I just don't get it. We get points against Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton away then we lose to Norwich and Wigan! Having got a few unexpectedly good results earlier in the year it was a great springboard to launch our way out of the relegation zone. There is no point winning what can be considered unwinnable games only to lose in the winnable matches. Today was the biggest disappointment of the season, losing at home to Wigan. Maybe it was because Wigan had gone 9 league game without a win, we always seem to be kind to teams in this situation.
Something is seriously wrong and to me it is the manager. You never know what attitude the players are going to have for any particular match. In some games Bolton players just do not seem interested and appear as though they want to be somewhere else and not on a pitch playing football. The attitude of the players and the determination with which they play is down to the manager. Also team selection and formation are down to the manager, two other areas where serious errors have been made this season. After today's match the players should wish they had never been born. Can you imagine how a manager like Alex Ferguson would react? To be told off by Coyle must be like being savaged by a dead sheep.
I'm sorry but the time has come for Coyle to go. As to who could replace him should not affect this decision. At Premiership level if you consistently underperform for a long period you should be OUT!
Just don't get it
posted on 11/2/12
I think the problem, today, was the 4-4-2 formation. We find a formation that was working, we were getting results, then v Norwich away at 0-0 and at the start today we go 4-4-2. We looked over run in midfield all day today. One up front is not always more defensive. It allows the like of Mark Davies to commit to forward runs, without leaving us exposed. I'd never boo the team, and hate the fickle posters here who knock Coyle every time we lose, but today he got it wrong.
posted on 11/2/12
I can see the temptation for Gartside to act right now or not at all and accept our fate.
Managerial contracts are up this summer, FA Cup break and a couple of 'not winnable' games coming up.
He will know, like any chairman, that a new manager is usually worth a good boost in points and could be the last chance to throw the dice in staying up or not.
Coyle did seem to find the system we were best suited to and we found some new confidence and results, but in the last 2 games, he's just thrown it all away and we're right back to where we were before Xmas, when he should have been replaced imo.
posted on 11/2/12
never agreed with you of late bricks,thought you had gone rather negative, but coyles formation today shows you could be right.
posted on 12/2/12
It's not just you that does not get it. Neither does coyle.