More to come from trio

FRESH faces Tope Obadeyi (pictured), Aiden O'Neill and Chris Taylor have had limited game time so far this year

THERE is much more to come from Athletic's new boys, says John Sheridan as he aims for a six-point boost from the next two home games.

Bottom club Coventry arrive at SportsDirect.com Park on Saturday and three days later, Athletic welcome mid-table Charlton.

Sheridan hopes his side can quickly shake off the disappointment of losing to a last-gasp goal at MK Dons this week.

And he is also hopeful that new trio Aiden O'Neill, Chris Taylor and Tope Obadeyi will have each benefited from recent run-outs in order to start firing on all cylinders soon.

Obadeyi is the only one of that trio to have played more than a handful of first-team minutes since the turn of the year. The trio have less than two hours of action between them in 2017 prior to signing for Athletic.

"The players I have brought in haven't played much football, so the two games will have done them the world of good," said Sheridan (pictured).

"They have game-time in them and can only get better."

Sheridan wants his men to go for the throat when facing the struggling Sky Blues on Saturday.

Russell Slade's side have not won in Sky Bet League One since November 1, their last win away from the Ricoh Arena coming exactly a month earlier.

Goals have been a huge problem for Athletic at SportsDirect.com Park this term - only eight have arrived in 14 outings - and Sheridan wants his men to be more gung-ho.

"It was a good, solid performance from us again, up against a good team at MK Dons," he said.

"I would have liked us to just have a go a little bit more and be positive going forward. We had one or two half-chances and a couple of headers in the first half and there were some good performances again defensively.

"I don't want to keep saying we defended well. I would like to say, 'we could have scored three or four today'.

"We have to take it on the chin. We scored late on ourselves at Chesterfield and sometimes, you just have to accept it.

"We had two tough away games and to win one is not too bad. Coventry and Charlton are two tough games, but we have to be looking to get maximum points from both of those now."