Because of the impending friendly against bury at Gigg Lane on Monday night, the gaffer chose to rotate his squad. Leaving out as many players as possible who participated in Thursdays draw with Kawasaki Frontale and the Japanese tour in general
With the team only arriving home late last night, understandably a number of regulars were rested. Giving the clubs youngsters another opportunity to shine
Chris Howarth started in place of Jussi Jaaskelainen and impressed with a series of saves, including a 52 minute penalty stop after a foul by Ireland under 21 midfielder Joey O'Brien. He turned the ball at full stretch round his right hand post
Stelios returned from international duty to play 56 minutes before being replaced by England youth starlet Robert Sissons. Henrik Pedersen once again had a go at playing on the left wing, with Ricardo Gardner moving further forward. I hope Sam's not serious about doing that in the Premiership!
We did deserve to lose this game, but I'm not taking it too seriously. All sorts of results happen at this time of year, especially with jet-lag! Role on the Bucket Shakers.
Bolton Wanderers: Chris Howarth, Nicky Hunt, Jarostaw Fojut (Mark Charlesworth), Bruno N'Gotty (Bradley Hill), Ricardo Gardner (Johann Smith), Joey O'Brien, Dale Whitehead, Stelios Giannakopoulos (Robert Sissons), James Sinclair, Ricardo Vaz Te (Bedi Buval), Henrik Pedersen
Subs not used: Sam Ashton, Nathan Wolfe, Leslie Thompson, Scott Jamieson, Rhys Powell
Hull City: Boaz Myhill (Matt Duke), Mark Lynch (Scott Wiseman), Danny Coles, Damien Delaney (Leon Cort), Andy Dawson, Ryan France (Jason Price), Keith Andrews (Ian Ashbee), Stuart Green (Curtis Woodhouse), Kevin Ellison (Stuart Elliott), Nick Barmby (Ben Burgess), Craig Fagan (Stephen McPhee).
Subs not used: Roland Edge, Russell Fry
Attendance: 6,423
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