Tyreke Wilson pulls no punches as he demands Bohs defensive improvement in Sligo

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Bohemians skipper Tyreke Wilson

Tyreke Wilson insists there is no excuse for Bohemians’ “embarrassing and disheartening” defensive endeavours this period.

Bohs were booed off just after the 1-1 attract with UCD and again previous Friday evening, when they took the guide at home to league leaders Derry Town but conceded twice to get rid of, which include James Akintunde’s very last minute objective.

Reflecting on the run of 5 video games without a win, manager Keith Long bemoaned basic mistakes from his team but also pointed to the decline of a range of expert leaders in the close year.

The Gypsies journey to Sligo tonight possessing stored just a person clear sheet in seven Premier Division video games so much and, as the side’s skipper, Wilson pulled no punches as he assessed the campaign begin.

“It is embarrassing,” declared the comprehensive-back.

“Speaking on behalf of myself, I am a defender, what we require is thoroughly clean sheets, you won’t be able to win game titles if you won’t be able to retain a cleanse sheet, if you are unable to earn you draw the activity but we are conceding really soft goals and it is heartbreaking.

“There is a major turnover but I considered we recruited very well. It truly is no justification for the truly soft goals we are conceding.

“We have a lot of quality in the squad, it truly is not an excuse for the gamers we lost, we recruited perfectly. When it can be not going effectively it is really effortless to glance at the gamers we misplaced and look for excuses but we have to pick every single other up.

“We will need to get superior at defending as a team, to handle the recreation superior. We are offering up qualified prospects too straightforward, it really is disheartening.

“It is really difficult, there wasn’t a great deal reported just after the Derry game, all people was heartbroken.

“We have to glance ahead to Sligo and get a thing there.”

The 22-12 months-outdated Walkinstown man returned from Manchester City in January 2020, joined Waterford and then moved to Bohs ahead of final season.

He wants to lead by case in point now as the Phibsboro club look for improvement.

“I get duty for my have performances, being captain is demonstrating an example on the pitch,” Wilson said.

“I am not the loudest in the dressing space, I don’t consider you have to be that.

“It’s demonstrating by performances and location an case in point – you don’t have to have the armband, it can be only a piece of fabric, but I have to be greater myself, present superior performances week in week out.”

He just isn’t completely ready to press the panic button, dismissing chat that Bohs will be in freefall if they reduce to Sligo, who could be with out in-sort striker Aidan Keena, who faces a conditioning take a look at, but welcome back again Nando Pijnaker.

“I do not imagine so, we have to dust ourselves down and glance to the Sligo activity,” he explained.

“Final calendar year we had a even worse get started, and immediately after the initial 9 game titles we began to do well.

“We are still gelling as a crew, it can be a new squad and we are trying to get used to each individual other but that’s no excuse for the goals we are conceding, they are actually delicate.”

Bohs will be without having James Finnerty, who has resumed education right after a knee harm, even though Jordan Doherty (ailment), Stephen Mallon (ankle) and Ryan Cassidy (ankle) are uncertain.

James Mullins is readily available just after an ankle personal injury.

Wilson’s young brother, John Ross, performed in Shelbourne’s 1- victory at Sligo final Friday.

“I will be speaking to my brother,” he said. “We communicate about our own online games, aside from when we engage in just about every other! We are going to be analysing Sligo ourselves and see if we can exploit them.

“They experienced a fantastic commence, that was their initial defeat. We have to glance forward, go with a sport system, try to rectify the errors we are generating as that is what is letting us down.”

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