...but at the moment it is all sunshine and fluffy clouds down Burnden Way. Unbeaten, and deservedly so between international breaks and, despite that fact that Trafford United should have been out of sight by the time Matty Taylor scored, a decent enough performance on Saturday. Whether this has something to do with the previously discussed managerial foresight or signs that the manager actually may listen to voices other than the ones in his head are unknown at this point. We here at the Towers are happy to admit that we fall into the ABM (Anyone But Megson) camp (although we will probably now add John Barnes to that list) but the reintroduction of Jlloyd on the left, giving Matty more of a licence to run and not worry what Stefan Dennis is doing behind him, and Lee and Cohen coming up with the goods when with the first you would have thought that it could take until the New Year for him to bed in and with the latter the twelfth of never, appears to have given the team a new lease of life. That this was due to Sean Davis' injury should not be overlooked but the GSO could just have easily played The Badger on Saturday and sent out a team like last year that, according to some of the X's Man U supporting friends, was one of the worst they had seen.
Reports in the weekends papers seem to suggest that, after the Lee,Cohen,Davies goal against Spurs, they are ready to rethink their reporting:
When can you last remember United taking a convincing 2-0 lead into the break and ending up hanging on to win? The Currant
Yet to focus on United's shortcomings would be unfair on Bolton The Mirror
Davies belied his reputation as a bricks and mortar centre-forward with a beautifully-curled cross on to the head of Taylor The Homophobe (because we're nothing if not topical)
Bolton served notice, however, of their ability to inflict a black eye on any team who take them lightly this season. The Tory
Manchester United tiptoed almost apologetically to the top of the Premier League The Times
To those who watched only the first hour of this game...it would be absurd to suggest that Bolton deserved anything other than a thrashing. And yet, while United regained the summit of the Premier League, they did so wheezing and more out of breath than seemed possible. The Granuiad
Suddenly, it was all Bolton and their strong finish could so easily have extended an unbeaten run that stretched back five league games. The Observer.
AND FINALLY.....FAT MIKE WATCH
Having managed to get his previous manager fired by holding and giving but not at the right time and continually failing to beat them by getting round the back, Fat Mike was on the subs bench in Tranmere's defeat to Stocky County on Monday but was not trusted to attempt to get them back in the game. Come Saturday he wasn't even on the bench, leading you, me and every other Bolton fan who wishes Mr Ricketts well in his career to presume he'll be offering his fat ass to another down on their luck club come January.
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