Kilman, who was regularly partnered by Jean-Clair Todibo and Dinos Mavropanos in defence in 2024/25, has relished being part of the five-man defence utilised by Potter, having also played the formation at Wolverhampton Wanderers, and was pleased to have played so often during his maiden term in Claret and Blue.
“I’ve really enjoyed it, and it’s something I’m not unfamiliar with, as I played in the same formation a lot at Wolves,” continued Kilman.
“As a defender, my main job is to defend whatever the formation is, and we need to make sure we’re more effective when it comes to games.
“Despite a difficult season, where we experienced a lot of change and welcomed a lot of new faces, including myself, I think we managed some of the circumstances really well, and towards the end we finished strongly. I think moving forward we can take a lot of positives into the new campaign.
“I think I had a good season defensively and had a lot to do, so I think it was another positive season, but of course I want to get better individually, and as a team, I want to keep improving and see how far we can really go.”
Potter included 12 Academy of Football players in his 29-man squad currently in Germany, providing a great opportunity for them to learn about life on the road with our first team.
The opportunity to impress in our match against Grasshopper is one the youngsters will be relishing, and Kilman adds that he has been impressed by the Academy players, of which five are defenders, in training so far.