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 Sunday 23rd October 2005, Barclays Premiership, Reebok Stadium, Kick-Off 3:00pm
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, O'Brien, Ben Haim, N'Gotty, Pedersen, Faye, Stelios, Nolan, Nakata, Diouf (Fadiga 84), K Davies. Subs not used: Walker (gk), Jaidi, Borgetti, Fernandes
Albion: Kirkland, Albrechtsen, C Davies, Moore, Clement (Earnshaw 84), Robinson, Greening, Watson, Carter, Kamara, Horsfield (Kanu 64). Subs not used: Kuszczak (gk), Chaplow, Scimeca
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
Assistant Referees: Graeme Atkins (West
Yorkshire) , Andy Halliday (North Yorkshire) Half-Time: Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Albion Attendance: 24,151 Conditions: Cloudy with spells of rain
MATCH REPORT
BY: Dale Brookes WEST BROM TEAM NEWS: Manager Bryan Robson made two changes to the side that won 2-1 at home to Arsenal last weekend. Darren Moore made his first Premiership start of the season to form a five man defence along side Curtis Davies and Neil Clement. Kanu dropped to the bench while last weeks match winner Darren Carter replaces Ronnie Wallwork in midfield as the Baggies go with a 3-5-2 formation. BOLTON WANDERERS TEAM NEWS: Boss Sam Allardyce made six changes to the side that crafted out a brilliant 1-1 draw with Besiktas in midweek. Jaaskelainen, Pedersen, Davies, Giannakopolous and Nolan were all recalled whilst young Joey O’Brien made only his second start in a Wanderers shirt. TWO LATE STRIKES FOR BOLTON LEAVES ALBION WANDERING AT THE REEBOK!!!
A late double from
Hidetoshi Nakata and Kevin Nolan sent the Baggies crashing to yet another
defeat on the road as Bolton deservedly grabbed maximum points on home
soil. It could have been all different though if Diomansy Kamara’s penalty
hadn’t been disallowed due to Geoff Horsfield encroaching. Kamara blazed
the retaken effort over the bar and
Albion were made to pay in the final stages of the game as Nakata
broke the deadlock nine minutes from the end. Kevin Nolan made doubly sure
in injury time when he fired home from just inside the box to give
Wanderers their first win in three games.
Bryan Robson’s men were
still under early pressure as this time Faye whipped in a deep cross for
Stelios but the Greek winger headed inches wide of Kirkland’s left hand
post. However, in the 19th minute Albion almost took the lead completely
against the run of play as they were awarded their first penalty kick of the
season after Kamara was fouled by Diouf. Kamara stepped up take the penalty
himself and neatly tucked the ball into the back of the net but the joy was
short-lived, the referee signalling that spot kick had to be retaken due to
Horsfield encroaching inside the area. This time the Senegal forward went
for the same place but blazed the ball over the bar to let
Bolton off the hook. At the start of the second half Kamara came within inches of giving Albion the lead when he outstripped Ben Haim for pace down the left flank but from a tight angle the former Pompey man produced a disappointing finish as he shot wide with just Jaaskelainen to beat. At the other end Bruno N’Gotty stumbled at the vital moment after a curling Diouf corner had caused havoc in the Baggies backline.
Clement then totally miscued
his clearance deep inside his own box which enabled Diouf to fire inches
over the bar as Bolton continued to press for an opener. Albion then created
their best chance of the game when Greening slipped in the lively Kamara who
again used his pace to split the Wanderers rearguard but he could only blast
his shot straight at the feet of Jaaskelainen who managed to deflect the
ball behind for a corner.
Albion substitute Kanu
almost equalised a minute later but he failed to get anything on a header
after Albrechtsen had knocked the ball back across the danger area for the
Nigerian. With time running out the Baggies went for broke but only ended up
conceding again as awful defending from Jonathan Greening enabled Nakata to
slip the ball into the open space for Nolan who superbly curled the ball
past the despairing dive of Kirkland and into the back of the net to seal
the points for the Lancashire outfit. MAN OF THE MATCH: Diomansy Kamara PLAYER RATINGS OUT OF TEN
Kirkland
8 - Superb again, kept us in it on a few occasions. Is getting better and
better each week.
REF
WATCH
FAN
WATCH MY REVIEW What
an awful performance!! Back to square one again if you ask me. Ok so we
may not be in the bottom three but it’s only a matter of time unless there
is a dramatic change! We are simply awful and I have to say that this team
we have got is not a shadow on the side that stayed up last season. Robson
got it wrong again in my view, playing 3-5-2 was a massive mistake as it
just gave Bolton far too much room to play in and they completely over run
us in the midfield (which is not hard these days) and it’s just becoming a
joke now because we are dreadful in every single department of the pitch.
We can’t defend, we can’t attack and worst of all we can’t
score! Yes we
got two goals last week against Arsenal but come on,
one of those was a
wonder goal and I am getting sick and tired now of watching this rubbish
week in week out, it’s the same every
game. Robson does not pick a settled
side and goes all defensive and we just let the opposition walk over us
until they score! Look at last week, if it wasn’t for Kirkland it could
easily have been 3 or 4-0 to Arsenal before we even got the equaliser.
wba.co.uk
Bryan Robson :"I haven't seen a replay but I suppose if the players were encroaching then Joe Kamara's first penalty had to be retaken. But the referee lost us the game because of the decision to give the free-kick which led to Bolton's first goal. Bolton hadn't threatened us at all in the second half after we withstood a lot of pressure in the first half. It is annoying as a manager when the players have played with a lot of discipline, were comfortable, and the referee then makes a bad decision. Martin read it really well and came from the side of the Bolton player to take the ball on his chest. It was a great challenge.” "There was then a misunderstanding between Chris and Joe for their free-kick because Joe thought Chris was pushing him out of the wall when he was actually telling him to pull it across. That's cost us as well because the communication was poor.” "We were very solid in the second half and never really looked like we were going to concede so it's disappointing when the game rests on a bad decision." "I thought with that system, which was the way we finished against Arsenal, we looked strong and difficult to score against. We should have passed the ball better than we did but there were some encouraging things there." Source: wba.co.uk
Sam Allardyce: "I'm absolutely delighted for the lads, who played, the lads who didn't play and the squad in total because it's all their commitment that is pushing this club forward into a season where it's never ventured before; playing in Europe and then competing in the Premiership. They got another victory. This one was well deserved. We nicked one at Manchester City which wasn't deserved." "We had a little bit of luck at the right times, which is always very important. We had a great save at the right time from Jaaskelainen at 0-0. The penalty miss went in our favour even though I didn't think it was a penalty in the first place.” "Our finishing was so lax in the first half I was getting worried at what we'd have to do to score a goal. We presented the players with four golden opportunities to score goals. They just had to beat the goalkeeper but nobody did. Finally, a bizarre one, which made me definitely think it wasn't going to go our way, was when Hide smacked it and hit Stelios on the head. But we persistently probed, broke them down and made them work very, very hard. In the end they cracked. The quality of chance-taking was excellent. Our two hardest chances were created into goals.” "Concentration at the back was vital today and our defenders did their jobs correctly. Our quality of play going forward was excellent." Source: bwfc.co.uk
Darren Moore makes his 100th league and cup start for the club.
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