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Oldham Athletic v Salford City Your Report added at 09:11:55
Well ok - we won. And if we were in the bottom six and struggling I would have that down as a gritty and valuable 3 points. But of course we're not. I thought the first half hour was dire, as bad as the City Ground on Boxing Day, and I lost count of the number of times Karl Henry was caught in possession. So when Charlie Austin got injured I was expecting a similar outcome.

But then we got a goal - which started with Tom Carroll (who was my MOTM) being strong in midfield to keep the ball and get it out wide to Matty Phillips. And of course it was a great header.

Bolton are clearly short on confidence and the second half was a bit better. Carroll looked the part in midfield, BAE grew into his unfamiliar role playing on the "wrong" side for him and Phillips and Traore (who I thought had a good game albeit with one defensive blunder early on) marauded down each wing to some effect.

And of course I'm pleased for Karl Henry - it was a great strike from what, 25 yards? - but the shouts of "shoot" around me every time he got the ball anywhere on the field after that rather summed up what we all thought - one great goal doesn't make him a decent player.

I know Joey Barton isn't everybody's cup of tea on here, but from what I've seen there is a stark difference between what we look like when he plays (a decent team without enough cutting edge), and when he doesn't (mid-table scrappers at best). So I just hope he's fit for the next three games. Our record against the top six so far this season in case anyone's forgotten - P5 W1 D1 L3.

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