Bendtner 83 – Divers: none

Riveting, was it not? Oofa… I had a hard time staying awake for that one, after waiting all night for the torrent. Someone posted the second half earlier in a wide format, but I really wanted to see the whole thing, so I waited for the usual source. Bad move.

As expected, Bolton tried to compensate for their being utter shit by packing the box with pretty much everyone. It looked as if they had all 11 players plus the’re four subs in the box for the duration. Not that we threatened their goal very much. Despite having 99.4% possession and Captain Kolo doing a fine job pressing the boys on, we seemed content to practice passing and probe their defense for most of the match. To be fair, there was some lovely passing in evidence, but not much of it actually entered the Bolton area. But eventually, Robin van Persie made a nice little move up the left side, put a beautiful cross over to the far post where Niklas Bendtner came sliding to hoof it in. It felt good seeing Nik get the goal. He might have had two, but he’s been struggling a bit lately. Last season, his return vs the amount of time spent on the pitch was pretty impressive. He’s getting just as little time this season, but people expect just as many goals. I think he needs more 90 minute sessions, but that’s hard to justify with RvP and Adebayor available. But hopefully this goal will set him about finding his form.

So, now we’re off to Hull City. Wherever the hell that is. It’s going to be a tough match, but we owe them one. I seriously hope the boys are up for this one and get some revenge. An away win, after seven consecutive matches without a defeat, would be a great boost to team confidence.

Transfer Bits: The Arshavin Saga continues. Some of the other blogs are reporting that Man City are pissed at us for Kolo not being sold to them and are planning to disrupt the Arshavin deal. I find that unlikely now that they’ve tabled a £100 million bid for Kaka. More interestingly, there’s a report that we might be pursuing Jimmy Bullard. I’ve said several times that Jimmy would fit great with us. But, this is probably hooey as well. We’ll see.