12 games to go and the pressure mounting up on a Bolton side who despite 2 defeats away from home still have automatic promotion in their own hands. Thankfully derby keep losing as well so level points with them and a game in hand. The danger side looks Barnsley closing in to 3 points and a game in hand and we have to go there Tuesday. First have to concentrate on Cambridge and looking at the fixtures ahead it really looks a must win game. Bolton won 2-1 away at Cambridge 1 of only 2 wins out of 7 in a poor February for Bolton. Team news. Mendes Gomes out for an unknown number of months after snapping his Achilles at Wigan. The other long term injuries Nlundulu, Johnston, Taylor. Hopefully the first 2 should be ready for pre season training. Charles is most likely out injured today but if not the closest to coming back. Keeper Baxter won't be back until April. A change at wingback as Ogbeta doesn't do weekends. Likely starting 11. Coleman. Jones Santos Toal. Dacres-cogley Dempsey Sheehan Thomason Ashworth. Böðvarsson Adeboyejo. Kick off 3pm.
posted on 3/3/24
Highlights
https://youtu.be/H7MZmpv4YYQ
posted on 4/3/24
If you missed it in the Ben.
The Jaidi read is worth a go, before you start thinking about tomorrow.
Perhaps I should say give it a read, forget the rest of the stuff in that rag.
https://rb.gy/5ashq2
posted on 4/3/24
Hi Guys, arrived home from Spain at 2:00 am as my daughter and her husband, who had arranged to pick us up, decided to go and see Rick Astley in Manchester after being invited by one of my daughters' clients.
We would have made an earlier train except for some idiot on the flight being drunk and disorderly and insulting the cabin staff. We had to wait on the aircraft until the police arrived and arrested him.
In any event, I was pleased with the win. We now have our old enemies in Barnsley to face at their place. We don't have a great record of late and with our injury list, I can't get too excited about gaining a win. Barnsley's form of late has been a lot better than ours, so all I can do is hope that we have a great game and manage to put matters right.
Reading the BN, I see that Evatt is feeling the strain.
it's down to him to get the squad fired up and to play to our strengths for the whole 90 minutes. This is not the game for a slow start.
posted on 4/3/24
Way evatt is talking sounds like he might not be here next season.
posted on 4/3/24
comment by Bennythedip - Living The Dream (U9359)
posted 7 minutes ago
Way evatt is talking sounds like he might not be here next season.
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Yes, I clocked that. Could we do better?
posted on 4/3/24
Succession planning is part of any business plan.
As is a plan for dealing with managers, who fail to meet their objectives and targets.
Will you be annoyed if IE has a plan B and kept it for himself. The team would have liked a bit of a plan B!
If we win a star Prize and he walks. It leaves the way for a more suitable manager for the step up. We don't pay compo if he walks for the money.
If we don't win a star prize, I'd expect him to go for failing. We can't afford to stop down here, while he passes it about at the back for another season.
posted on 4/3/24
https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/toal-signs-new-whites-deal
An essential bit of business. The last one who we needed to tie down to a new deal.
posted on 4/3/24
Commuting from chesterfield doesn't help.
posted on 5/3/24
That's me done for the day.
It's a lovely day out there, I don't want to spoil it.
I'm off, hiding out of the way of everything until the team sheet lotto results are out.
posted on 5/3/24
comment by Bennythedip - Living The Dream (U9359)
posted 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
Commuting from chesterfield doesn't help.
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Don't forget Rioch traveled from down south and leftTodd to do all the training. He turned up on Friday if there were no mid-week games.
I see Evatt has been trying to be more positive in his latest interview the Iles. I just hope that the squad hasn't taken too much notice of his comments on Saturday,
Hopefully onwards and upwards tonight.