Ratings & Reactions: LC2: Bolton v Villa

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

Also a notable mention to the fans who were there.

Even when things weren't going great I could hear them belting out " Every week we follow ! ".

Small things that help. We need to get behind the team.

( Even if you don't want to ge tbehind SG obviously )

[desensitized43]

We didn’t exactly looks 2 leagues better than Bolton but jobs done, move on. He couldn’t really win tonight. If we batter them it’s expected, if we lose it confirms what some people already thought. In some ways tonight’s result is the worst of both for Gerrard but ultimately he’ll be judged by league performance as he should be. Top half has to be his minimum requirement after what we’ve spent and the team he has.

[MWARLEY2]

I had written down at the end of the first half that our defence had gone to shit again. Too slow to move the ball around and getting rattled by their physical players. 

They need coaching this back 4. Desperately. 

Thought Kamara was decent   7 away with 4 hard tackles but i thought they were needed as we weren't controlling the ball well. 

Second half when bolton were half a yard slower it allowed us to impose ourselves and showed we were different class. 

Archer looked so sharp when he came on. Bailey looked sharp and scored an identical goal to the one in pre season.

Tim did Tim stuff. Simple yet good passing and good positioning. The pass to Emi so he could put Leon in the clear was great. Just love him.

Confidence boosting win but still questioning how we will cope at the weekend against a strong and physical west ham team .

But remember. Games like Bradford away when we lost . We won so job done. 

 

Edited August 23, 2022 by MWARLEY2

[VillanousOne]

9 minutes ago, Brumerican said:

Archer looks brilliant in an around the danger zone.

his nick name is Kenny Loggins

[Brumerican]

Just now, VillanousOne said:

his nick name is Kenny Loggins

Don't get the reference sadly. Does he sing "The Gambler" ?

[jim]

12 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

I'm really looking forward to the next manager you don't like to start wheeling these quotes back at you

I’ve never celebrated us going a goal down.

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

8 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

Smith never put out a £300m side against a league 1 side 

Who tf cares?

Jesus Christ is anyone else just happy we won and it was enjoyable in the end ffs?

It legit seems like some people prefer point scoring over the actual football

We all know the issues, it doesn't mean every moment of joy has to be sucked out of supporting the team, especially when we win.

Can we at least have a few hours?!

 

Edited August 23, 2022 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN

[srsmithusa]

1 minute ago, Brumerican said:

Don't get the reference sadly. Does he sing "The Gambler" ?

That's Kenny Rogers, turn in your "american" card.  

[Villastine]

Bolton played reserves including their keeper who was at fault for 3 of our goals. 

We struggled and I fear superior opposition would have killed us off in the first half. 

Hopefully we can use this to build but there's a lot of work to be done. 

Gerrard putting out a £300 million team against a league one side points to a man under pressure. Not a bad thing really 

[USA_Villa]

I'll take a win. Good job their keeper was crap. Poor for the corner, a very poor for the penalty.

Why did we not bring the young lads on sooner? There was no need bring on Buendia and Bailey.

[WHY]

3 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

Smith never put out a £300m side against a league 1 side 

That side cost nowhere near £300m. 

[Thug]

Appalling first half, but it’s the result that counts.

But for some appalling finishing, could’ve been 7.  
 

Gerrard needed to win it, and he did.  The real test will be the weekend.  

[Rustibrooks]

Better 2nd half and a good confidence booster for everyone 

 

[jacketspuds]

We looked a very good team for about 25% of the time tonight, a decent team for 25% of the time and poor for the remaining 50%.

Hopefully Gerrard and his team have now worked out exactly what is needed to get us to drastically improve.

[WallisFrizz]

11 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

Smith never put out a £300m side against a league 1 side 

No, but he also got knocked out by Stoke.

[WHY]

11 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

Smith never put out a £300m side against a league 1 side 

Out of interest name your starting 11 for tonight. 

[Thug]

13 minutes ago, WHY said:

I’ve seen loads of these performances under Smith as well. Maybe just maybe the players aren’t that good. Martinez is a top 4 player. The rest are much of a muchness and probably wouldn’t get in any top 8 side for consistency. Not defending Gerrard but I don’t know what you lot of seen of this team to think we are anything other than an 11/12 place PL team. 

Mate. I’d take that all day long.

Problem is we’re playing like an 18-20 place PL team.

[Dale]

Bit of a wasted opportunity to give different players a chance this evening. Archer, Olsen, Augustinne, Iroegbunam, Feeney, Sanson (even el Ghazi, Guilbert) ... Risking injury of key first team players. 

I mean we learn very little from tonight, basically we learnt how Rangers fair against most of the teams in the SPL. 

Edited August 23, 2022 by Dale

[Vive_La_Villa]

2 minutes ago, WHY said:

Out of interest name your starting 11 for tonight. 

The exact opposite of whatever Gerrard did.

[StanBalaban]

17 minutes ago, VillanousOne said:

his nick name is Kenny Loggins

K Log!