Bolton 3 - 2 Tottenham (Almost Deja Vu)
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I didn’t get a chance to see this game because there were absolutely no working internet streams available for this one so I’m going off of what I saw on ESPN Soccernet’s Gamecast, reports, and highlight video.
From following this game on ESPN, I really thought it would be Blackburn all over again after Darren Bent had scored two goals in the span of minutes to level it for Tottenham. However, in his first game as our new skipper, Kevin Davies worked his magic against the big money Londoners with 2 great goals.
The Trotters had a huge number of chances that had gone wide before a well placed free kick that came off the foot of our new midfielder from Wolverhampton, Mark Davies, and off the head of new on loan defender from Zenit St. Petersburg, Sêbastian Puygrenier. Puygrenier picked up his first goal after 3 games as a Trotter. Mark Davies had a few chances at goal, mainly headers that went wide, but did well to create goals and move the ball.
Darren Bent had pegged two back for Tottenham which tied it up in the 74th minute. A number of tries later and Kevin Davies completed his brace in the 87th minute to give us a well deserved win after 3 games without 3 points.
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Bye bye Kevin.
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My second favorite trotter, after Jussi Jaaskelainen, has left the Reebok. Kevin Nolan was transferred to Newcastle United in a move that really came as a shock for no one. The transfer fee is believed to be in the 4.5 million pound area.
As a Wanderer, Nolan was 4 games shy of playing in 300 games with the BWFC badge on his chest.
Lets just take a second and remember this goal from last season
Good luck in Newcastle and here’s to hoping we can get Veloso!
Category: Team News22 Years Old…
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…an international star, and he could be all ours for the price of 12 million pounds.
Transfer talk time!
It appears that the Trotters are in talks with Sporting Club Portugal to bring youngster Miguel Veloso to the Reebok. This is not going to be easy, however because we will have to break our own transfer record to even get Sporting to consider letting him go. In the summer of 2008, the Wanderers paid anywhere from £8 Milllion to £11 Million, depending on which report you look at. Veloso has a £12 million price tag on his head.
Another bit of information which may add to our difficulties, it is believed that Manchester City have matched our offer.
I’m a big fan of Megson’s spending and I hope that we can land Veloso. Fancy footwork and he can place a shot.
In other news, Bolton have completed the signing of Mark Davies, our new 20 year old midfielder from another wandering club, Wolverhampton. Davies looks be a bright prospect and we have 4 and a half years with him to see how it pans out
Category: Team NewsArsenal 1-Bolton 0
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Another day another loss.
We held out very well until Bendtner put us away at the death.
Credit where credit is due, we almost took points away but alas, it was not to be.
Next week doesn’t look to be terribly good for us either with Manchester United however we did have that glorious upset last time around.
Come on boys! Give em hell!
Category: Team NewsAnother loss
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Bolton lost their second in a row today. Coming off of the 3-0 domination at the hands of Liverpool, they were defeated by Wigan Athletic two days later with the scoreline holding at 1-0 after an Amr Zaki goal in the 44th minute for Wigan. Bolton had chances to level it up in second half stoppage time but could not convert. Riga Mustapha missed wide left and a Danny Shittu hit the crossbar.
Our next game is January 3rd away against Sunderland in the FA Cup fallowed by a January 10th meeting at the Emirates against Arsenal.
Category: Team NewsBolton v Liverpool, liveblog
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First off, I have to apologize for the terribly long time away from the blog, school has been taking up all of my time, but I promise to start blogging again regularly.
25′ Riera scores on Bolton, they look stunned. Hopefully they can recover.
27′ Andy O’Brien stops a Liverpool advance and earns Bolton a free kick in their half
29′ Liverpool attacking our half but good clearances and a Nolan block get the ball out of our half briefly
30′ Liverpool attacking again but it comes to nothing
31′ Muamba from behind yields a free kick to Liverpool which is turned into a long pass to Kyut that is called offside.
33′ Another good Bolton stop in the back, keeping Keane from attacking
33′ A terrible Liverpool cross becomes a goal kick.
34′ McCann concedes a free kick in Bolton’s half, 30 yards from goal. Gerrard passes to Hyypia in the box which is then cleared to Benayoun who takes a shot and misses wide left.
37′ Daniel Agger strikes the ball from a monstrous distance but the shot is wide left
38′ Gary Cahill blocks a cross inside the box, Liverpool corner. Jaaskelainen save from the corner.
39′ Ref gives Liverpool another corner, Hyypia concedes a free kick to Bolton.
40′ Carragher shoots from outside the box and misses narrowly over the top of the goal.
41′ Cahill clears a cross from the middle of the box which goes to Gerrard who tries to give a long pass to Kyut but it goes out for a throw.
42′ Bolton finally attack but the shot is blocked with claims of handball
43′ A cross inside the box from Benayoun is knocked out of bounds for a corner. Kevin Nolan is yellow carded for a challenge before the cross. Ricardo Gardner clears the corner
45′ Bolton free kick in Liverpool’s half. Into the box and its cleared,
HALFTIME
45′ Kevin Davies has come on for Samuel and Gardner is now at left back
46′ Steinsson has been yellow carded for a sliding tackle
47′ Steinsson fouls Riera and is cautioned by the referee
48′ Liverpool free kick in Bolton’s half leads to a cross from Keane that comes to a Bolton throw
49′ Cahill draws a foul and Bolton get a free kick in the Liverpool half. Bolton throw in, Steinsson will take it. Liverpool clears for a Bolton corner
50′ Reina saves on the corner.
51′ Liverpool attack comes to nothing, Bolton throw in
51′ Bolton throw in from Liverpool’s half comes to nothing and immediately becomes a Liverpool throw in
52′ Robbie Kean scores for Liverpool from a technically good Bolton slide tackle but no one was there to recieve it and the ball went right to Robbie Keane and he scores from a few yards out
54′ Liverpool free kick in Bolton’s half almost becomes a goal but Steinsson is there to block the ball before the whistle
55′ Kuyt tries to lay down for a diving header but the ball is cleared by Ricardo Gardner which leades to a Liverpool corner.. The corner comes to nothing and Bolton get a free kick at the half line. Daniel Agger yellow card
57′ A quick throw in from Pepe Reina leads to a blistering Liverpool break and another goal from Robbie Keane. I can’t watch any more of this.
Category: Team NewsA boring game and a big signing
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We could have done a lot worse, a loss would not have helped our cause. But the game against West-Brom yesterday which ended in an extremely boring 0-0 showed just how badly we need balls in the back of the net. The trotters were par with WBA in just about every category.
This brings me to a slightly more optimistic bit of news. Racing Santander have loaned us their star Polish player, Ebi Smolarek. Ebi had a dismal campaign last year, netting only 4 times in 34 games but his count internationally is 13 goals in 34 games. During the Euro 08 qualifying stages, he scored 9 goals, leading Group A which had the likes of Portugal, Serbia, Finland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, and Azerbaijan. Here’s to hoping that he can inspire play a little and get us some goals
Category: Team NewsLate but I didn’t want to write about it.
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Can’t deny it for much longer. Two bad losses, one was a missed penalty at the Toon and the other was a 2-1 loss to a lowly Northampton. It looked so positive last week but these losses are making us look like Bolton of last year. I just want Jimmy Bullard and a bolstered midfield. I’m sorry that I haven’t been writing but these games rarely come on over here.
Category: Team NewsA day late but Bolton 3 Stoke 1
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We don’t really get Bolton on TV here unless FSC shows them playing Chelsea or Blackburn. I spent a good part of the first half looking for a stream online only to find one where the owner of the site kept switching between the Bolton match and the Hull match. Needless to say, he happened to switch during all 3 goals. I’m still jubilant over the fact that we started the season with a win.
I wish that I could’ve done a liveblog or even provided a good game analysis but unfortunately, I couldn’t really watch the game.
However, here are some highlights
Really glad to see Elmander, Davies, and Steinsson get on the scoring list. The Steinsson goal was an absolute firecracker. Just wow. Bolton were down on possession by the end of the game but dominated the shooting aspect.
Great way to start the season boys
Category: Team NewsPlease welcome….. Danny Shittu!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just signed a 6 foot 3 inch defender who goes by the name of Danny Shittu. Shittu is a Nigerian center back who has formerly had stints with Charlton Athletic, QPR, and Watford. He is also capable of scoring once in a while having scored goals for all of his previous clubs
“Danny’s a mountain of a man, he’s aggressive, he’s quick and his biggest strength is in the air. Anybody who has seen him play will know his defensive qualities already, plus he is dangerous from set pieces as well,” Megson told the club’s official website.
I hope that he can make it into the starting line-up.
Its shaping up to be an exciting season with all of our new signings. Can’t wait to see some play.
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