Bolton put Taylor job under pressure

Leicester 0 Bolton 5

Leicester's Frank Sinclair could not be accused of embellishment when he described Bolton?s humiliation of his team as a ?freak show?.

Neither Leicester manager Peter Taylor nor Bolton bosss Sam Allardyce could have been more shocked by this 5-0 result had they seen a two-headed dog or a pig-swallowing python at a fairground.

The only people not amazed by proceedings were the Leicester fans at Filbert Street. The boos started before 40 minutes of the new season had elapsed, rising to a concerted call for Taylor?s departure following Bolton?s fifth goal.

And hard-working Sinclair found the crowd?s reaction as unacceptable as the display that prompted it.

?I was disappointed with the fans. If you go 2-0 down, after the spirit we showed last season, you don? t expect them to be booing.

?It?s not the end of the world. We are only three points from the top!? he said.

The problem facing Taylor is that the disgruntled feeling was based more on the final 10 games of last season ? which produced just one win ? than the start of the new campaign. Taylor?s transfer activity has also provided little hope of a new dawn and his players are pleading for patience.

? We are 100 per cent behind him,? added Sinclair. ?People were talking about Peter Taylor for England last year and he hasn?t changed as a manager. There were a few home truths in the dressing room and that had to be done.

?There are a lot of people who know they haven?t done their job.?

Only Sinclair and Muzzy Izzet escaped their manager?s wrath. Winger Andy Impey said: ?The fans are calling ?Taylor out? but it?s not down to the gaffer. We didn?t perform but it?s the manager who gets the sack. They have to be patient.? To focus on Leicester?s deficiencies would be to detract from magnificent Bolton. And, while only the final goal was not due in part to woeful defending, Bolton were organised, committed and clinical enough to capitalise.

The rout was started when Per Frandsen crossed to Kevin Nolan, who scored with a looping header. The goal signified Bolton?s domination of the midfield, where Leicester?s new pairing of Robbie Savage and Dennis Wise was tamed.

While Allardyce?s 4-5-1 formation might appear unadventurous, Leicester found no answer to Bolton?s weight of numbers when the shape switched to 3-4-3 in attack.

Michael Ricketts was able to brush aside Gary Rowett before smashing home the second and Nolan stabbed in a set-piece for the third before Frandsen made it four before half-time.

Worryingly for Leicester, the second half brought little improvement and Frandsen?s second set-piece strike gave the scoreline a more realistic feel.

Allardyce will look for continuity tomorrow at home to Middlesbrough.

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