Chelsea 4-3 Bolton Wanderers: The fans’ view

Monday April 13th, 2009

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

Here’s what the various Bolton Wanderers discussion forums made of the 4-3 defeat at Chelsea…

Positives
- “What a second-half performance! It almost felt like a victory.”

- “Our comeback was based on good, swift, attacking football… it was great to see.”

- “Chris Basham should have played instead of Johan Elmander. He changed the game when he came on” … “He provided the creative spark we needed in midfield and took his goal well too” … “and Kevin Davies was far more effective when he moved up front” … “it’s good to see Gary Megson using his substitutes effectively for once.”

- “Kevin Davies was Bolton’s man of the match ” … “but just because he isn’t leading the scoring charts doesn’t mean that Elmander is completely useless.”

- “The fans were outstanding throughout and made both the result and having to remortgage the house to afford a ticket worth it.”

- “It’s difficult to see Newcastle and Middlesbrough picking up enough points to put us in danger of relegation now.”

Negatives
- “Megson left it too late to try and change things.”

- “As brave as the comeback was, we really shouldn’t be celebrating 1-0 defeats as much as we have this one ” … “to score three goals at Stamford Bridge and not come away with at least a point is a disgrace.”

- “The penalty was a disgrace, there’s no way Gretar Steinsson could have got out of the way of that ball” … “Chelsea players were encroaching when the penalty was taken too.”

- “As usual Match of the Day managed to completely misrepresent the flow of the game by cleverly editing out the fact we were the better team in the first half” … “And Lawrenson called us Blackburn too.”

- “The goals we let in show that neither Danny Shittu or Andy O’Brien are good enough to play next to Gary Cahill.”

- “Gavin McCann gives the ball away too often, Basham could easily replace him in the side too.”

- “It’s difficult to see how Elmander is worth all the money we paid for him” … “he’s the new Tomas Brolin!”

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