Jaaskelainen out for the season
by Ben Blackmore, 17 March 2008
Gary Megson watched his Bolton team slump to a 1-0 defeat to 10-man Wigan and then revealed Jussi Jaaskelainen will not play again this season.
The Finland goalkeeper has been struggling with a back injury, and Megson admitted he will undergo surgery to correct the problem.
"He needs six weeks of rest to try and resolve his problem, and he is also going to need some form of surgery," revealed Megson.
"Either way, his season is over."
Turning his attentions to Bolton’s lacklustre performance, which came after nine first-teamers were rested for the European clash with Sporting, Megson admitted some hard words are needed.
"We have to wake up very quickly," he added. "Hopefully they will now recognise we're in the bottom three, but if we keep doing what we did today then we will stay in the bottom three.
"We have to roll our sleeves up and start doing what everybody else is doing around us, which is battling, scrapping, putting in a good shift and accepting our position."