Welcome back to The Buff Podcast, your weekly dose of Bolton Wanderers news, gossip and discussion.

Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt are back to sift through a busy week in which the Whites beat Burton, came unstuck in Bristol and appointed a brand new sporting director.

The lads discuss the arrival of Fergal Harkin and what he could bring to the club and look forward to a crunch game on Saturday lunchtime against Stockport County.

Among the other stories in the news, we look at Newcastle United's Alex Murphy's up-and-down week and what the managerial changes at Barnsley, Huddersfield and Wigan might mean for Bolton.

As ever, your emails are answered, including the 'other' managers discussed at Wanderers during the interview process and why the Bolton Trotters wouldn't take off as a franchise.

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