Bolton. The name conjures up images of red brick terraces, factory chimneys, old blokes with flat caps, and girls with orange spray tan short skirts white shoes and cheap hair extensions. The place needs a rebrand.
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/spor...ss_Lennon_willing_to_wing_it_against_Watford/ From their local rag - looks like Paredes and Anya are going to be kept busy.
FML just realised they signed Adam Le Fondre. He already has two rubbish goals against us this season - guaranteed another one.
FIFA Predicts... Bolton 1 - 2 Watford 15' - Ighalo - After chesting down a long ball, Ighalo half volleys it over the oncoming keeper from the edge of the box 36' - Clough - Shot from inside the box to the right hand side of the goal 68' - Deeney - Layun passes the ball across the box and Deeney taps it in from inside the six yard box Watford substitutions: 60' - Watson off/Abdi on 60' - Ighalo off/Vydra on 73' - Tozser off/Munari on Man of the match: Miguel Layun Odds: Ighalo FGS and 1-2 @40/1 --------------------------------- P31 W20 D5 L6 Pts65 GD20 We would be 1st in the table Top scorers: Deeney (9) Vydra (7) Ighalo (6) Most assists: Abdi (6) Tozser (6) Ighalo (4)
If Bolton are playing the diamond we should set up 3-5-2 and they won't get near us. They are dangerous from set pieces though, also why I'd rather a third CB.
If they adopt the wingers, they will most likely get around the back of our wing backs if we play 3-5-2. I'd go with 4-4-2
Say what you will about Ekstrand but he doesn't panic on the ball as much as Hoban. Hoban can defend well but distributing in a back 3 is just as important. Hoban punts it upfield every time.
Er no ... If they play four in the middle, our five will starve their wingers of service and if they do get crosses in we have 3 CD's to clean up - trust me it's why we were successful in Zola's first season, right until they got wise to it and started matching us up. It also means we can break fast on them when their full backs are pushed up.
"Watford come to town in goal-scoring form – having put seven past Blackpool and five past Charlton in their last four outings." Even our opposition seem keen to forget the 2-0 loss at Bournemouth.
They obviously don't count it because they realise that without the dodgy ref we would have won that game too
They seem pretty confident up there: http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25883&start=20
They're very weak upfront. And in losing Lee Chung they lost one of their best players. I don't really rate Le Fondre, Gudjonsen is old, Heskey and Davies not fit apparently so not sure what their attacking threat it. Always liked Mark Davies he's good. Bannan and Pratley decent-ish players too so some quality in midfield. 3-0 Watford.
Lennon is apparently planning on playing two conventional wingers and setting up to attack. If he goes ahead with that, it'll leave gaps for us to exploit and should help us get control of the midfield.
Them coming out to attack is the best scenario for us, especially if we set the formation the same as against Brentford.
Lennon has taken them from rock the bottom of the league to mid table PDQ. This game will be no pushover.
