NEWSFLASH! Not only the Bolton News does lazy journalism.

Overnight, the man on your left temporarily became public enemy number three (behind the GSO and Gill Fartslime). His name is David Anderson and he wrote this piece in yesterday's Daily Mirror, in which he backed Mugson to get T'Wanderers out of the mire (whilst failing to mention that it was Gaz who has put us in the mire). Showing a complete lack of research he calls the fans "malcontents", talks about the selling of Anelka (who wanted to leave) and Fat Kev (who was fat) like it was an excuse to put Bolton in the situation we are in, mentions the reduced budget (you know, the one that has been increased) and says that he can't wait to see the faces of the boo-boys when we get relegated after he has been sacked. Well, my face will probably be like that of a crack addict who has scored for the first time in a week, as long as he goes. He naturally fails to mention Robinson, Knight, Elmander, Ricketts, Rasiak, the continuous playing of the Badger, the tactics, the bigging up of the opposition, the slagging off of the fans and the rapidly reducing attendance figures. Thank you Mr Anderson. If I actually bought The Mirror, I would stop.

If he actually wanted an idea of what Bolton fans have to put up with, he should really look no further than his press conference where our favourite manager says "In order to get out of this position we need to get in better players, better than we have got and better than the ones we would replace." This sounds similar to the clap trap that he pushed out last year before bringing in the players that he did. Which worked out well.

In other news, the Bolton PR machine has cranked out Super Kev to talk about getting a result on Saturday against Citeh, mentioning that when T'Wanderers were in a similar position last year we played the Council House Tenants and won. Ah, yes. That would be the Citeh who didn't have Shay Given in net, Lescott, Adebayor, Barry, Bellamy, Tevez etc. And the the manager himself does his usual trick and, you guessed it, bigs up the opposition. NURSE! PASS THE NEEDLE!

We failed to notice yesterday that in the article where Megson Speaks, Matt Taylor drops the info that the nickname for Lee Chung-Yong at the club is.....Chungy. Now, if the club cannot come up with a better nickname than that then surely it proves that there is no imagination at the club, either on or off the pitch.

In other news, Hansen surprisingly backs Citeh , Lofty says "Don't Drink and Drive at Xmas",especially if your a back flipping comedy lion and VitalQPR suggest Little Fergie is holding out for the Bolton job so won't go for theirs (at least he'll have Christmas off so the kids can play with their doddering old Grandpa).

A trip back north beckons for The Towers this weekend, although its boozing, not football that drags us back to the homeland. Until next time, as Arnie would say, stay frosty.

You're fooling no-one you know..?

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday have come and almost gone and still nothing has come out of the club about the expected termination of the GSO's contract. But, as Mrs X said to me last night, albeit in a scouse accent, what do you expect? It is now painfully obvious that even a loss to Citeh on Saturday will not release Gary's limpet like grasp on the job. In fact, we envision him being there for the game against Hull on December 29 and then, and only then, will the board make some kind of decision on his fate. Makes sense, even if it's nonsense. Why can't he do a Jim Magilton and smack Ricardo Gardner in the face while shouting "Rice and Peas" at the top of his voice?

Anyway, early reports this week suggest that a major PR exercise has been implemented down at T'Reebok as first Gary "Gaz" Cahill and then Matty "Matt" Taylor bigged up the boss with Gaz suggesting the bleeding obvious, that one win would lift the team and then Matt confirming what we all knew, that the GSO has a thick skin, broad shoulders and has "bought the tee shirt" in terms of management (although that has obviously never equated to winning anything). Hang on. Thick skin? Broad shoulders? Ginger Hair? Engandered species? Isn't that an orangutan?

Man of the people Tony "Tony" Kelly has also given his two pence worth by trying not to stick up for anybody, but failing miserably. Obviously not seeing the same game as everybody else did, the suggestion that Bolton chased the game after Wolves scored is nothing short of inspired comedy, seeing as how they battered T'Wanderers for the first 45 minutes, as anybody who had their ear on the commentary whilst turning the volume up when Chris Kamara turned up on the TV would tell you.

And after all this bigging up of the boss, what does the man himself say? Stop talking, start playing. So, the players say something one day, the manager tells them to put their words into action the next and we are supposed to think that the timing of these articles went unplanned? Purrrrllleeaaasse.

In other news not coming from the official mouthpiece Bolton News, Citeh stroll up to T'Reebok on Saturday suffering from a case of swine flu or two. Well, two. Craig Bellamy, first choice striker, multi tattoed behemoth of being a twat, and Valdimir Weiss (no, me either but he could probably score twice from his sick bed like Big Sam did last month) have fallen prey to the illness that if you were a real man like yours truly you would have got in the summer. However, even with this one and half men missing we should still get a spanking.

According to the Lib Dems, who have to do something due to never winning an election, Bolton rank in the top four for football affordability alongside a couple of Dingles and Sunderland. However, as many will tell you, you get what you pay for, and I'm sure that fans of Bolton will happily pay more to get some entertainment. I went to the Royal Albert Hall on Monday to see the Bootleg Beatles. Good crowd, great atmosphere, £18 ticket. However, to go and see the real thing I've had to pay £120 to see Paul Macca at T'O2 in a couple of weeks. While the Bootleg's were good value, it's nothing like seeing the better version. Do you see my point? Oh,and apparently, the beer at Chelski costs more than anywhere else, but when I went it was a nice pint with friendly staff, unlike the stuff you get in the Lofthouse Lower served to you by someone who was released from Stangeways last week. Not to ram home my point or anything.

'til tomorrow, fellow anarchists.

A bad dream.

If, like me, you woke up in the vain hope that the GSO had departed T'Reebok, a) what the hell are you doing up at 5am? I have to get to work in London, you probably don't and b) tough fing sheet. He's still there, still bleating out excuses and still blaming everyone but himself when it is clear to even my dead Irish Grandma who never saw a game of football in her life that it is the tactical genius that is Gary Megson that has put us in this place. This time next week we will undoubtedly be below Derby where he found us, more points from safety than we were when Little Sam got the tin tac.

It is always a dichotomy when you want your manager sacked but you want your team to win. Listening to the game on Saturday on the official website (that's Wolves' official website, co-commentator, value for money rather than Bolton's dour, rose tinted, by himself commentator) once the second goal had gone in, a wry smile formed on my lips, the thought that we wouldnt't have to put up with this drivel for much longer warming my heart. Then Elmander scored. Bastard! What do I do now? Everytime I heard the mention of Klasnic swivelling my desperation increased, not only when he missed again and we couldn't get a goal, which I wanted, but that he hadn't got a goal and the GSO was closer to being booted down the M61. It's an awful experience and is down to one man. No guesses.

So, to the papers.

Bolton should have buried the game by the time Megson did the bleeding obvious thing and decided to play two up front, bringing on Johan Elmander with 20 minutes to go. Even a blind man could see that Bolton needed to play two up front from the off. Thank you The Currant.

Bolton have now gone six games without a win and if the vitriol from both sets of fans was anything to go by, Megson is under increasing pressure. even if he has become used to it. 'I am not fearful for my job,' he said. The Nazi. I should be if I were you.

I wonder how long Gary Megson's got left at Bolton. Do you want that in hours, minutes or seconds Stan Collymore? The Mirror

Megson insisted he did not fear the result had pushed him closer to the sack, saying: “People talk about pressure, but there are three million people unemployed in this country.” Gary getting his sums wrong again but whatever figure it currently is, it will be plus one soon enough. The Express.

Bolton are compared to Black Adder Goes Forth (but not as funny) The Times

Bolton’s manager, Gary Megson, similarly harbours a desire to scramble through games rather than play decorative football. And fails. The Tory.

Bolton Wanderers' failure to do so (close Mikijas down) on Saturday cost them a goal and ultimately the game and, if their travelling supporters had anything to do with it, it would also cost their manager, Gary Megson, his job. Dear Santa, what I really want for Christmas is..... The Guardian.

Though Gary Megson is close to chairman Phil Gartside, the team's downward spiral must be prompting boardroom concern. I was always under the impression he slept in a box at the end of the bed. The Indy.

The sharpening of knives could be heard in both camps before the game, but at the end they were being pointed squarely at Gary Megson. The Screws.

After this match I feel that Megson is history. Shaun O'Gara in The Observer.

While Megson is convinced he has the players and the know-how to do just that, and reverse his side’s slide down the table, the number of people who agree with him is dwindling with each passing week. Some surprising negativity from The Former B.E.N.

Gary Megson's tenure as Bolton boss hangs by a thread after his team served up another dismal display at fellow strugglers Wolves. The M.E.N.

And the averages

Jussi 6.63
Steinsson 6.38
Cahill 5.92
AOB 5.47
JLS 5.02
LCY 6.20
Ricky 5.78
Badger 5.18
Cohen 5.31
Matty T 5.65
Klasnic 6.06

Elmander 5.68

Meaning the man of the match, for the nth time, is Jussi and the player who should be carrying the manager's suitcases for him is Jlloyd. However, he wasn't bad enough for Robinson to come back.

A death in the family...

...but that's not really an excuse for not writing for a month.

AH HA! And you thought I meant our beloved manager and his team. Not quite, although at the moment the life support is on and the emergency recuss unit is standing by. As someone said somewhere over the past few weeks, "It's like seeing a loved one slowly ebbing away.".

So now that X Towers has reopened and I have come out from behind the cushion, I can honestly say that it feels like a continuous nightmare at the moment supporting a team that appears to be fading fast. A good result at Fulham notwithstanding, the horror shows at Villa and at home to Chelsea and Blackburn have placed us in the position that if we don't get a result at Wolves tomorrow the only thing keeping us off the bottom is the bigger horror show down on the south coast. At the end of October fans were chanting Megson's name down at the Bridge, now it appears ever more ironic.

It may have been expected to lose to Chelsea and Villa, good teams both, but Blackburn were so woeful away from home it just didn't make sense to revert to The Badger in the middle of the park, at the expense of Lee or Little Davies. Blackburn were there for what must have been the taking but we basically gave Blackburn the game. Thank you Mr Ricketts. It would appear the Big Sam can beat us from his hospital bed.

And talking of the lack of defence, it occurred to many Bolton fans about, ooohhh, last June that the problems that Bolton had weren't at the back, they were at the front and in the middle of the park, so bringing in three unneeded defenders who weren't wanted at their previous clubs, two of which were the relegated West Bromwich Albion and the almost relegated and pre season relegation favourites Hull City. Stefan Dennis managed only three games before being benched, Sam Ricketts managed a bit longer before not understanding what it means when the keeper shouts "KEEPERS BALL" in a Finnish/Lancastrian accent and it took Zat Knight to score two own goals before the GSO decided he may have made a mistake there. That's about £10million of your money (if you include the fee paid to West Brom). Add on the £8.2million for Elmander and that's a lot of money that we aren't getting back.

So, we look to tomorrow in trepidation but hope that SuperKev being banned might make the GSO to change things around. Again, our opponents are there for the taking. So the Towers would be looking at the following formation:
Jussi - Steinsson, Cahill, AOB, Samuel - Lee, Little Davies, Cohen, Gardner - Kidneys, Elmander.

Although we won't.

So, our predictions for tomorrow:

1. Someone to mention "A Tale of Two Wanderers"
2. Someone to ask whether Bolton "Will miss their talisman, Kevin Davies".
3. Little Davies to get roundly booed.
4. A 1-1 draw.
5. Both teams to be at least 5 points from safety by Sunday night.