Manager Dougie Freedman is confident his side can turn the corner by claiming victory against Derby County.
The Whites host Nigel Clough’s Rams under the Reebok floodlights on Tuesday evening as they look for an immediate response following Saturday’s narrow home defeat against Leeds United.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, the manager discussed a number of topics including why he believes Wanderers are not far away from clicking into gear.
“We have to work through the tough times,” admitted the Bolton boss. “I have been in the position before as a manager and I know exactly what we need to do and we have to keep on working. We have to make sure everybody understands their roles and we have to stick together.
“There are suggestions that we have been doing that, we have had very narrow defeats and defeats that have been very hard to take.
“We lost on Saturday from a set play, we had more possession and we created a number of fantastic situations in the final third against Leeds United but we didn’t quite make the right decisions. However there are suggestions that we will certainly turn the corner quickly.
“The lads are focused, obviously they are disappointed with how the results have gone but as I have pointed out to them, their performances are not too far away from winning games of football.
“Apart from the Nottingham Forest game, we have shown in every game that we are a very capable team. We conceded a goal after just seven minutes at the weekend which didn’t help but I thought our response was good.
“In our current situation, we want a game every single day so we can get into a bit of form and start picking up victories.
“In football you can never tell what is going to happen next. Derby have had up and down results, but they have had a couple of eye catching results including their win at Millwall.
“Nigel Clough has done a good job at Derby and in this division you need to have the attitude where you work for one another and have the blend of experience and youth.
“They have started well but I believe we are capable of winning tomorrow night and I believe if we can continue to keep on creating goal scoring opportunities alongside keeping the back door close longer than seven minutes which happened at the weekend then we will give ourselves a chance.”