ANDY Todd will aim to put a season of setbacks behind him tomorrow when he returns for Wanderers against bottom-of-the-table Crewe at the Reebok.

With Paul Warhurst injured and Mark Fish on international duty with South Africa, Todd is expected to partner Robbie Elliott at the heart of a defence that has kept nine clean sheets in 14 games.

Colin Todd has not confirmed his son's comeback but there appears to be few alternatives open to the Wanderers boss.

It's a tribute to the 24-year-old's powers of recovery that he is even in the reckoning so soon after the double hernia operation in November - the latest in a series of problems to blight his season. Pleurisy and a shin-splints condition have hampered his hopes of building on last season's showing in the Premiership when he set incredibly high standards.

Todd for Fish, who plays for South Africa in their Nations Cup qualifier against The Gabon in Johannesburg, and Ricardo Gardner for the suspended Per Frandsen are two enforced changes to the team that stretched its unbeaten run to 15 games with a scoreless draw at Birmingham on Sunday.

Top scorers Bob Taylor and Dean Holdsworth will again keep new £1 million signing Bo Hansen on the subs bench as Wanderers look to celebrate their 2,000th home league game with a victory over a side that has never won at Bolton and which is anchored at the foot of the table.

But the manager cautioned against complacency today when he said: "People talk about it being a walkover because it's Crewe and there are high expectations of us.

"But we're going to have to be focused and put in the workrate that will overpower them with our style of play. We can't afford to let them get any confidence because they can play if you let them.

"Every game now is going to be a real battle and we've got to make sure we don't fall flat on our faces. It's all about getting the attitude right."

Crewe, eight points adrift of the survival zone, are set for a shake-up with Danny Murphy, back at Gresty Road on loan from Liverpool, expected to be pushed forward with England U-21 midfielder Seth Johnson back after sitting out two games after an administrative error over a one-match suspension!

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