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John McDougall

Bolton Wanderers boss hopes 'leader' Eoin Doyle goes on goalscoring run after return to team

Ian Evatt hopes Bolton Wanderers striker Eoin Doyle can maintain his goalkscoring form and go on a run after netting two in as many games following his return from injury.

The 32-year-old was League Two's top scorer last season when he was with Swindon Town as the Robins won promotion to League One.

He joined Wanderers over the summer but had a slow start to his goalscoring career at the club.

He scored his first goal in the victory over Harrogate Town at the start of October and followed it up with a header on the road against Barrow.

The Irishman spent a few weeks out injured after coming off against Cambridge United.

But he returned from injury to net the opener against Salford City and followed it up with a second goal in as many games with an acrobatic strike against Stevenage over the weekend.

Evatt believes Doyle is a 'leader' among the Wanderers camp and hope the club's younger players can learn from him.

And having seen Doyle score in bursts throughout his career, Evatt hopes he can do the same for Bolton after returning to the team.

“Eoin is first and foremost a fantastic human being and a leader amongst the group," Evatt said.

"He’s a big part of what we want to do here, his character, his professionalism is top drawer and hopefully our young players will learn off that.

“On top of that he is a magnificent goalscorer who guarantees you goals.

“And I think if you look at most games in most divisions the difference between the teams is the top end of the pitch and who is clinical with their chances and who takes them and I trust Eoin Doyle that when we create the opportunities that we are doing he will take them.

“If you look at his career he always goes through spells of scoring regular goals, he can easily get 10 in seven or 10 in eight, that sort of thing.

“Once he gets on that roll it’s positive for us and hopefully he can keep doing it."

Wanderers head to Glanford Park this evening to take on Scunthorpe United in a 7pm kick-off.

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