A Much Improved Bolton Suffer Heavy Defeat

• Tuesday, Ocotber 31, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 22,680
• Referee: Peter Walton

• Jlloyd Samuel [45+1]
• Frank Lampard [45+2]
• Paul Robinson [57]
• Deco [61]
• Paulo Ferreira [80]
• Zat Knight (og) [82]
• Didier Drogba [90+1]

It was going so well until the stroke of half–time, a clipped heel took Drogba down, Chelsea ahead and The Wanderers down to 10 men.

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While Camel Meriem trains with The Wanderers and Gary Megson announces that he wants to concentrate on Bolton's defence two more players enter the rumour mill.

First of all Rochdale's versatile winger, Will Buckley, who is happy to play as a striker too, has been linked with Bolton Wanderers.

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Optimism Returns to The Reebok

• Saturday, October 3, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 21,305
• Referee: Mike Jones

• Ricardo Gardner [4]
• Tamir Cohen [32]
• Niko Kranjcar [34]
• Jermaine Jenas [35]
• Fabrice Muamba [59]
• Kevin Davies [69]
• Vedran Corluka [73]

Bolton Wanderers went ahead twice but a determined Tottenham Hotspurs fought back to earn a point in what was a highly entertaining match.

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Gary Cahill For England

England manager, Fabio Capello was at St. Andrews to watch Bolton versus Birmingham which sparked further speculation that Gary Cahill would be called upon for international duty once again.

Gary Megson believes that Cahill will be ready for The World Cup next year.

"Gary is ready in terms of England.

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After some speculation yesterday it has been confirmed that Croatian international, Ivan Klasnic, has joined Bolton Wanderers Football Club.

Ivan is on loan to The Wanderers for a year and, according to the FC Nantes website, Bolton will have the option to buy the 29 year old striker.

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BWFC24 Exposes Megson's New Striker Scam

Gary Megson is thought to have been relieved that Ricardo Vaz Te decided to remain at Bolton as it would have put an end to Gary's 'new striker scam'.

Vaz Te explained to Sky Sports that he has declined an offer from Turkish club Gaziantepspor;

"It is true I had an offer from Gaziantepspor in Turkey, but in the end I rejected the offer.

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Despite denial by club officials Gary Megson claims that Danny Shittu and Gavin McCann are currently in negotiations with Portsmouth.

"We're trying to move the squad forward and get it stronger. We have got 21 outfield players and it is about trying to make that number stronger.

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It was inevitable that Kevin Davies was going to extend his contract since he stated recently that he would happily continue at Bolton Wanderers until the end of his playing career.

"I hope that I can finish my career at Bolton. I am happy both on and off the pitch. It feels like home.

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A San Siro, stasera, nel secondo anticipo del sabato, sarà spettacolo ed emozioni, e per nulla una gara scontata. L'Inter ha l'occasione per superare forse l'ultimo grande ostacolo verso il tricolore, la Lazio ha invece la possibilità di giocare con relativa tranquillità , nonostante il passo falso casalingo, della scorsa settimana, contro l'Atalanta (0 a 1, rete di Talamonti). Click to continue reading...

La 34esima giornata in Serie A si apre, alle ore 18, con l'anticipo del Dall'Ara, tra Bologna e Reggina. Da una parte i felsinei, terzultimi in classifica (a 29 punti) ma reduci dalla preziosa e prestigiosa vittoria casalinga contro il Genoa (due a zero firmato Di Vaio, su rigore, e Terzi) di Gasperini. Click to continue reading...

Qualche utile indicazione, da Better, per gli amanti delle scommesse sul calcio, ed in particolare per coloro che vorranno provare ad indovinare il risultato esatto. Parliamo, naturalmente, dell'incontro clou del weekend calcistico in Serie A, il derby d'Italia, la supersfida tra Juventus ed Inter, che andrà in scena domani sera. Click to continue reading...

So, Kapitan Kissypants has returned from his Euro-adventure, and apparently, he's in a bitchy mood. Witness his reaction to Becks' "time share" move (via SI.com) . . . "That isn't a decision I would take," Donovan said. "I personally wouldn't feel...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds2.feedburner. Click to continue reading...

Planning for South Africa 2010 has officially begun... Jen, Enyo & all those on board with the helicopter plan (Franz Beckenbauer flies a chopper to get from game to game, why shouldn't we?), here are some quotes I tracked down to get us fired up.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Melissa, this quote's for you. Click to continue reading...

Kasper, via Goff: "I feel strongly that Tommy deserves to remain as head coach."Ruh-roh! Let's hope his feelings don't get in the way of his reason. Tommy's teams are not consistently motivated for big games.His pre-game tactics and team selection are reasonable, but his ability to adapt and make in-game changes (tactical adjustments, reading the game, making the right substitution) often fails Click to continue reading...

Wait, wait. Stop me if you've heard this one before. Ruud Gullit said something stupid . . . Oh, all right. I know it's a bit like fishing with hand grenades, but anyway . . . So I'm watching a stream of Liverpool-Chelsea (Sky Sports, I think?), and I left it on after the match on the off chance that I would get to see Jamie Carragher attempting to speak English (I did, and it was just as Click to continue reading...

When will Kaptain Kissypants learn to keep his mouth shut? Why didn't we thump Guatemala by more than 1-0, Landon? "We still have to learn how to play in these games," Donovan said. "You could tell we were naïve against Guatemala because we had a lot of young players on the field. The good thing is we got that experience and we won. Click to continue reading...

DC United midfielder Joe Vide in his post-match commentary: It's nice when we're at home and we're expected to win. We want to be a team that makes it to the playoffs.What? Revised expectations or clear-headed realism? I've got three possible explanations for this line of thinking. Clearly, Joe didn't receive his kool-aid ration from the FO, and so doesn't realize that we've assembled a team Click to continue reading...

As I referred to in the match reaction for DC United's Open Cup win last night, I'm really looking forward to the potential combination between Martinez and Guerrero on the left flank. From the locker room after the game, this Martinez quote seems to indicate that things are progressing nicely in that particular direction. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to our friends at Behind the Badge for the post-game quotes from the RSL smackdown. One thing caught my eye--this quote from Tommy Soehn about Santino Quaranta . . . "I think he still has to manage the game a little bit better and recognize when to take people on, and when to hold it. That's part of maturity. Click to continue reading...

Tommy Soehn on that ugly patch of "here--have the ball please" play late in the first half that I discussed last night . . . "We had a stretch where I thought we should have kept the ball a little bit better and we attacked with too much urgency instead of stretching them out and making them work harder. Click to continue reading...

United boss Tommy Soehn via the Goffblog:

"One of the attractive things about Greg [Vanney] is his experience and his ability to organize. We've lacked a little bit of that -- a veteran guy in the back that is going to make our shape better. If you look at the chances we've given away, a lot of it is our shape and I think he's going to help Bobby in a lot of respects and teach him and Bobby can emulate some of the things he does.

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