Bolton - 'You Don't Know What You're Doing!'

Bolton fans turned on Little Sam after defeat at Birmingham, and Lee looks odds on to become the first managerial casualty of the Premiership campaign.

But the ex-Liverpool midfielder insists he will fight to the end, which will obviously have Sam Allardyce laughing his socks off!

 

A cry from the Bolton fans of 'You don't know what you're doing' will have made unpleasant hearing for the Bolton manager Sammy Lee as he continues to struggle to make the step up from being Sam Allardyce's assistant.

They have only one victory to their name this season and already their position in the bottom three is beginning to have a look of permanency about it.

Even so early, this match had the feeling of a struggle between two sides who will spend the season looking down rather than up.

Birmingham can, at least for now, breathe slightly easier following their first home win of the season which catapulted them briefly into mid-table.

Sammy Lee insisted he was "no quitter" after Bolton slumped to their fifth defeat in six matches.

Lee: "Today was the most disappointing of all the games we have played. In the other matches I could glean something positive. I'm still looking for something positive from this game.

"The result and the performance were not what we wanted. We didn't really compete and that is the most disappointing aspect of the game. We haven't turned up today.

"I can't put my finger on it. We have had good preparation for two weeks. I've never looked for excuses in my career. The performance was bitterly disappointing.

"But at times like this we need to stick together, work hard together and get ourselves out of this predicament.

"I know our start has been less than perfect. Last season we got 70% of our points up to and including Christmas. I'm fully aware of the position we are in.

"But we will keep working hard. It's important we all stick together on and off the pitch."

But, Lee could be beaten to the sack by Tottenham manager Martin Jol, who has six games to save his job, according to widespread reports in Monday's press.

When his side took the lead in Saturday's north London derby, the Dutchman must have felt the tide was turning in his favour, only for a stunning Arsenal fightback to leave him contemplating the consequences of a 3-1 defeat.

Speculation over Jol's position has been rife since the start of the season, with Spurs' form manifesting talk of a swoop for Sevilla's Juande Ramos.

And, in light of recent results, rumours of a similar nature are beginning to resurface, with Monday's papers united in their belief that Jol's position will be reviewed in the international break next month.