Ashford United manager Tommy Warrilow wants his side to speak up next season

Tommy Warrilow wants his Ashford players to make themselves heard next season.

Warrilow’s squad is taking shape, with striker Luke Burdon and full-back Bradley Simms the latest players to commit to another campaign at Homelands.

He’s lost Frannie Collin, who’s returned to Hythe, but with 13 players on board, there aren’t many spots to fill.

And as Warrilow puts the finishing touches to his squad, the vocal side of the game is one area that can be improved as the Isthmian South East play-off finalists bid to take the next step and earn promotion.

“Everyone’s got to take more responsibility, we need to be more vocal as a side,” said the Nuts & Bolts boss.

“When you’ve not got the ball it’s even more important than when you do have the ball because you’ve got to be organising and seeing pictures, from 1 to 11.

“It’s something I bang on about and if we get that right, that might help us take the next step.

“We need to be a lot more organised, we need a lot more talkers.

“When I was in the reserves at Millwall, we played in the big stadiums, which were nigh-on empty, and all you could hear were all the lads shouting and talking.

“I’m not talking about hollering for the sake of it, I mean organising stuff and constructive criticism.

“Some of the boys say they are talking but I want to hear them. It’s a big part of the game.

“There are players who’ve made a living on organising and talking and not being the best footballer.

“It’s part of the game I’ve always tried to encourage.

“For me, talking is about being organised, with and without the ball.

“When we’re attacking down the left, the most important player on the pitch is our right-back because he can see the whole pitch.

“You don’t want him standing there with his hands on