Warnock will probably not be back - NIXON

This is what he tweeted a few hours back -

Warnock not likely to return to Bolton. Another club in. Maybe more.

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Good. We were just as shambolic at the back with him in it - we need defenders who can defend.

His big weakness is the diagonal ball coming at him, he seriously struggles with cutting it out hence leaving him out of position.

Not too worried with the news, he's nothing special.

Alonso is not good enough, we need a LB

Lofty_Love wrote:Alonso is not good enough, we need a LB

Great going forward but poor when defending. Remember Damian Duff ripping him a new A hole last season?

Any winger can rip him a new hole!

I'm increasingly thinking that if we insist on a back 4 our CBs aren't good enough but having splashed on Mills I can't see the club accepting that fact easily. If we haven't got the money to buy quality at the back, we have two forward thinking youngsters in Alonso and Riley who are not that good at defending but can add to the attack, so to give them cover and licence to push on the obvious solution would be to play 3 CBs a la Wigan and dump Mears and Andrews.

A back 5 e.g. Riley Ream Knight Ricketts Alonso (with Wheater and Mills to slot in) would reduce the dependency on a defensive mid meaning we could have 5 attack minded front players supported by 2 wingbacks and would change the dynamic of the team and provide more options.

Bold move, but times are tough.