'One of contenders' - Bolton Wanderers attacker has say on Ipswich Town & pre-season verdict
29.07.2022 - 18:21
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Kieran Sadlier believes Ipswich Town will be up there as contenders for the summit of League One but says Bolton Wanderers are aiming to beat the Tractor Boys and prove they are one of the best in the division too.
Wanderers begin the new League One campaign tomorrow afternoon against the Tractor Boys. The Whites will make the long journey to Suffolk and Portman Road.
The Suffolk side finished below Wanderers in the table, but have strengthened this summer in a bid to earn promotion out of the division. Freddie Ladapo, Dom Ball, Greg Legh, Marcus Harness, Leif Davis and the loan signing of Tyreece John-Jules from Arsenal have been acquisitions in a strong window for the Portman Road club.
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But Wanderers have fared well against Championship opposition in pre-season. A draw against Huddersfield Town, a win over Watford and a tight loss to Wigan Athletic have been among the results.
Sadlier has taken encouragement from the pre-season performances against Watford and the Terriers in particular, with differnences between the two. He feels tomorrow's clash against the Tractor Boys is a 'huge' game and one he hopes Wanderers can come out on top of.
He said: "It is a huge game, it is a big club. Obviously, they will be one of the contenders as well I think. But that is what we want to do.
"We want to go to the best teams in the league and beat them, and I would say we are up there with the best teams in the league as well. We want to do that and if we can do that, we can do anything.
"I think our performance against Watford and our performance (vs Huddersfield) were two different performances. Against Watford, we got one of the