Mr Gittes 0 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Very interesting article if anyone's interested. I for myself don't think Coyle has done anything special at Bolton, when you consider they have finished 14th and lost their FAC semi against a limited Stoke side 5-0. Yes, they may have progressed a bit as far as their approach is concerned, but certainly not as much as many people believe. "Fantastic season", as some of the press commented? Utter garbage. http://www.zonalmarking.net/2011/05/24/bol...le-of-football/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13766 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thought they looked a canny side at the start of the season when Elmander and Holden were performing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gittes 0 Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thought they looked a canny side at the start of the season when Elmander and Holden were performing. Holden's injury later in the season could be sort of an excuse, but the massive praise they get is stunning. Like Scott Parker (player of the season my arse) getting his arse licked by the London press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonGoodwyn 1 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Elmander was pretty shit at Bolton especially considering they paid over £8 million for him. He got hyped at the start of the season because he nearly had a 1 in 2 record, but other than that his goal scoring was pretty terrible - he went pretty much an entire year without scoring a league goal, and didn't get many assists either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...st&p=835289 I thought so in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Mackems 133 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) Didn't they have a purple patch around the time they beat us 5-1 Edited May 30, 2011 by Ugly Mackems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Got them playing better football than they did for sure. But with Kevin Davis in your team you are still going to play the long ball. He has defiantly got them playing with different options though. However their form dipped second half of the season. They also lost Holden in March and he seemed to be pretty key for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gittes 0 Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Got them playing better football than they did for sure. But with Kevin Davis in your team you are still going to play the long ball. He has defiantly got them playing with different options though. However their form dipped second half of the season. They also lost Holden in March and he seemed to be pretty key for them. Sums it up pretty well for me. Still, it's shocking how lazy football reporters are, stating how Bolton have been playing a nice "pass-and-move-football". That's crap. They have at times, but they are still playing to their strengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 WHEN HOLDEN GOT INJURED THEIR SEASON IMPLODED.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15365 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Could easily have been dragged into the mire if they hadn't got Sturridge on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I for myself don't think Coyle has done anything special at Bolton, when you consider they have finished 14th They were 9th the morning of the last games tbf. ...and 6th with 8 games to go. Allardyce reckoned he should get the Real Madrid job for that feat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabit71 0 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 great first half of season but it all fell apart by the end seemed to just stop playing after the fa cup exit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTacWoe 0 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 They were in deep shit when Coyle took over from Megson. He's done a good job spending very little money thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7243 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Their long ball reliance is not just because of Davies (though it helps to have someone who makes a good target), but also because they don't have players who can play the ball out of defense. If Enrique and Coloccini go for us our long ball numbers will jump exponentially. Can you imagine a back four of Perch - Saylor - Willo - Simpson? I suppose it we be worthy or rejoice when they cleared the ball rather than stuffing it up somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gittes 0 Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 They were in deep shit when Coyle took over from Megson. He's done a good job spending very little money thus far. Yes, a decent job under the circumstances, but not more or even anything special/magical as some people have claimed. Btw, doing better than Megson is not that difficult... Their long ball reliance is not just because of Davies (though it helps to have someone who makes a good target), but also because they don't have players who can play the ball out of defense. If Enrique and Coloccini go for us our long ball numbers will jump exponentially. Can you imagine a back four of Perch - Saylor - Willo - Simpson? I suppose it we be worthy or rejoice when they cleared the ball rather than stuffing it up somehow. Good point. Which makes the idea of Cahill playing in a Arsenal side even more baffling...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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