Echo News Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt angry ahead of trip of Southend United

[Evening Echo]

BOLTON Wanderers boss Ian Evatt is frustrated his side are being made to play at Mansfield Town on Wednesday, three days before their trip to Southend United.

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[Barling Magna]

We're not.

 

[Tommy2holes]

The blokes a prize prick to be honest.

He just moans constantly

 

[Barling Magna]

The blokes a prize prick to be honest.

He just moans constantly

Let's hope he's got plenty to moan about after we've played them.......

 

[Swiss Tony]

Lifes a bitch 2 days work in four,soft northern monkeys

 

[brigg blue]

I'd hate to see his face when a Ranger and Holmes tear his tires defence apart on Saturday

 

[overseas shrimper]

The blokes a prize prick to be honest.

He just moans constantly

Is he one of the regular posters here?

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Big cry baby this geezer

 

[Danshrimper]

Wednesday-Saturday is the same turnaround as Saturday-Tuesday which will happen multiple times for every team in the coming weeks. What a pathetic thing to complain about.

 

[NZamba Legend]

Glad we don't have a whiny manager like this. MM is pragmatic and just gets on with things and he's always up for the fight. If we had to play every day he would get on with it. He's very calm win, lose or draw and reminds me of Tilly in that respect.

 

[sufc4life21]

I'm actually quite surprised he not been sacked! Bolton brought in some decent players for this league. They should be challenging for play offs atleast.

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

As Justin Timberlake said, Cry Me A River...

(They'll sodding beat us now, won't they???)

 

[kentblues]

Feel for him- really hope Doyle doesn't pick up an injury...

 

[LCBB72]

I remember when Southend would play three games over four days , nobody moaned about it then .

 

[Swiss Tony]

As Justin Timberlake said, Cry Me A River...

(They'll sodding beat us now, won't they???)

Great choice of song,but check out Ella Fitzgeralds version ha ha,back on topic.

 

[amsemp]

That’s massively tough for them to be fair! Hopefully our fresh legs will give us the upper hand. Fingers crossed Mansfield run them ragged.

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

His argument doesn't really stack up - Mansfield played Col Ewe on Sunday, whereas Bolton played on Saturday so they've got one day more to recover between games for the potentially more tricky fixture (on paper anyway).

We play to the traditional 7 day a week calendar so it's always going to be either 4 days or 3 days later if you've got 2 games in a week. Usually it's 3+4 but this time it's 4+3. It makes no difference to the amount of break Southend get as we've no midweek game for a change.

What he's basically asking is for Mansfield to only get 1 day off between games just to suit him.

GET OVER IT MATE!

 

[overseas shrimper]

Glad we don't have a whiny manager like this. MM is pragmatic and just gets on with things and he's always up for the fight. If we had to play every day he would get on with it. He's very calm win, lose or draw and reminds me of Tilly in that respect.

And he works his socks off, to be fair.

 

[Jai]

I'm actually quite surprised he not been sacked! Bolton brought in some decent players for this league. They should be challenging for play offs atleast.

They've been like us though, a losing mentality to shed, new manager and a team in transition. I think they got rid of almost all of their senior players in the summer.
Difference is they appointed a manager in good time and were not under a transfer embargo so they were able to make some impressive signings in the summer and notably before salary cap restrictions came in.
They have got some excellent players for this level but things were never going to turn around for them straight away.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Sounds to me like Bolton can't afford an overnight stay in Southend.