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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 3, 2024 20:51:30 GMT
Interestingly and I have said before there is the demand from home supporters for more seating and that is why the South Stand has become so popular.
Over 900 season tickets have been sold for the South Stand/SW stand for next season. Bolton have been given 1,342 tickets which equates to 10.7% of the capacity of 12,500. However when you factor in the capacity less segregation the % increases to 11.18. There are quite a few teams in League 1 which give less to away teams than Rovers: Lincoln, Cheltenham, Cambridge, Burton, Fleetwood, Northampton, Exeter, Orient, Stevenage, Wycombe, Shrewsbury. That is nearly 50% of the sides in League 1. It's also fairly cheap, £309 v £269 for an over 65 on the North Terrace, it'll be interesting to see if prices are kept similar next season or whether the club gradually increases prices to fall more in line with the other stands. |
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Post by gasify on Apr 3, 2024 20:52:27 GMT
If we can allocate sections G, H and J of the South Stand to away fans plus the 550 terrace tickets, I think the total allocation can be increased to approx. 1,750. We need to do something under the stand to segregate the fans in that case. The solution is a simple one. The cost may well be prohibitive. You just need to have a gate separating each exit down to the concourse. You can then flex the capacity based on the opposition. Just looking at the map, I was hoping the South Stand would be sold out. Still lots of tickets available. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 3, 2024 21:24:21 GMT
If we can allocate sections G, H and J of the South Stand to away fans plus the 550 terrace tickets, I think the total allocation can be increased to approx. 1,750. We need to do something under the stand to segregate the fans in that case. The solution is a simple one. The cost may well be prohibitive. You just need to have a gate separating each exit down to the concourse. You can then flex the capacity based on the opposition. Just looking at the map, I was hoping the South Stand would be sold out. Still lots of tickets available.That'll be TG's answer when Abdulatiff asks him why he didn't give Bolton more tickets! No wonder we lose £5m a year if we build a stand we can't even fill to capacity because it seems to have been poorly designed. |
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Post by gascloud on Apr 4, 2024 0:30:36 GMT
Because there are some suggesting we let 3 to 4000 in if we can’t sell the tickets ourselves. I’m sure you’ve picked up on that? Can you post a link to where anybody has suggested giving Bolton 4,000 tickets? That's the limited 1300. Even though we may have 3-4k empty spaces in CAT A games. The club will not bend on the 1300 away allocation. Otherwise Derby Bolton Reading Peterboro would have brought 3-4k fans and we would have got crowds of 12000. That ok for you topper? Old market gas openly says he has been campaigning for bigger away support if there are tickets left, his prerogative. I happen to disagree hence my MK Dons comment. |
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Post by gasify on Apr 4, 2024 2:59:42 GMT
We need to do something under the stand to segregate the fans in that case. The solution is a simple one. The cost may well be prohibitive. You just need to have a gate separating each exit down to the concourse. You can then flex the capacity based on the opposition. Just looking at the map, I was hoping the South Stand would be sold out. Still lots of tickets available.That'll be TG's answer when Abdulatiff asks him why he didn't give Bolton more tickets! No wonder we lose £5m a year if we build a stand we can't even fill to capacity because it seems to have been poorly designed. Are you starting to realise why I have been on a one person TG out campaign now? |
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Post by bidefordgas on Apr 4, 2024 7:45:45 GMT
If we can allocate sections G, H and J of the South Stand to away fans plus the 550 terrace tickets, I think the total allocation can be increased to approx. 1,750. If we did that we would lose half the seats in block f to segregation and all our fans would be crammed into one corner. For me that would mean moving from a seat just to the left of a goal post to the other side of f block. The club stated the purpose of the new stand was to increase the seating for home support as the east and west stands were sold out to ST holders. Apart from the obvious it will bring in more revenue, why the need to give most of the seats to away support. I can see the uproar on here if we do improve massively on the pitch , crowds increase and people can’t get tickets. It wasn’t that long ago that that was the case and people were moaning on here about not being able to get a ticket. |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 4, 2024 8:41:15 GMT
Can you post a link to where anybody has suggested giving Bolton 4,000 tickets? That's the limited 1300. Even though we may have 3-4k empty spaces in CAT A games. The club will not bend on the 1300 away allocation. Otherwise Derby Bolton Reading Peterboro would have brought 3-4k fans and we would have got crowds of 12000. That ok for you topper? Old market gas openly says he has been campaigning for bigger away support if there are tickets left, his prerogative. I happen to disagree hence my MK Dons comment. I have said that and I will stick to my view that if sells are poor. The club under review could increase away support incrementaly. However given the club are now selling STs up to the middle section and we need a ' sterile' area . The club will be very limited from now on to offer any additional tickets to away fans . At best it may be 200 extra tickets next season taking entire away allocation to around 1500. Therefore my argument have been lost and clearly the club and some fans want to Limited away income. Equally I find it difficult to understand that some fans would perfer empty terracing and a ' ghost town ' in some parts of the ground. In the last month I have heard fans pointing to the East terrace laughing ' look its empty there's nobody there '. I was told once capacity was increased we will be getting 10 11k gates. Personally it's frustrating we will get 9000 v Bolton when we could of got 11000 . Anyway now STs are selling in the south stand . There is a limited to what the club can do and the steadfast stance to only allow 1300 will roll over now to next season maybe increasing by a couple of hundred at very best. |
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Post by percy on Apr 4, 2024 8:55:31 GMT
I dont disagree with your general points Oldmarket65, but there was obviously a lack of seating (and disabled/less abled) options for home fans that had to be sorted.
It was bad timing the season ended pretty much as soon as it was open, but even with a lack of facilities it has been popular with home fans.
Hopefully some excitement in the pre-season will see regular 11-12K crowds at home, but not until the East is done will we really be able to maximise potential away income.
At least it is better than it was!
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Post by gasify on Apr 4, 2024 9:43:13 GMT
If we can allocate sections G, H and J of the South Stand to away fans plus the 550 terrace tickets, I think the total allocation can be increased to approx. 1,750. If we did that we would lose half the seats in block f to segregation and all our fans would be crammed into one corner. For me that would mean moving from a seat just to the left of a goal post to the other side of f block. The club stated the purpose of the new stand was to increase the seating for home support as the east and west stands were sold out to ST holders. Apart from the obvious it will bring in more revenue, why the need to give most of the seats to away support. I can see the uproar on here if we do improve massively on the pitch , crowds increase and people can’t get tickets. It wasn’t that long ago that that was the case and people were moaning on here about not being able to get a ticket. I think you have just summed up Rovers fans and Gaschat. 'I' want: New Manager Better facilities Better team 'I' don't want: To support a manager I have taken an instant dislike to as he wasn't the previous manager. Pay additional costs for beer and food. To be flexible for the club to generate more revenue. 'I' want: The owners to pour millions of pounds into the club. 'I' don't want: The owners to bankrupt the club and be the next Reading/Bury/Torquay. I think the term is have their cake and eat it. |
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Post by gasify on Apr 4, 2024 9:48:52 GMT
I dont disagree with your general points Oldmarket65, but there was obviously a lack of seating (and disabled/less abled) options for home fans that had to be sorted. It was bad timing the season ended pretty much as soon as it was open, but even with a lack of facilities it has been popular with home fans. Hopefully some excitement in the pre-season will see regular 11-12K crowds at home, but not until the East is done will we really be able to maximise potential away income. At least it is better than it was! It wasn't bad timing it was a comedy of errors. The stand was finished in November. We then had another two months when it could not be used (was nothing to do with SAG, before you mention them) probably due to the lack of forward planning by the board. The South stand should have been open for Portsmouth at home at the latest. |
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Post by percy on Apr 4, 2024 10:00:22 GMT
I dont disagree with your general points Oldmarket65, but there was obviously a lack of seating (and disabled/less abled) options for home fans that had to be sorted. It was bad timing the season ended pretty much as soon as it was open, but even with a lack of facilities it has been popular with home fans. Hopefully some excitement in the pre-season will see regular 11-12K crowds at home, but not until the East is done will we really be able to maximise potential away income. At least it is better than it was! It wasn't bad timing it was a comedy of errors. The stand was finished in November. We then had another two months when it could not be used (was nothing to do with SAG, before you mention them) probably due to the lack of forward planning by the board. The South stand should have been open for Portsmouth at home at the latest. point taken. But when it was open in Jan, if we'd carried on our league form from pre-xmas and knocked Norwich out, it would be a different story |
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Post by gasify on Apr 4, 2024 10:21:47 GMT
It wasn't bad timing it was a comedy of errors. The stand was finished in November. We then had another two months when it could not be used (was nothing to do with SAG, before you mention them) probably due to the lack of forward planning by the board. The South stand should have been open for Portsmouth at home at the latest. point taken. But when it was open in Jan, if we'd carried on our league form from pre-xmas and knocked Norwich out, it would be a different story Of course, but that is pretty obvious. Also, if JB could work out how to beat the low block and teams in relegation form then he might still be here. The only whatif I will buy into is what if planning permission had gone in correctly 1st time, rather than in September. That is firmly at the doors of the board. It didn't happen for one reason or another. It does feel like that Norwich game was a trigger as we were squeezing out results up to that point. |
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Post by wanderlust on Apr 4, 2024 11:08:52 GMT
How are we all doing folks? Been a while. We frequently have the away allocation discussion on the Wanderers boards and personally I'm in the "give them what we can't sell" camp - it's much-needed money in the club's coffers. Security is always brought up as an objection, but this isn't the 70s with running battles before, during and after these days and it's not beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution that keeps everybody sweet. Now that we are more "community-focused" than we used to be, with a much larger percentage of kids and families attending, it bugs me to see a bunfight for home tickets at ours and an entire end of the Toughshit half or more than half empty which kills the atmosphere. One team recently brought less than 300 fans who were in an area that seats 5k.
In our last game against Reading we tried something different. It was one of our "community days" (events, entertainment and cheap tickets e.g. £10 for adults) and home fans were allowed in what is traditionally the away end. Massive crowd, zero trouble, great atmosphere. Obviously the discount tickets contributed, but it proved that in principle it might work going forward.
Aaron Collins: Our biggest transfer fee in years, so there were a lot of doubters. Evatt said he's had his eye on Collins for ages and was considering a bid next summer but with our strikers being decimated through injury his hand was forced and he felt he had to do it in January - and I suspect we paid over the odds, but needs must as they say. Personally I like him although he's not an out-and-out striker as such, but will run for England which is exactly what Evatt demands. Definitely won most of the doubters over with a fine hat trick against Reading. Dion Charles should theoretically be back soon but I doubt it will be in time to start building a partnership with AC. For now AC's partnering the ageing Jon Dadi Bodvarsson - a classy striker but past his peak. Evatt's early season strategy was to have Charles and Adeboyejo run themselves to a standstill up top and then sub both strikers for the last half hour but his only option recently has been the even older Cameron Jerome who is ostensibly with the club as a striker coach - but TBF he does a decent job when called upon. If only he was still the player he once was... I reckon Collins needs time to build a settled partnership but it won't happen this season.
How are we feeling? Gutted. Gutted that we were robbed at Derby where we dominated but couldn't get the ball over their line due to profligate finishing and some great saves from their goalie and then conceding a late goal to lose it - a set piece header from ex-City's Kane Wilson that was handled into the net by Waghorn - and allowed to stand. Ironically we tried to sign Wilson, agreed a fee but couldn't afford his wage demands so he went to Derby. Equally gutted that Pompey didn't do a job on them on Tuesday. All of which means our automatic promotion hopes are in tatters which is particularly annoying as before our injury crisis at the end of January we were 2 points behind the leaders with 3 games in hand - ours for the taking. Little or no chance of overhauling Derby now given their remaining fixtures - even though some fans still want to believe it. For the automatics to happen, we have to win every game, Derby have to at least lose one and we have to haul in a GD deficit of 4. We play Pompey at home and Posh away, whilst Derby have Wycombe, Orient, the U's and Carlisle so I'm not seeing much light there.
All that said, we have work to do, even if it's preparation for the playoffs.
When we started getting injury after injury, Evatt struggled to readjust, had a more defensive mindset and we went on an appalling run of results - and moreover, performances, that opened the door for the teams around us. In theory at least, we have the squad depth to cover but with players unfamiliar with each other, tactical tweaks to reduce risk and an attack that was about as ruthless as a dead kitten, we were all over the place at times and deservedly slipped back. But it was the performances that were most worrying. Our usually strong passing game went to pot, we overcomplicated things and errors started creeping in at the back too.
However there have been signs of improvement recently, notably a return to the high tempo, high risk cavalier attacking style that brought us success earlier in the campaign. From my perspective we need more of that. Yes we'll get caught out and concede but we'll give ourselves every chance of scoring more at the other end. And if we lose, we'll at least lose trying to play free-flowing entertaining football.
In reality we have two basic styles of playing depending on the opposition so my question is are you likely to sit in with banks of defenders or have a real go at us? Don't want to second guess Matt Taylor as he's an astute manager, but I was wondering what you expect from the team on Saturday?
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Post by GasAttacK on Apr 4, 2024 11:58:35 GMT
How are we all doing folks? Been a while. We frequently have the away allocation discussion on the Wanderers boards and personally I'm in the "give them what we can't sell" camp - it's much-needed money in the club's coffers. Security is always brought up as an objection, but this isn't the 70s with running battles before, during and after these days and it's not beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution that keeps everybody sweet. Now that we are more "community-focused" than we used to be, with a much larger percentage of kids and families attending, it bugs me to see a bunfight for home tickets at ours and an entire end of the Toughshit half or more than half empty which kills the atmosphere. One team recently brought less than 300 fans who were in an area that seats 5k.
In our last game against Reading we tried something different. It was one of our "community days" (events, entertainment and cheap tickets e.g. £10 for adults) and home fans were allowed in what is traditionally the away end. Massive crowd, zero trouble, great atmosphere. Obviously the discount tickets contributed, but it proved that in principle it might work going forward.
Aaron Collins: Our biggest transfer fee in years, so there were a lot of doubters. Evatt said he's had his eye on Collins for ages and was considering a bid next summer but with our strikers being decimated through injury his hand was forced and he felt he had to do it in January - and I suspect we paid over the odds, but needs must as they say. Personally I like him although he's not an out-and-out striker as such, but will run for England which is exactly what Evatt demands. Definitely won most of the doubters over with a fine hat trick against Reading. Dion Charles should theoretically be back soon but I doubt it will be in time to start building a partnership with AC. For now AC's partnering the ageing Jon Dadi Bodvarsson - a classy striker but past his peak. Evatt's early season strategy was to have Charles and Adeboyejo run themselves to a standstill up top and then sub both strikers for the last half hour but his only option recently has been the even older Cameron Jerome who is ostensibly with the club as a striker coach - but TBF he does a decent job when called upon. If only he was still the player he once was... I reckon Collins needs time to build a settled partnership but it won't happen this season.
How are we feeling? Gutted. Gutted that we were robbed at Derby where we dominated but couldn't get the ball over their line due to profligate finishing and some great saves from their goalie and then conceding a late goal to lose it - a set piece header from ex-City's Kane Wilson that was handled into the net by Waghorn - and allowed to stand. Ironically we tried to sign Wilson, agreed a fee but couldn't afford his wage demands so he went to Derby. Equally gutted that Pompey didn't do a job on them on Tuesday. All of which means our automatic promotion hopes are in tatters which is particularly annoying as before our injury crisis at the end of January we were 2 points behind the leaders with 3 games in hand - ours for the taking. Little or no chance of overhauling Derby now given their remaining fixtures - even though some fans still want to believe it. For the automatics to happen, we have to win every game, Derby have to at least lose one and we have to haul in a GD deficit of 4. We play Pompey at home and Posh away, whilst Derby have Wycombe, Orient, the U's and Carlisle so I'm not seeing much light there.
All that said, we have work to do, even if it's preparation for the playoffs.
When we started getting injury after injury, Evatt struggled to readjust, had a more defensive mindset and we went on an appalling run of results - and moreover, performances, that opened the door for the teams around us. In theory at least, we have the squad depth to cover but with players unfamiliar with each other, tactical tweaks to reduce risk and an attack that was about as ruthless as a dead kitten, we were all over the place at times and deservedly slipped back. But it was the performances that were most worrying. Our usually strong passing game went to pot, we overcomplicated things and errors started creeping in at the back too.
However there have been signs of improvement recently, notably a return to the high tempo, high risk cavalier attacking style that brought us success earlier in the campaign. From my perspective we need more of that. Yes we'll get caught out and concede but we'll give ourselves every chance of scoring more at the other end. And if we lose, we'll at least lose trying to play free-flowing entertaining football.
In reality we have two basic styles of playing depending on the opposition so my question is are you likely to sit in with banks of defenders or have a real go at us? Don't want to second guess Matt Taylor as he's an astute manager, but I was wondering what you expect from the team on Saturday?
Well we haven't scored a goal in over 5.5 games, so regardless of our tactics, I don't see us scoring more than one, and that's probably optimistic. We created chances at Lincoln but we lost 5-0. We appeared more defensive against Port Vale but lost 2-0, and only had 2 off target efforts in 100 minutes of football. To be honest, I'm not sure our tactics make a lot of difference at the moment. It's more a case of matching the oppositions desire to win the game. We had a good December, winning at your gaff and beating Pompey at the Mem, but the way we're playing right now, I'd be amazed if we cause you much trouble on Saturday. |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 4, 2024 11:58:35 GMT
How are we all doing folks? Been a while. We frequently have the away allocation discussion on the Wanderers boards and personally I'm in the "give them what we can't sell" camp - it's much-needed money in the club's coffers. Security is always brought up as an objection, but this isn't the 70s with running battles before, during and after these days and it's not beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution that keeps everybody sweet. Now that we are more "community-focused" than we used to be, with a much larger percentage of kids and families attending, it bugs me to see a bunfight for home tickets at ours and an entire end of the Toughshit half or more than half empty which kills the atmosphere. One team recently brought less than 300 fans who were in an area that seats 5k.
In our last game against Reading we tried something different. It was one of our "community days" (events, entertainment and cheap tickets e.g. £10 for adults) and home fans were allowed in what is traditionally the away end. Massive crowd, zero trouble, great atmosphere. Obviously the discount tickets contributed, but it proved that in principle it might work going forward.
Aaron Collins: Our biggest transfer fee in years, so there were a lot of doubters. Evatt said he's had his eye on Collins for ages and was considering a bid next summer but with our strikers being decimated through injury his hand was forced and he felt he had to do it in January - and I suspect we paid over the odds, but needs must as they say. Personally I like him although he's not an out-and-out striker as such, but will run for England which is exactly what Evatt demands. Definitely won most of the doubters over with a fine hat trick against Reading. Dion Charles should theoretically be back soon but I doubt it will be in time to start building a partnership with AC. For now AC's partnering the ageing Jon Dadi Bodvarsson - a classy striker but past his peak. Evatt's early season strategy was to have Charles and Adeboyejo run themselves to a standstill up top and then sub both strikers for the last half hour but his only option recently has been the even older Cameron Jerome who is ostensibly with the club as a striker coach - but TBF he does a decent job when called upon. If only he was still the player he once was... I reckon Collins needs time to build a settled partnership but it won't happen this season.
How are we feeling? Gutted. Gutted that we were robbed at Derby where we dominated but couldn't get the ball over their line due to profligate finishing and some great saves from their goalie and then conceding a late goal to lose it - a set piece header from ex-City's Kane Wilson that was handled into the net by Waghorn - and allowed to stand. Ironically we tried to sign Wilson, agreed a fee but couldn't afford his wage demands so he went to Derby. Equally gutted that Pompey didn't do a job on them on Tuesday. All of which means our automatic promotion hopes are in tatters which is particularly annoying as before our injury crisis at the end of January we were 2 points behind the leaders with 3 games in hand - ours for the taking. Little or no chance of overhauling Derby now given their remaining fixtures - even though some fans still want to believe it. For the automatics to happen, we have to win every game, Derby have to at least lose one and we have to haul in a GD deficit of 4. We play Pompey at home and Posh away, whilst Derby have Wycombe, Orient, the U's and Carlisle so I'm not seeing much light there.
All that said, we have work to do, even if it's preparation for the playoffs.
When we started getting injury after injury, Evatt struggled to readjust, had a more defensive mindset and we went on an appalling run of results - and moreover, performances, that opened the door for the teams around us. In theory at least, we have the squad depth to cover but with players unfamiliar with each other, tactical tweaks to reduce risk and an attack that was about as ruthless as a dead kitten, we were all over the place at times and deservedly slipped back. But it was the performances that were most worrying. Our usually strong passing game went to pot, we overcomplicated things and errors started creeping in at the back too.
However there have been signs of improvement recently, notably a return to the high tempo, high risk cavalier attacking style that brought us success earlier in the campaign. From my perspective we need more of that. Yes we'll get caught out and concede but we'll give ourselves every chance of scoring more at the other end. And if we lose, we'll at least lose trying to play free-flowing entertaining football.
In reality we have two basic styles of playing depending on the opposition so my question is are you likely to sit in with banks of defenders or have a real go at us? Don't want to second guess Matt Taylor as he's an astute manager, but I was wondering what you expect from the team on Saturday?
A hypothetical question. How many would you bring if you were allowed ?. On team selection I would go all out attack. We sit far too deep at home . If we play our usual defensive game then I expect a comfortable away win. If we drop two out of midfield and play Thomas and Brown . I reckon we could get a draw or scrap an unexpected win. Our current system is failing at home games . |
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Post by wanderlust on Apr 4, 2024 12:19:20 GMT
How are we all doing folks? Been a while. We frequently have the away allocation discussion on the Wanderers boards and personally I'm in the "give them what we can't sell" camp - it's much-needed money in the club's coffers. Security is always brought up as an objection, but this isn't the 70s with running battles before, during and after these days and it's not beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution that keeps everybody sweet. Now that we are more "community-focused" than we used to be, with a much larger percentage of kids and families attending, it bugs me to see a bunfight for home tickets at ours and an entire end of the Toughshit half or more than half empty which kills the atmosphere. One team recently brought less than 300 fans who were in an area that seats 5k.
In our last game against Reading we tried something different. It was one of our "community days" (events, entertainment and cheap tickets e.g. £10 for adults) and home fans were allowed in what is traditionally the away end. Massive crowd, zero trouble, great atmosphere. Obviously the discount tickets contributed, but it proved that in principle it might work going forward.
Aaron Collins: Our biggest transfer fee in years, so there were a lot of doubters. Evatt said he's had his eye on Collins for ages and was considering a bid next summer but with our strikers being decimated through injury his hand was forced and he felt he had to do it in January - and I suspect we paid over the odds, but needs must as they say. Personally I like him although he's not an out-and-out striker as such, but will run for England which is exactly what Evatt demands. Definitely won most of the doubters over with a fine hat trick against Reading. Dion Charles should theoretically be back soon but I doubt it will be in time to start building a partnership with AC. For now AC's partnering the ageing Jon Dadi Bodvarsson - a classy striker but past his peak. Evatt's early season strategy was to have Charles and Adeboyejo run themselves to a standstill up top and then sub both strikers for the last half hour but his only option recently has been the even older Cameron Jerome who is ostensibly with the club as a striker coach - but TBF he does a decent job when called upon. If only he was still the player he once was... I reckon Collins needs time to build a settled partnership but it won't happen this season.
How are we feeling? Gutted. Gutted that we were robbed at Derby where we dominated but couldn't get the ball over their line due to profligate finishing and some great saves from their goalie and then conceding a late goal to lose it - a set piece header from ex-City's Kane Wilson that was handled into the net by Waghorn - and allowed to stand. Ironically we tried to sign Wilson, agreed a fee but couldn't afford his wage demands so he went to Derby. Equally gutted that Pompey didn't do a job on them on Tuesday. All of which means our automatic promotion hopes are in tatters which is particularly annoying as before our injury crisis at the end of January we were 2 points behind the leaders with 3 games in hand - ours for the taking. Little or no chance of overhauling Derby now given their remaining fixtures - even though some fans still want to believe it. For the automatics to happen, we have to win every game, Derby have to at least lose one and we have to haul in a GD deficit of 4. We play Pompey at home and Posh away, whilst Derby have Wycombe, Orient, the U's and Carlisle so I'm not seeing much light there.
All that said, we have work to do, even if it's preparation for the playoffs.
When we started getting injury after injury, Evatt struggled to readjust, had a more defensive mindset and we went on an appalling run of results - and moreover, performances, that opened the door for the teams around us. In theory at least, we have the squad depth to cover but with players unfamiliar with each other, tactical tweaks to reduce risk and an attack that was about as ruthless as a dead kitten, we were all over the place at times and deservedly slipped back. But it was the performances that were most worrying. Our usually strong passing game went to pot, we overcomplicated things and errors started creeping in at the back too.
However there have been signs of improvement recently, notably a return to the high tempo, high risk cavalier attacking style that brought us success earlier in the campaign. From my perspective we need more of that. Yes we'll get caught out and concede but we'll give ourselves every chance of scoring more at the other end. And if we lose, we'll at least lose trying to play free-flowing entertaining football.
In reality we have two basic styles of playing depending on the opposition so my question is are you likely to sit in with banks of defenders or have a real go at us? Don't want to second guess Matt Taylor as he's an astute manager, but I was wondering what you expect from the team on Saturday?
A hypothetical question. How many would you bring if you were allowed ?. On team selection I would go all out attack. We sit far too deep at home . If we play our usual defensive game then I expect a comfortable away win. If we drop two out of midfield and play Thomas and Brown . I reckon we could get a draw or scrap an unexpected win. Our current system is failing at home games .Good question. Probably around 3k at a guess. Not the easiest of journeys, but interest is high. |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Apr 4, 2024 12:25:08 GMT
A hypothetical question. How many would you bring if you were allowed ?. On team selection I would go all out attack. We sit far too deep at home . If we play our usual defensive game then I expect a comfortable away win. If we drop two out of midfield and play Thomas and Brown . I reckon we could get a draw or scrap an unexpected win. Our current system is failing at home games .Good question. Probably around 3k at a guess. Not the easiest of journeys, but interest is high. 3k that was my prediction. I was looking at Pompey 4k Derby 4k Bolton 3k Reading 3k Charlton 2k maybe Barnsley 1.5k first away game plus Norwich 2k. Anything up to 15k extra away fans prevented due to a tight allocation of 1300. |
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Post by wanderlust on Apr 4, 2024 12:34:52 GMT
So when teams have a go we tend to try to pass through the lines, going wide then central, wide again like a concertina and in committing players forward we leave spaces behind. When teams bank up we keep loads of possession but it's mainly ponderous and in useless areas. One thing that a lot of fans really don't like is Santos standing on the ball a la Van Dijk (which he isn't by any stretch of the imagination) trying to coax players out of the block. Also risky. One tactic that has been used against us with some degree of success is lumping the ball into our box - it seems that our lot are averse to putting it into row z when under pressure and try to play out which has caused no end of problems. Matt Taylor will know all this so I'm expecting a high press and lots of balls in.
We're usually good from box to box, but inconsistent with the final pass/cross and occasionally dithery in our own final third.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2024 12:36:45 GMT
Discussion on the crowd for this match has bought back memories of our first league game at azteca twerton in 86. Have no recollection if Bolton travelled in numbers for that one or was it mainly home support that I remember?
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Post by Colyton Gas on Apr 4, 2024 13:18:39 GMT
Recall not long after their demise from the Prem they came to the Mem and were less than complimentary on their first visit.One of their fans said ,'It's like being in Chernobyl'.
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