http://bolton.theoffside.com News from Bolton Wanderers Football Club Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:36:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We could have done a lot worse, a loss would not have helped our cause. But the game against West-Brom yesterday which ended in an extremely boring 0-0 showed just how badly we need balls in the back of the net. The trotters were par with WBA in just about ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/a-boring-game-and-a-big-signing.html Can't deny it for much longer. Two bad losses, one was a missed penalty at the Toon and the other was a 2-1 loss to a lowly Northampton. It looked so positive last week but these losses are making us look like Bolton of last year. I just want Jimmy ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/late-but-i-didnt-want-to-write-about-it.html We don't really get Bolton on TV here unless FSC shows them playing Chelsea or Blackburn. I spent a good part of the first half looking for a stream online only to find one where the owner of the site kept switching between the Bolton match and the Hull match. ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/a-day-late-but-bolton-3-stoke-1.html Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just signed a 6 foot 3 inch defender who goes by the name of Danny Shittu. Shittu is a Nigerian center back who has formerly had stints with Charlton Athletic, QPR, and Watford. He is also capable of scoring once in a while having ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/please-welcome-danny-shittu.html WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? The home kit I took as a mistake, maybe some idiot just OK'd the design. I could live with that shirt, it wasn't the ugliest thing that I have ever seen, but this? Come on, seriously? It honestly looks like someone threw up on the home kit ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/the-new-away-kit-seriously.html El Hadji Diouf is gone. He has to pass his medical and then hes officially with Sunderland. I liked Dioufy over the years that he played for the Trotters. Even though he only scored an average of 5 goals a season, he was exciting. You never knew when he would ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/bye-bye-dioufy-hello-riga.html Fabrice Muamba He's young. Only 20 years old and he's earned 7 caps for the England U21 squad in the last year. Fabrice Muamba is our new defensive midfielder and he can fill in right where Ivan Campo left off. Campo spent 6 seasons at the Reebok and he was ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/who-is-fabrice-muamba.html There has been almost no news in the past few days. The team have slapped a 3 million pound price tag on Abdoulaye Méïté. No big deal. He's obviously unfit to carry on as a Trotter if he can claim that he was injured enough to let 2 Man U ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/who-is-johan-elmander.html Next on the transfer list is Simon Vukčević. Who doesn't love a young midfielder? Simon Vukčević is a 22 year old attacking midfield who currently plays for Sporting Club Portugal. He's played one season for Sporting CP and in that season he earned 32 caps and 12 goals for ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/who-are-our-transfer-targets-simon-vukcevic.html Lets start off with Jonathan Bottinelli. Bottinelli is 23 years old, a defender for Argentinian side San Lorenzo. Bottinelli has also been called up for the Argentina international squad when Martin Demichelis was forced to serve a ban. In 5 seasons at San Lorenzo, Bottinelli had amassed 116 caps with ... http://bolton.theoffside.com/team-news/who-are-our-transfer-targets-jonathan-bottinelli.html