Megson urges Striker Struggles to end
Bolton coach Gary Megson urges strikers to end their scoring drought and start scoring goals.
Megson said this after the strikers fail to score in the 3 games this season and a 0 shot attempt first half against Manchester City. The 2 goals from Bolton this season are from midfielders Gavin McCann and Ricardo Gardner.
"It's really disappointing when our goal to game ratio fails to reach 1." Megson said. "The strikers' job are to score goals, simple as that. When they don't, it means they are not doing their job."
Currently the strikers that are in the Bolton starting line-up are Kevin Davies and £8m signing Johan Elmander, but Megson warn that it could change. "Ricardo (Vaz Te) and Ebi Smolarek are both working very hard and I am not ruling out the possibility that they could start in place of the strikers we have currently next match."
He also hints that they will buy a new striker and a defensive midfielder in the upcoming January transfer window. "Maybe the lads need a bit of competition and if someone who has a good Premier League goal record is on sale at the transfer window then maybe we can consider him. If we are to continue our current formation with 2 defensive midfielders, we also need to buy a defensive midfielder in case Fabrice (Muamba) or Gavin McCann gets tired or injured. However, if Joey O'Brien and Jlloyd Samuel continues to work hard and shows potential to be a defensive midfielder then we might just use what we have instead. "
He has also confirmed that several young players will be going out on loan soon. "I have had several teams contacting me to get some of young players on loan and I have accepted some of their offers and said 'no' to some. It all depends on whether I need the player currently. They are all part of my future plans."
Bolton faces Middlesbrough at home next week.