from us is Wigan

Sorry mate but every post is a load of crap. Why bother?

no problem Dan

whats your take on things beside that?

dont leave me hanging here ffs

There's things wrong. But we are in no way one of the worst three teams in the league. Bolton are a good side this season, their league position tells us that. I think a lot of the vitriol on here tonight is through resentment over Wednesday and this was always going to be the reaction if we lost. By all accounts we were a missed penalty away from 3 points today and we hammered Blackburn in our last league game. Following that everyone was raving about how good the football was, 1 defeat in 9 etc. etc. People need to calm and look at things objectively, we could have lost 3-1 at home to the baggies today!

[Ian.]

Ian J how can you think Houlier is a good manager, i just cannot understand it 

i promise you mate, you will eat your words!

This is shit, I know. It's frustrating. It is 1 step forward 3, 4 back. I still believe he is a good manager but I do believe he needs help.

[Dave Summers]

Back from the Reebok and even though we lost, agreed with Owen Coyle's interview, thoroughly enjoyed the game.  Can't honestly believe some of the over reaction on here as I truly thought we were outstanding going forward.  Bent missed two sitters, hit the post, Downing a sitter, Ashley Youngs pen?, on another day we would have scored 6.

I agree with Ads earlier quote, ridiculous league this year and if MON hadn't have left us in the shit 5 days before the kick off, we would have been comfortably top 6.

I also agree with other quotes about next season.  We have the base of an excellent team here with a few tweeks here and there in the summer.   I can't believe the amount of stick Ashley Young gets, especially today, because apart from the penalty miss he was outstanding. His partnership with Bent is really beginning to click.  I hope we can, but fear we won't, keep him next season.  Maybe he likes being a big fish in a small pond?.

I honestly believe the defensive weakness we have seen this season stems mainly from the goalkeeper.  Been a great servant to the game, but he probably has to move on now.  I don't think that having three centre backs missing helps either.

I will never understand or forgive Houllier for Wednesday, but I do like a lot of things he has done at the club since he has been here and certainly our play is much more pleasing on the eye than previously.   I wouldn't be that upset if he went, but I believe the board see him for the long term and he will be here next season.

Chin up all, the future could well be bright !!

UTV !!

[brian green]

Isn't Olof Mellberg out of contract in the summer?   What he lacks in coaching experience he would more than make up for in character and mental strength.

[TimTheVillain]

It's been a truly shit season, let's hope it all ends well.

I want a new Manager, but I don't want him appointed when we're in the Championship.

I think we all know we're required to be behind the team now more than ever and hope, pray even, that Randy has enough vision and frankly, the balls to change the Manager come the end of this sorry season.

[PaulTheVillan]

We need to take our chances & we need to change what we're doing at corners.

[brian green]

He will go in May if we get relegated or in December if we scrape survival in the Premiership.   This new dawn of flowing sexy football is all smoke and mirrors.

[myf]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear.  What an awful 7 days.

Now we've gotta wait 2 weeks to try and make amends.  The question is can the management, squad and fans handle the pressure of games against teams beneath us?

I just haven't got the faith in Houllier for a relegation battle.  He looked like a man on the edge in the post-match interview.

[eastie]

Totally agree that the the keeper does not inspire confidence , he doesn't command even his 6 yard box and so many goals have been conceded from crosses in the 6 yard box- chances are get a header in that close and you'll score- friedal has worried me for some time but we are stuck with him until may and that's worrying.

I do think moyes and everton will part company this summer but If we stay up I expect houllier will remain in the hotseat.

[Bad English]

as I truly thought we were outstanding going forward.  Bent missed two sitters, hit the post, Downing a sitter, Ashley Youngs pen?, on another day we would have scored 6.

Which is ace, but we would have been happy with a scrappy goal off someone's arse, and the three points.

[WikiVilla]

The kids deserve a mention today, all superb again, particularly delph and baker
And luke young did a good job filling in as a CB, always brave, never shirks a tackle or header
As said earlier, on another day we would have scored 6 at a canter

[Dave Summers]

as I truly thought we were outstanding going forward.  Bent missed two sitters, hit the post, Downing a sitter, Ashley Youngs pen?, on another day we would have scored 6.

Which is ace, but we would have been happy with a scrappy goal off someone's arse, and the three points.

Absolutely.  But I am trying to remain positive (quite difficult at times on here) and don't believe we will go down.  I just want this season to end, so that we can build on the green shoots of recovery we have seen over the last few weeks and have a good go next season.

And in the cups as well :-)