Bolton 'lightyears' ahead of other promoted sides after Morecambe draw as key factor highlighted

Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers are 'lightyears' ahead of the sides which were promoted out of League Two last season and has put that down to the recruitment his side has done.

Wanderers won automatic promotion to the third tier of English football least season along with Cambridge United and Cheltenham Town, while Morecambe achieved League One status via the play-offs.

Wanderers are 11th in the table and well clear of Cambridge and Cheltenham in terms of points, while Morecambe are in the drop zone at present.

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Evatt feels some perspective is needed and it remembered that though Wanderers are seeking to reach the play-offs, they are a newly promoted side.

But he believes the recruitment done at Bolton means they are 'light years' ahead of the other promoted sides as his side claimed a point at home against Morecambe thanks to Jon Dadi Bodvarsson's late equaliser to cancel out Cole Stockton's opener.

Evatt said: “That is important that we do have some perspective. As much as we want to be promoted, we are a newly promoted team and if you look at all the other newly promoted teams, they’re a long way behind where we are and that speaks volumes for our recruitment.

"I think we’re lightyears ahead of them. I think that’s been proved tonight but you have to understand that they’re trying to win football matches the way they can and we have to be better and do better with some of our details.

"I think everybody knows the game should have been all over within the first 20 minutes, it wasn’t and then we caused ourselves problems but we’ll keep improving, we’ll stay grounded and we know there’s more to come.”

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