A Classic Cup Tie?

Lots to do today, so it's just a quickie this morning (how Mrs Holic hates those words!). I have been trawling some of the Bolton sites to get an idea of how they are approaching this afternoon, and shock, horror, they are human, just like us!

There is an equal mixture of confidence and nervousness, and the plea of the persecuted that whatever happens the game does not end up being labelled by the press as 'beauty versus the beast'. Strange then that one of the themes to run through their thinking involves the brutalisation of Fabregas by Faye.

On both sides of the divide we all know what to expect from them. They will be bursting lungs to close us down in packs of two and three as fast as possible all over the pitch. The 4-5-1 when they defend will switch quickly to 4-3-3 when they have the ball. They will mix and match trying to get runners down the flanks to cross, with the dear old HOOF, battle for that one boys!

If both sides are playing well it could actually make for pretty good viewing. I've said before I think this is more of a test of our current good form than was Wednesday's encounter. Goonerholic fancies a bit of a heart-fluttering triumph, maybe 3-2. I won't be backing that fancy with cold hard cash, however. William Hill has seen too much of my wedge of late.

Have a good Sunday people.