Bolton 1-2 Norwich

Mills rejected new deal

I'll shed no tears.

Twats

Complete and utter bunch of arse wipes, I'm fuming!

What is it with these twats and me having my tea?

That's twice now.

Coasting at 1-1, I go for my tea and whallop!

Knobs.

Report: Bolton 1-2 Norwich

IN BRIEF

Wanderers were denied a share of the spoils at the death as Norwich City ran out 2-1 winners at Macron Stadium.

The visitors had opened the scoring inside nine minutes courtesy of Graham Dorrans’ heavily deflected free-kick, but the Whites were soon back level through Adam Le Fondre who slotted home from Tom Walker’s cross.

Bolton did come close to a winner in the second period with Le Fondre seeing his header cleared off the line, but they were to be denied a point deep into stoppage time as, against the run of play, Gary Hooper lobbed Adam Bogdan to snatch the victory.

TEAM NEWS

Eidur Gudjohnsen took charge of the armband for Wanderers, while Dean Moxey, Liam Feeney and Adam Le Fondre came into the starting XI in place of Matt Mills, Saidy Janko and Craig Davies.

There was also a place on the bench for Mark Davies as he continued his comeback from a knee injury.

FIRST HALF

The game began with vigour at a sun-soaked Macron Stadium, with the visitors seeing more of the ball inside the opening stages of the clash although Wanderers were standing firm at the back.

The Whites were soon on the attack themselves however, with Emile Heskey causing problems for the Norwich defence with his aerial presence.

Out of nowhere however, the visitors broke the deadlock in the ninth minute as his free-kick from 20 yards deflected off the wall, wrong-footing Adam Bogdan in the process with the Hungarian helpless to prevent the goal.

The keeper was next called upon only minutes later, this time doing well to palm away a thunderous Jonny Howson effort from all of 25 yards out.

Buoyed by their opener, Norwich continued to pressurise Wanderers with the Bolton backline being forced to defend deeply.

Having found themselves on the back-foot, the hosts were level in the 18th minute of the clash as Tom Walker shrugged off the challenge of his man before whipping a perfectly executed ball across the face of goal, with Le Fondre given the simple task of poking home beyond John Ruddy.

The comeback was almost complete just a few minutes later as, with Walker yet again in the thick of the action, Liam Feeney saw his shot from the academy graduate fly narrowly wide of the Norwich upright.

Visibly boosted, Wanderers were enjoying the lion’s share of possession although the Canaries were still looking dangerous on the break with Jerome lurking while Nathan Redmond’s long range free-kick cleared the crossbar by a matter of inches.

Up the other end of the field however, Walker continued his one man siege on Norwich’s defence, with his cross deflecting dangerously into the mix with Feeney in prime position, only for Sebastien Bassong to clear his lines at the death.

With just seven minutes of the half remaining, Jerome almost capitalised on some lax Bolton defending as he collected a loose ball in the box, but the Norwich forward couldn’t foil Bogdan with the keeper getting down low to deny him.

With the half drawing nearer to its conclusion, both sides enjoyed opportunity to add to the scoring but were ultimately thwarted come the whistle.

SECOND HALF

With no changes at the break from either side, Norwich were to enjoy the first notable opportunity of the second period as Tim Ream and Barry Bannan were forced to block Steven Whittaker’s close range effort.

Wanderers were soon back on the attack however, with Walker again proving himself to be a thorn in Norwich’s side in and around the box.

Once back in the ascendancy, the Whites were putting the Canaries under some real pressure although Redmond did trouble Bogdan on a rare Norwich attack, only to see Moxey deflect his shot away for a corner kick with the half 12 minutes old.

Le Fondre was then denied his second of the game shortly before the hour mark as his header was cleared off the line at the death, while Josh Vela did superbly well to keep substitute Lewis Grabban away from goal moments later following a Norwich break.

Dorrans almost doubled his own tally with a narrow angled effort in the 64th minute, only to see a combination of goalkeeper and defence keep his effort out of the net.

Ruddy was almost made to pay for poor positioning shortly after as Le Fondre collected the ball on the right flank and attempted to elude the shot-stopper with a lobbed effort, but the one-time England international managed to recover and smothered the ball at the death.

With the game entering its final 20 minutes, it was clear to see that neither side were ready to settle for a solitary point although clear cut opportunities were few and far between with each defence standing firm.

The Whites then made their first change of the afternoon with Neil Danns replacing Gudjohnsen, while Norwich squandered a number of changes from distance with Jerome and Dorrans firing harmlessly wide of the mark.

Le Fondre almost handed Bannan the chance to win the game on a plate with two minutes remaining as he powered down the wing before playing the ball into the mix, but the midfielder was narrowly beaten to it with Ruddy stranded.

With five minutes time added on at the end of the game, Wanderers threw men forward in a bid to snatch all three points but were undone on the break as substitute Hooper lobbed Bogdan to send the travelling supporters into raptures and snatch all three points.

FULL TIME

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Interesting, McGinley said on GMR that the club have been in discussions with potential investors this week and to expect an announcement soon????

What's  that all about

Words can't describe just how shit Liam Feeney is

bryan458 wrote:Words can't describe just how shit Liam Feeney is

We had a good go on the way home.

Saying nothing about Tom walker lest some raving fucking lunatic comes on ranting about how old he is and where he comes from!!!!

What a RUBBISH morning… my reward for getting up at 5.45am to stand in a queue for an hour and sign my kids up for spring swimming sessions at the YMCA... I then take one of them to 'soccer' training at 9.15am... the other to 'soccer' training at 10.15am and suffer an hour and a half of annoying 'soccer moms' congratulating their little shits for no more than putting one for in front of the other - as if it's something to be applauded.

I then get back home and can see it in my wife's eyes… she knows we've lost… I can see it… but… but... to my relief she proceeds to tell me that the air conditioner is broken. I'm so relieved that it isn't the news I expected that I'm quietly confident enough to casually check the BBC site for confirmation of the 1-1 result only to see that we've had our pants pulled down and had our fat botty spanked all over again.

Absolute TOILET. I hope Lennon twats the lot of 'em.

terenceanne wrote:1-2 sounds about right.  Norwich are pushing for promotion and we have basically nothing to play for.  If we play loose we may score a goal or even win it....but if Norwich gets in front I fancy them to nick it in the end.

Can you also tell us 6 numbers for tonight?

finlaymcdanger wrote:I then take one of them to 'soccer' training at 9.15am... the other to 'soccer' training at 10.15am and suffer an hour and a half of annoying 'soccer moms' congratulating their little shits for no more than putting one for in front of the other - as if it's something to be applauded.

I never knew that Liam Feeney ( along with half the rest of the wankers in our squad it would appear) learnt their trade in the States.

It explains a lot.....

Careful Bryan, I'll start stalking you

Their winner annoyed me for about 3 minutes, now I couldn't care less, season was over on the first day as far as I'm concerned

JAH wrote:Careful Bryan, I'll start stalking you

Fair Play!!!!   

He's got Potential, not sure he's ready yet!!!

Agree 100%!

Chairmanda wrote:

terenceanne wrote:1-2 sounds about right.  Norwich are pushing for promotion and we have basically nothing to play for.  If we play loose we may score a goal or even win it....but if Norwich gets in front I fancy them to nick it in the end.

Can you also tell us 6 numbers for tonight?

If I get the numbers I'll buy the club

As for the game ....we were beat by a better side ....that's all.

i was annoyed on the way home after conceding another injury time goal but looking back we played ok against a decent side who are pushing for promotion. Their Manager went for it and it paid off, they had 3 strikers on at the end and it's not bad if you can afford to leave Hooper on the bench.

It does seem to be something mental with the injury time goals, the crowd all groaned when 5 minutes went up as we were all expecting it happening again. We need to be taking the games to the opposition just like we did when Lennon first came in instead of sitting back and inviting pressure.

Again i think people are being a bit hard on Feeney, he's having a bad spell and could do with a break but he's being asked to play more as a wing back. One thing you can guarentee with him is effort at least even if the quality is lacking at the moment.