footballleagueworld.co.uk/ian-evatt-outlines-bolton-wanderers-january-transfer-strategy/Evatt-" we're not going to buy our way out of this lge. "
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/19882895.bolton-wanderers-sign-ex-west-ham-trainee-kieran-sadler-rotherham-united/6th January signing announced today with maybe more to come.
here's a round up of what others are doing in PL
www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12482997/transfer-news-january-transfer-window-2022-premier-league-ins-and-outsarsenal- no signings
brentford 1 signing of a keeper, despite them being a promoted club and needing to re-inforce the squad.
brighton 1 in.
burnley 0 despite them being in relegation zone
chelsea -0
palace - 0
leeds -1
leicester -0 despite big injury problems
liverpool 0
man city 0
man utd 0
moneybags newcastle- just 2 so far
norwich 0.
southampton 0
tottenham- 0 - new manager. good manager. team picked up under him. still 0
west ham 0
i'm sure most of these might get the odd 1 or 2 on deadline day , but they won't get 6 or 7. I know we have seen 1 or 2 bodies leave.
blimey- Evatt think's he's Pep...at this rate I think he is too....he's getting as much help from the owners as he does. altohugh Pep doesn't tend to have City on the verge of relegation places
every November /December like Evatt does, when they are supposedly the best team in the lge & have to buy his way out of trouble.
it's the only way he seems to be able to get any motivation..via competition for places, because he can't do it himself.
he started last season with his brave new hope, Crellin in goal. then takes ages to pull the plug on him.
this season he actually started with Gilks against MK dons 1st game. then instantly drops him after we concede 3. then put in his next big thing Dixon.
no way as bad as Crellin, but certainly a bit below par, and by the end more of a weakness than a strength.
so now he has another crack at a keeper. Trafford. the keeper with THE worst saves ratio in this Div. so far got away with it.
he only earned 1 clean sheet in 10+ games at Accy, but somehow got 2 clean sheets for us in 2 games. could have been oh so different in those first 10 mins
vs Ipswich . that might settle him down, but he's the big potential stumbling block against massive progress up the lge.
I can see us getting a decent chance at the play offs now DESPITE EVATT, rather than BECAUSE of him...as is my usual disclaimer.
rest of the signings seem pretty good. got big doubts about Bodvarrson. his body language is awful- he just looks like a loser.
exhibit A : (feel that Cringe !!!!!!!!!)
his goal scoring record is like that other hotshot "striker" Kacha who we were told would do well once he dropped down a level...but he hasn't.
and neither did Ngog's drop from a top side help him.
back to the Sunderland game. well they have been faltering a fair bit lately >
last game v Pompey, i saw the highlights..the only 2 attacking chances shown were handed on a plate by Pompey, and they just pipped them 1-0 at home.
previous game...drew 1-1 away at Accy Stan,despite Accy being down to 10 men.
previous game lost 3-1 at Lincoln who are no great shakes.
& previous to that the televised game v Wycombe- drew 3-3.
they've also lost their keeper for 3 or 4 weeks due to a heart scare due to Covid. so on the face of it i'd have tipped a narrow loss. bearing all that in mind.
i'll go 2-1 win. form of Trafford could be the key. if he keeps up the form here, ok, if he reverts to Accy form.... 5-0 Sunderland !.
just a footnote on the Trafford clean sheet against the Shrews...either side of our game with them..Shrews faced Crewe and Gillingham..they also failed to score against those 2 leaky defences in relegation zone with 40+ conceded
so Shrews attack isn't exactly razor sharp.
