Owen Coyle is confident Bolton Wanderers Football Club have impressed since his arrival.

The Scot left Burnley to take over from Gary Megson at the Reebok Stadium in January, and he is sure his side have made progress despite a 4-0 drubbing at Sunderland in midweek.

"When I arrived Bolton were in the bottom three and we have now got ourselves out of that position but that doesn't mean the hard work is over,” said Coyle.

"There is a gradual evolvement into what we want, but Bolton have played 11 league games now since I arrived - seven away from home - and we are making progress.

"That has kept us out of the bottom three, but to stay out we must continue to do our business right and keep taking points. What we are doing is short-term planning.

“But we have the belief that we will stay up. Once we have done that we will be able to put our stamp more on things and look beyond our current position."

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