I know it's a bit of a lame thing to say, but can't help but think we would have mullered Fulham and Brighton if Tiote and the boys from Senegal had been available. Simple fact is that Best and Shola do not make a dangerous forward line an do not allow the midfield to shine.
From what I saw he dominated (the admittedly Championship) defenders today and nodded a lot of decent stuff down in the box. It's just that him and Best/HBA were far too far apart. Not sure whether that was because of tactics or just poor play.
Not saying he was great, but he was decent today I thought.
We're always going to struggle scoring goals when we're this immobile and blunt in attack. Shola and Best just don't make a threatening strike force, and our midfield often don't threaten enough either.
Agreed. It's about time at least one of the twins started getting by on more than just their looks.
Are you sure you're not thinking of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen?
Insane that Evra is getting abuse, what are these people thinking? Also, they were saying on TalkSport yesterday that Evra should be left out to diffuse the situation - I nearly threw the radio out the window. Unbelievable.
As long as we get a decent price it seems a solid signing. 3 CBs isn't enough. Still would like one of very high quality to challenge Saylor eventually.
Always rated Davies quite highly throughout his time in the Premier League, think he's underrated by a lot of people. Don't see the point of Sunderland signing him now mind, surely they won't.
Isn't that more likely to be the fact they knew they were going to be offski, so wanted a bit more special adulation?
Not sure, possibly. It just seemed odd to me that they weren't close with the rest of the players.
Being in a squad with Joey must be a nightmare for most players. It was telling for me at the end of the season when Barton and Nolan did the lap of honour at SJP miles behind everyone else in the squad.
Good signing, he's a very decent player. Thought he would have been good for us as a CB who can cover RB, but maybe he wants guaranteed first-team football.
The absence of Sturridge, Elmander, Holden and Lee is pretty massive for Bolton, the difference is between a decent side (last season) and relegation battlers (this season).