Just seen the goals via a free Sky clip, second peno looked like the softer of the two, if indeed either was 'soft'. Keeper made a good stop for the first, it could have been further into the corner but was struck hard.

I can see why the Portugeese lads keep getting a start as the pass to Grabban for the second goal was sublime. Lolley's goal was a typical strike from him that took a slight deflection that helped it to curl in.

Stayed till the final whistle to avoid the traffic. Never seen chorley new road as quiet at that time on a match night.

After yet another 5 changes to the team, we suffer a 3-0 defeat at home. Will he ever plays a settled team. It's a pity we have so many players for him to rotate.

PP's assessment. “They scored the first goal on the break but after that, I thought we did okay.

I suppose that's why we lost 3-0. I hate to say it but we could go down this season. He's just not up to the job. I hope that he goes before he can do any more damage with his tinkering. I understand that when you have injuries you have to change but there doesn't seem to be plan A never mind plan B. It seems like he can't accept that players can play two games on the trot.

Changes will be made again. Hopefully olkowski back for little, wildschut has to go for Donaldson or dier and Lowe is banned so maybe otzumer so that's 3 changes minimum.

Noone scored 4.5 out of 10 for his efforts last night from Mark Iles. There has been plenty of bad reports regarding his performances and an odd good one. Is his place in the team justified?

Here's Kenny
Sadly its not announcing the Profs departure
https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2018/october/a-note-from-the-chairman9/

Sorry, but I just don't think changing the team is to blame. It's the fact that those who do come in are just not up to scratch. Then again neither were the players they replaced (illness to Olkowski not withstanding).

I've never thought squad rotation is the demon that it keeps being made out to be.

By the way how awful is that Grabban's beard? Patchy at the sides and tramp like at the front - Forest fans should tell him to get rid pronto.

Noone has rarely done anything for Bolton. All I can think of is that headed goal v derby and coming on as sub v Barnsley and helping turn that game round. The wide players are a problem. Ameobi is the only one worth a place but injured a lot. Maybe go to 3 at the back or diamond so we can play 2 up front as Megennis on his own just isn't working. Parky is trying to play as if he is madine but he's nowhere near as good as madine. Frustrating he finds something that semi worked Donaldson up front with doidge at Rotherham then drops them both next week.

Anything that's changeable Prof is changing from one match to the next.
Ken pulled a masterstroke having the Prof's replacement sorted and hanging over Phil so we'll probably scrape a win against Hull letting him off the hook for a week or two.

comment by The Ghost of Gerald Cid (U6427)
posted 3 hours, 35 minutes ago
Sorry, but I just don't think changing the team is to blame. It's the fact that those who do come in are just not up to scratch. Then again neither were the players they replaced (illness to Olkowski not withstanding).

I've never thought squad rotation is the demon that it keeps being made out to be.

By the way how awful is that Grabban's beard? Patchy at the sides and tramp like at the front - Forest fans should tell him to get rid pronto.
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The beard that’s feared!....


....it looks a bit daft, doesn’t it?...😆

I reckon you need more in midfield so I would be tempted to try three at the back. Bolton’s strength is getting decent crosses into Magennis so if you have two that could play wing backs in the absence of Ameobi, it could work?

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comment by The Ghost of Gerald Cid (U6427)
posted 17 hours, 44 minutes ago
Sorry, but I just don't think changing the team is to blame. It's the fact that those who do come in are just not up to scratch. Then again neither were the players they replaced (illness to Olkowski not withstanding).

I've never thought squad rotation is the demon that it keeps being made out to be.

By the way how awful is that Grabban's beard? Patchy at the sides and tramp like at the front - Forest fans should tell him to get rid pronto.
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If you know your best team and play them regularly every player gets used to how his teammates play and more importantly what is expected of them. I always think a settled team gets better results than a team with four or five changes every game. But that's just my opinion.

When we had Rioch and later Allardyce as managers, they didn't make so many changes every game. It was when someone was out injured or seriously out of form. They were the two best managers ever to manage Bolton.

Just to add to my post, I do agree that we don't have the quality in the squad but again that is down to lots of circumstances outside the control of the manager. Mainly cash to buy decent players.

Agree with above. Got an average championship keeper in Alnwick. Back 4 olkowski quality, wheater good solid defender. Lowe and vela average level midfielders. Ameobi the only genuine quality attacking player. The rest imo are playing at at least one level too high and I include doidge, megennis, ozhumer in that too. When I look how bad grounds has been, how bad Wilson was on Saturday wildschut, Taylor and little were on Wednesday we have a problem in the wide areas.

Swie You missed the late great Ian Greaves off the list of managers who played a settled side with minimum changes each week. He brought some young uns through as well

Ken's piling the pressure on as well with his latest comments, well the bits that aren't come and spend money on kit and tat etc. Suggesting he'll do whatever it deems necessary to arrest the slide.

Playing Hull at home tends to do the trick though - even when we were awful during the relegation season we beat them. That said we'd not lost to Forest before Wednesday in the league since 1978.

Well has Parkys time come , he’s had the best part of three Squads since is arrival , he got us promoted from division one with what for that league was a strong squad, ( by the skin of his teeth. ).

He then kept us in the championship last season.
( by the skin of his teeth )

This season saw Anderson back him with a lot of new blood, and a large squad of players, it’s coming to the end of October and the guy hasn’t got a clue who are is best eleven, he makes on average five changes a week , regardless of who PLAYS WELL, Magennis as not been the same player, ( can he really be blamed playing up front on his own, ) regardless of the opposition top 6 or bottom 6.
Vela once an asset can’t get near the team sheet.
Just what do they in training , can’t be seen
The team start most matches half - asleep , cant pass a ball to a player in the same strip.
One dimensional football
This as gone on now throughout his management.
So IMO it’s time for a change, and see we’re we can get to.

Up early it's a big day today.
What will be will be but what will it be.
The combinations of what will happen depending on the performance and results there's a mixed bag of feelings amongst fans of what they want from the day.
So what do you want ?
- Another poor show complete with a P45
- A win and a let off the hook
- An average draw leaving Ken undecided

My choice wasn't on the list just a plain old P45 before team sheet would suffice for me. Never a dull moment is it remember it's the end of the month so don't take your eyes of all those red bills on the mantlepiece.

I see Dennis Politic has slipped out on loan to Salford City is this a plan to weaken the youth team to stop them showing the Prof up

Politic's loan move probably more about development.

As we've seen with Samizadeh and the other chap doing it in under age football and doing it in "proper adult" football are 2 different things altogether.

If we are going to change manager it will have to come with a totally brand new mindset something I fear the club doesn't have the capacity to do.

On the subject of Ken trying to get the fans flocking back. He should realistically try and do something different before games to get people to at least want to come to the stadium even if the football isn't the greatest.

Hit nail on head. How long b4 Bolton and Salford will be in the same league? Good move for politic. Btw tom walker is getting rave reviews from a Salford fan I know. Also ken should reopen the fanzone. Big loss to me that. Get them pis5ed b4 going into the ground seems a good idea.