Watched the game on TV as I live in Surrey. Thought we were poor for the first 70 minutes, couldn’t seem to string passes together, the off the ball positioning was terrible but all in all, we looked like a team who has had very little game time. Our defence isn’t good. I have no idea what Kienan was doing for the first goal, he should have been tight, instead, got pulled out of position with ease. The second goal, how can Sammon, who was knocked to the floor by Ramis get up, run past Ramis and score (through a lucky deflection of his arm)? Boycey has been a great servant, but it’s time for him to be on the bench and Perch, he has been in more positions than an illustration in a kama sutra book! Where are the left backs that we have?

On the positive side, the last 15 minutes were more like it. I thought Forshaw has the ability and will get better. I thought Kvist was decent and looked strong on the ball. How Riera is being kept out I don’t know, as is Waghorn…both looked strong when they came on…and backs up the argument of why would Rosler change the side from Birmingham. McLean was looking sharp which is good considering he hasn’t played this season.

I like Rosler and think he will turn this around but he should have realised after the 1st 45 minutes how Ipswich were setup, very strong in midfield and defence and hitting us on the break – Typical strong Mick Macarthy team. He should have switched to a more pressing 3-5-2 using Delort, Riera with Mclean and Waghorn supporting from the wing areas and Forshaw supporting through the middle, instead he stuck with 4-3-2-1 (because it wasn’t 4-3-3) which Ipswich contained comfortably. I think Rosler has changed too much too quickly and now is forcing game time for new players at the cost of losing matches.

…mind you, if we kept the new players out of the side, we would only be moaning about how they are not included (Just like we did under Martinez!)

apparently, he is still being paid by Chelsea (about £100k a week) so I don’t think RDM would want to start a new job because that will be the end of his payments…

Well, lets look at that. We lost 5 players that had some meaning to the team for the FA Cup/Prem:

Kone
Di Santo
Alcaraz – when fit
Figgs
Mccarthy
Robles

in summary, we brought it

Fortune & Holt
Barnett
Shotton
Rogne
Powell
Carson

So which one of the players we brought into the club is significantly worse than ones which left?

I am not saying we have a much better team now but its not much worse and I didn’t expect to be 13 points behind the top 3 in the championship going into December, playing 4 games more than anyone else in the league should not cause a good team to lose 13 points.

I don’t think it is the players at all. The tactics by this clown are indefensible. How can you change a team so much that used to have about 50 to 60% possession and string more than 2 passes together to a team that has 37% possession at home and hoof the ball? There is no game plan, no plan to keep the ball, players being played out of position, players who should be playing not playing….do I need to go on?

When Bob first got the job, it was plain to see what he was trying to achieve…and it was drab at times, but you could see a plan and what he was trying to build…can you honestly say that about Coyle?

Having worked with many Bolton fans, I thought it was sour grapes when Coyle was appointed and Bolton fans were telling me about Coyle being a poor manager due to a lack of plan, players out of position, no real tactic….Hard to prove them wrong at the moment isn’t it.

I cant see what good it will be keeping Coyle. We will finish the season in the bottom half and then watch the players leave the club.

We have played 4 games more than other people in our league….apart from Burnley and Leicester who we have played 3 more games than because of their involvement in the league cup..

…so poor excuse really

#coyleout

so the answer is to leave them both on the bench for the season?

#coyleout

I would have Martinez back in a flash….I don’t get this Bob bashing going on here…arguably one of the best managers in our history. The downheartedness I feel at the moment with our current management and the way we play is unbelievable….if only we kept Ramis, Caldwell and Alcaraz fit all season, it would have been a different storey maybe…

Roll on the next 6 months then we can remove the incumbent management and push for promotion back to the Prem.

[quite poetic for a Wednesday morning B) ]

I just want him to leave/resign/get the sack…..terrible appointment in the first place and those who know me also know I said this when he was appointed.

I cannot get my head around why Whelan chose him knowing that his style of play would be in contrast to Martinez and everything that Martinez setup…

I was a massive Martinez fan because I could see what he was trying to do on the little funds he had…it was frustrating at times, but can anyone say it has been less frustrating this season so far? If anyone thought Martinez didn’t have a clue, I can point you in the direction of a number of publications regarding football strategy and statistics, with one of the books stating that Martinez is a thought leader when it comes to football strategy…maybe an earlier post on here, suggesting Whelan’s reluctance to back Martinez financially, is correct.

I for one will be made up if Coyle goes…but it will have to happen before the year end.

He has a Holiday home in Mallorca….