JAY Jay Okocha has told the critics to stop whingeing and start working out how to handle Wanderers.

"People are finding it difficult to accept the fact that we are a good side," said the Reebok ace.

"They always have something to say about Bolton, especially when they lose against us. They have to give reasons, so most of the time, they come up with the fact that we are too direct. But we don't care."

As one of the most gifted players ever to pull on a white shirt, the famously free-spirited Nigerian would not have hung around as long as he has, had he been uncomfortable with Sam Allardyce's playing style.

It is true that he has been well paid during his three-and-a-half years at the Reebok, but Okocha is a proud man who loves his football and would have no truck with what BBC presenter and commentator Alan Green describes as "ugly football".

"I think we play some good football," he said, countering the Radio Five Live man's controversial comments.

"But, more importantly, we play winning football."