[MNTerrier]

Had some spare time late at night so figured id throw up a quick Bolton thread

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  Huddersfield come into this game on the back of 2 very good performances the first a convincing 3-1 win against Preston the second a 1-1 draw away at QPR. a good point for most town fans but the performance warranted all 3.
  Wagners squad rotation seems to have paid dividends over the past 2 games and news out of the john smith stadium is that the whole squad is fit barring Dean Whitehead.
  The players will be looking to impress, with the transfer window opening presently and with no secret that Wagner will be looking to reinforce his squad there are several players who will be looking over their shoulder.
 
 Bolton by contrast seem to be a famous but very smelly creek without a paddle, bottom of the division, under a transfer embargo and seemingly bankrupt. Rumor is the macron stadium could see a fire sale in January to help balance the books. having said that they beat Blackburn on Tuesday and the fans hope this could be the start of an escape from the foot of the table. An animal is often the most dangerous when its wounded and Bolton should not be underestimated

the biggest controversy regarding the game is about the allocation of tickets to away fans, recent results and performances has see the initial allocation of 2200 sell out fast, for such a local game its seems low but news out of Bolton is that they cannot guarantee how many fans above that would come and a further ticket allocation would mean having to open the upper tier of the away stand, something that at this time may not be financially viable.
several town fans have said they are going over anyway in the hope that if enough of them show up it will force wanderers to open the upper tier
this is risky and could leave many a fan disappointed I also doubt that Greater Manchester police will welcome the extra work needed

if you are going over leave with plenty of time to spare, with the recent weather there isn't a guarantee that the roads will be in good nick or what traffic will be like


Team

I think Wagner will start with a team similar to the one he started against Preston with a 4-2-3-1 formation

Murphy

Chilwell Lynch Hudson Smith

Hogg Huws

Lolley Bunn Scannell

Wells

[theo_luddite]

Well in MNt . Saved me a lot of copying and pasting this morning.

On the ticket side, if 1000 turn up that is going to raise between £20-£25,000. Can't see how paying a few more gate, security and catering staff will cost them that much. Any additional food/drink will at least pay for itself (depending on the deal they have with catering).

Would have gone but tickets were sold out before I blinked.

[jjamez]

I think dw will make a few changes to mondays line up. Chilwell and lynch will come back in as you have said but i could see billing coming in for todays game seeing as bolton are quite a big side

[jjamez]

Jed steer back and starts. 5 changes made and ish 'the titan' miller is on the bench. Can add 2 letters or take 2 away and it sounds better...

[theo_luddite]

Herr Lolley puts another £1 in the kids breakfast fund

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Sieben Punkte über Weihnachten, wunderbar. Danke Herr Wagner.

[theo_luddite]

Goals looked sweet on SKY, didn't show penalty foul/whatever, bunch of merchants.

[HighlandTerrier58]

Another wonderful and encouraging result. The best Christmas haul for yonks! UTT!
Did the travelling support enjot it?

[theo_luddite]

Herr Lolley puts another £1 in the kids breakfast fund

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Sieben Punkte über Weihnachten, wunderbar. Danke Herr Wagner.

Don't think über is exactly the right word but sod it I'll take 7 points

[sloppyattheback]

Great feeling, 3 excellent Xmas performances ( i conveniently think Dec 18th at Brentford was way too pre xmas to count ) and once again we're strong in the last 10-20 mins with plenty of pace, good subbings and movement from behind Wells that is genuinely hurting the oppostion.

We were shakey, didnt start well, they hit the post and Madine flashed a header wide, a couple of early blocks, but once what appeared at full throttle, a stone wall pen on Wells declined in front of the 2221 ( well 2220 cos my lad was too ill to make the trip north) that seemed to kickstart our game and we built a platform to then kick on 2nd half.

Lolley, Pato, Bunn all running directly at them, Hogg n Huws solid, credit to Smith who was on his game too today. Our neat interchange passing, once we put some pace into things we really do tick. Seen the sky goals on my phone since, nice reaction from Trolley Dolly to hammer home his rebound and Muzzy in the right place to slide in the loose ball from Wells late effort.

Difficult to get a full appreciation with the goals up the other end, the home fans headed home on 87 so made getting out that bit easier and time to enjoy the injury time seeing it out, just about everyone stayed and applauded as the game ended with the ball in the town box. Great celebration in that moment ( Germanic speak) Wagner saluting the fans once he'd congratulated every player so made us wait.

Even looking forward to next weeks cup game now, take it seriously play a full squad and see if we can get into Round 4.

Might just make the week ahead back at work more manageable.

Happy New Year all.

[WakeyTerrier]

Hello, hello...I'm back off my jollies....what did I miss