Western Daily Press

By Nathan Jones

Andy Kirk is convinced the goals will come for himself and Yeovil Town.

The Glovers dropped to tenth place and are now six points adrift of the League One play-off places after drawing 0-0 at home to Oldham.

Kirk signed on a free transfer from Northampton on Thursday and so nearly capped his debut with a winner but for a superb display from Latics goalkeeper Mark Crossley.

"Me and Lloyd (Owusu) linked up well together and I am sure given another few weeks playing together we will cause teams problems," he said.

"It was hard because I only had two days training with the boys. It will take time but I was pleased with the way I played.

"We were very forward thinking and with the amount of good balls we put in we should have scored a goal.

"But if we create chances like that and are putting teams under pressure things will turn. If we could have got a goal we might have nicked another one or two but it is a point and we have got to build on that now."

Torrential rain meant the pitch was poor but Yeovil never stopped trying to pass the ball - a marked contrast to Kirk's previous club.

"The style of football was very encouraging from my point of view," he said. "The style of play suits me. The pitch wasn't great but the attitude and work-rate was spot on. It was maybe one of those days where no matter what we did we weren't going to score.

"The chance I had the keeper came off his line very early and by the time I connected with the ball he had blocked it.

"Then there was a ball fired across the box and I thought the defender pulled me down by the neck.

"We hit the post late on (through Marcus Stewart) but it wasn't to be."

Yeovil travel to Tranmere Rovers on Saturday but they will this week spare a thought for their former loan player James Walker.

The 20-year-old had been due to complete a £200,000 move from Charlton to Southend last week until his medical revealed an irregular rhythm of the heart.

Understandably, Walker's move is off and he now faces a three-month spell out of the game for tests, which will determine how his future career pans out.

Walker played for Yeovil as recently as January 8 and scored three goals in 15 appearances for the club.