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Off t'Trotters for another relegation scrap then, or is it? Its certainly nose bleed territory in 12th for the super blue toffeemen. Poor old Owen Coyle, architect for a bit of plucky Burnleys ''Total Football'' which saw them plummet like a passive lemming back into The Championship, then Boltons saviour for a bit with his ''refreshing outlook'' for the game. The Premier League's brightest young thing in management last term and the heir to Moyes throne, be it at Goodion for some or just in the minds of the generic brain-dead global fan of the Eee Pee El, he hasnt exactly had it his own way this season. There they sit in the relegation zone a full four (4) points behind Everton.

     

John McGinlay , another farting no nonsense Scot, wrote a piece in a Bolton Newspaper exuding the virtues of Moyes and his relationship with Bill Kenwright, surmising that because Moyes never feels under pressure from his Boss, he invariably turns around any patchy form that the club find themselves in, and that Phil Gartside needs to take a leaf out of our book on this one. Depending which side of the fence you sit, you can take this one of two ways, either Gordon Ramsays twin McGinlay is dead right and thats what makes Moyes, the chairman and us BOSS. Or that Moyes may not be feeling enough pressure from above these days and is losing sight of what can motivate you when you need it. It could be said that last season this was the scene of possibly Moyes biggest hissy fit in his whole tenure at the club, sitting there, in the rain, with a massive ginger gob on.



The naysayers amongst us may look at Coyle's current struggles and think the grass may not be greener afterall, but its getting to the stage were even his most staunch supporters, of which i still feel i am one, could counter that negatively with an argument against him straight away i.e. what about Moyes second season syndrome? One things for sure, it will be a real battle of wits at The Reebok, where Big Sams shadow hangs over the place like a thick putrid Sunday morning Guiness fart, two of the leagues 'Glasgie Seven' will go head to head and try and rob 3 points off each other and to try to put a run together for their clubs as well as themselves.



People lashed this one in our fixtures as certifiably ''winnable'', im not sure it will pan out like that. For a kick off both teams and their managers will be shit scared of getting beat here. All ill go as far as predicting, cos im shite at that sort of thing, is not many goals and quite likely a draw, FOOTBALL SAGE! ''OOOOWEEOOOWEEOOOH OOOH Moves like Drenthe'' against all the odds has seemed to take Moyes ''pull your finger out'' comments on the chin and used it as an opportunity to laud praise onto Leighton Baines, who in turn heaped some gushing comments about Marouanne Fellaini re-signing about the place, were just like one big happy family aren't we? It half restores a bit of faith and makes you want to eat your own cynical words and choke on them, a bit. Jack Rodwell is likely to be out again and i never thought id say this but we seemed to miss the handsome twat against Wolves. If there were four young players to build a team around etc etc.

Id go:
--------------------Howard---------------------
Neville------Jagielka------Distin(hopefully)-Baines
--------------------Fellaini-----------------------
-----Coleman------Osman-----Drenthe----------
---------------------Cahill------------------------
---------------------Saha-------------------------

....but im just a tit off the internet. So god knows. Its been a bit of a mixed bag down there over the years and certainly not to be classed as a happy hunting ground. The only certainty will be some fat tit giving it beans to James Browns 'I feel Good' at some stage, hopefully in an Everton replica shirt. Bolton genuinely could be the poster boys for a 'no music for goals' campaign for the Blue Union or The Spirit of Shankly once they get tired of kicking off about 'stuff'.

PLAY UP TOFFO'S.