Ricardo Santos gives Bolton Wanderers dressing room view of Barnsley draw & James Norwood battle

Bolton Wanderers captain Ricardo Santos insists the Whites will not over-stress or over-think about their lack of goals at present following the draw against Barnsley as he admitted frustration they had not come out with three points.

The Whites were back at home yesterday and seeking to return to winning ways against the Tykes, following back to back losses against Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers. He made three changes to his team, including restoring Dapo Afolayan to the starting XI.

But despite opportunities for the likes of Afolayan, Dion Charles and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, Wanderers were unable to break the deadlock against a Barnsley side which rarely threatened. The Whites remain just outside the play-offs and level on points with the Tykes after the spoils were shared.

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Bolton skipper Santos believes his side ought to have come out with three points and he and his team mates know it is the final bit at the top end of the pitch which they need to crack. He is confident they can rediscover their goalscoring touch soon.

He said: “A little bit (of frustration), we know we should have won today. I felt it was all us but there are positives to take from it, the wins will come.

“The gaffer said today we’d got the most final third entries we’d managed, so it is just that final bit. We have to stay positive. A week ago everyone was happy and we were scoring goals but this is football, it happens.

“We are not over-stressing or over-thinking about things, we’ll just go on.

“I felt they had a gameplan to slow the game down, players going down and stuff. It was hard at times because we were trying to gain some