Telford United boss Kevin Wilkin has praised Adam Senior and says the Wanderers loanee has shown maturity beyond his years.

Senior, who is captain of the Whites’ B Team, joined the National League North outfit last month to get some first-team games under his belt.

The 20-year-old centre-back featured at the weekend as Telford secured a 2-1 win against Banbury – only their second league victory of the campaign.

Manager Kevin Wilkin was particularly impressed by Senior and Coventry City loanee George Burroughs.

He told the Shropshire Star: “They were absolutely outstanding. With the greatest respect to Banbury, they don’t carry perhaps quite so much physical presence across their front line as some teams do at this level.

“They’re a good side with good athletes who can move the ball well and have good energy levels, so it’s tremendous credit to Adam and George.

“It’d be rare that you’d play two 20-year-olds at centre half. It’s a position that normally requires a bit of maturity and fair play to them - at their tender age they’ve shown a massive amount of that.”

He added: “Digging in, in the way that they have, is great for those young lads on loan with us. Playing the way they have today and showing that little bit of leadership, they’ll benefit no end from the result.”

It was Telford’s first win since Wilkin took charge back in October, although it wasn’t enough to see the Bucks climb off the bottom of the table.

“It’s feels nice, it does feel kind of strange,” said the manager. “There have been too many games that have gone by where we’ve been beaten, but fair play to the lads and the supporters.

“They’ve deserved more than this before now. The crowd have stayed behind us and have continued to back the lads.”

Wilkin’s side are back in league action tonight when they make the trip to Bradford Park Avenue (KO 7:45pm).

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