Raith Rovers manager Ian Murray said he would love to have two 20-goal-a-season strikers, but even one is hard to come by.
Aidan Connolly and Sam Stanton have both had scoring sprees recently but Murray’s intention is to get goals from all over the pitch.
In the league eight players have shared their 19 goals.
Rovers continued their good run of form with a convincing 3-1 win at home to Hamilton Accies on Saturday, taking them to third in the Scottish Championship.
It was another 3 goals and +3 points at Stark's Park at the weekend with a win against Hamilton Academical FC.
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Before the previous weekend’s 3-0 win over Partick Thistle, Murray’s side had scored one goal or fewer in five of their last six.
No pressure
That low-scoring run was still enough to pick up seven points and progression to the next round of the SPFL Trust Trophy.
“It took us a while to get going on the goal front,” said Murray.
“There was a lot of talk about us not scoring enough and where we’d get the strikers from.
“We’ve got players all over the park that can score goals.
“It’s a sign of a good team.
“Twenty-goal strikers are so hard to come by.
“Everyone would love them; I’d love two of them but they’re not there.
“That’s why I don’t put too much pressure on the likes of Kyle Connell, Lewis Vaughan, big John, Jamie Gullan to score goals.
“I just want them to occupy the centre halves because the goals will come from other areas.”
‘It’s going to get harder and harder’
Not only are goals coming from everywhere, they are coming early.
Dylan Easton’s opening goal in the fifth minute on Saturday was the third consecutive time they have opened the scoring in the opening 15 minutes.
Hamilton went on to equalise, after a slightly cautious approach to the start of the match, but second-half goals from Connolly and Liam Dick won the game for the home side.
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“I’ll take a goal in the first five minutes every week, regardless of where we are,” said Murray.
“It’s going to get harder and harder for us as the season goes on; I’ve told the players that this week, in particular.
“Teams aren’t really high pressing us at the moment.
“Hamilton kind of went into a high press but blocked us off because they know we’ll play through them.
“And it’s how do we adapt to that, how do we get better at breaking teams down?”
