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Viking Chat => Man Of The Match => Topic started by: bobjimwilly on February 11, 2020, 09:48:34 pm

Title: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: bobjimwilly on February 11, 2020, 09:48:34 pm
Voting closes on Friday  :scarf:
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Jonathan on February 11, 2020, 10:00:56 pm
Sadlier absolutely outstanding, especially first half. Great touch and awareness and so many dangerous balls in crying out to be finished.

Thought Joe Wright was solid too.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Spud on February 11, 2020, 10:39:20 pm
Both centre backs were solid, Sadlier in great form but overall Halliday for me, showed great energy driving us forward & solid defending, if not his biggest test.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: roversontheup on February 11, 2020, 10:57:01 pm
I thought Sadler was fantastic in the first half but seemed to drift out of the game in second half.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: sha66y on February 11, 2020, 11:00:02 pm
Fejiri for me..... I fear Halliday is getting targeted regularly now, the back four looked solid and shaky in equal measure,
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Spud on February 11, 2020, 11:03:10 pm
Sheaf was class first half, his confidence seems fragile though, he fell right off after their goal.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: drfchound on February 11, 2020, 11:03:29 pm
Halliday was terrific tonight.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on February 11, 2020, 11:09:24 pm
Sheaf was superb for the first 60 minutes. The entire defensive set up had a nervous breakdown over the following 25 mins.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Not Now Kato on February 11, 2020, 11:11:52 pm
Sheaf was class first half, his confidence seems fragile though, he fell right off after their goal.

Very good defensively, good going forward, but needs passing practice - or someone to tell him we're the ones in red and white hoops.
 
Has the makings of a real quality player, just needs to get his head up and make the simple passes.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: DonnyOsmond on February 11, 2020, 11:14:25 pm
Sheaf was class first half, his confidence seems fragile though, he fell right off after their goal.

Very good defensively, good going forward, but needs passing practice - or someone to tell him we're the ones in red and white hoops.
 
Has the makings of a real quality player, just needs to get his head up and make the simple passes.

Quite funny to anyone who's seen who had the highest passing accuracy percentage.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Spud on February 11, 2020, 11:16:25 pm
He is prone to the odd stray one, granted.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: RoversAlias on February 11, 2020, 11:38:22 pm
Sadlier was the best player in the first half but Bolton did well to quieten him after HT. Brad Halliday gets my vote, he was everywhere and just keeps getting better. He dealt well with them putting O'Grady on him for flick ons in the second half, a lot of their attempts at attacking actually ended at Halliday. He did a lot of good stuff going forward too.

A mention for Okenabirhie too, who was terrific up front. And Niall Ennis, doubled up on all game but still found a way to influence the result and kept busy and committed all night. He is quite a player and has hit top form since the turn of the year.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Alan Southstand on February 11, 2020, 11:43:24 pm
How does Sadlier warrant motm playing for 45 minutes. Absolutely anonymous second half!
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Jonathan on February 12, 2020, 06:36:10 am
How does Sadlier warrant motm playing for 45 minutes. Absolutely anonymous second half!

Absolutely anonymous? Do you mean aside from being involved in the second goal, playing Okenabirhie through on goal and putting in a big shift defensively as we spent long periods of the half on the back foot.

Not remotely surprised that yourself and Steve weren’t impressed though, you never are!
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: 5 on Tour on February 12, 2020, 06:41:21 am
How does Sadlier warrant motm playing for 45 minutes. Absolutely anonymous second half!

Did you miss the second half Alan?
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: IDM on February 12, 2020, 11:47:19 am
Fejiri for me..... I fear Halliday is getting targeted regularly now, the back four looked solid and shaky in equal measure,


Halliday getting targeted.?

Bring it on in that case, he was excellent last night..
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Alan Southstand on February 12, 2020, 12:11:19 pm
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Not remotely surprised that yourself and Steve weren’t impressed though, you never are!

On the contrary, Jon, we both thought the lad had a very good first half, but just seemed to ‘hit the wall’ in the second half. From tearing their left back a new hole in the first half to not looking like he could run in the second was a marked contrast. It’s not surprising though, as he has been in every game on this recent run of Saturday/Tuesday fixtures. Hence my comments above - no favouritism or otherwise. I’d follow that by saying he wasn’t on his own last night either. Sheaf went from looking majestic in the first half to a mare in the second!

The big positives, for me, were (a) Fejiri - he looks the part and will get better with game time, (b) Ramsay had a big impact after he was introduced, (c) Halliday maintained consistency throughout the 90 odd minutes and (d) we ground out (what should have been an easy) 3 points.

Hopefully, with rest and recuperation, the manager can get them back playing like we know they can. However, we’re due some more bad weather again this weekend, so it may come down to playing the conditions again.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: Filo on February 12, 2020, 09:17:58 pm
Sadlier was the best player on the pitch last night, the Bolton left back will be having nightmares for weeks after that
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: i_ateallthepies on February 13, 2020, 07:47:26 pm
He had a terrific game but I was scratching my head at playing him on the right for the whole game which denied us his ace card of cutting in from the left and popping one in like he has done so well recently.
Title: Re: Bolton MOM (finally)
Post by: ravenrover on February 14, 2020, 09:59:45 am
He's 2 footed right or left he'll have a go. Why on earth we stopped playing to his feet 2nd half and instead tried to play the ball in behind the full back I'll never know