I only listen to audio. There was a bit in the second half where Charlotte and Brownie were going on about the ‘should have been a second yellow’ incident and I would agree it was annoying as I actually shouted, ‘what about the game?’ lol. But it would appear some actually watch the game and don’t really ‘watch it’. I mean I’ve just read on here that someone actually didn’t think Matete even stamped on Smalls leg and that it wasn’t intentional 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 You could tell as soon as it happened from Brownies reaction something horrible had happened and then when he saw the replay his words were enough for me to keep searching socials until I found the clip. If you don’t believe the words of an ex professional then there is no hope for you.
I feel like we're a bit harsh on our commentary teams. Yeah they get on my nerves sometimes too, but we're lucky to have some very good broadcasters at the club. When you're forced to listen to another club's comms, most of them are the absolute pits.
I think Tel and Greg are both pretty decent tbh. Reckon it would be perfect with just them two taking it in turns to commentate / co-commentate. Charlotte is good at general reporting and interviewing players and managers, and Brownie doing the monthly show with Minto and Curbs always goes down well.
I only listen to audio. There was a bit in the second half where Charlotte and Brownie were going on about the ‘should have been a second yellow’ incident and I would agree it was annoying as I actually shouted, ‘what about the game?’ lol. But it would appear some actually watch the game and don’t really ‘watch it’. I mean I’ve just read on here that someone actually didn’t think Matete even stamped on Smalls leg and that it wasn’t intentional 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 You could tell as soon as it happened from Brownies reaction something horrible had happened and then when he saw the replay his words were enough for me to keep searching socials until I found the clip. If you don’t believe the words of an ex professional then there is no hope for you.
I take it you are referring to me re the "stamping" issue.
I did see it.....just thought he stood on his leg rather than "stamp" on it. Yes it was probably intentional but it wasn't forceful.
But that is just my opinion. Like arseholes, we all have them.
I only listen to audio. There was a bit in the second half where Charlotte and Brownie were going on about the ‘should have been a second yellow’ incident and I would agree it was annoying as I actually shouted, ‘what about the game?’ lol. But it would appear some actually watch the game and don’t really ‘watch it’. I mean I’ve just read on here that someone actually didn’t think Matete even stamped on Smalls leg and that it wasn’t intentional 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 You could tell as soon as it happened from Brownies reaction something horrible had happened and then when he saw the replay his words were enough for me to keep searching socials until I found the clip. If you don’t believe the words of an ex professional then there is no hope for you.
I take it you are referring to me re the "stamping" issue.
I did see it.....just thought he stood on his leg rather than "stamp" on it. Yes it was probably intentional but it wasn't forceful.
But that is just my opinion. Like arseholes, we all have them.
To me, it looked as though he put his full body weight on Small's Achilles. I'd describe it as a tread rather than a stamp or just standing, but either way, it's semantics. It's clearly intentional and obviously dangerous, so it would have been flagged by the referee had he seen it and would most likely have resulted in a red card imo.
People on the Bolton forum don’t in any way excuse the stamp, they agree it was a possible sending off, they also think their captain was lucky to escape two yellows.
Shame that, Bolton have a good squad but they were guaranteed not to go up under Evatt. This will make them a top 6 threat again. Let’s hope they’ve still got to play lots of the other teams we need to catch up on
See Oohaah post above:
Same thing happened with Mark Robins at Coventry, after their penalty shoot out defeat, it's hard to replicate after losing a Play off final compared to when Sunderland lost to the mighty Mendonca inspired CAFC. Phillips stayed whereas Viktor Gyokeres went to Sporting and could soon be at Man United ?
Ian Evatt comes across as aggressive and full of sour grapes compared to the quieter Robins. For two seasons under Evatt, Bolton were the best 3rd tier side to come to the Valley; 4-1 and 2-1 winners and were so strong. It feels that he has lost his mojo but I was impressed how many players they used to get in and around the box when attacking. The 2-0 defeat to Oxford at Wembley deflated the whole club and the fans relationship with Evatt took a turn for the worse. This season, after that defeat, a different story and Bolton were a shadow of their selves at the Valley when we negated them and they just had two weak shots at goal.
Evatt is such an unlikeable person too, he seems to have lost the plot this season.
"We look at them and they've got the win, but very direct, very simplistic. I'm not sure I'd want to watch that every week"
Quote by Evatt. Simple, direct football won the game and at this point, Bolton fans would watch shite football if it meant winning and climbing the table.
I wouldn’t want to watch Evatt’s football every week either. We saw enough under Peeters, Garner and Robinson. It’s brilliant if you’ve got a top quality squad for the league you’re in, not so much when you don’t.
Agreed and I wouldn't want to see their muppet of a captain every week either. Should have seen red on the first half when the ref bottled it and then in the second half was trying to pull Chuks's shirt off at a corner then threw himself on the floor holding his head after no contact at all.
It's a stamp, followed by obvious prolonged pressure, a bit like stamping out a cigarette. All completely intentional and unnecessary, as it weren’t like he was trying to play the ball.
Reckon there's enough call for retrospective action there. -
Violent Conduct or Serious Foul Play: If the referee and match officials fail to see an incident during the game but it is caught on video and deemed to warrant a red card (e.g., violent conduct, stamping, or elbowing), the FA can review the footage and issue a suspension.
Reckon there's enough call for retrospective action there. -
Violent Conduct or Serious Foul Play: If the referee and match officials fail to see an incident during the game but it is caught on video and deemed to warrant a red card (e.g., violent conduct, stamping, or elbowing), the FA can review the footage and issue a suspension.
He did get a yellow but was unclear what for. Will all depend on the referees match report
I hope NJ's gamble on everybody's fitness has paid off If any of his preferred starting XI gets an issue, he needs a Plan B or at least Plan A.2 Sadly Mitchell's performances are declining to the depths of pub-clogger-got-lucky Gillesphey who was terrifying throughout with the ball at his feet in his own half, he can barely head the ball either, which does at least seem to be in Mitchell's skill set. Jones's goal owed much to Bolton's defensive weakness, with makeshift centre halves, MG's "assist" in no way balances how dreadful he is at the back. Always pleasing to win, doubly pleasing to come from behind - when did that last happen? Bolton had the better for just over half of what was a game of poor standard, lots of misplaced passes by two poor sides. AMB kept us in it first half. Bolton's goal looked efficient but that was their only real highlight, most of their attacking play came from our defensive inadequacy. A special mention for the referee - making the rules up as he went along, no consistency and with not sending off Thomason, Miles threw the rulebook out completely. Thomason's first booking was obvious and absolutely justified. He repeated the offense moments later in very similar fashion and he clearly expected to walk but, no, Miles gave him a long talking to. Whether or not losing him at that stage would have made Charlton's job harder can only be guessed. The stamp on Small's leg happened a little while after he was initially bundled over, so it's hard to imagine what else referee Miles was looking at. It's just about plausible he missed it but what were his "assistants" watching? Another red card wrongly not given. That was very late on but it wouldn't have made Bolton's task any easier. "we won the game, what are you complaining about, blah, blah?" misses the point - Bolton should now be contending with two players suspended. Miles's choices have skewed things for the rest of the division. If we end up 7th behind Bolton by a point or on goal difference come 3rd May how will you all feel? These things don't even out over a season. Woeful officials like Miles undermine the competition as a whole. The pace of TC and TS remains our key weapon, 4 or 5 decent crosses per match should provide sufficient ammunition against the defenders in this shitty division.
It's a stamp, followed by obvious prolonged pressure, a bit like stamping out a cigarette. All completely intentional and unnecessary, as it weren’t like he was trying to play the ball.
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There was a bit in the second half where Charlotte and Brownie were going on about the ‘should have been a second yellow’ incident and I would agree it was annoying as I actually shouted, ‘what about the game?’ lol.
But it would appear some actually watch the game and don’t really ‘watch it’. I mean I’ve just read on here that someone actually didn’t think Matete even stamped on Smalls leg and that it wasn’t intentional 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
You could tell as soon as it happened from Brownies reaction something horrible had happened and then when he saw the replay his words were enough for me to keep searching socials until I found the clip.
If you don’t believe the words of an ex professional then there is no hope for you.
I did see it.....just thought he stood on his leg rather than "stamp" on it. Yes it was probably intentional but it wasn't forceful.
But that is just my opinion. Like arseholes, we all have them.
He put his foot deliberately, with intention and with his full body weight on Smalls leg.
If anyone else sees it different to that they're just on a wind up imho.
It's a stamp, followed by obvious prolonged pressure, a bit like stamping out a cigarette. All completely intentional and unnecessary, as it weren’t like he was trying to play the ball.
Violent Conduct or Serious Foul Play: If the referee and match officials fail to see an incident during the game but it is caught on video and deemed to warrant a red card (e.g., violent conduct, stamping, or elbowing), the FA can review the footage and issue a suspension.
If any of his preferred starting XI gets an issue, he needs a Plan B or at least Plan A.2
Sadly Mitchell's performances are declining to the depths of pub-clogger-got-lucky Gillesphey who was terrifying throughout with the ball at his feet in his own half, he can barely head the ball either, which does at least seem to be in Mitchell's skill set. Jones's goal owed much to Bolton's defensive weakness, with makeshift centre halves, MG's "assist" in no way balances how dreadful he is at the back.
Always pleasing to win, doubly pleasing to come from behind - when did that last happen?
Bolton had the better for just over half of what was a game of poor standard, lots of misplaced passes by two poor sides.
AMB kept us in it first half.
Bolton's goal looked efficient but that was their only real highlight, most of their attacking play came from our defensive inadequacy.
A special mention for the referee - making the rules up as he went along, no consistency and with not sending off Thomason, Miles threw the rulebook out completely.
Thomason's first booking was obvious and absolutely justified. He repeated the offense moments later in very similar fashion and he clearly expected to walk but, no, Miles gave him a long talking to. Whether or not losing him at that stage would have made Charlton's job harder can only be guessed.
The stamp on Small's leg happened a little while after he was initially bundled over, so it's hard to imagine what else referee Miles was looking at.
It's just about plausible he missed it but what were his "assistants" watching? Another red card wrongly not given.
That was very late on but it wouldn't have made Bolton's task any easier.
"we won the game, what are you complaining about, blah, blah?" misses the point - Bolton should now be contending with two players suspended. Miles's choices have skewed things for the rest of the division. If we end up 7th behind Bolton by a point or on goal difference come 3rd May how will you all feel? These things don't even out over a season. Woeful officials like Miles undermine the competition as a whole.
The pace of TC and TS remains our key weapon, 4 or 5 decent crosses per match should provide sufficient ammunition against the defenders in this shitty division.