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Bolton 1-3 Fulham: What the papers say

Monday March 16th, 2009

How the national press reported Bolton’s 3-1 home defeat to Fulham

The Guardian‘s match report focuses on Gary Megson berating Andy O’Brien and Gavin McCann for their woeful performances. As ever with Megson, though, there was a little bit of left-over criticism for the fans:

By the sound of it you’d think we had taken over Real Madrid, and there’d never been a poor performance here before.

“Simply awful” was the Daily Mail‘s judgment on Bolton’s defending in a report which rather bizarrely focuses almost entirely on the part Fulham could play in the title race (who cares? Same goes for the Mirror too). Of more interest to Wanderers fans is their verdict that we are “far from safe”.

The Times preferred to praise Fulham for their excellent performance, but the Telegraph were pretty much right when they said that there were no red noses but “plenty of red faces” at the Reebok Stadium.

The Express went for a similar gag as they compared O’Brien to a clown. The Express also points out that the £10 admission price couldn’t tempt more than 180 Fulham fans to make the journey north – hardly surprising given their shocking record on the road prior to Bolton rolling over and letting them tickle our bellies on Saturday.

The Independent says that the only people who deserved – and got – any respect from the Bolton fans were the soldiers who paraded round the pitch before kick-off.

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