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Josh Dacres-Cogley believes Wanderers’ League One campaign is starting to come together after a rocky start.
Placed sixth in the table after 13 games, Ian Evatt’s side could move into third spot if they beat Stockport County this weekend and results elsewhere fall their way.
It is all a far cry from the opening month of the season, where post play-off frustration and a series of poor results had placed serious pressure on the manager to turn things around quickly.
But since a 4-0 home defeat to Huddersfield Town on September 14, only Wycombe have taken more points than the Whites, their latest result a comprehensive 5-0 hammering of Stockport at Edgeley Park on Tuesday night.
Alongside Ricardo Santos and Szabolcs Schön, Dacres-Cogley has been ever-present in good times and bad, and he feels Bolton are now winning over some of their doubters.
“It has been really important to get back into the swing of things and get used to winning games again, especially after the start we’d made,” he said. “I think it is coming together now and everyone is looking forward to every game.
“We knew that we had to improve our performances and then let that momentum feed into the fans for them to help us and give us that boost.
“I think we have started to do that now, we’re creating more chances and we are scoring more goals.
“You can’t panic. Even though we did not start as we wanted to, we knew we would be able to get on runs of games where we will be winning and which would get us back up near it and get us the points we needed.
“We just need to focus on each game and focus on taking three points, and that will keep us going in the right direction.”
Dacres-Cogley has shown his versatile side in the last few weeks as injuries bit into the Bolton squad, playing both as a wing-back and right-sided centre-half.
Though Will Forrester’s return to fitness has seen him move back to his preferred position out wide, the former Birmingham defender only wants to see his name on the team-sheet.
“I have played there a bit before, to cover mostly,” he said. “If I have to do that for the team, and that helps the team, then obviously I will do that.
“I have been introduced to it at different levels and it is kind of natural for me now.
“We are a ball playing team, so you still see a lot of the ball from there and you can influence a lot of the start of play. I enjoy it, although not as much as wing-back and flying down the outside. It is good to be useful in the team in many positions.”
Meanwhile, Wanderers’ Under-18s will host Lincoln City at the Toughsheet Stadium in the second round of the FA Youth Cup on Monday, November 25 (kick-off 7pm).
Julian Darby’s side are unbeaten this season, sit second in the league table, and breezed past Rotherham United 6-2 in the last round.
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