Bolton boss Gary Megson is relying on those in the first team he has relied on in the past to haul the club out of their current slump. Wanderers' defeat to Blackburn at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday was their third successive Barclays Premier League loss, dropping them to 18th in the table.

"The same players did it last time. It's whether they want to do it again," he said.

"Sometimes it is the same person, the same kit, the same surroundings, but sometimes the wherewithal isn't in the same bodies. - I would hope that isn't the case."

Megson said he had outlined to the players after the Blackburn defeat exactly what was expected of them but there were no dressing-room bust-ups.

"We had a natter after the game - not a slanging match - just saying we have been here before," told the Bolton Evening News.

"We have got to cope with issues that are outside the football club, that we need to make sure don't have an impact on what we are trying to achieve."