Monday Morning Manager

Once again, Bolton is a fantasy killer. This weekend the victims were Charlton. Already without Darren Bent with a virus, Charlton were strangled by Bolton and even normally reliable Danny Murphy lost points for the Manager. That's two poor performances in a row for Murphy. Against Portsmouth he was resuced by two sublime passes that led to goals. But Bolton are a much better team than Portsmouth. At resugent Blackburn this weekend... a good test for the Addicks. Are they hitting the late-season skids already?

Another player turning in his second poor match in as many weeks (at least for fantasy managers) is Mido. Good link play from him, as always, against Arsenal. But not enough end product. Tot look a team built to pass the ball around whereas Mido's greatest strength is in the air. He does good work for the team - when he's not throwing his body around looking for and/or committing fouls) but it's time for him to start getting the points!

Odds are we won't see this scene again this season

Of course the Manager could just sell Mido for another striker, you say. Well, the Manager would like to report that he's spent his transfer window money already. Welcome Matt Taylor, and old favorite, back to the team as well as Michael Owen. This will be Owen's third time with the Manager this season. In the previous two spells he's amassed a total of 1.50 points. When not with the team he's put up 4 goals in 3 games. We'll see whose karma wins out at home to Birmingham this weekend.

Until next week,
The Manager