Bolton Wanderers have key players returning in time
Bolton Wanderers are aiming to bounce back from their most recent disappointing performance in the league, losing 3-1 to Carlisle United, when they next Northampton Town on Saturday.
To support their cause, they will welcome back players recently missing due to injury. That will be a timely boost for coach Ian Evatt.
Bolton remain in and around the playoff positions, but injury-related setbacks mean they struggle to find real consistency. There was always pressure to have more pre-season pundit picks to gain promotion, and now that the team is returning to normality, a push for the automatic promotion places could become a reality.
Among those expected to return are Paris Maghoma, Ricardo Santos and Gethin Jones. With the external availability of Carlos Mendes Gomes. Dion Charles is on international duty with Northern Ireland and is also expected to play, and appears to have escaped a shoulder injury.
Evatt was reported in the Northampton Chronicle as saying. “We’ve been saying for a few weeks that maybe we have to get through this difficult period and unfortunately we weren’t able to sign the contracts we wanted before the break.
“But I think when you look at the game and how it goes, we really miss the players that have the X Factor when we want someone to dribble, pass the ball, that’s why we signed signing Carlos and Paris.
Having creative players back is a bonus, but having players to finish off attacks is even better
“We have our star striker, who still scored goals but was no longer himself due to injury. Any team in this league would struggle without these players. We still got some results, but we need to get them back and we’ll also need a bit of grounding to keep them stable.
“We’ll be under a bit of pressure, as always, but we’ve got to come back and prove everyone wrong.” We’ve had a little bit of time to freshen things up, get everyone back and now we can attack this game against Northampton to make sure we get going in the right direction.
Writer’s perspective
Bolton are a team that has hitherto gone unnoticed. This may suit them as they pursue top positions. However, there
will be times when they want to take action and put themselves in a more competitive position. This weekend’s game against struggling Northampton Town could be the start of a good run with games to follow at Wycombe Wanderers, Charlton Athletic and Shrewsbury Town.
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