Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sunderland: The fans’ view

Monday May 11th, 2009

The Bolton Wanderers match report you won’t read in the papers (or see on Match of the Day)

Here’s how the various Bolton Wanderers message boards reacted to the goalless draw with Sunderland…

Positives
- “We have now secured our place in the Premier League for the ninth successive season, which you have to say is a fantastic achievement however it has been done.”

- “Overall Gary Megson has done a good job and he deserves the chance to prove himself further next season” … “The board should back him with more money.”

- “The second half was marginally better thean the first… although that wasn’t difficult.”

- “Gary Cahill was man of the match yet again” … “Gavin McCann does a great job and does exactly what’s asked of him. It’s time he got some credit too.”

- “Riga and Mark Davies livened things up significantly. They should play every week.”

Negatives
- “We’ve seen some garbage this season but that was a very,very long 90 minutes… the club should start showing re-runs of old cup games on the big screen to keep the fans entertained while the match is on” … “It was as if the players had never met each other before” … “The team has about as much personality as Megson.”

- “We were awful. Sunderland would have won 3-0 if they could finish” … “This does not bode well for the entertainment value and attendances at the Reebok next season” … “Surely season ticket sales are going to be massively down” … “Watching us struggle at home against a team as bad as Sunderland really is the final straw.”

- “And Megson’s post-match comments didn’t help either.”

- “Johan Elmander is short on confidence and needs a goal but you have to question whether he’ll ever make the grade.”

- “Megson is obsessed with the idea of players who put a shift in, but that’s not enough” … “He shouldn’t be given the chance to waste more of our money on the likes of Elmander and Fabrice Muamba again this summer.”

- “It wouldn’t be a surprise if Hull outplay us next week too.”

Disagree? Have your say on the game in the comment box below…

Watch Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sunderland video highlights here

Sources: The Bolton News, Burnden Aces, Rivals, Bolton Banter, BBC 606, Bolton Wanderers Mad, The Wanderer