Kyle Dempsey is hoping to stake his claim as Bolton Wanderers' number 10 moving forwards as the January transfer window signing has lifted the lid on his rugby league past and how came through the ranks at Wigan Warriors.
Options emerge for Bolton Wanderers set pieces as January signings pinpointed as key
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Bolton Wanderers now have a plethora of players who can take set pieces and make them count as Ian Evatt feels an understanding of how they can make the most of them to score is emerging.
Wanderers won a game from a set piece in midweek against Charlton Athletic when Will Aimson's header from Aaron Morley's free-kick secured three points in a 3-1 victory.
Making the most of set pieces and particuarly scoring from them have not perhaps been as fruitful a source of goals as Wanderers would have liked them to be under Evatt.
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But with Morley in the squad, as well as fellow January signings Kyle Dempsey and Kieran Sadlier, with Josh Sheehan to return next season too, Evatt has players in his squad capable of dangerous deliveries into the box.
And he believes the movement in the box is as important as the delivery, as he feels the belief to score is growing amongst his players in these situations and the small details that can help make the difference.
He said: "Kyle Dempsey’s a set-piece taker, Kieran Sadlier’s a set-piece taker. So yeah, we’ve looked at so many set plays and done work on how important the delivery is to the movement – the answer is they’re both equally important.
"The delivery is vital and you saw the goal on Tuesday – it was so good that we couldn’t not score. It’s the ball that goes in there and says, ‘go and head me in’.
"Will (Aimson) ended up doing that and it’s great that they’re starting to get competitive. I think Will is starting to get competitive with Rico (Ricardo Santos) to sat he’s one up. I’ve mentioned to Rico this morning if he doesn’t score this season there will be a hefty
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