Bradley and Lee badly missed — Four downs and one up from Bolton Wanderers defeat to Cheltenham

Bolton Wanderers fell to their first defeat in five games on Tuesday night to Cheltenham Town.

It was nothing short of what Ian Evatt's side deserved as they put in a terrible performance, lacking their usual swagger and elegance in possession, as they were instead pressed into oblivion by the spirited home side.

The Whites didn't manage to muster a single shot on target all game which paints the picture of how lacklustre their performance really was. Only heroics from James Trafford kept the scores level until the 87th minute when the Robbins finally got their goal.

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With no one offering him an option, Kieran Sadlier was caught in possession to spark the attack. Dan Nlundulu then shrugged off MJ Williams before clipping a lovely ball over the top for Ryan Broom to sweep home the only goal of the game.

Here are four downs and a single up from the match:

Downs

Lee and Bradley missed

It was worrying when the teamsheets were released and there was no Kieran Lee or Conor Bradley involved at all and that concern was well founded. Bolton missed both players considerably and were a far cry from the side that played so well, dominated, knocked the ball around beautifully, in the win over Lincoln.

No Bradley meant a reshuffle in defence with Gethin Jones going out to right wing-back and Will Aimson taking his place in the back three. A disaster. Jones does not have the pace to play further up the field and his quality distribution was missed from deeper in the field. Aimson, meanwhile, had a terrible night and could hardly kick a ball straight. He passed it straight out of touch at one point in the first half, summing up Bolton's lethargy, and then needlessly prevented a thrown-in which