Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[supertommykN'iba]

Think we'll either get our standard 2-2 draw or go up there and spank them, 4-0. All the McLeish haters will quickly turn and it'll all be the other way round.

[Iago]

Think we'll either get our standard 2-2 draw or go up there and spank them, 4-0. All the McLeish haters will quickly turn and it'll all be the other way round.

I hope so.

[N'ZMAV]

Don't forget that Bolton have the world class Nigel Reo-Coker in their side. He will boss the game and score a hat-trick.

[VillaAlways]

Don't forget that Bolton have the world class Nigel Reo-Coker in their side. He will boss the game and score a hat-trick.

I think NRC is injured

[PaulTheVillan]

Don't forget that Bolton have the world class Nigel Reo-Coker in their side. He will boss the game and score a hat-trick.

I think NRC is injured

Probably tripped over his own feet in training.

[Karl Bridges]

NRC is struggling with a hamstring injury, unlikely to play.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Dull first half followed by action packed second. Villa triumphant, Bent hattrick plus a Dunne header. Villa 4-2.

[Villafirst]

Bolton are a very very poor side.

0-0

The same 'poor' side that knocked us out the Carling Cup a few months ago? I think we'll lose 2-1...... McLeish out!!

[Ads]

Bolton are a very very poor side.

0-0

The same 'poor' side that knocked us out the Carling Cup a few months ago? I think we'll lose 2-1...... McLeish out!!

The table, their performances and results this season, and for most of the latter last, would suggest their toilet.

[Kevin Dawson]

A dull 1-1

[Concrete John]

Bolton are a very very poor side.

0-0

The same 'poor' side that knocked us out the Carling Cup a few months ago? I think we'll lose 2-1...... McLeish out!!

The table, their performances and results this season, and for most of the latter last, would suggest their toilet.

When we're being shit, as we were that night, anyone can beat us!

If we play well we'll get at least a draw as player for player we are the better team.

[N'ZMAV]

At least there should be goals as neither can fucking defend

[TheSandman]

I'm suddenly more hopeful after Mcleish revealed we are trying to copy Holland's footballing style.
Heskey is a perfect fit for what he described as "fluid football"

Did Houllier not refer to Heskey as Beckenbauer?

Closer we get to the game, the less confident I am am. Defeat. Followed by another week of calling for his head. I don't think, by the time he leaves, there will ever have been a more unpopular manager of Aston Villa.

The Heskey comment was a joke.

To a lot of you, MON was just as unpopular, as was DOL, many were also slagging off Houllier. It's just the way some people operate. The only difference this time is that they turned after 18 minutes not 18 months.

In MoN's last season there were a number of polls about him and generally it was something like Sixty-Odd per cent in favour of him continuing as manager IIRC. Admittedly, a lot of people criticised him for what he did that they did not like but even some of them thought he should have stayed manager. I wonder if McLeish has an approval rating as strong as that? Even Houllier got around 20-30% on the polls on here, a level I doubt McLeish will match. As bad as things were under Ged they actually look quite good now. We've left the frying pan and are now in a far worse position in the fire.

[Concrete John]

In MoN's last season there were a number of polls about him and generally it was something like Sixty-Odd per cent in favour of him continuing as manager IIRC. Admittedly, a lot of people criticised him for what he did that they did not like but even some of them thought he should have stayed manager. I wonder if McLeish has an approval rating as strong as that? Even Houllier got around 20-30% on the polls on here, a level I doubt McLeish will match. As bad as things were under Ged they actually look quite good now. We've left the frying pan and are now in a far worse position in the fire.

I think it largely depends on what the question is.  I'd be saying 'no' if asked was he doing a good job, but then I'd also give the same reply if asked should he be sacked.

[Chris Smith]

So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.

I'm beginning to detect a pattern.