IT IS unlikely Bolton will feature Fish on their menu at Grimsby tonight.

The big South African defender is struggling to recover from a knee ligament injury which kept him sidelined at Huddersfield on Saturday.

Manager Sam Allardyce, again beset with injury worries, goes to the East Coast in search of Wanderers' fourth straight league win on their travels.

On the face of it, Bolton would look clear favourites against a Grimsby side many reckon to be on the way down even at this early stage of the season. But Allardyce says: "When you relax you run the risk of getting smacked. We had a lesson at Macclesfield in the Worthington Cup last week and no opponents should ever be underestimated.

"We have made a good start -- better than we could have hoped for under very trying circumstances, but we must keep our foot on the gas.

Bolton's squad is: Jaaskelainen, O'Kane, Bergsson, Whitlow, Barness, Passi, Frandsen, Farrelly, Hansen, Holdsworth, Rankin, Ricketts, Marshall, Richardson, Morini, Banks, Fish