Bolton Sink In Sunderland

Well, things are getting back to normal. Bolton Wanderers, having engineered two Premier League wins on the trot got back to their losing ways by going 4 - 0 down at Sunderland on Tuesday. All sorts of excuses were wheeled out but if they are managing to lose by 4 goals to a team like Sunderland their days in the Premier League could be numbered. Why is this? They have players who can play well - as they did against West Ham - but yet they can get this sort of result. They do not have any quality players in the Wayne Rooney class but neither have lots of other teams. I feel some of Bolton's problems are down to insecurity - a lack of self-belief - but I also think it some of it is down to lack of commitment. Every player has to want to be the best above all else. But if they can get £40,000- per week and afford big house, cars and parties, it may be that they do not want more. It is certainly true of some of the highest paid players. There are even players in the Premier League being paid £40,000 per week who hardly ever play at all. Playing for your country is less important than getting paid more money to live a play-boy lifestyle. I am not saying Bolton suffer this more than other clubs; I am sure that they do not. But, if I were a manager, i would not tolerate players paid vast salaries who spend far too much time in clubs and performing as serial shaggers and drunks. My contacts with bodybuilders tell me that the ones who make it to the top in bodybuilding competitions are almost always those who live a very frugal life training hard, resting and eating the right foods all the year round. The ones who miss workouts, cheat on their diets and like to party never make it. I have seen many men with almost perfect genetics who have achieved nothing because they lacked commitment. And bodybuilders do what they do without pay. Few bodybuilders - worldwide - make a living directly from bodybuilding, so it is not the lure of wealth that drives them on; it is the need to have a freaky physique and then to be the best that you can be. More footballers should have similar attitudes and then they just might be better players.

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