Federici getting drilled by the commentators and he hasnt even done anything yet :lol:

Past mistakes aren't easily forgotten.

57 min. Mabil on. 4 nil down.

Fed looks nervy as fuck.

Let in 2. Silly billy.

NT game must have jinxed him

Mate this Bournemouth team is nasty

Don't think he could've done much for either goal. There was one instance where he unnecessarily punched the ball away into a dangerous area.

Any news on Antonis?

Is Degenek a decent player? Seems to be getting fairly solid game time in Bundesliga 2.

I have been tempted to watch. Think I'll wait until I have a decent stream, but he's consistently in the starting XI

When did amini fall out of the starting team.. injured , fitness or poor form ? He was playing regularly in pre season ?

NT duties wasnt it??

I think Neil Lennon is live on twitter - talking about Brattan

Bolton Wanderers FC ‏@OfficialBWFC 14s15 seconds ago
NL: He can handle the ball, is good with both feet and can pass the ball. He just needs to get used to the English game. #BWFC

Bolton Wanderers FC ‏@OfficialBWFC 38s39 seconds ago
NL: Luke Brattan hasn't played much football. He hasn't had a pre-season but he should be involved for the Under-21s today. #BWFC

Missed this entirely, but former Glory RB Matthew Davies is now a Malaysian International. Has played 2 qualifiers for them.

It's a shame because he was a decent talent and only 20 or so, but amazing opportunity for the kid.

Weekend wrap. Apologies for lateness, I'm back at work.

EPL:

Mark Schwarzer was an unused sub in Leicester's 3-2 away win over West Brom.
Mile Jedinak came on in the 80th for Palace in their 0-0 home draw with Manchester United.
Adam Federici was back in the starting line-up and played 90 mins in Bournemouth's 2-0 away loss to Southampton.

Championship:

Mass Luongo started and played 67 mins in QPR's 1-0 away loss to Brentford.
Shane Lowry was not in the Birmingham city squad that lost 2-0 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Jason Davidson played 90 mins for Huddersfield in their 2-1 away loss to Burnley.
Tommy Oar returned from concussion and came off the bench in the 81st minute for Ipswich town in their 0-0 home draw with Cardiff City.
Bailey Wright played 90 mins and Neil Kilkenny came on in the 81st minute for PNE in their 0-0 home draw with Bolton for whom Luke Brattan was not in the squad.

League One:

Brad Inman played 82 mins and Dan Nizic was an unused sub in Crewe's 1-0 home win over Sheffield United.
Chris Herd played 90 mins in midfield in Chesterfield's 1-0 away win over Fleetwood Town. Liam Graham was not in the squad after recently signing for Chesterfield.
James Meredith played 90 mins in Bradford's 0-0 away draw with Millwall. Brad Jones was not in the Bradford squad amid reports he has been released.
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff returned to the starting line-up but was subbed at half-time in Burton's 1-0 away win over Oldham Athletic.
James Wesolowski was not in the Shrewsbury squad that lost 2-0 away to Port Vale.
Ryan Williams was not in the Barnsley squad that lost 2-0 away to Scunthorpe.
Callum Elder played 90 mins in Peterborough's 3-2 away loss to Coventry City.

League Two:

Alex Cisak played 90 mins in Leyton Orient's 1-0 home loss to Accrington Stanley.

La Liga:

Mat Ryan was not in the Valencia squad that won 3-0 at home against Levante.

Serie A:

Chris Ikonomidis was not in the Lazio squad that lost 3-1 at home to AC Milan.

Serie B:

Josh Brillante was an unused sub in Como's 1-1 home draw with Modena.

Bundesliga:

Neither Robbie Kruse nor Mitch Langerak were in the Stuttgart squad that won 2-0 at home against Darmstadt 98
Matthew Leckie played 79 mins in Ingolstadt's 1-1 away draw with Schalke.

2. Bundesliga:

Ben Halloran was not in the Heidenheim squad in their 2-0 home loss to Union Berlin.
Milos Degenek played 90 mins in 1860 Munich's 1-0 home win over MSV Duisburg for whom James Holland played 90 mins.

Eredivisie:

Trent Sainsbury played 90 mins in Zwolle's 2-0 away loss to Groningen.
Rostyn Griffiths played 41 mins before being subbed, Tomi Juric played 77 mins and Daniel De Silva was an unused sub in Roda's 6-0 away drubbing to leaders Ajax.
Adam Sarota was not in the Utrecht squad that won 4-2 at home to Twente.

Eerste Divisie:

Kenny Dougall was not in the Sparta Rotterdam squad that won 3-1 away to Emmen.


Belgium Pro League:

Bernie Ibini-Isei was not in the Club Brugges squad that won 2-0 away to Westerlo.

Croatia:

Tomislav Mrcela was an unused sub in NK Lokomotiva's 2-1 home win over Osijek for whom Steven Ugarkovic was not in the squad.
Robert Strika was not in the Zagreb squad that drew 0-0 away to NK Istra 1961.

Chinese Super League:

Adrian Leijer played 90 mins in Chongqing Lifan's 1-1 home draw against Tianjin Teda.
Matt Spiranovic played 64 mins in Hangzhou's 4-2 home win over Shanghai Shenxin.
Tim Cahill played 90 mins and picked up an assist in Shanghai Shenhua's 3-1 home win over Jiansu Guojxin-Sainty.

Danish Superliga:

Awer Mabil was not in the Midgetland squad that lost 4-2 at home to Viborg.
Amini started on the bench and came on in the 57th minute for Randers in their 4-0 away loss to leaders Kobenhagen. Jack Duncan was an unused sub.

Greece Super League:

Apostolis Giannou played 90 mins for Asteras Tripolis in their 2-1 home win over PAOK for whom Terry Antonis was not in the squad.
Kerem Bulut's Iraklis play tomorrow morning.

Israeli Ligat ha'Al:

Ruka's Beitar Jerusalem play tomorrow morning.

Saudi Arabia Pro League:

James Troisi played 85 mins and picked up an assist in Al Ittihad's 4-3 win over Al Hilal in front of 60,000 fans.

SPL:

Tom Rogic returned to the starting line-up and picked up an assist in Celtic's 3-1 home win over Aberdeen. Celtic are now 6 points clear at the top of the table.
Ryan McGowan and Adam Taggart both played 90 mins in Dundee United's 1-0 home win over Ross County for whom Jackson Irvine also played 90 mins. It was Dundee's first win in 5 matches.
Jesse Curran was not in the Dundee squad that drew 1-1 way to Inverness CT
Scott McDonald started and played 85 mins in Motherwell's 1-0 away win over Kilmarnock.
Ryan Edwards was not in the Partick Thistle squad that lost 4-0 at home to Hearts.

Turkish Super Lig:

Aziz Behich was an unused sub in Bursaspor's 1-0 home win over Sivasspor.

UAE Arabian Gulf League:

Brett Holman played 83 mins and scored a goal in Emirates 4-2 home win over Al Wasl
Mark Milligan played 90 mins in Bani Yas's 2-0 away loss to Al Dhafra.

MLS Play Offs:

Andy Rose started again and played 90 mins in mid-field in Seattle's 2-1 home win over Dallas in the first leg of the Semi Final play-offs.

great round up!

pretty demoralising reading though. great to see herd getting a full game. lets hope his body holds up.

Speak of the devil. Brattan and Nizic starting against each other now in the U21 Development league.

Is there a date set for Cahill's Chinese FA Cup final yet? Two legged affair according to Mr. Heinie in another thread, winner gets into the ACL. Soccerway has nothing.

22 Nov, 7pm AEDT (away)
29 Nov, 7pm AEDT (home)

Iraklis and Jerusalem play today

   Italian Serie A
Football   Palermo – Empoli

The Brilliante one. Mixing it in the most stuck up eurosnob league in the world, yes you Nenad, cheers great work.



#Laces_out_dan
http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/domesticleague/season=2015/matches/match=200135843/live/

Edited by highkick05: 3/11/2015 02:17:51 AM

Beitar won 1-0. No details available but I'm sure Ruka played.
Iraklis won 2-0 no Bulut though.

Match report for Bolton v Crewe U21 in which Brattan played 90 minutes.

http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/u21s-crewe-alexandra-1-1-bolton-2779870.aspx

Wanderers and their Crewe Alexandra counterparts played out a 1-1 draw at the Alexandra Stadium on Monday afternoon.

Following a goalless first period which saw Bolton rule proceedings and come close to breaking the deadlock on a number of occasions, the hosts took the lead just after the hour mark courtesy of Ryan Wintle’s strike from just outside the area.

A cruel goal for the Whites to concede given their efforts throughout the clash, they were back level with just 15 minutes remaining as Jamie Thomas poked the ball home at the back post – a goal which ultimately earned the Trotters a share of the spoils at the final whistle.

TEAM NEWS

Luke Brattan made his first appearance in a Bolton shirt following his loan move from Manchester City last week, while Under-18s striker Alex Samizadeh took his place amongst the substitutes.

FIRST HALF

Wanderers looked the livelier of the two sides inside the opening stages of the encounter, with a Chris Cvetko free-kick into a crowded penalty area being headed away from danger by the Crewe defence with a number of Bolton bodies lurking.

Jamie Thomas was also looking dangerous for Bolton, with the home side struggling to make any inroads into the Whites’ territory in the first ten minutes of the clash as Iain Brunskill’s side pushed forward relentlessly.

Callum Ainley enjoyed the Railwaymen’s first venture into Bolton’s third of the pitch shortly after, although Alex Finney was quick to dispossess the youngster as he moved in on goal.

Bolton then proceeded to enjoy their best chance of the game so far as Jon Ceberio threaded a clever through ball into the path of the advancing George Newell, only for the frontman to fire just wide of the goalmouth.

Cvetko was next to try his luck, only to see his angled effort fail to hit the target by a matter of inches with Alex Morris in the Crewe goal a beaten man.

Having withstood pressure from the visitors during the opening quarter of the game, Crewe did find themselves enjoying a little more possession but were still struggling to break past a resolute Bolton defence.

An early change for Wanderers saw Alex Perry introduced in place of Channing Campbell-Young on the half hour mark, with the academy graduate seeing a snap-shot from the edge of the box moments later cautiously saved by Morris.

The deadlock seemed set to be broken a minute later as Newell cleverly pulled the ball back across the face of goal with Niall Maher unmarked, but the captain somehow dragged his effort wide with the goal at his mercy.

With just minutes of the first half remaining, Crewe’s George Cooper scurried his way inside the Bolton penalty area before unleashing from a tight angle, but Ross Fitzsimons wasn’t troubled by his shot which flew harmlessly wide.

On the stroke of half time, Jordan Lussey looked set to open the scoring with a beautifully crafted shot from just outside the box, only to be denied by the outstretched palms of Morris who ensured that his side were still on level terms at the break.

SECOND HALF

Having found themselves on the back foot for much of the first half, Crewe were the team showing a little more promise inside the opening minutes of the second with Lauri Dalla Valle firing wide of the far post in the 52nd minute.

For all their dominance in possession however, the hosts were still struggling to break down a resolute Bolton backline.

Up the other end of the field meanwhile, Maher found Thomas at the far post with a clever cross, only to see the offside flag raised with a goal seemingly imminent.

The introduction of Samizadeh on the hour mark in place of Cvetko signalled Wanderers’ intent to go all out for victory, but their challenge was thrown off course as the hosts took the lead just minutes later.

A well taken long range strike from the edge of the box, Fitzsimons was given no chance with Wintle’s effort with the ball cruising into the back of the net from all of 20 yards.

The hosts then proceeded to pepper the Bolton goal with attacks, but Wanderers were back on level terms with 15 minutes to go as Thomas poked the ball home at the back post after Samizadeh had won a corner kick for the Trotters.

No more than they deserved given their efforts, there was no resting on laurels for either side as the game entered its final ten minutes with Thomas’ calls for a penalty kick after being muscled off the ball falling on deaf ears while Ainley forced a smartb save out of Fitzsimons up the other end.

Brattan then attempted to open his account for the club from distance late on, only to see his shot fly high and wide above the goalmouth as the game ended all square.

Read more at http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/u21s-crewe-alexandra-1-1-bolton-2779870.aspx#DPRJt7A6cEllpwRE.99

Edited by BRFC_92: 3/11/2015 03:17:05 PM

If Luke bratten makes it he will be the first aussie player in recent years to miss a preseason for a club playing in a decent league and make the starting 11 if im not mistaken

Good to know. Bolton seem pretty desperate but I had a look at the first XI the other day and their midfield doesn't look too bad for a team placed where they are. Hopefully he can break in soon.

He will need to get his fitness to the best its ever been playing with fucking u21 year olds

Birmingham, PNE, QPR, Fulham, Huddersfield, Ipswich and Middlesbrough in action in the Championship.

Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia.

Antonis can't be too far away from getting a run

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He'll be ready inside the month so says Vince Grella.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/11/03/grella-rates-antonis-probably-best-his-generation

Brad Jones has been released by Bradford City.