DYLAN Boyle says he has enjoyed gaining plenty of game time since his summer from Ballymena United…

The midfielder has clocked up 30 appearances since making the move to the Ballycastle Road and remarked how he has become re-accustomed to full-time football.

Despite acknowledging that results might not have gone their way so far this season, Boyle says there’s too much quality within the ranks not to jump up the table.

He said: I’ve played quite a lot of games this season which is good.

“I’ve got the trust of the manager so if I can try and keep that for the rest of the season and then see how many games I can get under my belt.

“It’s been a big learning curve since I’ve come here and I’m back into full-time football.

“The squad has so much quality in it and I know it might not look like that with recent results, we have too much in this squad not to do well.”

The Bannsiders travel to Windsor Park as league leaders Linfield present the next challenge for Dean Shiels’ side.

Boyle says the players have set themselves a challenge of being in contention to qualify for Europe next season.

“These are the games that you look forward to,” he added.

“Going away to Windsor is always a big game and there’s no better challenge for us to hopefully bounce back after Friday night.

“The lads have trained hard this week, stuck at it and came in this week and asked ‘what do we want from this season’?

“Do we want to let it peter out and come away with nothing or can we push on in these last six games before the split?

“We want to try and push for those European play-off places.”

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