It's as if Gary Megson was determined to celebrate his second anniversary as Bolton manager in style. A month ago I was looking at this date as a tipping point: essentially, Megson had a month to prove he had a future at the Reebok. In that time, he's turned around a demoralised squad and an alienated fanbase and has produced not just the results that he's long promised, but also some impressive (and surprising) performances.

After a dismal start to the season, where it appeared that every aspect of the club was coming apart at the seams, it's as if Megson set the controls of his DeLorean for 2006 and screwed up the timeline somehow. The results from the last three games bear absolutely no relation to the first six games of the season.

But at the same time, Bolton Wanderers (October 2009) are very different from the Sam Allardyce teams. After two years, Megson has been able to shape this side and stamp his own personality on it.

Out of Bolton's outstanding performers this season, only Jussi Jaaskelainen and Kevin Davies remain from Allardyce's regime. Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor and Tamir Cohen are all Megson signings and they're all smart players. Could it be that Gary Megson actually has a plan here?

Maybe we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. It's only been three games (so far). Liverpool have just had three bad games, so does that make them a bad team? They didn't look that bad at the weekend.

A month ago, it seemed everyone had an opinion about Gary Megson and Bolton, and I was no different. And while Megson can now point to the last three games as evidence that he is The Man For The Job, I still have two dismal years to look back on.

Is this a sign of things to come, or is it just a blip? The most important thing about the last few results is that there is some optimism around the club, something that has been missing at the Reebok for a long time.