Ian Evatt believes Kieran Lee is a 'great example' for the rest of his Bolton Wanderers squad to learn from ahead of taking on the midfilder's old club Sheffield Wednesday who he knows will be a tough test.
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Ian Evatt believes young midfielder George Thomason has been one of the highlights of pre-season as he called on one of his forwards to break the 20 goal barrier for the club this season.
Wanderers begin the new League One season this afternoon on the road against Ipswich Town. The Whites are aiming to improve upon a top 10 finish achieved last campaign and be among the challengers for promotion to the Championship.
If such a sustainable challenge is to be made, then undoubtedly a regular source of goals will be needed. Bolton's top scorer last season was Dapo Afolayan with 14 strikes, closely followed by Amadou Bakayoko.
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Evatt would like one of his forward players - which also includes the likes of January signings Dion Charles and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson - to step up to the plate and take their goalscoring tally beyond the 20 goal mark. He feels scoring from set plays is an area to improve upon but the Bolton boss has plenty of options in that area of the pitch.
He said: "We would like one of them to step forward and get 20-odd goals because I think if you have got a 20-goal-a-season striker, you have already got a really chance. We would like to think that we have got a really talented group of players who are all capable of chipping in with goals and scoring from all over the pitch.
"Obviously, we need to score from set-plays. That is one of the areas we need to improve. But plenty of options, plenty of goals and hopefully we can go out there and do it."
One of the players to have caught the eye in pre-season of the Bolton boss is young midfielder Thomason. He believes the 21-year-old has developed physically and
Ian Evatt believes Kieran Lee is a 'great example' for the rest of his Bolton Wanderers squad to learn from ahead of taking on the midfilder's old club Sheffield Wednesday who he knows will be a tough test.
Bolton Wanderers take on Sheffield Wednesday this weekend in the pick of the games in League One.
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killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, according to a bombshell report.According to an FBI forensic report obtained by ABC News, the gun delivering the fatal bullet in the Oct. 21 shooting on the New Mexico set “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger.”Baldwin, the star and producer of the Western film, claimed he believed he was handling a “cold gun” without live ammunition when it went off and a live bullet hit Hutchins, killing her.
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