Still playing Bolton XI

Yesterday Nolan scored for West Ham, Anelka scored two for West Brom, Sturridge is scoring left right and centre every week too. It got me thinking (as I often do) about the players we have had or hands on in recent years. Out of those players we have owned or loaned and let go who would feature in your first eleven? How many from the current squad would make it?

Lonergan
Boyata Cahill Dawson Alonso
Rodrigo Nolan Wilshere (dunno)
Anelka Sturridge

Reo Coker, Afobe, Elmander, Mavies, Moritz might all get in there too...

Afobe?? No

Boyata and Afobe were both useless.

Matt Taylor for the left?

Apparently he was crap at Bolton (according to a few on Mad) but they missed him when he went.  


Edit - Just to clarify I didn't mean a few on Mad that are on here now.

Copper Dragon wrote:Matt Taylor for the left?

Apparently he was crap at Bolton (according to a few on Mad) but they missed him when he went.  


Edit - Just to clarify I didn't mean a few on Mad that are on here now.

Doffcocker loves Matty Taylor.

You've forgot to put in Kevin Davies up front.

  

Boyata was no good? As if. He was apparently good enough for City yesterday...

Jussi

J'O'B Cahill Dawson Alonso

Rodrigo...Nolan...Wilshere...Myachi

.....Sturridge...Anelka...

I thought Boyata showed potential, I never imagined him ultimately contending for a first team spot at City.

Afobe didn't do enough while he was here but he was only 19 and struck as me as the type that would develop well with regular first team football.

I'd say most Bolton fans would tell you selling Nolan for £5m was a mistake, but he divided opinion at Newcastle and is doing the same at West Ham. I don't imagine us in a significantly better position had we kept hold of him.

Blerim Dzemaili would walk into that team given his recent performances for Napoli.
Interesting that there's little argument about Alonso despite the stick he got.
Dawson, Wilshere, Sturridge etc were never Bolton players and were never likely to be so shouldn't be included.

Adobe had lead in his boots complete shit

Lonergan

Hunt (capt) - Cahill - Dawson - Samuel

Riga - Wilshere - Nolan - Petrov

Anelka - Sturridge

I feel we are particularly strong down the right hand side.

Jussi

Joey O'Brien---Abdoulaye Faye---Gary Cahill---Bernard Mendy

El Hadji Diouf---Blerim Dzemaili---Nigel Reo Coker---Matty Taylor

Anelka---Jonathan Walters

We'd piss this league with me in charge.

Culcheth_White wrote:Jussi

Joey O'Brien---Abdoulaye Faye---Gary Cahill---Bernard Mendy

El Hadji Diouf---Blerim Dzemaili---Nigel Reo Coker---Matty Taylor

Anelka---Jonathan Walters

We'd piss this league with me in charge.

An interesting selection. Mendy was lightweight a full back and was found out early on. BSA realised this and found him a position in wide midfield where he turned in some excellent performances. Two defensive minded central midfielders (sounds familiar) Always preferred Faye in front of back four protecting them, one remembers his performances against Arsenal where he intimidated them. Alonso and Nolan?

Barryjw wrote:

Culcheth_White wrote:Jussi

Joey O'Brien---Abdoulaye Faye---Gary Cahill---Bernard Mendy

El Hadji Diouf---Blerim Dzemaili---Nigel Reo Coker---Matty Taylor

Anelka---Jonathan Walters

We'd piss this league with me in charge.

An interesting selection. Mendy was lightweight a full back and was found out early on. BSA realised this and found him a position in wide midfield where he turned in some excellent performances. Two defensive minded central midfielders (sounds familiar) Always preferred Faye in front of back four protecting them, one remembers his performances against Arsenal where he intimidated them. Alonso and Nolan?

I just struggled to pick anybody half decent, to be honest. I nearly chose Kevin Poole in goal.

Culcheth_White wrote:

Barryjw wrote:

Culcheth_White wrote:Jussi

Joey O'Brien---Abdoulaye Faye---Gary Cahill---Bernard Mendy

El Hadji Diouf---Blerim Dzemaili---Nigel Reo Coker---Matty Taylor

Anelka---Jonathan Walters

We'd piss this league with me in charge.

An interesting selection. Mendy was lightweight a full back and was found out early on. BSA realised this and found him a position in wide midfield where he turned in some excellent performances. Two defensive minded central midfielders (sounds familiar) Always preferred Faye in front of back four protecting them, one remembers his performances against Arsenal where he intimidated them. Alonso and Nolan?

I just struggled to pick anybody half decent, to be honest. I nearly chose Kevin Poole in goal.

I think Poole has retired recently at Burton. Thinking of keepers still playing at a decent level I see Al habsi is back at the pie eaters and don't forget Gilks at the donkey lashers

Natasha Whittam wrote:Lonergan

Hunt (capt) - Cahill - Dawson - Samuel

Riga - Wilshere - Nolan - Petrov

Anelka - Sturridge

I feel we are particularly strong down the right hand side.

Not sure why you have Nicky Hunt? is in there!  

Did you have a rendezvous with him as well?