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Bolton boss Megson has faith in £10M striker Elmander

Bolton Wanderers boss Gary Megson hasn't lost faith in £10 million striker Johan Elmander.

The Swede has gone eight games without scoring since netting against Stoke on the opening day of the season.

Megson said: "Nicolas struggled a bit here but then suddenly got used to the club and us to him.

"Then he was off and running. It was the same at Chelsea. He didn't score a huge amount of goals when he first went. But now you see him where you'd expect to see him at the top of the scoring charts."

And the boss reckons Elmander's team-mates have to help him rediscover his touch in front of goal.

He added: "It's not just a case of going out and getting someone who has a record of scoring.

"We need to get a little bit more quality in our play up to the last third and start moving centre-halves out like we did against Manchester City and get down the side. We aren't scoring enough goals. Not just one person in particular but the whole team."

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