WANDERERS’ win against the unhappy Hammers had the Match of the Day pundits reaching for their cliché dictionaries on Saturday night.

Apparently, Bolton are a long ball team, they’re physical, they play to their strengths, good in the air, etc, etc — we’ve heard it all before.

Fair enough, two of our goals were pretty direct, but Alan Hansen dismissed our second as a simple cross and header, when it was, in fact, much more than that.

I’m getting my own cliché dictionary out now: if a team like Arsenal had scored that goal, the experts would have been purring over it for the rest of the season.

Sure, it ended simply enough, but the build up to Johan Elmander’s Shearer-esque finish was a slick passing team move — and deserved further credit from Gary Lineker and co.

Now, I may be getting a little bit carried away here, but then, it’s not every day Elmander bags a brace — on another day, he might have claimed a hattrick.

It was a powerful header from the striker and it is an element of his game that has not been evident before this weekend — indeed, he missed a glorious headed chance in pre-season against Osasuna, when it seemed easier to score.

The Swede, who looks a reformed man under Owen Coyle, also won the flick-on for Matthew Upson’s hilarious own goal.

The defender was certainly left red faced after heading the ball past England reject Rob Green — mainly because he was covered in blood thanks to a boot in the nose from Super Kevin Davies.

Our captain’s interview on MOTD was also mildly amusing. Asked whether he thought his challenge on the West Ham centre half was foul, he turned to the Arsene Wenger book of fending off controversial questions — if in doubt, say you didn’t see it.