The Bolton Wanderers Herald
Squad12 Aug 2030
The knee: Aidomo Emakhu out for 131 days
131 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bolton Wanderers lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings12 Aug 2030
Gustavo Nunes was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 39. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad12 Aug 2030
Finley Grigg stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout12 Aug 2030
Diego Stramaccioni keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bolton Wanderers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market12 Aug 2030
Joseph Richardson asks to leave Bolton Wanderers
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market12 Aug 2030
Joseph Richardson is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bolton Wanderers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Aug 2030
The step up is real for Finley Grigg
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Transfer targets12 Aug 2030
Portsmouth tell Bolton Wanderers: Anthony Davis is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad12 Aug 2030
Aidomo Emakhu in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bolton Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- The terraces Bolton Wanderers supporters have found a favourite in Finley Grigg
- Market Anthony White steps up from the Bolton Wanderers academy
- Market Benjamin Moore steps up from the Bolton Wanderers academy