Bolton Wanderers team decisions planned for Wycombe, Salford City, Port Vale & Morecambe clashes

Ian Evatt says that Bolton Wanderers have already planned team selection decisions for the opening stage of the season in a bid to keep players fresh and adapt to the different challenges they will face.

Wanderers begin the new League One campaign tomorrow afternoon against Ipswich Town. The Whites will make the long journey to Suffolk and Portman Road.

After that, Wanderers have their first home game of the League One season against Wycombe, before hosting Salford City in the first round of the Carabao Cup. From there, Wanderers travel to Vale Park to take on newly promoted Port Vale.

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Next up for Wanderers following the trip to Burslem are back to back home matches beginning with taking on Morecambe. The Whites then take on Sheffield Wednesday at the University of Bolton Stadium.

Evatt says Wanderers have looked at their opening fixtures of the season and planned teams accordingly for the challenges they will face. He believes the squad, though promising on paper, must now go out and earn the right for promotion.

He told the Manchester Evening News : "We have had to look at possibly the first four or five fixtures and try to plan teams accordingly in perfect scenarios. Obviously, things change really quickly in football and can overnight, so we have to be flexible and make sure we are ready to change and be adaptable.

"But we have tried to look at the opposition of the first four or five games - what to expect, what kind of game we think it is going to be – and try to manage and pick teams accordingly. There are going to be changes, there has to be.

"You don’t win divisions or win promotions with the same 11