Mattyblue

So? Was the ‘Class of ‘92’’s manager Eric Harrison a top player himself? Indeed was Johnson’s own crop with Dunn, Duff and Taylor managed by ex international stars? These are development squads, as long as they are coached by quality people and a conveyor belt continues to the first team who gives a feck about how many caps the coaches mustered when they were players themselves.

Bell just doesn’t have it. Nowhere near enough quality when it comes to distribution and a poor defender - just not a Championship standard full back. He’s had an extended run at it but now a better player has come in, that’s football.

Don’t disagree. I can ‘see what he’s trying to do’, but a weak spot when it comes to defenders means I foresee any top 6 challenge falling away.

In what way?

Should stick to his films.

Of course. But I can see better footballers in key positions, to me that is the most important development over performances and the obvious need to cut out mistakes at this stage.

A bad player, or having a bad game? Second one is subjective, 1st one? They can feel free to bring back Smallwood or Evans or Lowe or Williamson or Akpan.

Who thinks Johnson is bad? Not seen a single post saying that. Been a monster in there since the opening day.

We are looking a better side. Why? Better players. It’s that simple. Mowbray will have wanted that level of performance since he took over but players like Bell, Evans, Smallwood, Mulgrew, Conway are not capable of providing it (or at least can’t provide it anymore in some cases). All I ask for my club is that it strives to improve each season. And last night was a sign of a club that is FINALLY behaving like an outfit with ambition. Here’s to the rest of the season.

Fox & Hounds, Brown Cow, White Bull, Moorgate, Lord Raglan, Wellington and you can nip through to the Navigation at Mill Hill.

Was replying to tonygreenbank, he needs to get on Livesey Branch

Still loads of pubs around Ewood.

Johnno went straight to the U23s (U21s then) from the U14s... he did ok.

So you didn’t want him sacked last week?

Thought you wanted him gone, Dreams? Bit rich trying to take the moral high ground about ‘hyperbolic’ brfcs-ers that won’t see any good in TM when you were happy for him to be sacked after TWO games of the season.

I’m sure that deduction pledge wasn’t on the article originally. Quite right they should be deducted from the cost! But 1,400 sales at this stage? Come on! I am the last person to decry any attendance initiative. But to wheel this out just days before they are usually withdrawn from sale (after the third home game) is pure desperation and a sign of pressure from above. Waggott obviously believed we would be increasing sales significantly this summer and he’d be hitting his target. Pure hubris from him as finishing 15th in the second tier and an average at best summer window is not going to lead to increased sales of any note. I’m just relived we’ve pretty much matched last season’s. He’s still no nearer to understanding our fanbase.

Absolutely no chance 1400 more people are going to sign up in late August for the standard price with the season underway and two home games already played. Surely this should have been promoted all summer... or Waggott really doesn’t want to miss his target two years in a row. Real desperation stuff as he’ll know sales slow to a trickle at this stage.

£4.50 for any pint of booze isn’t unexpected at ‘events’ these days. But isn’t one of the issues that they have gone up about 70p in one summer? Plus, it is the lack of variety that gives the impression of a club going through the motions and stuck in a late 90s time warp.

Not enough folk used it.

Not many, you imagine. The club has probably only put on 1 coach.

Best bit of the statement: With so many senior players injured or unavailable, the squad has performed heroically and deserves so much credit. What all three of them?

‘Mauled by the Terriers’ ?

Tomorrow’s game called off. Looks as if things are nosediving fast https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/statement-on-behalf-of-paul-appleton-joint-administrator-for-bolton-wanderers3/ Two games now called of by the club themselves... surely a further points deduction has to follow?

8500 season ticket bought and a 1,000 complementaries... so 9,500 ST ‘holders’.

Great story Solihull on tiny crowds.