HoylandOwl Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Head to Head v Bolton Wanderers. Wednesday wins - 56 Bolton wins - 41 Draws - 29 Ref for Friday night.... Sam Purkiss. Last time he reffed us, the 0-0 against Pompey (A) last season. His record this season... 25 Games. 95 Yellow, 10 Red cards. In other news, tickets seem to be selling very well, I saw a tweet earlier saying there was only something like 500 left in the North. Not sure about the rest though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Is this on iFollow (and any other alternative methods of watching live football) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Yes. It will be on iFollow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercockle Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 13 hours ago, HoylandOwl said: Head to Head v Bolton Wanderers. Wednesday wins - 56 Bolton wins - 41 Draws - 29 Ref for Friday night.... Sam Purkiss. Last time he reffed us, the 0-0 against Pompey (A) last season. His record this season... 25 Games. 95 Yellow, 10 Red cards. In other news, tickets seem to be selling very well, I saw a tweet earlier saying there was only something like 500 left in the North. Not sure about the rest though.. Looks like there’s about 4000 left. and 10 red cards in 25 games? That guy is card happy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I've not seen it anywhere but does anybody know how long Iorfa is banned for after last weeks red? The likes of Byers, Vaulks & Windass need to keep their heads in this one looking at the officials red card history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 9 minutes ago, owl4ever1867 said: I've not seen it anywhere but does anybody know how long Iorfa is banned for after last weeks red? The likes of Byers, Vaulks & Windass need to keep their heads in this one looking at the officials red card history 1 game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 2 hours ago, Supercockle said: Looks like there’s about 4000 left. and 10 red cards in 25 games? That guy is card happy That's exactly what I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Bolton boss, Ian Evatt is playing down their chances by saying everyone thinks they're the underdog... But says that will do them a favour too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 George Byers missing the game with a muscle injury 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 3 hours ago, Reesh said: George Byers missing the game with a muscle injury I’d go with Adeniran tomorrow with Byers missing. Hunt in at Right Wing Back. Undecided over James or Johnson at left wing back. I thought James was excellent last week second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 4 minutes ago, KrolMong said: I’d go with Adeniran tomorrow with Byers missing. Hunt in at Right Wing Back. Undecided over James or Johnson at left wing back. I thought James was excellent last week second half. James goes into centre half with Johnson LWB, Palmer stays RWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 3 minutes ago, Reesh said: James goes into centre half with Johnson LWB, Palmer stays at home 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 You have to keep Flint central and James and Famewo are both left footed so who moves to right centre half out of those two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 2 minutes ago, Tylluan said: You have to keep Flint central and James and Famewo are both left footed so who moves to right centre half out of those two? Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Just now, Reesh said: Good point. I did think the same way as you, I thought about perhaps going with Famewo, James and Flint. But, James and Famewo are very very left footed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 41 minutes ago, Tylluan said: You have to keep Flint central and James and Famewo are both left footed so who moves to right centre half out of those two? Play him vs Bolton & Barnsley, rest him at Forest Green imo, we've got a decent run of games coming up & we can't afford the big man to get injured, I can see a few squad players being used over this next month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 39 minutes ago, owl4ever1867 said: Play him vs Bolton & Barnsley, rest him at Forest Green imo, we've got a decent run of games coming up & we can't afford the big man to get injured, I can see a few squad players being used over this next month. I’d be tempted to do that if we have Iheikwe fit. But, as far as I am concerned, Flint plays every game until we are promoted. He can rest when we hit 99 points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 3 hours ago, KrolMong said: I’d be tempted to do that if we have Iheikwe fit. But, as far as I am concerned, Flint plays every game until we are promoted. He can rest when we hit 99 points. I can't see DM picking Flint every game, for obvious reasons - he's played very little football before joining us and lots since doing so. They'll be managing his fitness and 'volume' to ensure his optimum availability over the remaining games. Hasn't he already been rested once? There will be games where they'll think we can afford to rest him and games where they'll think he must play, plus 'neutral' ones. All subject to the availability of other players, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Good news is I am returning from travels so won't be in attendance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 hours ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said: Good news is I am returning from travels so won't be in attendance. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dronowl66 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 18 hours ago, Andyben said: 👍 Thumbs up for you altering a post to read leave Palmer at home ? Is it me ? whats the punchline ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Big couple of games, well as they all are now. 6 points and will definitely believe. Would go with ... Dawson Palmer, Flint, Famewo Hunt, Johnson Bannan, Vaulks, Adeniran Windass, Smith Johnson just edging out James although could easily put either in. Dele Bashiru to come off the bench. Don't trust him to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 17 hours ago, KrolMong said: I’d be tempted to do that if we have Iheikwe fit. But, as far as I am concerned, Flint plays every game until we are promoted. He can rest when we hit 99 points. But then what if he pulls up in the FG game? I'm not being a negative twat, we've all seen players come in like Flint, play too many games in too short a time & they are out for weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, owl4ever1867 said: But then what if he pulls up in the FG game? I'm not being a negative twat, we've all seen players come in like Flint, play too many games in too short a time & they are out for weeks. Have we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dronowl66 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 hours ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said: Big couple of games, well as they all are now. 6 points and will definitely believe. Would go with ... Dawson Palmer, Flint, Famewo Hunt, Johnson Bannan, Vaulks, Adeniran Windass, Smith Johnson just edging out James although could easily put either in. Dele Bashiru to come off the bench. Don't trust him to start. James to start for me and genuinely think he will start Bashiru , I'm with you though think Adeniran is the one , he might go uber cautious with Bakinson though lol christ covered all bases there didnt I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 52 minutes ago, Reesh said: Have we? I meant in the past, that's one of the reasons DM did what he did in the off season in regards to scientific data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Anyway, most importantly are we having a light show pre kick off ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Side as expected apart from Gregory replacing Smith A bit of a surprise but Smith has played most games recently and could be carrying a knock or just saving him for the Dingles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAL Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Get in Gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 That's been coming, letting them dictate play far too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) A right half of two halves. Thought we were excellent to start with and that we’d get a hatful. They’ve looked good since we started letting them have too much of the ball. Edited March 17 by cheat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Trying to get down the sides of Bolton, but with straight balls from 40 yards, instead of working our way up the pitch. Not enough coming from the wing backs in possession. If we shorten the passing and up the tempo, we’ll score again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 29,230, well done all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaconowl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Personally I would have taken that. Tough game and we were not at our best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 One of those average performances we have seen from time to time, but against a much better side than we have faced Actually a game we could have lost, they exposed the one weakness Flint as, running through treacle, and possibly got away with a pen. Injuries did not help pre game and post game. Be good to get Iorfa back with his pace, Palmer to RWB. Sadly Hunt is no longer good enough But we so miss Byers and FDB will be no miss when he leaves in the summer The game v Barnsley looks very difficult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Should have won it, and even with Bolton having a lot of the ball, we still missed the better chances in the second half. Bolton, despite having possession didn’t create and didn’t work the keeper. Never a pen by the way. But, it wasn’t a great display from us. Poor with the ball against a team who would let us have it. Too direct when we didn’t need to be, and outside of Bannan, no-one in our midfield wanted to be clever in their last third. Dele Bashiru was a passenger at times, he would get a player isolated and wouldn’t attempt to use his pace and power to turn them. Vaulks was poor second half. Hunt was not nearly involved enough until the game got stretched at the end. Hopefully nothing bad for Windass and Gregory. They had two players who I thought were really good. Santos at centre half both defensively and with the ball. And Josh Sheehan, he looked a very good footballer with the ball. The key is, we keep the run going, and I also think this might be a bit of a kick before Tuesday night. That said, if we are wasteful with the ball, Barnsley will really fancy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 23 unbeaten? 4 points clear with a game in hand, we've seen worse 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 The inability to score the 2nd goal when on top is something we have got away with recently. Not tonight. They looked a bit leggy toward the end but I think it was due to us chasing the ball more than usual A lot for Moore to ponder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 13 minutes ago, KrolMong said: Should have won it, and even with Bolton having a lot of the ball, we still missed the better chances in the second half. Bolton, despite having possession didn’t create and didn’t work the keeper. Never a pen by the way. But, it wasn’t a great display from us. Poor with the ball against a team who would let us have it. Too direct when we didn’t need to be, and outside of Bannan, no-one in our midfield wanted to be clever in their last third. Dele Bashiru was a passenger at times, he would get a player isolated and wouldn’t attempt to use his pace and power to turn them. Vaulks was poor second half. Hunt was not nearly involved enough until the game got stretched at the end. Hopefully nothing bad for Windass and Gregory. They had two players who I thought were really good. Santos at centre half both defensively and with the ball. And Josh Sheehan, he looked a very good footballer with the ball. The key is, we keep the run going, and I also think this might be a bit of a kick before Tuesday night. That said, if we are wasteful with the ball, Barnsley will really fancy it. This. I really like Vaulks but his lack of pace left him caught out at times. Can't be disappointed though can we Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyOwl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 To all the young uns out there keep calm 4 points from Portsmouth away and tonight it’s still good stuff UP THE OWLS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, HappyOwl said: To all the young uns out there keep calm 4 points from Portsmouth away and tonight it’s still good stuff UP THE OWLS I am not sure this old one can keep calm 🥶 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 My mate doing the MoM duties. Some Scottish bloke in the pic as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 We probably didn’t do enough to win it even if we did create a few chances in the first 30mins. Honestly apart from one decent run what did FDB offer/ do, he was a passenger as far as I could see. Compared to Adeniran who did several decent runs and touch in the short-ish time he was on. DM needs to get over FDB, he drifted through that game when we needed some either running beyond their defenders or energy to shut them down, he did neither. So consequently our midfield 3 was a 2 for most of the game and Hunt and Palmer did most f the creating down the right. The more worrying thing is the injuries, Byers, Gregory and Windass are big parts of our success this season. We may need Pato back quicker than we thought. One last thing, the fannying about by their defenders and goalkeeper just makes your piss boil when we saw Iorfa get sent off for much less last week, bloody inconsistent officiating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 10 minutes ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said: I am not sure this old one can keep calm 🥶 I'm same. Felt sick tonight. Not used to this being on top and desperately wanting to stretch the lead. Would have taken 4 points from Bolton and Barnsley but thought it would be 3 points tonight. Injuries and suspensions really rested the squad tonight. Never thought I would say it but we are missing the option of Wilks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Just got back. A weird game tonight, opening first 5 mins we seemed to be caught out a bit, then, we almost flicked a switch and for 20 minutes. Well. It seemed like we’d win 3 or 4 nil. They couldn’t do a thing with us, we were swarming. But, it was blindingly obvious, they wouldn’t take things likely and had to have a spell. So, we had to take advantage and of course we didn’t. To be fair to Bolton, I thought they played very well without really threatening too much. The knocked the ball around well, composed with it, and Kieran Lee… he’s still got it hasn’t he. Compare him with FDB tonight, and I know who was the better player. FDB looked lost, even when the ball was within 5 yards, he seemed unable to do much. Various players bollocked him, he looked so disinterested. Which was a shame, in our side that has played with such heart and belief, I thought he went missing and Vaulks had to do a lot of covering for him. Lee Gregory, his running off the ball, and pulling their defenders around was a feature. It’s a shame his early effort didn’t go in, his efforts deserved more. We’re still unbeaten, another point gained putting more pressure on Plymouth. So it could be worse. Here’s to the knocks and scrapes not being too bad, and we go up the A61 on Tuesday still in good spirits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyOwl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said: I am not sure this old one can keep calm 🥶 Be reyt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Otto_Man Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Blokes behind me left because they were sick of watching FDB. He was fucking woeful tonight, no idea what DM saw that I didn't, but I'd have booked him at half time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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