by gecko6

theres sometimes a suprising result or two in EPL and especially on the first day of the season - this looks one for me.. sunderland have bruce in charge now and that could give them a fillip - botlon have the occasional awful game and they may get caught cold here..sunderland could be slightly under-rated for me this season... bit of a wild stab but worht a dabble for me due to new mgr and new pl ...

by CYBERTIP

Sunderland proved their ambition by bringing Steve Bruce from Wigan. The club continued to invest in the squad and they helped Bruce build a very good squad. Darren Bent and Frazier Campbell will compensate for the departure if Cisse, while experienced Paulo Da Silva and Lorik Cana will improve team’s defence. The squad are well balanced and a good start of the league campaign is exactly what they ...

by SmoggyFever

This looks and feels like a draw as Sunderland are now the better team but may struggle to get goals in the season opener.
I fancy a 0-0 but will stick to just the draw

by betking

Ive posted a few times on the forum about this being a draw, probably 0-0. Dont see either team having enough cutting edge to break the other down, but blunt forwards against solid defences will only result in a draw... Bolton seem to like 0-0s from memory, and hoem advantage vs new manager syndrome, seems to have draw in the script.