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This is the didn't play for Sam Al-Lodice's Bolton, but really should have done 11.

Let's recap our team so far before we reach our figurehead.

Nigel Martin in goal, back four of Thomas Helveg, Celestine Babiaro, Evan Helgaero and Fernando Kuto.

Sensational stuff.

Midfield base of Christian Caram, Silvan Legvinsky,

Jaumina arrowing through the middle,

flanked by Budavine Zendon and Trevor Sinclair.

It does feel more Bolton the more I talk about it,

but up front, Nick, up front, we have a huge decision to make,

because let's look at the cross-section of strikers.

Sam Aladais signed for Bolton, Kevin Davis. Nicholas Anelka. Michael Ricketts. Salva Baista. Pierre Yvonne. Jardelle. Havi Moreno. Jared Borgetti. Ricardo Vasthai. And six-foot-nine-inch Chinese Peter Crouch, Yang Chang-Peng, who I have to say didn't play for Bolton. He only had him on trial, but at the time felt like incredibly Al-Dycin, shot in the dark. Anelka is the one I've forgotten about, which doesn't really, really fit into the criteria because he was sort of, I don't know whether it was,, I mean, fairly close to prime career in Alcott. Well, I think he does, he fits into the damaged goods. Yeah. Like, he was seen as a bit of a bad boy, wasn't he? Yeah, and then the kind of, who teams didn't want to go near. Yeah, the rough diamond that was polished and then sent off to Chelsea.

So what are we looking for here?

What do we want up front, Nick?

I think we want someone, well, I mean, I'm going to say relatively functional, but one of the names I've got down here is the sort of complete opposite of functional.

You want someone kind of very slightly obscure, but the kind of people who probably

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