[ 12 Dec 16 ] Bolton v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

- This is only the 16th meeting between the sides and the first for over 13 years. Bolton have won 7 whilst the Gills have won 6.
- The Gills last league tie with Bolton was an away trip in March 2001. Goals from Marlon King and Nicky Southall earned a 3-3 draw.
- Bolton's 12 goals conceded is the lowest in League 1 and 2nd lowest of all 72 EFL clubs. Only 9 clubs have conceded more than the Gills 32
- Bolton have only lost 1 of their last 12 home league fixtures (0-2 by Oxford) and have won 7 of them, 4 in the last 4 games.
- Bolton have won 8 of their last 9 league matches and conceded just 2 goals in the process. The other match in that run saw a 1-0 defeat.
- The Gills are win-less in the last 7 meetings with Bolton (5 defeats) and last saw victory against them in May 1987.
- The Gills have scored more goals away in the league than Bolton have scored at home however the hosts have conceded 20 fewer goals, the fewest amount in the division.
- In Bolton's 20 league games, 14 instances saw a clean sheet (9 - the most in the division) or a blank sheet (5). There have been just 4 in Gills games (1 clean sheet).
- Bolton's 3-2 FA Cup win was only the 2nd time they had scored 3 or more goals in any of their last 46 games (1 in 39 league games). The Gills managed it 7 times in 46.

8.01 Kick-Off [ 4 - 3 - 3 ]

8.15
GOAL! Bolton 1-0 Gillingham: Madine
Bolton have been ahead in the league the most of any side (796 minutes) and are unbeaten when taking the lead (10 wins, 2 draws).

8.29
GOAL! Bolton 2-0 Gillingham: Vela

8.40
Bolton have a goal ruled out for offside.

8.47
Half-time 2-0 (46:01)
Bolton have won 9 and lost 0 of the league games they led at the break whilst the Gills have won 1 and lost 3.

9.03
The second half kicks off.

9.23
GOAL! Bolton 3-0 Gillingham: Madine

9.37
GOAL! Bolton 4-0 Gillingham: Ameobi

9.52
FULL-TIME 4-0 (95:07)

Position: 17th
Attendance: 13,861 (223)
Referee: Scott Duncan

[gillsfan1066]

I get so excited when I see us playing teams like BOLTON WANDERERS, seems almost like a Cup Final, which cup I don't know but after all it was only like five or six years ago Bolton were in the top flight so I am going to pretend that there still there just to make a cold snowy Monday more exciting.
As for the final score if we came away with a point I would be very happy, a win would make me say what a great manager J, J, JE, JE, JED ,..... Glasgow is, (dam thats hard to say) , but as I believe were more likely to get thumped than win I will save singing my praises of this great manager until 9.45 pm your time Monday night.
GGGGOOOO GILLS.

[lidbid46]

Looks really tough on paper so exactly the kind of game where Gills go and win!

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

A very tough game,and it`s live on TV.I hope the performance is there and we can nick a point up there.I will be watching on a Sky one day pass this evening.

[gillsfan1066]

Spineless squad managed by a guy who was in the running to be " Manager of the Month " ,hahaha , great combination, ............bunch of pukes.

[bunburygills]

It was on here live at around 3am so I recorded it and watch it at lunchtime. I thought their playing style was better than the last two games I've seen them play in but they were beaten by a far superior team. A well organised team with a very potent attack. When they went forward they always looked dangerous whereas when we went forward it mostly ended with a weak shot or header straight into the goalies hands. We had a fair amount of possession but only in our own third or out on the wings, not where it counted. I thought Thomas was very strong and held the ball up well. His distribution was pretty good too, which makes me wonder why he's not playing up front at CF and laying the ball for the likes of Cody to run on to. There didn't look as though there were any really bad players, just players that didn't look really good. I think our position in the league tells the whole story really. That's where we deserve to be. I still haven't seen a win on tv yet.

[Rimshot]

Just proof that we are not very good.

There are a lot of fans who like Ehmer and he's got some footballing skills but he is a complete stranger to the notion of marking. The big guys, JET and Nouble, should never be played in the same side. Each drifts in and out of the game looking for the chance to do something individual and outstanding. You can have one but not both in my view.

Konchesky is a busted flush. He always relied on pace and aggression to compensate for lack of skills, now he only has the latter.

GOING NOWHERE !!

[gillsfan1066]

GOING NOWHERE, GOING NOWHERE....., you listen here young man, were heading for a 12th, 13th, 14th, place finish in the Third Division, under a manager who was almost " Manager of the Month " for October, and were looking good at having another run at winning the KENT CUP , what more do you want ??

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

I think you have to hold your hands up at times and admit when a side is better.We didn`t help ourselves for their goals we didn`t play to the whistle,then gave Madine a free header in our box.They had quality on the ball,but my only complaint would be we made it easy for them to score.Ameobi`s belter was really well taken,but we didn`t close him down before.Even without the defensive side being poor,I think Bolton were a class above us last night.Clough,Madine,and Vela were a handful all night.I do agree with the commentators that we didn`t play that bad,on another night we would have got something somewhere.We did keep the ball well,and had a few neat moves.Our best chances were Hessy`s looping header that went just wide,and a Cody shot that was also just wide.MOTM was Nelson for 3 or 4 decent saves to stop it being 5 or 6.I think most of us had wrote this game off,but we need a result v MK Dons before some more tough games over Christmas.

[CadburyMan]

You are pretty accurate in your summation Ken_Tucky. What I don't understand is if other teams can close down when they don't have the ball; can move into space after playing the ball then why can't we.

When I was involved in junior football we had a couple of things we always tried; when you lose the ball get back and defend our own half and we had a simple mnemonic when we had the ball. -- CLPM

CONTROL
LOOK
PASS
MOVE

Its not really that difficult. -- is it????