Mener selv han har god støtte

Ian Evatt har vært, og er, i hardt vær. Men han mener selv at han har den støtten han trenger fra styret og supporterne.

Mange trodde, og mente, at trener Evatts dager var talte da de gikk på nok et tap sist helg. Etter 0-4 ydmykelsen hjemme mot Hudderfield var fansen sinte.

Men det skjedde ikke.

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Evatt nekter å akseptere at slutten av hans fire år som leder er et fullført faktum. Han er sikker på at han har støtte til å snu ting.

– I don’t think I have lost everybody, I don’t think the club has lost everybody. There is a portion of the fanbase that are clearly unhappy and they would say they have every right to be. And I am not naïve to think that if we don’t win the next six games that things will change, sier Ian Evatt til The Bolton news.

Han sier videre til avisen:

– Do I think we are capable of that? Absolutely, probably discounting Arsenal, I don’t think that is quite as realistic. A win is important (against Reading) but a good performance would help enormously as well.

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Og:

-Sunday was spent talking with the board, open and honest conversations from both sides. We were trying to piece together what has happened and a plan to move forwards. As a collective we are in this together, we have always felt this way.

Til bwfc.co.uk sier treneren:

– It’s been tough. I can’t shy away and hide away from that. It’s been a difficult start and Saturday was probably rock bottom really in terms of the way everybody felt and the way I felt, so the only way is up. That’s our focus this week; just trying to rejuvenate ourselves and find ourselves again as a team and understand what we want to be, what that looks like and go out and execute that.

Han sier videre:

-I feel like we’ve trained it this week and now we have to go out there and do it. Now is the time for us to get our heads down, go out there and execute a strong performance and a strong victory and hopefully we can provide that on Saturday. There’s still a huge amount of togetherness. I’ve said this a lot, it’s not the good times that really define what you are and who you are as a collective. It’s the bad times and now is the time for us to stick together.

Lørdag 21. september skal Bolton møte Reading hjemme på Toughsheet Community Stadium. Kampstart er klokken 16. På tribunen vil det være rundt 12 norske Boltonsupportere.

Får du ikke sett kampen kan du følge den via vårt eget Livesenter.

I don’t believe there’s a Bolton Wanderers fan out there – a true one – who wants to see this team do poorly. Everyone just wants us to win and everyone cares deeply about that.

– Ian Evatt