I do think that to some extent we have been found out and teams know how to break down our previously excellent midfield link-up play. I hope I'm proved wrong and we return to the searing form we showed earlier on; I'm just worried that we have been forced into more hoof-ball and pointless head tennis by teams taking a higher press approach to us and targeting Wiles and Rathbone to nullify them (rather than the simpler diagnosis that we're just a bit off our game.)

Agree with the comments that we were good in parts today but there's no denying that Bolton's fans were relatively pleased with just a narrow defeat rather than the spanking they expected. (This is the common view on their message boards.) Their keeper had a good game and some of their defending was pretty good. Had they done better with their set pieces and finishing, the result could have been quite different.

Nonetheless we are slightly ahead of our two points per game target. However Wigan lead us and Sunderland on that statistic.

While Smudge took his two goals well and REG had a very good day, Ferguson was my man of the match. He is such a neat player who clips balls over from seemingly impossible angles.