BWFC Away to Hull City
The Battle for Points
Both managers will be eager to get some points after disappointing starts to the season. Former Wanderer Phil Brown has so far suffered two defeats this season; the first against Chelsea (a respectable 2-1 at Stamford Bridge) and a midweek 5-1 battering by Tottenham Hotspur at the KC Stadium, including a hat–trick from Jermain Defoe.
Yesterday Phil Brown told the official Hull City website;
“Tomorrow represents the start of the season for us. We’ve had two games against two of the best teams in the country. We’ve got nothing from those games apart from pride in the first and a little bit of a lesson in the second.
“I took the lads for a little hike this morning and took them down to Boothferry Park. It’s quite alarming when you think that ten years ago, that was the state of this football club.”
The trip to Boothferry Park was to remind the players how far the club had come over the last decade, although it may have just made them think about how strange their manager can be.
Brown concluded,
“At this moment in time, we’ve got to make sure that the first win comes as soon as possible to take a little bit of pressure off people.
Tomorrow is a big game for us and Bolton represent tough, quality opposition who have been there and are now a model for a lot of clubs.”
I presume that Phil is saying, like Bolton, Hull have been in the lower division and battled their way to the top division. Whether Bolton are a ‘model for a lot of clubs’ is open to debate.
Bolton will be without Gardner who has suffered a hamstring injury which may take he another 2 or 3 weeks to recover from. Joey O’Brien (knee) and Ricardo Vaz Te are definitely out too. Gretar Steinsson could make a return having missed the opening match, he scored against The Tigers last time Bolton met them at The Reebok Stadium, 1–1 was the final score.
Last time Bolton travelled to the KC Stadium they won with a single goal. Hopefully The Wanderers will do the same today.
BWFC Prediction
Hull City 0–2 Bolton Wanderers
