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Wanderers new boy Mark Beevers has warned his team-mates that star quality will not be enough to guarantee success in League One.
Though impressed by the standard of the squad he joined just over a week ago from Millwall, the big defender reckons the most important ingredient will be added before the big kick-off against Sheffield United.
Phil Parkinson is still looking to make signings in the next three weeks and Beevers believes the acid test will be if they can be quickly integrated into the team.
“I’ve looked around since coming in and there’s no doubt this is a good squad,” he told The Bolton News. “No-one outside the club will disagree with me on that, I’m sure.
“But unless you’re in it together it doesn’t matter if you have got top players. You need organisation, you need a plan.
“At this time of year you have lots of players coming and going but it’s the sides who can settle down and get their preparation done that are usually the successful ones.
“I didn’t quite do it with Millwall last year – but there are players who are capable of pushing to the top of this table here, 100 per cent. We just need to make that into a team.”
Meanwhile, Wanderers are casting their eye over 6ft 5in former MSV Duisburg goalkeeper Timothy “Seny” Dieng.
The Zurich-born 21-year-old has been brought in to Lostock this week for a trial, initially working with the development squad.
Dieng came through the ranks at Swiss club Grasshoppers and earned a senior call-up to the Senegal squad in 2014 before moving on a free transfer to Duisburg in February.
Phil Parkinson has been on the lookout for goalkeeping cover for Ben Amos but it remains to be seen whether Dieng has sufficient first team experience for the Wanderers boss.
It is not the first time Dieng has tried to earn a deal with the Whites, having previously trialled at the club aged 15. On that occasion it was deemed he was not ready to make the step up – but after working in Switzerland and Germany the big keeper is now tipped to make a bigger impact in English football this time around.
Since his previous stint with Bolton Dieng has worked with well-respected goalkeeper coach Fred Barber at his training school in Staffordshire.
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Though impressed by the standard of the squad he joined just over a week ago from Millwall, the big defender reckons the most important ingredient will be added before the big kick-off against Sheffield United.
Phil Parkinson is still looking to make signings in the next three weeks and Beevers believes the acid test will be if they can be quickly integrated into the team.
“I’ve looked around since coming in and there’s no doubt this is a good squad,” he told The Bolton News. “No-one outside the club will disagree with me on that, I’m sure.
“But unless you’re in it together it doesn’t matter if you have got top players. You need organisation, you need a plan.
“At this time of year you have lots of players coming and going but it’s the sides who can settle down and get their preparation done that are usually the successful ones.
“I didn’t quite do it with Millwall last year – but there are players who are capable of pushing to the top of this table here, 100 per cent. We just need to make that into a team.”
Meanwhile, Wanderers are casting their eye over 6ft 5in former MSV Duisburg goalkeeper Timothy “Seny” Dieng.
The Zurich-born 21-year-old has been brought in to Lostock this week for a trial, initially working with the development squad.
Dieng came through the ranks at Swiss club Grasshoppers and earned a senior call-up to the Senegal squad in 2014 before moving on a free transfer to Duisburg in February.
Phil Parkinson has been on the lookout for goalkeeping cover for Ben Amos but it remains to be seen whether Dieng has sufficient first team experience for the Wanderers boss.
It is not the first time Dieng has tried to earn a deal with the Whites, having previously trialled at the club aged 15. On that occasion it was deemed he was not ready to make the step up – but after working in Switzerland and Germany the big keeper is now tipped to make a bigger impact in English football this time around.
Since his previous stint with Bolton Dieng has worked with well-respected goalkeeper coach Fred Barber at his training school in Staffordshire.
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