***Official Last Game Of The Season Thread: Bolton v City***

[Beefymcfc]

Come on guy's, only 2 hours to go and no thread.


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Edit: A few match facts.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

City are unbeaten in their last four meetings with Bolton (W3, D1) but are winless in their last five trips to the Reebok Stadium (D2, L3).

Bolton

Bolton have lost four successive league matches, and six of their last eight.
However, they have won five of their last six home games.
The Trotters have been in the top half of the table since the beginning of October. They are on course for their highest finish since coming seventh in 2007.
Owen Coyle's side have enjoyed the club's most prolific Premier League season, scoring 52 goals.
Matt Taylor is likely to make his 100th league start for Bolton.

Manchester City

City have won four of their last five league matches.
They have gone 15 league and cup games without a draw.
City have never won a Premier League away fixture on the last day of the season (D2, L3).
The club last achieved a top-three finish in 1976/77.
Joe Hart has kept the most Premier League clean sheets this season (17).
Carlos Tevez has scored 43 Premier League goals since the start of last season - more than any other player.

LEADING GOALSCORERS
Bolton

Elmander: 12 goals (10 league); Sturridge: 12 goals* (8 league)

* Includes 4 goals (0 league) for Chelsea

Manchester City

Tevez: 23 goals (20 league*); Balotelli: 10 goals (6 league)

*Tevez has had a deflected goal against Newcastle on 26 December taken away from him by the Dubious Goals Committee.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Chris Foy

Assistant referees: Dave Bryan & Mick McDonough

Fourth official: Phil Dowd

[Mark (Blue Army)]

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TEAM NEWS

Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba is a fitness doubt after suffering a hamstring injury during last weekend's defeat by Blackpool.

Johan Elmander missed that match through injury but is available for what is expected to be his final appearance for the club.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has no fresh injury concerns.

Carlos Tevez can become the first City player to win the Premier League Golden Boot if he outscores Dimitar Berbatov.

Bolton

Doubtful: Muamba (hamstring)

Injured: M Davies (ankle), Davis & Holden (both knee), Ricketts (Achilles)

Manchester City

Injured/unavailable: Boateng & M Johnson (both knee), K Toure (club suspension)

[Beefymcfc]

Anyone heard that the Dubious Goals Panel have knocked one of Carlos' goals off?

[Fesan]

More nervous than vs Stoke actually, tricky away game!

Pretty confident Tevez will be fired up though due to the topscorer shite. Hopefully he can deliver us to the promised land.

I feel we'll need to score atleast two today and maybe three to win. Expecting one sturridge goal and one setpiecegoal from them

[King Kev]

Anyone heard that the Dubious Goals Panel have knocked one of Carlos' goals off?

Yep, and added 2 to Yaya's tally.

[Dameerto]

That means he'll be out for a handfull then (Tevez, obviosuly)

[Fesan]

So he is one behind Berba now then?

[Beefymcfc]

Fuck me, they'll do anything to ensure that the Rags win it. How can it take them 5 months to make a decision?

Come on Carlos, show me the fucking money!!!

[Mark (Blue Army)]

So he is one behind Berba now then?

No there both on 21 as Berbatov had one taken away aswell

[aaron bond]

So he is one behind Berba now then?

No there both on 21 as Berbatov had one taken away aswell

Both dropped to 20 now :-)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... efault.stm

[Crossie]

Im sure the players will be up for this one, I am, but kind of sad to see the season end.

I'm almost dreading a summer of none stop bullshit rumours.

[Fesan]

Official team news:

Hart

Micah - Kompany - Boyata - Lescott

Silva - De Jong - Yaya - Barry - Johnson

Tevez


Not sure where he is putting Boyata, Gotta be centrally for me. Or maybe Boyata at Rightback and Micah centrally? Or Boyata at left back?

[Beefymcfc]

Sounds a decent line-up and am going to go for a 4-0 win to us, Carlos hat-trick with 2 penalties and the Golden Boot in the bag.

Hopefully.

[Wonderwall]

no Kolarov or Zabba? I dont like Lescott at LB, I would be tempted to put Boyata at LB

[Fesan]

Strange that he went for Boyata and not the obvious choice in Kolarov... Then again Boyata was immense vs Chelsea and utd last year! Showed he can handle the big occations. Personally I think he will put Kompany left-central. Boyata right central and Lescoot left with Micah right.

[Beefymcfc]

Off to the pub now. Come on boys, let's take 'em to the cleaners.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Official team news:

Hart

Micah - Kompany - Boyata - Lescott

Silva - De Jong - Yaya - Barry - Johnson

Tevez


Not sure where he is putting Boyata, Gotta be centrally for me. Or maybe Boyata at Rightback and Micah centrally? Or Boyata at left back?

Why is he fucking around with the defence again????? is Zabba injured?

[Fesan]

Official team news:

Hart

Micah - Kompany - Boyata - Lescott

Silva - De Jong - Yaya - Barry - Johnson

Tevez


Not sure where he is putting Boyata, Gotta be centrally for me. Or maybe Boyata at Rightback and Micah centrally? Or Boyata at left back?

Why is he fucking around with the defence again????? is Zabba injured?

Zabba is out, guessing he put in Boyata instead of Kolarov since he wants more height/strength in the box and is not too worried about Boltons wingers, even though that is kind of strange since that is where they have prob. their best players? Unless they come out in a central 433 and play predominately through the middle?

[s1ty m]

Big risk starting Boyata!

Agreed.

[Fesan]

Big risk starting Boyata!

We said that vs Chelsea last year and vs utd in the semis but Big Boy Boyata did really, really well in all three games remember! I still cannot get that image out of my head when he went shoulder to shoulder with Drogba and made him look like a U17 player:P

*edit* Bench:

Given, Zabba(!), Wabara, Vieira, Milner, Dzeko, Balo

Guessing Kolarov got sick or something and Zabba is not ready for 90 mins.