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The Burning Question: Does Nicolas Anelka deserve a good reception from Bolton fans?
Friday, December 5th, 2008 | Chris Evans, Gary Megson | 3 Comments
Wanderers’ assistant manager has called for calm ahead of Chelsea’s visit, but was it really necessary?
What started out as a question buried away at the end of a long interview with Chris Evans, Gary Megson’s assistant, on bwfc.co.uk, has ended up becoming the defining narrative in the build-up to Chelsea’s visit this weekend.
Will Bolton Wanderers fans boo Nicolas Anelka?
Media Watch: Dear Media, we don’t care about Nicolas Anelka any more
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 | BWFC People, Nicolas Anelka | 1 Comment
Just because he once played for Bolton doesn’t mean we want to know every time he breaks wind
Don’t get me wrong, I liked Nicolas Anelka when he played for Bolton. But his departure in the transfer window in January really wasn’t as seismic as the media was hoping it might be.
The Wanderers staying up somewhat ruined the ‘look how stupid they were to sell Anelka’ angle that Phil Thompson was pushing on Sky Sports for most of the second half of last season.
Ashley Cole: Top story on Bolton's Euro Sport page
Despite this, the media seems to think that we Bolton fans are still obsessed with his every move. Several of the internet news pages supposedly devoted to Bolton Wanderers made mention of Chelsea’s 2-0 win against a Malaysian Select XI in a pre-season friendly yesterday. The reason for this appears to be that Anelka scored.
The worst offenders were Yahoo/Euro Sport, who saw fit to make Chelsea’s win – accompanied by a picture of Ashley Cole – the top story on their Bolton page. Chelsea beat team of unknown Asians: not exactly ‘hold the front page stuff’ is it?
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