THE return to league action next weekend can’t come soon enough.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, international football bores the pants off me.

Well, more specifically, the England games bore me.

Friday’s game against Estonia – all neat passing but lacking in penetration – would have been made better had either Tom Heaton or Danny Ings got on.

But with Ingsy injured and Tom third-choice behind Joe Hart and Jack Butland, I didn’t even have them to keep me interested.

Fair play to the rest of the home nations – aside from Scotland – for qualifying for Euro 2016 in games which sounded like there was at least something to get the heart racing.

I don’t know what it is about our national side that makes us play uninspiring football but if we’re ever going to challenge for honours at tournaments then we need to sort things out.

Some people will call me a grumpy old sod for not getting behind the Three Lions but I don’t care.

I support England and have wasted countless hours in front of TV screens watching them over the years but I can’t be the only one who wants a bit more.

Anyway, rant over.

Back to the proper business and the visit of Bolton on Saturday.

These games have always had a bit of spark about them – especially once Owen Coyle jumped ship – and I’m hoping the occasion will lead to a great atmosphere at the Turf.

I took the chance to sit in the David Fishwick Stand against Reading and I have to say that I was impressed with the noise that the fans in there were generating.

I’ve often been critical of the atmosphere but I think the club have pulled a blinder by opening up the Cricket Field Stand to home fans, even if it’s just for a few games.

I think it is typical of the kind of thing new-ish chief executive David Baldwin is trying to introduce and he should be praised for his approach.

The fans have to play their part to and I think if everything can click into place – like it appears to be doing – then we can all enjoy a very successful season.