Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made three changes to his side to take on Barnsley this afternoon from the defeat to Forest Green Rovers.
27.09.2022 - 07:26 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Josh Sheehan believes the Bolton Wanderers squad is a very different one to the side he played in last season but feels it is now one of the strongest collection of players in League One as he aims to make an impact upon it after putting injury problems behind him.
The midfielder had been on the sidelines since last November. His promising first campaign at Wanderers was ended early due to a ruptured ACL and a long period of recovery and rehabilitation followed.
He returned to running on grass towards the end of last season and travelled with the squad to their pre-season training camp in Portugal. He did not feature in pre-season fixtures though.
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Sheehan returned to action last month in the Papa Johns Trophy clash against Crewe Alex. He followed this up with another appearance in the same competition, this time versus Tranmere Rovers last week.
The current Wanderers squad is a very different side to the one he played in last season. The likes of Kyle Dempsey and Aaron Morley are competition for him in central midfield.
Upfront, he now has Dion Charles and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson to feed passes through to in the final third. It is a squad Sheehan acknowledges has changed vastly since last season and he believes he it is up there with the strongest in League One.
And he is confident has can complement the club's forward line, as well as offering something different in the central midfield department.
He told the Manchester Evening News: “It (the squad) has changed a lot to be fair. There’s a lot of good players come in and when I returned to training, you can see the quality and the standard has upped.
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