they are wrong about that. martin jol won't be the first to be sacked this season. sammy lee would be. bolton have really lost it. i think only diouf and anelka are still playing. nolan is lost as a second striker. bolton this season is the perfect lesson on "if it aint broken, don't fix it". he inherited most of the squad from allardyce, which was very effective the past few seasons, and changes the system from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2, and bolton has lost all three games so far. has he, in a bid to step out from allardyce's shadows, in a bid to create his own legacy, made a fool out of himself? it is all wrong, what he has done so far. and he deserves what he's got. as far as i am concerned, there was no need to change to a 4-4-2. and i can tell anelka is dying to be released from this system. he can't function in it, and credit to him, he has still gotten 2 goals. put him upfront, with diouf and another guy on the flanks. that will give them the space to play. 4-4-2 can be very stifling for forwards like them.

spurs might have won 4-0. but it's derby, and well, if they don't win this, they are really finished. so i am totally not surprised by their big win. i am still amused that they could have lost their first two games though. just as i was amused by man u's two consecutive draws. but i won't read too much into this win, nor man u's draws. in the case of the former, it is more because i still know spurs aren't good enough, and in the case of the latter, it is because they are good enough.

and things get very interesting next week, when spurs play man u. whatever the result, it is win-win for me. if spurs win, that means man u have lost. if spurs lose, i will be vindicated in my belief that they are mere pretenders. if it ends up in a draw, it means that man u have dropped points yet again. and that is always nice.