Team news and manager quotes ahead of Arsenal's Carling Cup fourth-round clash at home to
Bolton.
TEAM NEWS:
Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen could make his comeback from a two-month Achilles injury
layoff. With one eye on Saturday's derby at Chelsea, manager Arsene Wenger is likely to rest the
likes of Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker and Robin van Persie, and give starts to the fringe
players like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Francis Coquelin, Park Chu-Young and Emmanuel Frimpong.
Bolton come to Villa Park for the 3rd round of the Carling Cup, Alex McLeish has fielded a very
strong side and Owen Coyle is able to hand Stuart Holden his first appearance since his knee injury
at the tail end of last season.
Aston Villa Bolton 1 Shay Given 1 Adam Bogdan 2 Alan Hutton 2 Gretar Rafn Steinsson 5 Richard Dunne
5 Gary Cahill 6 James Collins 31 David Wheater 3 Stephen Warnock 11 Ricardo Gardner 19 Stiliyan
Petrov 7 Chris Eagles 25 Barry Bannan 6 Fabrice Muamba 7 Stephen Ireland 8 Stuart Holden 12 Marc
Albrighton 21 Darren Pratley 14 Nathan Delfouneso 28 Gael Kakuta 11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 24 David
Ngog Subs Subs 22 Brad Guzan 22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 23 Habib Beye 4 Paul Robinson 34 Shane Lowry 20
Robbie Blake 16 Fabian Delph 16 Mark Davies 38 Gary Gardner 10 Martin Petrov 10 Charles N'Zogbia 14
Kevin Davies
Graham Burke 9 Tuncay Sanli League Cup 3rd Round Ties (K.
After playing two tightly-contested matches last season Liverpool scored the winners in the 86th
and 92nd minutes respectively Bolton visits Anfield in hopes of continuing what's been an
encouraging start to the season. Liverpool's had all the success in this matchup over the past few
years, winning the last nine, but with two deserved wins and a hard-fought loss to City last
weekend, tomorrow's visitors will arrive expecting to get a result.
League Cup, Second Round Wanderers fight back to stay in the League Cup
- Sunday, August 24, 2011
- Venue: The Reebok
- Attendance: 6,777
- Referee: Eddie Ilderton
- Emile Sinclair [11]
- David Wheater [26]
- Tuncay Sanli [39]
- Scott Kay [70]
- Martin Petrov [73]
Macclesfield Town took an early lead to shock Bolton Wanderers who eventually saved
themselves the embarrassment of begin knocked out of the competition by the League Two
vistors.
League Cup, Second Round Wanderers fight back to stay in the League Cup
- Sunday, August 24, 2011
- Venue: The Reebok
- Attendance: 6,777
- Referee: Eddie Ilderton
- Emile Sinclair [11]
- David Wheater [26]
- Tuncay Sanli [39]
- Scott Kay [70]
- Martin Petrov [73]
Macclesfield Town took an early lead to shock Bolton Wanderers who eventually saved
themselves the embarrassment of begin knocked out of the competition by the League Two
vistors.
The obligatory Owen Coyle photo
The cup season is upon us once again as Bolton Wanderers open the Carling Cup against
Macclesfield Town at the Reebok. The Silkmen of League Two downed Hull City by a score of 2-0 to
reach the second round. Bolton will look to do better than they did last year when they were ousted
by Burnley in the third round.
Work permit or not, he can train with the lads
Because he's definitely not at the Reebok. It turns out that our poor Turkish delight (yes, I
will continue calling him that) is still in Dusseldorf attempting to work out his permit. I
originally read that the paperwork would go through Tuesday, but it now appears that Tuncay just
had his appointment on Tuesday and that "it is normally a four or five day turnaround with the
embassy".
The tenacious Turkish midfielder has agreed terms
Doesn't that just feel good to say? Tuncay has undergone a medical with Bolton Wanderers and the
signing is due to be announced at any point. There are no official word on terms of the deal yet
but what we can gather is a year long loan from Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga with an option to make
the move permanent that's in the region of £3 million.
WOLFSBURG, Germany — Wolfsburg manager Steve McClaren made probably his last roll of the dice on
Monday in a bid to revive his club's fortunes and retain his job as he made five signings.
Attacking midfielders Koo Ja-Cheoul of South Korea and Venezuelan Yohandry Orozco, German
international Patrick Helmes, Turkish international striker Tuncay Sanli and [.
Wolfsburg have signed Stoke mis-fit Tuncay Sanli, the Turkish striker failed to
nail down a regular first team spot at Stoke since his£5m move from Middlesbro in 2009.
Wolfsburg have signed Stoke mis-fit Tuncay Sanli, the Turkish striker failed to
nail down a regular first team spot at Stoke since his£5m move from Middlesbro in 2009.
