Bored...

As a Wolves fan I thought a draw was fai as well. You definitely bossed the first half, and we seemed to have most of the second.

I just can't imagine why some of your fans want rid of Coyle. We have the same with a minority that want McCarthy out. I will ask your minority the same as I ask ours, .. "Who would you get to come in that would definitely do better?" I have heard Paul Ince, Lee Clark, Gus Poyet, Mark Hughes, Sean O' Driscoll and others. Some would NEVER come to Wolves under our financial constraints, and I wouldn't want the others right now. Sometimes, as with other things in life, you are better not getting some things you want.

RR ro be fair being single and out is not much better! But there you go! Happy new year people!

I have said the same thing Brereton - most won't go to a club that is skint, and those that will are probably desperate and out of a job for a reason. Be careful what you wish for!

I fully understand fans frustrations though - OC DOES appear to be tactically naive. When Plan A is working everyone is happy, but when it ISN'T working then Plan B seems no plan at all.

Fans watching the game today seemed to think that McCarty's tactics were just better than OC's in the second half - and maybe they were, but the players have to stand up and be counted too.

I have no axe to grind, and I don't watch Bolton week in and week out. If I had been Coyle today though I would have brought Klasnic off. He was just taking up space that someone who cared could have taken up instead. I thought Tuncay did better when he came on.

Two of your players I really rate are Eagles and Holden. Eagles would alwways be in my starting 11, and I was relieved and surprised that he was not. Stuart Holden's injuries are a huge blow for you, as he is the kind of player you can build a team around.

Anyways, Happy New Year. I hope it sees us both still in the Premier League at the end of May.

A few points to sum up how things are in my mind.
Coyle has not become a bad manager over night. People are trying to be too simplistic saying that. He is not a bad manager but he is not good enough for the PL. Loads of managers have come in had blistering starts as they were new or under estimated andthen been found out. Look at Phil brown. Coyle may one day improve enough to manage at this level but it is clear he is not.
To those of you that say he is only a bit to blame I ask you this question. 12 months ago at work did you praise coyle saying he was the bees knees as we were 8th in the league? If you did and did not use the same argument being peddled about players faults then he is responsible for the reverse. If 12 months performances on the pitch had him linked with top jobs then also the reverse should happen that performances on the pitch get him sacked.
In terms of coaches and them not being good enough. Coyle made gartside pay a lot of money for them from burnley. They are his team and they follow his orders and learn from him. If they are tin pot championship standard that's what he has brought in with him. The coaches are only as good as the manager that brings them in.
If or when we do go down championship is coyles level but as aspirant fans we will want more.
Think back 12 months. Westham had avram grant a man with much more PL credit than coyle. West brom had di Matteo with a similar record to coyle. One of them backed the manager even when other potentials were talked about and one did not. The rest as they say is history. Before you peddle the who else argument I ask were is your fighting spirit. The same people saying who else are the ones saying the players arent giving their all. Why sit and accept the rubbish you are served week in week out for 12 months. You deserve a chance at better. If we do go down we want someone in that will make the players freshen up and fight. If we don't we will simple wither to the fizzy pop with coyle.
Some of you have also knocked managers on here like Steve mclaren and say you would rather have coyle. Be honest about records. Mclarens record is far superior to coyles. He can say he has had 1 good Hal season with Bolton. Mclaren won things at boro.

I'm interested to know what peoples views are on the Wolves goal?

A silly nudge by Ricketts to give the free kick, and frankly poor marking from Ricketts to allow Fletcher to score.. I know if Paul Robinson had done that, we'd have had a dedicated Adticle and various abuses...

I'm not going to lay all the blame at Ricketts, but it's just interesting to see how different players are treated when mistakes are made..

Apart from that, his goal was nice and his return clearly give us some confidence at the back.. I thought Cahill was brilliant and will be sadly missed..

Happy New Year Team 606..

I've only seen it once.. But I couldn't believe he give a freekick, both players were going to the ball shoulder to shoulder. Play on.

And the freekick was a very clever one, every time Wolves got a free kick they took it so quick I think some players didn't realise they had.

It was hit v.hard and low and there was a huge gap that opened up like the sea for Moses..but in this instance, the Bolton defence was the sea an Hunt was Moses.

The defence hadn't got into position and were caught out by the speed of their deadball situations, looking to catch the opposition and they did.

I'd look again fella, the players where ready.. It was poor defending sadly. I'd agree the free kick was harsh, but Fletcher is a clever player..

A happy and prosperous New Year to all Posters on the Bolton page.

We have family over at the moment and no one wanted to go out so we stayed at home and had a great time. At midnight we opened the patio windows and watched all the fireworks going off along the coast and up the valley, deep into the countryside. A few more drinks and plenty of talk and then to bed.


Not what we normally do but enjoyable all the same. I hope that everyone had a great night.

Fletcher is a striker I would lie for us to have because he is class.

I was right behind hunt and Ricketts for both goals, there was a huge gap staright through the middle of the defence thr was about 7 yards wide that ran straight through to the left side of the goal and a free fletcher.

Poor positional sense.. If one player was stood in the gap it would have been cleared.