Bolton Wanderers vs Bristol City please log in to view this image Bolton Wanderers Vs Bristol City Reebok Stadium October 20th 2012 Kick Off 15:00 NPower Championship Table 1 Cardiff City 22 2 Leicester City 21 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 4 Crystal Palace 19 5 Brighton and Hove Albion 18 6 Huddersfield Town 17 7 Leeds United 17 8 Blackpool 16 9 Blackburn Rovers 16 10 Hull City 16 11 Middlesbrough 16 12 Nottingham Forest 14 13 Derby County 13 14 Watford 13 15 Charlton Athletic 12 16 Burnley 11 17 Bristol City 11 18 Bolton Wanderers 11 19 Barnsley 11 20 Millwall 11 21 Birmingham City 11 22 Sheffield Wednesday 8 23 Ipswich Town 7 24 Peterborough United 6 Bolton recently relieved Owen Coyle of his managerial duties and are still in the look for a new manager, Favorite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has ruled himself out saying he wants to finish the season with current club, Molde. Bristol Citys ongoing search for a centre backs continues with them being recently linked with West Brom and England under 21 centre back Craig Dawson, who at the moment is with the under 21 national side and no deal can be done until he returns home tomorrow. Joe Bryan is the latest youngster to sign long term with Bristol city after signing a contract extension until 2015 MATCH FACTS Head-to-head ⢠Bristol City hold a 22 wins to 14 lead over Bolton after 50 league meetings. ⢠The Robins have registered one win in seven league and cup visits to Bolton since 1987; 2-0 in August 1994 at second league level. ⢠Each club has scored 30 goals in the 25 league clashes there have been between the clubs on Trotters' turf. Bolton Wanderers ⢠Managerless Bolton have gained one win in five Championship outings, and only three all season. ⢠They have registered more goal attempts than any other club in the division, with 68 of 131 being on target. ⢠Trotters' players have also been shown more yellow cards than any other Championship club (24), but have not had a player sent off. Bristol City ⢠Derek McInnes begins his second year in charge of Bristol City, looking to improve on a return of two points out of 12, and one win in seven. ⢠The Robins have unleashed fewer shots on target than any other club in the Championship (42), but they have been the most efficient with a goal every 2.33 attempts on target. ⢠They have not managed a clean sheet in any competition this term. Bolton Wanderers A Little Bit About Them Full name Bolton Wanderers Football Club Nickname(s) The Trotters, The Wanderers, The Whites, The White Men Founded 1874 (as Christ Church FC) Ground Reebok Stadium, Horwich, Greater Manchester (capacity: 28,101) Owner Eddie Davies Chairman Phil Gartside Manager Jimmy Phillips and Sammy Lee (caretakers) 2011â12 Premier League, 18th (relegated) Previous Results Millwall 2-1 Bolton Bolton 2-2 Leeds United Bolton 0-1 Crystal Palace Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Bolton Top 3 Scorers Eagles 5 K Davies 4 Afobe 1 Possible Starting XI 01 Bogdan 02 Mears 04 Mills 12 Knight 15 Warnock 07 Eagles 08 Andrews 16 M Davies 20 Spearing 09 Ngog 14 K Davies please log in to view this image Bristol City Previous Results Leicester 2-0 Bristol City Bristol City 1-1 Millwall Bristol City 2-3 Leeds United Watford 2-2 Bristol City Top 3 Scorers Baldock 4 Adomah 3 Woolford 3 Possible Starting XI 01 Heaton 06 Carey 04 Fontaine 05 Nyatanga 02 Foster 27 Adomah 14 Skuse 20 Morris 15 Pearson 07 Baldock 18 Taylor please log in to view this image Shinys Starting Line Up Heaton Foster McManus Fontaine Bryan Adomah Elliott Skuse Anderson Davies Baldock Last Time We Met We have to go all the way back to 1999 for the last time we met, where Bolton won 1-0 Shinys Prediction Bolton 2-2 Bristol City
Well we've got a good away following hopefully we will be the 12th man and get the lads over the line with 3 points, lets just hope Bolton don't kick start there season against us as most teams like too
It seems according to those commenting on OTIB that Fontaine has been put in at LB. Anyone see a car crash coming if he is up against Eagles???? Chances of a clean sheet seem pretty slim if Del has indeed put Fonts up against their best player.
Mr undroppable, I would have dropped woolford for Anderson.i would have played m Wilson and drop Fontaine he needs a rest, needs to raise his game. Glad to see Carey and mamanus in the middle, by far the best two central defenders at the club.
I agree on Carey - can't understand why people don't rate him as I think he has been immense for BCFC. 1-0 wayhayyy!!!!
Looks like another season battling against relegation then. SL stumped up the money for DM but yet again it looks like we've wasted it. No good scoring goals if you let more in every week. You can only put the blame for this at Del's door. He set the priorities for new players and we are getting weaker rather than stronger as a "team" when it comes to keeping the ball and stopping the opposition walking over us. I'm fed up with being easy pickings for the rest of the ccc...!
Got to say it ain't looking to good for city,I think questions needs asking simply how we started is not anywhere near where we are now. Del is the gaffer and the buck stops there.
McManus looked solid, woolford you wouldn't of known was there, our goals were probably our only decent chances
Del does not seem to drop players when their form dips or drops,he seems very very loyal to certain players.
Still on the coach mate, on my phone, didn't think I would be able to have connection but its working In Birmingham
Couldn't see where I was from but our lads started a bit in the corner to the right of me, then there was a bit of trouble after the game outside the stadium, seen about 15 police cars and vans head past us but don't know if that was our lot?
From where i was sitting, there was a minor surge of City fans to my right and lower down -20 to 30, towards the Bolton fans in last 15 minutes. Not aware that anything overtly hostile, or what had triggered it. But in last 10 minutes many of the City fans were watching what had transpired rather than the game. Certainly our chanting and singing was good banter not particularly confrontational and Bolton fans couldn't be heard until they scored their scored their goals. "Didn't know that you were here" responded City fans. No problems I was aware of when leaving the ground, though outside the Reebok, there was some disruption, and a number of police cars turned up, but like Shiny wasn't aware if our lot were involved. However took ages to drive away from the Reebok, and only caught the boat home from Liverpool with 5 minutes to spare. Comments about the game- defensively we did look very vulnerable- Bolton seemed to have an ability to build up their attacks methodically with many options available. I'm afraid City too often took route 1- we didn't try to play our way through. Again ball retension was a problems-cannot remember more that half a dozen examples of us putting more that 5 passes together, and when we did the ball went back to Heaton, who had no other option but to hit it long, and we lose possession. We didn't have enough players backing up the man with the ball. Starts from the back where Heaton nearly always hit the ball long- what happened to building from the back. which Bolton were able to do. We had the run of the ball to go 2-0 up, but never looked comfortable and in control. Am I being too critical-
