Darren Pratley: Superstar
While Darren Pratley isn't the most technically skilled player and often has trouble hitting the broad side of a barn with the ball at his feet, he's grown into a massively important figure for Bolton Wanderers.
While Darren Pratley isn't the most technically skilled player and often has trouble hitting the broad side of a barn with the ball at his feet, he's grown into a massively important figure for Bolton Wanderers.
Adam Bogdan is saying all the right things after his MOTM performance, but we have an exclusive translation of what the young Hungarian really meant.
Pratley's injury is a large gash running down the side of his thigh. Bolton are hoping for the best but the layoff could be a little longer
Bolton played well against Swansea City. The team started off strong, went a goal down, and rallied for the win. Even Darren Pratley played well and I can honestly say that is the first time anyone has said that this season. After the match always come the quotes:
Bolton took on Macclesfield Town at the Moss Rose where a Trotters side that didn't start caring until the 60th minute made the Silk Men look a bit like the teams at the top of Spain as their passing more or less carved the hapless Bolton team apart. Luckily, it wasn't all bad for Bolton
If one was to ask the fans their opinion of Pratley, you would get responses ranging anywhere from "meh" to "he's the worst player to ever wear a Bolton Wanderers shirt." While I certainly wouldn't go that far, the statistics don't provide much of an argument that's in favor of his case.
In the middle of an international break, Bolton Wanderers are again undefeated for two weeks straight. How about that? Last week was a bit of a slow news week for the mighty Trotters but as the Premier League is once again around the corner, there's plenty going on in the world of the Whites.
As with every week, to give us larger context for the match we wanted to have a chat with the enemy. Usually we need look no further than our lovely network to find some, but this week we had to...