Bolton Wanderers are going through a continuous learning process as they adapt to life in the Championship, boss Steven Schumacher says.
Schumacher’s men were defeated by his former side Stoke on Saturday, meaning they have now lost five of their past seven Championship games.
“It is going to be an ongoing process because for a lot of the players that will have been their ninth-ever Championship game,” he told Radio Manchester.
“We’re not going to have the same experience as some players who’ve been at Stoke for years and have played X amount of games.
“We have to understand that that’s where we are and then when we get results or performances like that it’s important that you learn from them and try and use that in a positive way.”
Bolton travel to Wolves on Tuesday to face a side that has just spent eight years in the Premier League.
Schumacher said the financial disparity between his side and others in the Championship means they will have to be coy about other ways they can succeed and bridge the gap on their rivals.
“We can’t overcome it by spending, so we’ve got to try and find a way to do it another way, which is by being positive and being brave, and sometimes you’ll get punished for that,” he added.
“We’re playing against a former Premier League team, we’ve just played against West Ham as well and did well against them so that’ll be the same sort of mindset – go and try and be brave and have a go.”