I was glad to see him make the bench on Tuesday at Carlisle so hopefully he gets a start at Bolton if he’s fitness levels are up there but how can you get match fit if you don’t play. The injury to Assguard will no doubt force Maloney to reshuffle the pack.
If reports are true then he might be the answer to our midfield frailties, someone who can be the first line of defence for Hughes and Morrison because we are definitely gonna need it Saturday.
By all accounts he’s a big 6ft 2″ strong defensive midfielder and very good one at that something we lack right now in the middle. If he can do that Naylor role sweeping the sh1t up that will do for me because I don’t think both Smith’s will be good enough to stop a Bolton side who like going straight down the middle