' THREE POINTS, ISN'T THAT ALL THAT MATTERS ? '
Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:46 pm
We came, we expected and we conquered !
Ok, maybe it weren't the comfortable victory we hoped for but it was the three points we yearned for.
I didn't expect Slade to change his team that much, if at all, despite having returning stars come back to the fold but to have Whittingham replaced with Pilkington was welcomed by the majority of City fans at the Macron Stadium.
City started brightly and the opening goal was a well worked from back to front team goal, which resulted in Tony Watt getting his first City goal.
I went for a toilet break when Bolton equalised but I understand it was a super strike that beat Marshall.
From that point midway through the first half City looked a different team, the passing became sloppy, we defended deep and allowed the game to very much pass us by through the remaining twenty minutes.
The second half was very much a seesaw event, no side really taking control but allowing each other to expose frailties that each side have.
Good team work and passing got City back in front though the end product was fortunate to say the least. Scott Malone shot and the keeper saved it only to see the ball cannon off his own defender into the net.
Inexplicably City allowed Bolton to equalise despite having numbers behind the ball we still managed to give time and space when it seemed neither was there.
Pilkington won the game for City with a well taken far post volley to secure all three points.
It was not a comfortable victory but it was a victory none the less and City have clawed themselves into a play off position after nineteen games, now they have to handle the pressure to try and stay there.
I enjoyed today's atmosphere, the old school songs, Russell Slades celebrations at the end too.
We looked like a team that could be caught out today for spells in the game but on other times we looked dangerous on the attack.
It was pleasing to see Slade learn from the mistakes of last week and change the system to 4-5-1 in the final 10 minutes too.
Man of the match was Tony Watt for me.
Ok, maybe it weren't the comfortable victory we hoped for but it was the three points we yearned for.
I didn't expect Slade to change his team that much, if at all, despite having returning stars come back to the fold but to have Whittingham replaced with Pilkington was welcomed by the majority of City fans at the Macron Stadium.
City started brightly and the opening goal was a well worked from back to front team goal, which resulted in Tony Watt getting his first City goal.
I went for a toilet break when Bolton equalised but I understand it was a super strike that beat Marshall.
From that point midway through the first half City looked a different team, the passing became sloppy, we defended deep and allowed the game to very much pass us by through the remaining twenty minutes.
The second half was very much a seesaw event, no side really taking control but allowing each other to expose frailties that each side have.
Good team work and passing got City back in front though the end product was fortunate to say the least. Scott Malone shot and the keeper saved it only to see the ball cannon off his own defender into the net.
Inexplicably City allowed Bolton to equalise despite having numbers behind the ball we still managed to give time and space when it seemed neither was there.
Pilkington won the game for City with a well taken far post volley to secure all three points.
It was not a comfortable victory but it was a victory none the less and City have clawed themselves into a play off position after nineteen games, now they have to handle the pressure to try and stay there.
I enjoyed today's atmosphere, the old school songs, Russell Slades celebrations at the end too.
We looked like a team that could be caught out today for spells in the game but on other times we looked dangerous on the attack.
It was pleasing to see Slade learn from the mistakes of last week and change the system to 4-5-1 in the final 10 minutes too.
Man of the match was Tony Watt for me.
Re: ' THREE POINTS, ISN'T THAT ALL THAT MATTERS ? '
Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:48 pm
Defensively we need to patch up but now we are scoring goals from open play and more than 2 and good on Slade for realising the mistakes from the last game onwards and upwards in the top 6. 
Re: ' THREE POINTS, ISN'T THAT ALL THAT MATTERS ? '
Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:08 pm
Carl you're right three points is all that matters and I don't care how we get them
Re: ' THREE POINTS, ISN'T THAT ALL THAT MATTERS ? '
Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:35 pm
For a neutral it would have been an excellent game to watch.
Watts scored a great goal and the Bolton equaliser was just as good. Bolton should have gone in 2-1 up when they hit the crossbar and somehow following a couple of more efforts on goal in the same effort we managed to clear it. I don't think any of us in the away stand had cause to complain if the hosts took the lead then.
Second half we played some lovely one touch football and deserved the lead although there was a bit of fortune.with the goal. It will go down as an own goal but the build up deserved a score. I felt we should have added to that lead as we continued the one touch stuff but we didn't and the hosts got back into the game from a set piece that looked like our defence stood still.
As the game went into the final quarter the game was up for grabs for either team. Fortunately it was us who took the chance.
My MOTM Watts.
Watts scored a great goal and the Bolton equaliser was just as good. Bolton should have gone in 2-1 up when they hit the crossbar and somehow following a couple of more efforts on goal in the same effort we managed to clear it. I don't think any of us in the away stand had cause to complain if the hosts took the lead then.
Second half we played some lovely one touch football and deserved the lead although there was a bit of fortune.with the goal. It will go down as an own goal but the build up deserved a score. I felt we should have added to that lead as we continued the one touch stuff but we didn't and the hosts got back into the game from a set piece that looked like our defence stood still.
As the game went into the final quarter the game was up for grabs for either team. Fortunately it was us who took the chance.
My MOTM Watts.
Re: ' THREE POINTS, ISN'T THAT ALL THAT MATTERS ? '
Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:51 pm
carlccfc wrote:We came, we expected and we conquered !
Ok, maybe it weren't the comfortable victory we hoped for but it was the three points we yearned for.
I didn't expect Slade to change his team that much, if at all, despite having returning stars come back to the fold but to have Whittingham replaced with Pilkington was welcomed by the majority of City fans at the Macron Stadium.
City started brightly and the opening goal was a well worked from back to front team goal, which resulted in Tony Watt getting his first City goal.
I went for a toilet break when Bolton equalised but I understand it was a super strike that beat Marshall.
From that point midway through the first half City looked a different team, the passing became sloppy, we defended deep and allowed the game to very much pass us by through the remaining twenty minutes.
The second half was very much a seesaw event, no side really taking control but allowing each other to expose frailties that each side have.
Good team work and passing got City back in front though the end product was fortunate to say the least. Scott Malone shot and the keeper saved it only to see the ball cannon off his own defender into the net.
Inexplicably City allowed Bolton to equalise despite having numbers behind the ball we still managed to give time and space when it seemed neither was there.
Pilkington won the game for City with a well taken far post volley to secure all three points.
It was not a comfortable victory but it was a victory none the less and City have clawed themselves into a play off position after nineteen games, now they have to handle the pressure to try and stay there.
I enjoyed today's atmosphere, the old school songs, Russell Slades celebrations at the end too.
We looked like a team that could be caught out today for spells in the game but on other times we looked dangerous on the attack.
It was pleasing to see Slade learn from the mistakes of last week and change the system to 4-5-1 in the final 10 minutes too.
Man of the match was Tony Watt for me.
Being more open and attack minded will make the defence weaker but it's worth it for the entertainment value rather than the bore draws we've been subjected to last season and this.