WATCHING Wanderers on the television the other night, I have to say I’m worried about what the future might hold.

It looked like men versus boys against Bournemouth. It was very hard to watch.

It’s a club I hold very close to my heart and it pains me to say that unless Neil Lennon is able to invest in players next season I can only see things getting worse.

Eddie Howe has shown what you can do with the right financial backing. He’s had money to spend – not extravagant amounts – but enough to get them to where they want to be.

It’s a lovely story and considering what the club’s fans have been through, it’d be great to see them pip Watford for the title on Saturday.

For Bolton, I’d have to say they are six or seven players short of a team that can challenge for promotion.

From a refereeing point of view, I thought Simon Hooper had a good game.

His only big decision was the penalty and red card issued to Dorian Dervite in the second half and I think he got it spot on.

I don’t really know why Dervite made the challenge, if I’m being honest, you might as well have let Callum Wilson take the shot. But once he’d brought him down there was no option but to produce a red card.

It is such a shame to see the demise of Bolton considering the great times they had six or seven years ago. It’s clear to see that Neil needs some money to spend because I can’t see it getting any better with a squad that’ll be one year older, even though I really hope I’m proved wrong.

If you need any inspiration, look at what has happened to Wigan.

It makes your head spin to think that they won the FA Cup in 2013 and nearly did it again a year later.

Despite all that success and the money they got from their time in the Premier League they made bad decisions with money and now they are paying for it. Next season they can look forward to playing against Scunthorpe United and Gillingham.

I hope they come up against Bury too – and I’ll be cheering on the Shakers on Saturday when they go to Tranmere Rovers with a shot at automatic promotion from League Two, even if that means disappointment for Phil Brown’s Southend United.

When you look at the money put into that club by their chairman Stewart Day in the last 12 months you see which direction investment takes you.

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BORING Chelsea? I’ll bet Jose Mourinho won’t mind as he places another shiny Premier League winner’s medal on his mantelpiece this summer.

There was a job to do at Arsenal on Sunday and Chelsea went and did it. They lose that game and it opens a little opportunity for the chasing pack – but Chelsea get a point and they are nearly home and dry with the title.

All this talk about them being boring is just sour grapes. Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool have all experienced the same thing when they were leading the way – now they are the ones dishing it out.

To be honest, Chelsea could have won that game quite comfortably because I think they were denied two clear-cut penalties at the Emirates Stadium.

David Ospina’s reckless challenge on Oscar was virtually an assault and how Michael Oliver didn’t award a penalty is beyond me.

He was completely wiped out and to make matters worse, it was in full view of the referee’s assistant too.

Later we saw Santi Cazorla trip Cesc Fabregas and then the referee wrongly give the Chelsea midfielder a caution for simulation.

Oliver got the other two penalty shouts – the first one on Oscar by Hector Bellerin and the second a handball shout against Gary Cahill – spot on. But this kind of thing illustrates why he still has a lot of learning to do in order to fulfil his talent as a referee.

There is no question he has the tools to be one of the very best around. His managing of players is excellent and he speaks to them as well as anyone else in the game but he still gets too many key match decisions wrong. He is not consistent enough and needs to work hard at his game to try and eliminate those mistakes.

Thankfully, the decisions he made on Sunday did not have a massive impact on the game or the title race. I think Chelsea should walk it from here.

I’m sure most Wanderers fans wouldn’t deny Gary Cahill his moment of success. He was a pleasure to work with at Bolton, a top fella who I still speak with from time to time.

If there were more players in the game like Gary, we’d have no problems as referees, that’s for sure – his attitude is, and always was, spot on.

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SOME people might have grabbed the wrong end of the stick when I criticised the FA for appointing Jon Moss to the FA Cup final.

It is not a personal attack. I like Jon, he’s a great lad, but I simply don’t think they picked the best available option.

It isn’t as if Jon is regularly being given the top matches in the Premier League by the PGMOL.

When it comes to appointing someone for a Manchester or Liverpool derby you don’t see him in the frame at all.

Why then should he be granted one of the biggest games in the whole football calendar, watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world?

It seems a strange decision when you consider Mark Clattenburg has done the big games and handled the big occasions and yet he was again overlooked.

I have nothing against Jon at all and hope he has a terrific afternoon. But I am sure that deep inside he’ll be feeling a little sheepish about the whole matter and know that he’s had a lucky break.

Bolton’s own Lee Mason is also back with us in the Premier League on Monday when he takes charge of the televised game between Hull City and Arsenal.

He’s had a rough ride the last few weeks and I’m sure he’d like to blow a few of the cobwebs out.

Hull beating Liverpool the other night has lessened a bit of the pressure on the game, which looked a couple of weeks ago like a must-win for Steve Bruce.

Arsenal have got some work to do. They’ll fancy finishing ahead of Manchester City in second place, which would represent a pretty good season for Arsene Wenger, all things considered.

I’m sure Lee will hope people are left taking about the football on Monday night, and not the refereeing.