Olaofe hopes goal makes selection tough for bosses

Tanto Olaofe started his career with Millwall [Getty Images] Lincoln City striker Tanto Olaofe says he hopes his first goal on his full debut for the club will make it more difficult for head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw to decide on their best team in the Championship. The Imps have had a tough start to life back in the second tier for the first time in 65 years, losing both their first two league games. But their form in the Carabao Cup has been much better - beating fellow Championship side Derby County in the first round before Tuesday's comfortable 4-1 win in the second round at League One Blackpool. Olaofe was one of 11 changes made for the tie with the Tangerines and responded to his first start since joining on loan from Charlton with the game's opening goal. "As a striker, you can go the whole game without getting an opportunity, then you've got to be alive for the next 20-30 seconds to just make sure you capitalise on an opportunity that you do get," he told BBC Radio Lincolnshire. "It's just about staying switched on and being prepared. Getting goals is what every striker wants so it's good to get off the mark." Olaofe was substituted with five minutes to go after making his first start since mid-April during a loan spell with Stockport County. But he said he hoped his goal - and the fact that so many changes had brought a positive result - meant the Lincoln management team now have some tough decisions to make before Saturday's trip to Bolton Wanderers. "It's about building minutes and when the opportunity comes just making sure I grab it and give the coaches and managers more of a harder opportunity when they pick the starting 11," he said. "It's a competitive game. You're playing against other strikers and iron sharpens iron. If they're performing, they're performing, you just want to push each other on. "It's trying to make their job as difficult as possible to pick a starting 11. "I always have to back myself. It's just about building momentum and getting games and I'll just continue to stay in the Championship and just maintain that level of football." All the latest Lincoln City news