bolton away match thread - jan 21 2012

[vonk]

Love Bellamy and Carroll today. They are doing this on their own.

Johnson - looks like he's conpletely lost confidence, from his first touch. Not sure what is going on.

Henderson - We need more from him. Strolling around the pitch marking space, or simply trying to get rid of the ball as soon as possible is not going to cut it. Needs to start owning it and step up.

Gerrard - Cant help but think he is staying deep because Adam is such a shambles. That's his excuse for now.

Maxi - Has done nothing and really should have done better with that chance in the box

Reina - our best chance of an assist all day. Much be fuming with this

Adam - Get him off. He has been shown up here. As someone said, he needs someone like Lucas or Spearing to do the work for him. Passing has been woeful and is trying to make up for it by trying Hollywood balls. And the tackling, every single tackle he has made has been a foul. Then to give away a stupid free kick outside the area at the end of the half??? He is a luxury we can't afford right now. At least if his set pieces were decent, but even they have disappeared.

Kenny, you need to raise the roof at half time. The team went out there lacking confidence for some reason, which is your job. In doing so, we've just given a useless Bolton team tons of confidence. These overpaid prima donnas need to go out there in the second half and show what it means to wear that red shirt. Otherwise they can all **** off to lesser clubs. I'm absolutely furious with that performance, so should you.

[Exiled_red]

If we fail to take advantage of other results yet again, there will be serious questions about when we will start to kick on. I think most of us are assuming that we will at some point, but it's getting towards crunch time imo.

[danperkins]

Terrible first half.

Bellamy is the only one that showed up.

Our midfield doesn't exist.

****ing Bolton is running circles around us.

Stevie is trying but Adam and Hendo shouldn't be regulars.

Not enough of quality especially upfront.

We really need better and we miss Suarez.

He may not score enough but we need his passion and his skills.

He makes things happen for us.

agree with all of this

[Fredo]

Midfield has been non existent bar Stevie. It's not functioning and it's making us nervous and Bolton are getting on top of us. Kenny HAS to change things at half time. Adam should be off and we need someone holding and carrying the ball from the back. If we can get the ball to our front three more regularly we'll beat them.

[Leyton388]

Worst performance of the season. Keny's put a strong team out there and they are letting him down.

[smu1977]

@Kenneth & stu1977. There's going to be ups and downs ffs guys, we could have brought in a young and lauded manager like AVB, and could still be suffering.

It's too early for all this.

I don't think a year in is too early, and I didn't say at any point we should sack him - I want him to succeed.

It's smu1977 by the way

[tsb]

Come on lads, good second half please. We can do this!

[Nicey]

Lots of reactionary cunts in there today. That's what losing a football game does to you.

Bollix man .. It truly takes a lot for me to be pissed off wit the team or the manager ... That was ****ing dire utterly utter
Y dire not reactionary in anyway ... It's simply not good enough

[danperkins]

That foul right at the end was an absolute joke from Adam. Clear, unnecessary foul right at the death and he has the nerve to claim "I never touched him". Liability at times he is.

big time, adam is awful when playin with any sort defensive responsibility. watchin him tryin to run and tackle is painful

[wiw]

System doesn't fit the players. Can't believe we are playing 442 with these players ffs. Baffling

[peekay]

get shelvey on for Adam, couldn't possibly be any worse.

[Mostar]

I can't believe how poor we have been defensively, for all our problems this season we have mostly been defensively solid. I think we were missing a defensive midfielder in front of the back four, Lucas or (someone similar) would probably have prevented both their goals.

Ngog has caused our back four no end of problems

I made the same point many times before. I worry everytime we pair Adam and Hendo in the midfield as both are not good defensively.

Definitely miss Jay but we need to bring someone this window.

DM, a striker and AM/winger and all important buys.

[Fredo]

Bollix man .. It truly takes a lot for me to be pissed off wit the team or the manager ... That was ****ing dire utterly utter
Y dire not reactionary in anyway ... It's simply not good enough

It wasn't aimed at you by the way. Of course it's frustrating and my comment was tongue in cheek. It's been a ****ing poor and unacceptable performance.

[Daniel 7]

THIS display - and the manager tells us he's happy with the squad and there are to be no new signings?

He must be bluffing, surely.

FSG haven't really shown any investment and we are limited to transfer windows - how the **** are we supposed to progress with a squad that struggling to challenge for 5th and that is short in so many areas? We can all see where they are, what the **** is going on?

[Kenneth]

Come on lads, good second half please. We can do this!

Still think we'll win this and things will look much brighter.

But we also shouldn't forget just how ****ing dire we were in that half. Beyond belief.