Bolton Wanderers Football Club News

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Megson enjoys Trotters form

21 Oct 2009 - 16:06:19

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Bolton Wanderers boss Gary Megson believes that his side have come a long way from their tag of a long-ball side.

A narrow 2-1 defeat at Manchester United showed the Trotters in a good light, with Megson happy to defy critics of his side's capabilities.

He said: "We have improved.

"It makes us smirk a little bit though, because other managers still talk about us being a big, physical team and how good we are at set-pieces.

"In truth, we have been bitterly disappointed with our defending in that area.

"When you look at people like Matt Taylor, Ricardo Gardner and Lee Chung-Yong, we are actually not that kind of team.

"We look a lot better, although we must not throw the baby out with the bath water. In Kevin Davies and Ivan Klasnic, we have players who can cause teams a lot of problems.

"The problem was we tried to 'out-Manchester United' Manchester United in their own backyard during the first half and it just doesn't work."