Matchday or is it groundhog day as Bolton are back on the road with a trip to Milton Keynes. Looking at this as a relegation battle mk are now 10 points from the bottom 3 and looking safe. Bolton looking doomed 19 points from safety but with 3 games in hand and still got to play Southend and Wimbledon hope springs eternal. Today is a must win game but with an away record of 1 win, 1 draw and 13 defeats has anyone any confidence? Team news. Players are slowly getting back to fitness unfortunately too late. Hobbs and bunney played last week and probably will today. Zouma is back in the fold and best news of all Darcy and Crawford are now fit and may be on the bench today. Out though are the unfortunate Buckley and Bryan. Also no sign of georgiou yet. Will there ever be?
posted on 23/2/20
1 win in twelve says it all. Benny, he let good players go and said that the players he would bring in would be better. Do you see any evidence of that?
What does he do to coach our defenders when training? No, he is the manager and he brought the players into the club albeit under a bad situation but he isn't up to it.
Ask yourself this question, If Sam was at the helm do you think we would be where we are now? I know we are not likely to get another Sam, at least for the foreseeable future but I do believe that there are better managers than Hill.
Here are Hill's latest ramblings.
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/18254887.bolton-boss-keith-hill-gives-reaction-1-0-defeat-mk-dons/
According to what I interpret when I read his comments matters aren't all that bad. He says he's building for the future. I think he took a retrograde step backward and doesn't know how to solve it.
posted on 23/2/20
Listening to KH reminded me of the Talking Heads tune Road to Nowhere what a perfect fit it is the team should come out to that one.
Which players look like they want to play for somebody wherever they may be next season most will be gone looking for contracts back home or elsewhere they don't look interested in helping to build whatever it is we are meant to be building here.
Will they suddenly become better players when they leave and face us next season I'll wager a few will under a different manager and with different players around them we are gone and will have nothing to offer until there are big changes.
posted on 23/2/20
Like it or not our transfer policy until the end of this embargo is misfits and never weres and if we are lucky good young overlooked prospects.
posted on 23/2/20
Hill had time to sound out clubs regarding loans well before the January window. I know that it not ideal but there are plenty of cash strapped clubs in Divisions 1 & 2. Most of them don't lose the number of games that we have of late. It can't all be bad luck. Injuries are different but coaching is a skill just like picking players that you want to sign. Research and making contact with other clubs. Hill's been in the game long enough to have established enough contacts. He seems to think that he's a good manager so why are we losing game after game? Something is wrong and who does it rest within the end, the manager.
posted on 23/2/20
Goodness knows what quality we will get next season with the wage cap which will be less than this season. Chuck in the factor the kids still won't be ready and being honest only 2 or 3 will make it. Facing a 3rd relegation on the trot if hill gets it wrong.
posted on 23/2/20
https://youtu.be/oUFgI-2CtJ8
posted on 24/2/20
"Pressure on Hill to salvage some pride from what is looking an inevitable slide into League Two is now higher than ever – but the Bolton boss insists he is up for the fight.
“I can’t be a victim of the circumstances or the situation or the fact we have won one in 12, or whatever,” he said. “I won’t be a victim and I’ll look forward to the future with the group of players we’ve got."
So, Hill is up for the fight. Well, something is going wrong. Should we be worried about the last sentence above?
" “I won’t be a victim and I’ll look forward to the future with the group of players we’ve got."
"I won't be a victim" I wish I had a pound for every time he has uttered that sound bite. He needs to be more imaginative with his choice of words.
"I’ll look forward to the future with the group of players we’ve got."
So does that mean little or no changes for next season?
That could spell a very hard and uncomfortable season in league 2. Anyone up for that?
posted on 24/2/20
We should feel right at home in the National Leagues they are littered with ex league teams who fell on hard times there's nowt around to say we won't be joining them before long.
Something has to change to get reverse the downward trend the Unibol would look right out of place in non league football.
posted on 24/2/20
I would hope that all the staff fv are putting in place including director of football bear fruit next season. In the meantime I've written this season off.Very few player possibly the manager will be here next season.
posted on 25/2/20
A lot has changed since we last won in the league away at Blackpool back then we had a stadium sinking in the middle a railway station with wooden floorboards in the booking hall and Wanderers had Umbro kits while all the latest high tech could be had at HB Electronics.
Now we have a posh stadium expensive replica kits a fancy transport hub while seeing all the latest high tech being tapped on in the crowd and where did Woolworths go Kids today don't know ….