When it comes to players on the edge of the England squad, Bolton have had their fair share over the past couple of years. Fat Kev was almost always the pundits bet to be in squads leading up to the 2006 World Cup (Jermaine Jenas went) and SuperKev and Gary Cahill were in the long list in the early days of Fabio's reign and now Gary has made it into the squad and it can only be a matter of time before he gets his first cap, especially as Lescott has shown he's not worth the price tag and it has been found that the best defender at West Ham was Collins and not Upson not that Collins is at West Ham. So, while one could explain why FatKev may want to jump to the Oirish Republic and Trigger McAteer did fifteen odd years go, there would be no reason for the Man of the people, Tony Kelly, is making it known what a big hearted guy the GSO is. Speaking the bleeding obvious, Tony states that many supporters haven't taken the GSO to their hearts over the past two years (for many, read most) but that attitude may be changing. While we at the Towers know only too well that one swallow does not make a spring, we also know how a few good results can change the perception of a manager. I mean, when Rafa gets the boot and skulks back to Spain come next Summer for missing out on the Champions League by three points, many will say "alright, he won the European Cup but he didn't push on from there" forgetting the beach ball incident. We all have short memories, but many Bolton fans will take some time to forget the GSO's constant sniping at us, even if Tony asks him for a few favours now and then. If the GSO keeps this form up, good. But we did this well last November and there were still calls for him to go at the beginning of this season, and not only from this keyboard. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. If we continue to play the way we are doing then he will win over more fans. Go back to the tactics of the beginning of the season and beware the turning of the fan.
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