Wednesday 1 August 2018

GLOVERS LOOKING TO ACHIEVE BY UNITY UNDER WAY

With their 8-2 opening day defeat at the hands of Luton Town no doubt still fresh in his memory bank, Yeovil Town manager Darren Way will be looking to avoid a repeat result when the Glovers line-up against Bury on Saturday.

However, Yeovil will be heading to East Lancashire without young Welsh central defender Tom James, whom the Glovers have accepted a bid, believed to be in the region of £400,000, from West Bromwich Albion.

Which means that a centre back pairing of new summer signing Gary Warren alongside Bevis Mugabi appears to be on the cards for Way. Nevertheless, former Yeovil defender Craig Alcock is currently available on a free transfer as Way looks to fill the void left by James' departure.

Another area that Way will be looking to strengthen in the centre of midfield, especially whilst he awaits the return from long term injuries of Jake Gray and James Bailey.

Although their memories of their opening day defeat against Luton are something that many of the Huish Park faithful would like to erase, their 6-2 away win over League Two play-off winners Coventry City will surely live long in the memory bank of all who attended of Green and White persuasion.

Yeovil's leading light on that glorious of Easter Monday bank holiday afternoons at the Ricoh Arena was striker Alex Fisher, signed from Motherwell and made his debut as a substitute in the Glovers' fourth round FA Cup tie against Manchester United, who netted a brace.

If Fisher can find themselves amongst the goals next season, Yeovil could yet achieve their first top half league finish since they won promotion to the Championship in the 2012-13 campaign. He also has the potential to compensate for the departure of Otis Khan to Mansfield Town.

In: Nathan Baker (Chelsea - loan), Dialling Jaiyesmi (Norwich City - loan), Carl Dickinson (Notts County), Gary Warren (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Sessi D'A'meida (Blackpool), Korrey Henry (West Ham United), Reece Cole (Brentford - loan)

Out: Otis Khan (Mansfield Town), Ryan Dickson (Torquay United), Connor Smith (Boreham Wood), Jonny Maddison (Darlington 1883), Oscar Gobern (Eastleigh), Nathan Smith, Artur Krysiak