New Yeovil Town manager Danny Webb has said the loan signing of winger Andrew Oluwabori shows the calibre of player he is looking to bring to the club.

The 23-year-old, who had a spell on loan in Somerset in the 2022-23 season, has joined until January from League Two Exeter City and will be available for tomorrow’s visit to Tamworth, which will be Webb’s first in charge.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah on Friday, the Glovers’ boss said: “We have got him on loan from Exeter until January initially. I think he is a tremendous signing for the club, he was here before and was a bit of a fans’ favourite. He has pace, power and can play in numerous positions and that is an area we needed, pace. We needed a bit more pace to get people off their seats and hopefully Andrew does that.

“Andrew is the first of my tenure and I think he will be a good addition. You never sign players for the sake of it, you want players who will contribute, who will keep other players on their toes. Signing someone of his calibre will hopefully make the players sit up and take notice. That is the calibre we are looking to bring to the club.”

The manager said that injured duo defender Alex Whittle and midfielder Charlie Cooper have both returned to training this week and, whilst the trip to the Midlands might be too soon for them to start, suggested they could feature on the bench.

He added: “We are getting bodies back. It is important for lads to see a full bench, even if the lads are not quite fully fit, I think it is important for people to see we have a full set of players, good players, with a few more to add.”

Webb has been impressed with what he has seen from his players during his first week working with them on the training ground. He said: “There is a lot of positives here. There’s some good lads, characters, staff, good people and very good supporters. We have to stick together and do things as one, but that takes time. It’s a positive week, I’m not one who says how good training has been, what the supporters want to hear is whether the lads are up for it and dedicated and they certainly are that.

“I don’t think it’s about players adapting to a system, at this level it is about whether players are good enough and do they have good enough character to take players to where it wants to be and where it deserves to be? I have seen a lot of positives in their character, in their performance levels and their ability levels. It is early days, but I am not coming in to a car crash of a team. This is a good set of players for whatever reason have underperformed for a while and it is about turning that around, like a big ship it takes a bit of time, but the changes and progression has already started.”

The manager was pleased to see his side score from a set piece in last weekend’s 1-0 home win over Woking, a game he watched from the stands at Huish Park. A Brett McGavin corner headed down by defender Jake Wannell was smashed home by midfielder Luke McCormick in second half stoppage time.

Webb said: “We have got to score a lot more goals from set pieces because we have got some big lads in our team, that is something we need to focus on. Chris Todd has been working tirelessly with them (on set pieces) and it was a big relief to get that one against Woking and what a good set piece it was. We have got some big lads here, but so have Tamworth and so have most National League teams, it is like Land of Giants at times and we have to utilise that in our box and the opposition’s box as well.”

Tamworth will prove a tough opponent for Webb’s side having won three of their last four matches and the boss is aware they have another trip to Aldershot Town four days later.

He said: “Tamworth is a tough place to go, they have worked tirelessly to get to where they are and if they win tomorrow they are in the play-offs. We can’t think about that, we have got to think about our progression, it started on Saturday (against Woking) and it has got to continue. I am obviously ultimately looking for the result, but there’s more than that I am looking for. I want our supporters to leave tomorrow seeing a team that they are proud of.

“I have seen these Yeovil fans before, they travel and they get behind the side. Aldershot is one of our nearer games, as is Tamworth, so hopefully we can take a good few hundred and make some noise.“