Ratings & Reactions: LC2: Bolton v Villa

[limpid]

Your ratings and reactions please. Keep it respectful even if you know everyone else is wrong.

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[YLN]

What a pathetic team selection. Will any other premier league manager play their first eleven in the second round of the league cup? And then to play like this. He's such a charlatan. 

[Zatman]

That will shut up a few tonight

[HalfTimePost]

1 minute ago, Zatman said:

That will shut up a few tonight

I stand by it.

[rodders0223]

1 minute ago, Zatman said:

That will shut up a few tonight

No. Not even Bruce would claim that.

With a 250m team laboured to a win against a pub team whilst showing all the hallmarks of his side. Rudderless. Clueless. Shapeless.

Thoroughly embarrassing display 

[rodders0223]

My man bringing on a market value of about 100m at 3-1 up against Bolton.

17 combined mins for the great hopes Tim and Archer .

Just go mate. Dereliction of duties.

[est1874]

You can't make this shit up. Shit football for 55-60 mins, skin saved by a bunch of players he doesn't even know how to use. 

You're on borrowed time, Steven. A heavy defeat from West Ham is coming I fear.

[jim]

Confidence boosting victory. More of the same on Sunday please.

[nick76]

First half really awful

Good second half because of the score line.

Job done, wasn’t sure at half time that would be the case but our talent should be comfortable against these even in our current form as I said the the match thread.

Nice to see a victory, a rare thing these days!  

If we play like the 45 mins in the first half against West Ham, it will be a mauling even how they are playing.  Luckily playing a league one team tonight.

Edited August 23, 2022 by nick76

[Davkaus]

45 minutes of decent football against a weakened League One side. All is forgiven.

Nah. **** off, Gerrard.

[ferguson1]

A win is a win, enjoy it. 
 

Job done, next round.

[Keyblade]

Too much class. Smashed them second half. 

Hopefully that gives us enough confidence to take on a West Ham side in poor form themselves.

[rodders0223]

Woeful 

[rbcuk]

Until the pen would never have guessed who’s the premier league side

[Enda]

Nice second half.

We brought on Leon Bailey, Emi Buendia, and one of the most exciting U-21s in England. We’ve a good squad.

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

Lucas Digne just snotted into his shirt before giving it to a fan wtf  

[tonyh29]

4-1 and in the last few minutes we could have had 3 or 4 more … yet it wasn’t a great performance , but solid enough and a good bit of match practise for a few players who needed it … Luiz should  have played himself into a starting position on Sunday … at McGinns expense hopefully.

lower league opposition but Young looked far better at RB and going forward than Cash has done so far this season 

 

It’s only West Ham on Sunday so I’d be tempted to go with Archer , Bailey and Watkins up front … lots of energy and pace to really stretch their back line 

Edited August 23, 2022 by tonyh29

[sne]

Great to see McGinn getting 90 mins and a chance to shine.

Anyway, we won.

[MotoMkali]

Awful ref. A bunch of really poor decisions that led to goals. 

[Mantis]

Much better second half but still very concerned given what we saw in the first half.