EFL Championship : Bolton V West Ham away, Tuesday 8th Sept @ 8pm (UK Time)

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• Lukerz

  September 6 edited September 6

  Hermansen
  Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Adama
  Engels - Musaka
  Bowen - Austbø - Solomon
  Piroe
  
  Nuno seems to be rotating full-backs & it looks like Pablo & Taty are doubts. He may bring in Orford & go 4-3-3 or you could play Kanté off of Piroe.
• alderz

  September 6

  Lukerz said:

  Hermansen
  Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Adama
  Engels - Musaka
  Bowen - Austbø - Solomon
  Piroe
  
  Nuno seems to be rotating full-backs & it looks like Pablo & Taty are doubts. He may bring in Orford & go 4-3-3 or you could play Kanté off of Piroe.

  IMO, Solomon was pretty ineffective yesterday running into blind traffic, often not making the overlapping run for Scarles which would have been far more dangerous. I also thought Adama looked rusty (being generous). I think 3 of his first 4 touches were errors to give the ball away, so I'd probably integrate him slowly.
  
  Hermansen - KWP Mavropanos Kilman Scarles - Orford Engels - Bowen Mukasa Austbo - Piroe
  
  If either of Pablo or Taty are fit then I'd want them in the side.
• Kuchinghammer

  6:59AM

  It's a pity the Caribou Cup isn't next up. Then Nuno could give the new lads and young lads a game, without any jeopardy. As it is, resting the big lads may be dangerous, and playing the big lads may wear them out.🤔
• Fortuneseeker

  8:37AM

  That is why we need strength in depth in the squad so rotating players in certain positions doesn't majorly affect the overall team performance.
• thornburyiron

  8:46AM

  Kuching is there not jeopardy in going out of the cup
• alderz

  9:00AM

  I don't think now is the time to worry about resting and rotating. We have four games (including a cup game that we're unlikely to give much of a hoot about) until a 3 week international break where most of our players will get a decent rest.
• Fortuneseeker

  9:06AM edited 9:06AM

  alderz, It's a good thing we aren't playing Sheffield Wednesday in the Carabao Cup then!
• IronHerb

  9:22AM

  Where are we lacking in depth Fortune?
• jay_in_cpt

  9:31AM edited 9:35AM

  alderz said:

  Lukerz said:

  Hermansen
  Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Adama
  Engels - Musaka
  Bowen - Austbø - Solomon
  Piroe
  
  Nuno seems to be rotating full-backs & it looks like Pablo & Taty are doubts. He may bring in Orford & go 4-3-3 or you could play Kanté off of Piroe.

  IMO, Solomon was pretty ineffective yesterday running into blind traffic, often not making the overlapping run for Scarles which would have been far more dangerous. I also thought Adama looked rusty (being generous). I think 3 of his first 4 touches were errors to give the ball away, so I'd probably integrate him slowly.
  
  Hermansen - KWP Mavropanos Kilman Scarles - Orford Engels - Bowen Mukasa Austbo - Piroe
  
  If either of Pablo or Taty are fit then I'd want them in the side.

  I'd personally stick with Solomon, along with Mukasa IMO he's been one of the most creative players this season so far....
  
  Also if Adama/Boiro looked rusty, that sounds like he needs some game time perhaps.....
  
  He has experience in a big European league and an away night game at Bolton might just be the introduction he needs.....or not !
• Fortuneseeker

  9:34AM

  @IronHerb, My message didn't say "needed" as an indication we are lacking, it said need as we have to be able to cover certain positions over the long season ahead to enable us to rotate players and in case of injuries and suspensions. Did we get all the players we could have in the last window probably not, but we just have to get on with it now until January.
• alderz

  10:32AM

  jay_in_cpt said:

  Also if Adama/Boiro looked rusty, that sounds like he needs some game time perhaps.....
  
  He has experience in a big European league and an away night game at Bolton might just be the introduction he needs.....or not !

  When I said "rusty" I was trying to find a nicer and more patient way of saying that I thought he looked useless! I'm sure with time he'll come good, but there was nothing in his performance that made me think he should displace Scarles, who - I thought - had a good game excluding one or two brainfart moments. I'd like to see Boiro get the last half hour, and then maybe eventually replace Scarles a game or two down the line.
• thornburyiron

  10:38AM

  We’ve never won at their stadium in 11 visits
• jay_in_cpt

  10:59AM edited 11:00AM

  thornburyiron said:

  We’ve never won at their stadium in 11 visits

  But it was never called the Toughsheet Community Stadium though !!! That name, if you say it quickly it half sounds like something else you might say to someone..........
• IronHerb

  11:28AM

  Fortuneseeker said:

  @IronHerb, My message didn't say "needed" as an indication we are lacking, it said need as we have to be able to cover certain positions over the long season ahead to enable us to rotate players and in case of injuries and suspensions. Did we get all the players we could have in the last window probably not, but we just have to get on with it now until January.

  So we're not lacking depth then as we have all bases covered, maybe not to everyones liking, but we do.
• ASLEFshrugged

  11:31AM edited 11:34AM

  This is Bolton's first season back in the Championship after a seven season absence which included a season in League Two.
  
  They lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the Carabao, beat Preston, drew at QPR but have lost three in a row; Lincoln, Sheffield United and Millwall.
  
  Two of their four goals have come from CF Simon Dalby who was top scorer last season
  
  They'll be without Welsh international CM Josh Sheehan who got sent off at the weekend
  
  Steven Schumacher has been manager for 18 months, has previously managed Stoke and Plymouth in the Championship. Despite the name he's from Liverpool not Germany
  
  Last time we visited was 9 April 2011 when it was called the Reebok and we lost 3-0
  
  Other than that, not a lot...
• Fortuneseeker

  11:41AM

  I don't know IronHerb want do you think?
  
  We have two good CDM's that we could use but NES doesn't appear to want to?
• thornburyiron

  1:23PM

  It may not have been called the Toughsheet stadium when it opened but since it opened we’ve never won there. 11 visits and a couple of draws is our best effort.
• Kuchinghammer

  1:26PM

  thornburyiron said:

  Kuching is there not jeopardy in going out of the cup

  Minimal, because we have the Big Lads ready to use as subs if needed. Whereas we can't do that against Bolton.
• jay_in_cpt

  2:39PM edited 2:39PM

  thornburyiron said:

  It may not have been called the Toughsheet stadium when it opened but since it opened we’ve never won there. 11 visits and a couple of draws is our best effort.

  I do know that, thanks to your earlier post, I was just having a laugh & making it a bit lighthearted...Oh well..!!!
• jay_in_cpt

  2:41PM edited 2:42PM

  alderz said:

  jay_in_cpt said:

  Also if Adama/Boiro looked rusty, that sounds like he needs some game time perhaps.....
  
  He has experience in a big European league and an away night game at Bolton might just be the introduction he needs.....or not !

  When I said "rusty" I was trying to find a nicer and more patient way of saying that I thought he looked useless! I'm sure with time he'll come good, but there was nothing in his performance that made me think he should displace Scarles, who - I thought - had a good game excluding one or two brainfart moments. I'd like to see Boiro get the last half hour, and then maybe eventually replace Scarles a game or two down the line.

  That's okay, calling a player useless, or is it....!!!! I'm again NOT being serious.....
  I know you're smart enough not to form an opinion of a player after just a cameo performance.....
• Fortuneseeker

  2:46PM

  People can be very quick to form an opinion about a player & have been proved in the past that they can be wrong, we have had a manager or two to do that and it's proved very costly for the club.
• IronHerb

  4:18PM

  Fortuneseeker said:

  I don't know IronHerb want do you think?
  
  We have two good CDM's that we could use but NES doesn't appear to want to?

  I think we're fine. As for the two CDM's, one is injured and one, apparently, is looking for another club.