SAM Allardyce admitted today that he was not sure which Bolton team would turn up to face Liverpool at the Reebok on Sunday.

Will it be the fully-focused, confident, talent-packed side that demolished Charlton and added to Southampton's woes, or will it be the one that was taken to the cleaners at Fulham?

He would like to think the performance at Craven Cottage was an isolated case of complacency setting in after such a stunning show but he was leaving nothing to chance.

"Six points from three games has given us a comfortable start," the manager said, "but we can't afford anybody getting complacent when I look at the size of the task we face in the next three games."

After Liverpool, Wanderers have a two-week break -- from domestic football at least -- before the Premiership resumes with a vengeance with Manchester United at home and Arsenal away.

Allardyce would sleep well tonight if he could guarantee a performance to match the determined display his players put on at St Mary's -- but he is worried there could be physical as well as psychological crosses to bear on Sunday.

"Thank God it's a Sunday game," he said, concerned that fatigue could be a factor.

"Considering we only got back from Southampton between 3.30 and 4 o'clock on Thursday morning, we'd have had no little chance against Liverpool if the game had been played on Saturday afternoon. Physically they'd have been 20 per cent ahead of us.

"As it is, I'm still having to challenge the players to drive themselves through the pain barrier to get to the same levels as Liverpool -- and still the substitutes will have to come into play, from a physical as well as a tacticalpoint of view.

"After an away win, the last thing you want to do is to lose the next match and waste all that energy." For all their misgivings, Wanderers are delighted to have kicked off the season with two victories -- results that took them to third in the table. But Allardyce is determined to keep things in perspective.

"It's scary when you look at what we did in our first season in the Premiership, when we started with three wins then only managed to win two of the next 22," he said.

"While everything looks nice and rosy at the moment, we're still only three games in."