Bolton vs Aston Villa pre match thread - EFL Cup 2nd rd - Tuesday 23rd - 7.45pm

[Ads]

I prefer it as it means we have enough midfielders in Kara and Luiz, who would be the first picks, to play it. You could bring a Ramsey or McGinn 8 style if you needed it to add more bodies to the middle too.

[rougegorge]

One of the main reasons it's on TV is because Sky are anticipating a cup upset, so let's not oblige.

However, even if some non-regulars 'take their chance' to impress, the chances are they still won't be starting on Sunday.

[Clampy]

The last time I went up there (which may have been the last time we played them,  I'm not sure) we stood in a middle of a Siberian like snowstorm. It was absolutley freezing and we lost. Great days.

Oh,  1-3 to us. Them to score first,  we come back and win comfortably.

[RamboandBruno]

I'd go with the midfield diamond as it worked better against Everton and our unusual shape at Bournemouth and Palace needs binning.

My team:

Olsen

Guilbert
Chambers
Mings
Ludwig

Big Tim
Sanson
Luiz
Emi

Ings
Archer

Like this team, but don’t think Guilbert will start, think he’s a busted flush at Villa, i think it’ll be Cash or if he wants to rest him Young, rightly or wrongly.

I like the idea of us playing the double pivot (now i know what it is) regularly. If he goes with it tonight, maybe Tim and Nakamba with Luiz further forwards, depends whose likely to leave first, Nakamba or Sanson.

[pauliewalnuts]

At risk of sounding like Wilma, have we sold out our allocation for this?

[Legion]

Pretty sure we have.

[Ads]

Yes, last Thursday.

[Drummond]

At risk of sounding like Wilma, have we sold out our allocation for this?

Yep, all 5268 (I think) of them.

[Allan C]

He's got something against Sanson, I expect lardarse McGinn to start as usual.

I’ve got something against Sanson too, he isn’t good enough

You're judging on too small a sample size.

How much of a sample size would you give him??

[gpbarr]

A nervy 1-2 win which will do little to dispel the growing realisation that we have the wrong man in charge

[Richard E]

Bolton 0 Villa 4 - Sarr x2, Ward-Prowse and Smith-Rowe the scorers.

[Dogtanian]

I want all-out, no mercy, attack-attack-attack tonight. If we go out I shall be very unhappy and it will be a foul drive home.

[manic-road]

Bolton 0 Villa 4 - Sarr x2, Ward-Prowse and Smith-Rowe the scorers.

No Benni McCarthy?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Yes, last Thursday.

Thursday? That's a DISGRACE.

[brian green]

Fond memories of playing at Bolton.  It was where I met good egg Drummond.