Bolton Wanderers FC

Lets not spend too much time reviewing the actual match yesterday. We were shocking. Everton were excellent and could have won by 5 or 6. The display was abject, appalling and woeful. Megson's formation was confusing at best, downright foolish at worst. O'Brien at right-back? Jesus...

Right - match review over. Let's look now at something far more important - the scope for bouncing back quicky with an impressive performance. The squad excuse cannot be used for yesterday as, in BWFC terms, the quality of the 3 subs used was pretty good (Basham, Riga & Smolarek). Cohen, Hunt and Elmander should be back before too long, giving the squad a fuller and safer look about it. That can only be a positive. The fixtures between now and Easter are:

West Ham (H), Stoke (A), Fulham (H), West Brom (A), Middlesbrough (H).

I'm predicting (and these words may come back to munch a king-sized chunk of flesh from my hefty arse) that we'll get enough points from those games to be relatively comfortable for the final 6 weeks or so of the season. I cannot see Megson allowing for such a poor performance again and the players, if they have an ounce of pride between them, should be busting a gut to prevent another performance like Saturday's. Fingers crossed, as many more like that will see relegation as a very real prospect...