Bolton Wanderers player ratings vs Longridge Town: Bradley & Iredale's impressive debuts
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFirst half team Joel Dixon - 6.5 Little to do in 45 minutes of action as the hosts were unable to carve out many chances. Will Aimson - 7 Deployed on the right of a back three and was composed on the ball when playing out from the back. Ricardo Santos - 7 Generally solid but caught out a couple of times by Longridge's main striker, who did well in his outing against the Bolton skipper. Jack Iredale - 8.5 Summer signing's debut after joining from Cambridge United.
An impressive first start with a hand in the first two goals from the left of the back three and an incisive range of passing. Kieran Sadlier - 7 Played as right wing-back as he did towards the tail end of last season and was usually high up the pitch on the right flank to try and make things happen Andrew Tutte - 6.5 Player-coach for the club's new B team given appearance and did well to break up play when needed. Kyle Dempsey - 8.5 Looked good in the centre of the park and put Wanderers ahead with tidy first half finish.
A promising showing in the middle. Max Conway -7 Youngster got forward well from left wing-back role, with some decent crosses at times and had a handball shout turned down. Kieran Lee - 7 Deployed in the number 10 role behind strike partnership.
Some nice touches as times as veteran midfielder made first appearance since February. Amadou Bakayoko - 8 Looked bright upfront and scored sublime third goal from the edge of the box. Elias Kachunga - 7 Took goal well and nearly had a second one not long after only to be denied by some great goalkeeping. Second half team James Trafford - 6.5 Had little to do with his hands in terms of saving shots but distributed the ball well out of the back. Gethin Jones - 7 Got forward at times to support
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