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We wandered down to the Macron in good spirits after our fine win at Swindon last week, for the third part of a Macron triple weekend.
The BWSA meeting with James Henry and Keshi Anderson had been thoroughly entertaining on Thursday evening, while a trip to the stadium for the Bolton Beer Festival on Friday night was a refreshingly good substitute for the much-missed Fanzone, with the Govans providing the entertainment.
Could the Wanderers provide a happy ending to a perfect weekend?
Barring injuries, changes to the Wanderers line-up seem to be minimal these days as Phil Parkinson has started to find his best starting XI and way to play.
Sammy Ameobi came in for James Henry in an otherwise unchanged team.
The Wanderers carried on from where they had left off at Swindon and took the game to Oldham.
When Zach Clough scored with his superb free kick, he made it look so easy that we hoped the other players were watching and learning and that we might be in for the deluge Parkinson had mentioned in the week.
Football is rarely that simple and, in fairness, Oldham played their part in a typical combative Lancashire derby, especially at the start of the second half when they threw everything at us.
The defence coped admirably and on the occasion that they didn’t, Mark Howard pulled off a great save.
Having weathered the storm, it was left to Clough to wrap it up after an almighty scramble in their penalty area.
I believe things are coming together now on the pitch.
We seem to be settling down as a team and beginning to develop our way of playing.
In modern football, there has to be flexibility to cope with the varied opposition but successful teams set out their way of playing and adapt when necessary.
While it is important that a settled line-up is established, it is also important to have good, reliable back-up on the bench.
Now that the injuries are starting to clear up, the substitutes are looking stronger, with Derik Osede making a welcome return and Dorian Dervite back in the frame.
We have seen two good performances and wins, admittedly, against teams in the bottom five.
The next few matches against trickier opposition should provide a truer guide as to whether we really are starting to come together.
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The BWSA meeting with James Henry and Keshi Anderson had been thoroughly entertaining on Thursday evening, while a trip to the stadium for the Bolton Beer Festival on Friday night was a refreshingly good substitute for the much-missed Fanzone, with the Govans providing the entertainment.
Could the Wanderers provide a happy ending to a perfect weekend?
Barring injuries, changes to the Wanderers line-up seem to be minimal these days as Phil Parkinson has started to find his best starting XI and way to play.
Sammy Ameobi came in for James Henry in an otherwise unchanged team.
The Wanderers carried on from where they had left off at Swindon and took the game to Oldham.
When Zach Clough scored with his superb free kick, he made it look so easy that we hoped the other players were watching and learning and that we might be in for the deluge Parkinson had mentioned in the week.
Football is rarely that simple and, in fairness, Oldham played their part in a typical combative Lancashire derby, especially at the start of the second half when they threw everything at us.
The defence coped admirably and on the occasion that they didn’t, Mark Howard pulled off a great save.
Having weathered the storm, it was left to Clough to wrap it up after an almighty scramble in their penalty area.
I believe things are coming together now on the pitch.
We seem to be settling down as a team and beginning to develop our way of playing.
In modern football, there has to be flexibility to cope with the varied opposition but successful teams set out their way of playing and adapt when necessary.
While it is important that a settled line-up is established, it is also important to have good, reliable back-up on the bench.
Now that the injuries are starting to clear up, the substitutes are looking stronger, with Derik Osede making a welcome return and Dorian Dervite back in the frame.
We have seen two good performances and wins, admittedly, against teams in the bottom five.
The next few matches against trickier opposition should provide a truer guide as to whether we really are starting to come together.
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