Seth Nana Twumasi is showing why Jay Saunders calls him his little warrior.

Twumasi finished the Leyton Orient game with a thigh injury and says it's not uncommon to be carrying knocks.

The Ghanaian defender just wants to help the team and on Tuesday that meant switching from right-back to left-back to cover for George McLennan.

He said: "It's something that I've done before so it's nothing new to me.

"I'm just happy to go out there and do a job for the team, wherever the gaffer needs me.

"When he told me I'm playing there, I just had to get my head straight and give my best for the team.

"I've played with quite a lot of niggles and stuff like that but every day I'm here trying to give my best for the team.

"They see that and they appreciate it as well.

"I don't think any player ever stays fit throughout the season, you're always going to get knocks here and there.

"But everyone's out here trying to claim their place in the team and trying to give their best.

"Everyone wants to play, you want to get as many minutes in the season as possible, so when you've got the shirt you want to keep it.

"Even when there's a little knock or whatever, you just have to be out there and try to play. That's my mentality."

At 28, Twumasi is one of the old heads in a young Maidstone side.

It's a role he's getting used to.

He said: "It's kind of crazy because I've never had that before.

"To be one of the senior boys here, it's kind of strange but it's a role I'm adapting to and trying to help the young ones in the team as well.

"I'm very talkative. I encourage people, try and tell them where they've gone wrong or if you make a mistake own up and do better next time."

Twumasi is excited by the potential in the Maidstone squad.

They've attracted players from Premier League clubs with the likes of Andre Coker and Michael Phillips arriving from Crystal Palace and Joe Quigley signing from Bournemouth.

Twumasi knows what it's like to rebuild after leaving a Premier League club, having started his career at Chelsea.

He said: "A lot of these boys are coming from Premier League academies and under-23s football.

"It's a transition to try to switch from playing in the 23s to men's football.

"A lot of them have got potential to be able to kick on from here.

"All they have to do is get their head down, work as hard as they can and grab each game as it comes and you never know what can happen for them.

"If you've got ambition to want to kick on, you come down here in this league, you graft, you work your socks off and the world will be your oyster."