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Credit to JP who’s Tweets I am copying:

“Cheltenham Town (v Bolton Wanderers away): Flinders; Long, Pollock, Horton; Joseph, Sercombe, Chapman, Hussey; Crowley; Vassell, May”

“One change for Cheltenham Town at Bolton Wanderers: Grant Horton comes in for his full Football League debut, replacing the injured Lewis Freestone”

“Looks like Grant Horton will play on the right of the back three, with skipper Sean Long switching over to the left, where he played regularly during the final third of last season. Mattie Pollock remains in the middle”

“Cheltenham Town subs (v Bolton Wanderers away): Evans, Williams, Wright, Barkers, Norton, Armitage”
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Bare bones bench. No defenders.
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*worried noises*

Horton has looked good so far but I wonder how many sticking plasters can be put on that defence before the glue wears out.
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2 very very good chances blown already
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Yes, almost a case of having to go 4-4-2 or 3-4-3 or something due to not having enough defenders to make the five.
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Gerrin Alfie! Let's take advantage of this start and get more because Bolton have got to improve, surely.
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Apologies, my mistake.

JP reporting we are playing a back four. Horton on the right.

Joseph right wing, Alfie left. DC just behind Vassell.

And Alfie opens things up. Injuries, ghastly weather, big empty stadium. One of those games where a team galvanises and performs heroics, or collapses. Let’s hold and see this out like Cambridge last season. Don’t do a Mansfield.
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It's not quite that simple a formation. There is some fluidity. Often, Vassel is on the right and Crowley the most advanced when we don't have possession. Joseph isn't as far forward as May on the other wing and is helping out in defence more. Now Bolton have changed things so it might change again.
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Ffs. Not the first time Chapman has lost the ball receiving the ball facing our goal and we concede. And what the rest of the defending was about...

There we go, 20 mins of dominance and missed chances, only takes the opposition a few minutes of getting on top and they're level.
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Mirror image of last Saturday's game so far, apart from the red card.
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Disgusting cynical tackle on Joseph that could have broken his ankle and James Young is calling it a "good foul". I wish he would stop chuckling at everything he says for one minute.
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What. A. Pass. Redemption for Chapman. And a cool, classy finish from Alfie, who is TAKING HIS CHANCES!!!
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Baffles me why, for a team that Diff wants to pass it around, every single kick off we take is launched into touch down the left wing.
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This has been utter dog s#!t this second half. How many times are we going to leave Horton against 2 men? Too many times. Stupid. Duff way too slow to sort that one out.
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Before that equaliser we were eight points off the automatics with a game in hand!
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Off the line according to Twitter?
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20 mins for The Boy to win it.
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Yeah good flick from Joseph, great header off the line. Think Tozer v Man City, but not as much power on it.
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We are not playing very smart. At least The Boy is looking good.
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Full time then, 2-2.

Lose ground on the play offs unfortunately, and lose a place to Burton. Could be down to 12th should Ipswich win tomorrow.

Sounds like the game could have gone either way in the end.

But, unbeaten in November. In the League that is two away draws and one away win. One home win.

Not bad and certainly good enough for survival, but another four points and what might have been.
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[quote="RegencyCheltenhamSpa"]Bare bones bench. No defenders.[/quote]
We had 16 year old Armitage on the bench who`s a centre half !
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