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Conor Bradley hopes Northern Ireland can benefit from his impressive club form

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Conor Bradley will go into Northern Ireland's upcoming Nations League fixtures with greater confidence after making an impressive start to his loan spell at Bolton.The 19-year-old Liverpool prospect has already earned eight caps for his country but feels he is ready to kick on a level after getting his first taste of regular senior football in League One.Playing in a wing-back role, Bradley has made an instant impact at the University of Bolton Stadium, scoring three goals in 12 appearances in all competitions."I feel good this season," Bradley said. "Obviously it’s been a step up for me playing twice a week."It’s been difficult at times but hopefully it’s something that will help me in the long term."Definitely I feel more confident.

I’ve got a bit of rhythm from playing twice a week. It’s mainly the confidence part. I feel good about myself from playing most of the games with Bolton.

I just want to kick on now and put that into a Northern Ireland shirt."Bradley got his first Bolton goal in a lop-sided 5-1 EFL Cup success over Salford, and followed it up with league strikes against Morecambe and Charlton, wins which have helped the Wanderers climb to fifth in the table."Definitely I’m getting myself into the box more, the timing of the runs into the box and obviously finishing off those chances, which I still want to get better at," Bradley said when asked which parts of his game have developed most quickly since joining Bolton."Also my game management, I’m young, some of the players in England are stronger than me so I’ve been dealing with that and trying to play around that…"It will hopefully help me with Northern Ireland. (Ian Baraclough) likes to play quite similar to how we do at Bolton with the wing-backs and he

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