WANDERERS have barely put a foot wrong in League One – but the pursuit of perfection keeps Phil Parkinson urging for more.

There are no complaints on the terraces after four wins out of four, which represents the club’s best post-war start to a season at this stage.

Parkinson agrees the Whites have yet to hit top gear, however, and he welcomes the chance to get them back on the training ground at Lostock this week to iron out a few kinks.

“There’s always something you can work on,” he said. “The minute as a coaching staff you walk away and say ‘I don’t need to watch the video back, we were great’ you are in trouble.

“We’ve got a full week to aim at now, which is very important and, of course, there are things I’ll examine and look to improve.

“There’s still a lot more we can get out of this group of players.”

Wanderers’ players are doing a decent job of keeping themselves in check, says David Wheater.

The players were all smiles walking off the field at the Macron after a 2-1 win against Fleetwood Town but the big centre-half admits it can get testy in the heat of battle.

“I like shouting at Speo (Jay Spearing) and telling him where to go, the only trouble is he shouts back,” he told The Bolton News. “I won’t say what words he uses because you can’t print them.

“He does a tremendous job and keeps us ticking over. The whole team is playing well but he’s really enjoying the job the gaffer has given him.

“We’re working hard for each other, and believe me it’s hard work, but you can see the whole team is playing well together.”

Wanderers have blended a new-look defence over the first month of the season and Wheater has also been struck by new arrival Mark Howard.

“I thought Mark Howard was about 35 but it turns out he’s younger than me,” he said. “He’s a good keeper and a top lad – very good with his feet. So far it’s been brilliant to work with him.”

Wheater is – technically – also a new summer signing, having been released by the club at the end of last season and re-hired on a considerably more modest contract.

The former Middlesbrough defender left with a heavy heart in the summer but was delighted to be offered the chance to stay in the town where his young family are based.

“I never felt like I had left – but I was definitely out at one point,” he said. “At one stage I definitely wasn’t employed by the club and looking at what was around.

“There were clubs interested and I had managers calling me up for a chat but it came down to family.

“I’ve got a two-year-old, Olivia, in nursery and she loves it, and a new baby boy, Arthur, over the summer. At the end of the day, that’s all I care about.

“I’m not someone who wastes money – I don’t gamble or smoke, I have the occasional night out… you’ve seen the pictures. But money isn’t the be-all and end-all for me.

“So when the manager pulled me to say there was a chance to stay, once I’d got off the floor, I was glad to stay.”

Wheater has been one of the driving forces behind a Wanderers side who will be tough to catch at the top of League One, according to Uwe Rosler, whose Fleetwood side struggled to hold on to their half-time lead at the Macron on Saturday.

Rosler said: “I warned my players how they would come out in the second half, to try and beat us up with long balls, and that’s what they did, they basically still have their Championship squad.

“Game management is understandable given the age we have, I’m not blaming anybody, so in general, it was a decent performance, we tried to play football, and we did that well.

“We created chances, and I can’t be too disappointed, I don’t like losing, we don’t like losing, but the fact is, there wasn’t much of a big difference between a Championship squad and our squad.”