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What’s Gone Wrong At Bolton – And Can They Fix It?

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Bolton look like they could be heading for the Championship unless they start delivering results very quickly, and two deserved defeats over the Easter period will do nothing to fill their supporters with confidence. They do, still, remain with their destiny in their own hands and sit outside the bottom three, but form is such a crucial thing at this stage of the season and they just don’t have it.

The Trotters surrenders meekly to Fulham at home over the weekend, before coming up short 2-0 against Newcastle today, and there were alarming signs of similarities in both defeats. A lot of the goals came with players not getting tight to their man, or simply failing to track runs or close opponents down (Dempsey’s 2nd and Ben Arfa’s first respectively) and this is criminal. Does it come down to a lack of confidence? Or a tiredness that is creeping through the squad?

Everybody is full of sympathy for the events involving Muamba and can have sympathy for what they had to deal with, yet their job is to keep their club in the Premier League, and at the moment they are failing. Aside from their obvious defensive frailties, their are further issues. Going forward, they just can’t seem to find the net with enough regularity. David N’Gog just can’t provide that ‘fox in the box’ that the Wanderers are in desperate need of, and Kevin Davies operating as a target man cannot work without striking support.

Can they get out of this trouble? Of course, and all the teams except Wolves will feel that they have safety within touching distance. They have a series of home games till to play including winnable ones against West Brom and Swansea, so it’s well within their own hands. That said, they must improve very soon.

Who do you think will go down to the Championship this season? Still believe Bolton can get out of it? Let me know on Twitter, by searching either Harry Aitkenhead or @aitkenheadhj

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