Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers; Old Trafford, Saturday 27th September, 1500.

VdS returns against Bolton after a shaky start to the season with Kuszcak ruled out with a groin injury. There was always a chance United would name rookie keeper Ben Amos in the starting line up but it was felt that thinking man's neanderthal, Kevin Davies, and the aerial bombardment he will undoubtedly receive, would be too much of a fiery baptism.

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Ebi Smolarek can't find his form from Euro 2008 qualifiers. He posed no threat whatsoever in his debut game for Bolton Wanderers. The Premiership, at least in the first match, proved too fast and competetive for him. The other Polish highlight of the weekend was Tomasz Kuszczak's involvement in Super Sunday game against Chelsea.

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Racing Santander tried to sell Ebi Smolarek throughout the whole summer. The deal with Toulouse was the closest to go through, there were also speculations about Olympiakos, Panathinaikos and Benfica. Finally, in the last days of the transfer window Ebi is loaned out to Bolton in exchange for Ricardo Vaz Te.

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Bolton Wanderers have signed three-times Polish player of the year Ebi Smolarek on a season long loan from Racing Santander, with an option to purchase the player at the end of the deal. Smolarek is a 27 year old Polish international striker, having played 34 times for his country, although he failed to score at [. Click to continue reading...

Just six hours till the Croatia match. The guys are ready, the starting eleven seems to be obvious. Or is it? There is still some speculation whether Ebi Smolarek deserves to start against Croats.

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Group B throws us another tantalising opening game this evening as Croatia entertain Germany. A win for either side will see them join Portugal in the last eight and after the performances on Sunday, Germany will be strong favourites to do so. Yet, Croatia are a team that have shown over the last 12 months that [. Click to continue reading...

Austria The Austrians are not a race renowned for great football, remember, this was the country that lost to the Faroes in 92 resulting in coach Josef Hickersberger 1st stint in charge coming to an embarrassing end. But now, he's back to show he can really take them down! The nations expectations are so bad that a petition was set up by their own fans to stop them from entering! Click to continue reading...