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Bolton skipper Davies convinced his markers are told to dive

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 06:22

Bolton Wanderers captain Kevin Davies is convinced he's been targeted by opposition managers.

The Wanderers hitman is the 'dirtiest' Prem player with 38 fouls in 12 games this term - one more than West Ham's Carlton Cole. Davies was also the most fouled player in the top flight last season but believes a lot of the free-kicks awarded against him are unwarranted.

Davies, 32, said: "Certain teams or managers will just say 'go down' if I'm anywhere near, try and get you booked. I think it goes on quite a lot.

"Recently there's been a few games where it's obvious to me that people have been told to go over the top and make a meal of any sort of contact with me.

"They do that to try and get me out of the game. I don't mind it, I just get on with it."

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