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Jon Dadi Bodvarsson reckons the goals will flow for Wanderers’ strikers once they learn to relax.
The Icelander returned to scoring form with a dramatic late winner at Burton Albion on Tuesday night – only his second league goal of the campaign.
Amadou Bakayoko also broke a longer streak, stretching back to April, while Dion Charles and Elias Kachunga have not scored from open play in League One yet this season.
Ian Evatt’s side take on Oxford United at the University of Bolton Stadium tomorrow knowing a third straight victory could put them fourth in the table.
The club has been trying to motivate their front men by sending montages of their best goals and passing moves to their phones, set to music.
And experienced head Bodvarsson reckons the distraction is having the desired effect.
“I like it,” he said. “It is always good to see those things, positive stuff you have done.
“I don’t feel my confidence has been down. I told the lads after the Barnsley game ‘just keep at it, keep working hard, the goals will come.’
“It is like the ketchup effect, you try and get everything out of it all at once and it doesn’t happen. If you keep at it, eventually is comes out of the bottle.
“Hopefully now we will continue to score. We need goals, everyone knows it, if we are going to be up there.
“I think it is just important to keep focussed and keep believing.”
Bodvarsson told his team-mates after the goalless draw with Barnsley a fortnight ago that they must avoid “overcomplicating” their work around the penalty box.
The Icelander revealed, however, that he suffered a low after missing a couple of chances against Accrington Stanley a week later and was helped out of the funk by the Wanderers supporters.
“Last game at Accrington I didn’t feel I played well, I have higher standards for myself. And I got so much positivity still from the fans, and it really helps your confidence,” he said.
“You want to give back to them, the good feeling, and get the club back to that good place as it was in the past.
“It was such a frustrating game. It was one of those as a player you don’t feel as sharp as usual. Sometimes it is like that.
“Walking off the pitch you have those high standards of yourself, you are frustrated, p***** off at yourself. I was until the next day and just told myself I had to work hard and stay positive.”
After two breathless victories, Wanderers have a chance to extend the current five-point gap between themselves and seventh-placed Exeter City, who sit just outside the play-off places.
Bodvarsson reckons the results were a timely shot-in-the-arm for Evatt’s squad as they come to the end of a hectic month.
“Hopefully now we can keep that run going against Oxford, and to still be at home as well is good because we are always very confident playing here,” he said.
“Those two games have given us a huge boost. It is good for the club in general that we can be positive for the next game.
“We are in the top six. There is a long time left but it is a good sign. The most important thing now is to keep consistent and keep going.”
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