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John McDougall

'A huge miss' - Bolton Wanderers fans express concern after Stockport County team news

Bolton Wanderers are without holding midfielder MJ Williams for this evening's FA Cup first round replay clash against Stockport County.

Joel Dixon lines up as goalkeeper for Wanderers against the Hatters with Lloyd Isgrove at right-back and Declan John at left-back, with Ricardo Santos partnered at the back by George Johnston.

In central midfield, Williams misses out due to an illness and is replaced by George Thomason, with Kieran Lee and Josh Sheehan in front of him.

READ MORE: Stockport County v Bolton Wanderers LIVE: match updates and reaction

And upfront, Evatt has put Elias Kachunga on the right, with Amadou Bakayoko through the middle in place of the injured Doyle, and Dapo Afolayan on the left flank.

On the bench this evening for Wanderers are Matt Gilks, Nathan Delfouneso, Xavier Amaechi, Will Aimson, Alex Baptiste, Liam Gordon, Matthew Tweedley, Mitchell Henry and Arran Pettifer.

Wanderers fans have taken to Twitter to have their say on the midfielder's absence and many have admitted that the former Blackpool man is a loss for Ian Evatt's side.

Omair Sadiq wrote: "No MJ is a massive loss."

Karenbwfcsimps1 posted: "Hope MJ will be OK for the league match on Saturday."

Marc Boatwright wrote: "Is that first game MJ missed since we signed him?"

@Fozzy_7 posted: "MJ is a huge miss."

@OldManWinter999 posted: "No MJ is a big loss, especially as I’m very unconvinced with Thomason. Would’ve liked Amaechi to start, but hopefully him returning gives Mr Useless a kick up the backside to actually do something…"

Matt Anderson wrote: "No MJ has me nervous."

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