****Blues v Bolton Wanderers Match Thread****

[hootie63]

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Birmingham City take on Bolton Wanderers at St Andrews and with both teams having average starts to the season the game could go either way .
History is on Blues side with 33 wins 14 draws and 15 Bolton wins in the 62 games played at St Andrews between the teams and will be interesting to see if Lee Clark sticks with the team that played well in the 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest.

[Raters]

I couldn't go last night, but from what a friend told me (and what i got from the radio) is that we deserved to win. That apart from the end of the 2 halves Bolton didn't really have a look in and we could've scored 3 or 4 if not for their keeper.

Glad to see Fahey on for Mullins, and I actually agreed with LC bringing on Davies because Fahey Morrison might've got overrun in midfield, though Gomis should've been on the bench.

And Kev, i like the fact he replaces Burke, Elliott was outperforming him so Burke should be the one to come off. It's like picking Ibanez over Davies, the players need to prove why they should start rather than starting based on what they did last season, which can only be good for the team

ghag, When it comes to substituting your best player there is the Chris Hughton way (you dont) or the Lee Clark way (get a list of the players names, get a pin and close your eyes). You getting my drift here ?


kro

Maybe, although Burke might've been our best player (by far) last season, but he hasn't done it this season. Redmond is much better on the right and the left and no matter how good someone is, if they're not playing well they don't deserve a god given right to be in the team, a problem every England manager has failed to tackle for a long while.

If Burke was playing as well as he did last season, then i would agree that taking him off is ridiculous

Burke is playing well tho, he is the pick of a poor bunch & am a big fan of Redmond, if only he could cross a ball.

Burke or Redmond ? its a no-brainer.


kro

TBF last night he was decent until he tired. But from what I've seen of him so far he has been below par.