Rival Watch

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Re: Rival Watch

by genome » 18 May 2024 16:57

Bolton, mate...

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Re: Rival Watch

by Clyde1998 » 18 May 2024 16:58

Shocking from Bolton throughout the half - 2-0… :roll:

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Re: Rival Watch

by genome » 18 May 2024 17:00

Commentators had to mention 1995 didn't they

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Re: Rival Watch

by Franchise FC » 18 May 2024 17:00

Not that I want to think about it but Bolton have been 2-0 before and won a playoff final

Can’t remember who that was against, thankfully

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Re: Rival Watch

by Franchise FC » 18 May 2024 17:02

genome Commentators had to mention 1995 didn't they

Good news
We’re a couple of minutes behind and Mrs F talked over the reference to previous years so I didn’t hear it 8)


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Re: Rival Watch

by Clyde1998 » 18 May 2024 17:06

Biggest positive is Bolton can’t be that bad in the second half, can they?

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Re: Rival Watch

by blythspartan » 18 May 2024 17:07

Bolton remind me of us under Stam. Oxford are deservedly ahead tbf and I see no way back for Bolton, but hope I am wrong.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Clyde1998 » 18 May 2024 17:13

blythspartan Bolton remind me of us under Stam. Oxford are deservedly ahead tbf and I see no way back for Bolton, but hope I am wrong.

Yeah. No drive, intensity or ambition.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Orion1871 » 18 May 2024 17:26

The last gift of the Dai era. A local rival we spent two decades above of in the football pyramid getting promoted to the division above us.


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Re: Rival Watch

by Sutekh » 18 May 2024 17:39

Orion1871 The last gift of the Dai era. A local rival we spent two decades above of in the football pyramid getting promoted to the division above us.


Still time for a McAteer response. Be :lol: if Bolton do another 94/95 recovery.

From Reading's perspective both teams are inconsistent garbage so, for next season, it doesn't matter which one stays down.

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Re: Rival Watch

by WestYorksRoyal » 18 May 2024 17:40

Not going to make assertions that they'll get massacred in the Championship, but it will be a massive achievement if they survive. Weakest of the 3 promoted sides, smallest club in the division and smallest budget. Would need a season of Brannagan and Murphy both fit and in form, plus some smart recruitment.

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Re: Rival Watch

by LUX » 18 May 2024 17:40

Only consolation is it must be better than being a Bolton fan today.

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Re: Rival Watch

by WestYorksRoyal » 18 May 2024 17:41

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Orion1871 The last gift of the Dai era. A local rival we spent two decades above of in the football pyramid getting promoted to the division above us.


Still time for a McAteer response. Be :lol: if Bolton do another 94/95 recovery.

From Reading's perspective both teams are inconsistent garbage so, for next season, it doesn't matter which one stays down.

I don't know what's wrong with Bolton today, they're much better than this. From the games we played, they were the best in the division. Better than Portsmouth and Derby.

Aside from the Oxford rivalry, it's the other reason I want a Bolton win. Immediate favourites for next season if they lose imo. Like us after Walsall all those years ago.


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Re: Rival Watch

by Clyde1998 » 18 May 2024 17:47

Bolton’s crossing is awful. The amount of chances they’ve wasted because of it must be in the double figures now.

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Re: Rival Watch

by bloody Volvo driver » 18 May 2024 17:56

Not had a shot on target yet. Outfought on the pitch and outthought off the pitch.

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Re: Rival Watch

by WestYorksRoyal » 18 May 2024 18:01

bloody Volvo driver Not had a shot on target yet. Outfought on the pitch and outthought off the pitch.

Fair assessment. They've been a better side than Oxford all season but you have to do the basics.

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Re: Rival Watch

by From Despair To Where? » 18 May 2024 18:05

Don't care enough about Oxford to hate them. They've been irrelevant for 40 years.

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Re: Rival Watch

by Mid Sussex Royal » 18 May 2024 18:09

Its good there's another decent side in the league which will hopefully stop Hollywood FC going up.

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Re: Rival Watch

by genome » 18 May 2024 18:17

From Despair To Where? Don't care enough about Oxford to hate them. They've been irrelevant for 40 years.


First time they'll be in a higher division than Reading for 30 of those!

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Re: Rival Watch

by genome » 18 May 2024 18:17

No shots on target in a playoff final is criminal

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