Owen Coyle hoping to bounce back after injuries and tough fixtures take their toll on Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle said he was confident his side would improve despite a poor start to the new Premier League season. Tough fixtures combined with injuries to key players early on in the new campaign have seen the Trotters secure just three
points from their opening six games. They host Premier League giants at the Reebok Stadium today in a must-win match if they wish to climb out of the relegation zone.
Coyle’s side have a terrible record against the Blues, having lost their last eight matches at home to the London side in addition to conceding 20 goals. With most of their influential players still missing, Bolton Wanderers were told they would be without
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/United-States-c3034 international Stuart Holden for another six months, with the player having just returned from a serious knee injury.
The fixture against Chelsea today will mean that Bolton Wanderers have already played the Blues, Manchester United, Manchester City, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429, all early on in the season. It’s no surprise they are at the bottom of the table with just one win
so far. It was for this reason that Coyle remained upbeat about the rest of the season, predicting his side would bounce back.
Coyle said while speaking to reporters:
“I know at different times there are trials and tribulations that you get a smack in the teeth and it's not particularly nice.
But I also know you can feel the other side of it, and when you do that and you've earned wins when you and the club have not been in an ideal position, there's a sense of overcoming an obstacle.”
He said he blamed the various injuries along with the tough fixture schedule for his side’s poor form this season, but was certain they would improve. However, Coyle admitted that the injuries and the tough fixtures were all part of football and he hoped
to overcome these obstacles. While the Scotsman will be hoping to start against the Blues today, he might have to think otherwise since http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 are the obvious favourites to win today.
He revealed:
“We realise we've been beset by horrible injuries, real traumas in terms of how long the players will be out - Chung-yong Lee, Stuart Holden, and with another five or six on top of that.
Then there has been the set of fixtures we've been given, but that is the nature of football.”
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