Saunders: More to come from summer signing

Manager Jay Saunders knows there’s more to come from Shamir Mullings after a good week for the Maidstone striker. Mullings made it two goals in as many games with the winner against Barrow on Saturday. Saunders says his summer signing isn’t 100% fit yet, so you can only imagine the havoc he’s going to cause National League defences once he’s up to speed. Mullings started against Barrow after his goal as a substitute in the midweek defeat by Leyton Orient. He scored the only goal in the sixth minute, meeting a lovely cross from Michee Efete and put in a big shift before making way for Joe Quigley near the end. Saunders said: “It’s great bit of play, a great ball by Michee and a good header by Sham. “That’ll do him good, getting some fitness as well. He’s obviously not fully fit. He was out on his feet at the end there so it was good to have the option to replace him. “What you will see if you look back is the defensive side of it he did as well. He won a lot of headers in our box and I’m pleased for him.” Saunders called for a first clean sheet of the season and got his wish against a talented Barrow side. The win was Maidstone’s second of the campaign and moves them up to 13th place after five games. Saunders said: “I’m pleased with the clean sheet. I mentioned it this week. I was desperate for a clean sheet. I thought we defended well. “Were we at our best? I don’t think we were. “I think the two wins we’ve got this season I’m not sure we were at our best but on the flip side, we did create a lot of chances and had chances to make it more comfortable. “Barrow are a decent side. They beat Chesterfield this week, I’ve watched their games and they’re a decent side. “My biggest gripe is we probably gave them too many opportunities to put things in our box, throw-ins and cheap free-kicks but we defended them well. “Without being at our freeflowing best, we still did our jobs and it was a good team performance to get that win.”