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It's time to let Sam Dalby lead the line: Opinion

Sam Dalby netted his sixth Championship goal of the season on Tuesday night, guiding Bolton Wanderers to a 1-0 win over Charlton Athletic. There has been a lot of debate about who should start up top for the Whites, but Dalby's form may have just put that to bed.

05.11.26, 11:00 Updated 05.11.26, 11:07 4 Minute Read

Goals. The most important thing in football. Score more than your opponent and you win the game, simple.

Finding someone who can do that for you? Less than simple, especially in a totally new division.

For Bolton Wanderers, the striker debate has been going long before the season began. Sam Dalby came into the campaign as the Whites top scorer from the previous year but his help of Mason Burstow and Amario Cozier-Duberry had both left the club.

Reinforcements were necessary and whilst Steven Schumacher and Fergal Harkin may not have been able to land their top targets, two came in. Ryan Hardie and Theo Bair on loan moves from Wrexham and Auxerre respectively.

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Matt Bottomley

A lifelong Bolton Wanderers fan, this club is the reason I began my journalism career. Since sitting in the stands as a kid over 20 years ago, I have gone on to work for the likes of the BBC and The Telegraph before everything led me back to here, to the football club I love.

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