Preston North End (A) | Kesler-Hayden's Preview

In his short Argyle career to date, Kaine Kesler-Hayden has impressed the Green Army with his quality and versatility.

The 20-year-old, on loan from Aston Villa, has played at right- and left-back with equal confidence thus far. In both roles, he has caught the eye slotting into central roles and pushing forward to assist in the Pilgrims’ attacks.

So much so, he was named Argyle’s Player of the Month for August. For his part, Kaine is simply content to in the team and helping where he can.

He said: “I'll play wherever I need to play and wherever helps the team the most: Left-back, right wing, left wing, striker. I don’t really mind! I'm just happy to be playing, so I'm playing well and with confidence.=

“With how this team plays, it's very different to what I've been in before. I think it enables me to just get forward more, create more chances, and hopefully get more goals.

“There's moments when I can go, if Jordan [Houghton] or whoever is in midfield is sitting for example. Their covering enables me to go, and they do that really well here.

“It enables me to go more times than not. But sometimes it's just about making that decision of just staying back and staying in shape.”

Kaine will be part of the Argyle squad that head to the North West on Saturday, to face Preston North End who, in the early stages of the season, are the team topping the division.

Following the narrowest of defeats against Southampton and Birmingham City, a 3-0 win for Argyle against Blackburn Rovers gave them momentum going into last weekend’s international break, and Kaine says he and the team are looking forward to their latest challenge.

“It's going to be a tough game,” he said. “They're doing really well, top of the board right now. They are the kind of team we want to play against, impress against and, if we can, get a result from that game. Three points would be massive.

“We need to play the way we've been playing: attacking on transition, being quick and defensively solid. If we don't concede goals, we can't lose the game.

“The last match we played, getting the three points was massive and it just left us all buzzing over the international break, ready to come back.

“With the Southampton and Birmingham games, we were in the games until the very last moment. It gave us massive confidence that we can battle it out with ex-Premier League sides.

“Going to Preston, it fills us with confidence that we can get a result.”