WELCOME back to The Buff Podcast - your weekly spoonful of Bolton Wanderers headlines, opinion and gossip with Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt.

Strange things are afoot at BWFC and while the club rides high in sixth place in the table, there is no getting around the fact that performances have not been great.

Out of the FA Cup at the first round stage for the fourth year in a row there was some slight solace with the fact we don't have to play Crewe in round two.

But with Cambridge United to come this weekend, improvement is a must. On the agenda this week is how Ian Evatt goes about getting better performances out of his players, what formation best suits, and which players are in form anyhow.

Big stories of the week include the possible recall of Conor Bradley to Liverpool, Neil Hart's view that iFollow needs another discussion around the EFL and Elias Kachunga's contract prospects.

We open the mailbag to ask about the worst BWFC weather and a What If on Stuart Holden which might well bring a tear to the eye.

We speak to the author of the superb 'Who Put The Ball In The Munich Net', Chris Flanagan, on the 15th anniversary of Bolton's draw at Bayern Munich.

And we catch up with The Buff's Fantasy Football League, where Henry's team continues to plumb the depths.

This season we’ll be running a special Fantasy Football League for listeners of The Buff – and will be dishing out monthly prizes, plus recruiting some special guests to play against from the world of Wanderers.

If you’d like to join - and it is never too late - follow the link below, pick your team and enter the league code.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/90eb76

League Code: 90eb76

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