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Aaron Collins says Wanderers must back up their big win against Reading with another good performance at Crawley.
The Whites hit five past the Royals last weekend to secure an important three points after a slow start in League One.
Collins is hungry to get more points on the board despite the quick turnaround from the trip to Arsenal, where he got on the scoresheet.
“We have got to build on (Reading), it was a good performance and result. We have got to go into Crawley now full of confidence,” said the Welshman.
Collins got the nod in attack alongside John McAtee at the Emirates, while Dion Charles and Victor Adeboyejo were involved from the start against Reading.
The former Bristol Rovers man is relishing the competition for places in the final third and is confident that everyone will have a part to play this season.
“It is going to be a long season, 46 games plus the cups,” he added. “We know that all four of us are good enough to get in there and can do what we need to do for the team.
“If Vic and Dion are doing it right now, we know there will be a time where we get our chance as well.”
The 27-year-old took his goal well against the Gunners, sending the 4,000-plus supporters who had made the journey down to the capital into raptures.
“It is a good experience even playing there and to get a goal at the Emirates is something I can say forever,” he beamed.
“The fans were quality, coming down on a Wednesday night in such numbers. They knew it was going to be a tough game but they were singing from the first minute to the 90th.
“It was frustrating but I think we have a good account of ourselves. Some sloppy goals which I think you can find at any level, but they are a quality team, world class, and it is always going to be hard to stop a front three like that.
“We will look through the goals and work on that, but it is hard because nobody is going to face something like that in our league.
“The goals, they were preventable but it is tough. It could have been a completely different game.
“I believe it was a penalty. I saw it close up and we could have gone 1-0 up, it might have been a completely different game. We will take the positives from it and move on to Saturday now.”
Jack Porter became the youngest goalkeeper in the history of the Carabao Cup when he started against the Whites.
However, there was nothing the 16-year-old could do when Collins went round him and kept his cool to slot home from a tight angle.
“I am a striker at the end of the day and when I get into those positions, I like to think I am composed,” the Bolton forward continued. “He came out, I shifted it to the side and put it into the back of the net.
“You could say we had the better chances in the first half, but it shows the difference where we don’t take them or hit the target, then they get two chances and the ball is in the back of the net.”
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