Tonbridge are back in the market for a striker after loanee Makise Evans returned to Stevenage.

Angels boss Jay Saunders was a fan of the 18-year-old, who joined towards the end of November.

But League 1 Boro want the youngster to be playing regular football and will look to get him involved elsewhere.

It leaves Tonbridge with Harry Ottaway and Trevan Robinson as the only out-and-out strikers.

“It’s an area I am looking to bring someone in if we can,” said Saunders.

“I’m speaking to one or two this week so hopefully we can strengthen and get some help for Harry and Trev.

“To be honest, I really like Makise. I like his attitude and he did well.

“But when I spoke to Stevenage, I think they’d have preferred him to be playing a few more minutes and over the last few games he’s been coming on for 25/30 minutes.

“They wanted him playing longer, which is understandable, the reason they let these boys out is to play games and I couldn’t guarantee it.

“We had a really good chat and they said things might change but they want him to keep progressing and keep getting game time.

“I suppose it was a call-back but he was excellent, I loved having Makise here. He was top-drawer.

“Unfortunately for him it didn’t quite happen in front of goal but for a young lad I couldn’t fault him in any way.”

Tonbridge moved up to ninth in National League South after beating Weston 2-0 at home on Saturday.

Sean Shields gave them a half-time lead and it was his free-kick that led to defender Ronny Nelson’s clincher.

“Shieldsy’s a big player for us,” said Saunders.

“Whether he’s scoring or whatever, he creates two or three chances a game as well, so it’s important when he’s not scoring that we’ve got other people doing it.

“If you took his goals and assists away I’m sure we wouldn’t be sitting where we are, which is a credit to him and the team, but I think we need some others to carry the burden.

“I think the defenders have got more goals than the midfielders at the moment.

“That’s not digging them out, because our midfield’s done well, but on the goal-tally front you still need goals from other areas.”

Tonbridge, who host Chippenham this Saturday (3pm) and Eastbourne Borough on Tuesday (7.45pm), were good value for their win over Weston.

It came after their New Year’s Day game at Hornchurch was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch, with the score 1-1.

“It was a really good, professional performance,” said Saunders. “I thought we managed the game well.

“First 10 minutes, they probably started a little bit better than us, and had a couple of chances, and then we grew into the game and started to cause them problems.

“For 25/30 minutes in the first half we were very good, we were camped in their half, we scored our goal and probably should have had another couple.

“We must have had six or seven corners and free-kicks and we didn’t make any of them count.

“We were quite a big side on Saturday so we spoke about that at half-time and it was pleasing we got the second goal from a set-piece.

“We had other chances to kill it off but it was a professional performance with regard to limiting their chances and making it hard for them to get back into it.

“After Hornchurch got abandoned, we obviously wanted to bounce back with a win after losing to Maidstone on Boxing Day, so it was important we got those three points.”