Davies Down On Bolton Wanderers' Defending

Bolton Wanderers' centerforward Kevin Davies plays the game in a combative and uncompromising manner, and has been similarly forthright in his criticism of the defending that allowed Fulham to come away from the Reebok Stadium on Saturday with their first away win this season.

Davies himself had netted his eleventh goal as the Trotters cancelled out Fulham's first effort just ahead of the half-time interval. However, some shoddy defending then handed the Cottagers a further two goals and three points on a plate.

"The first goal was disappointing enough,"  Davies told The Bolton News.

"But we came in at 1-1 and said we needed to push on for the second. Then to concede another Sunday-school type of goal was even worse. We chased the game and lost another. So three mistakes have cost us three goals in the end.

"We’d targeted the home games because we have got a good run-in against teams around us that we feel we can beat. We felt it was a massive game for us. Fulham have got some tough games coming up too, so it was a big one for them.

"In the end, it was all too easy for them. They could get their passing game together and get it into their front men. Fulham played midweek and at times it looked like we had."

However, if there is one thing that Davies and, by extension, Wanderers, have become renowned for in recent seasons,  it is their resilience and fighting spirit, and the skipper concluded with a defiant message, asserting, "We’ve got to pick ourselves up because there’s another really big game next weekend at West Brom."

Zack Wilson, Goal.com