By Chris Dunlavy
BOLTON boss Phil Parkinson has challenged his players to confound the doom-mongers following the sale of star striker Gary Madine.
With the Trotters winless in 11 matches at the start of the campaign, Madine scored ten goals in 29 games to haul them out of the Championship drop zone.
But Parky’s men will now have to find a new source of salvation after the 27-year-old completed a £6m deadline day switch to Cardiff.
“I’m disappointed because I always felt we’d keep Gary,” admitted Parkinson, who received news of Madine’s departure in a 5pm phone call on Tuesday.
“The chairman (...