Midfield star Craig Clay admits that he wants to add goals to his game ahead of Saturday’s important game against Kilmarnock at Fir Park.
The Englishman may not have found the back of the net in claret and amber yet, but he is making sure to put the hours in to improve his finishing.
Speaking to the press this morning, Craig also revealed that he has settled in extremely well in Lanarkshire since making the switch in summer.
He said: “I know myself that I’m always going to come and put 110% in to what I do. It’s always hard to go to a new team, especially so far away from home, and try and settle straight away.
[pullquote]I know myself that I’m always going to come and put 110% in to what I do. It’s always hard to go to a new team, especially so far away from home, and try and settle straight away.[/pullquote]
“The lads have really helped me, everyone has been really accommodating, the staff as well, the gaffer and Faddy, so yes I think it’s gone really well and I’m loving every minute.”
He added: “I do want to add goals to my game as a midfielder, I always say that six or seven is a good return and hopefully the penny will drop for me soon.
“But I can look at Fadds in training and see him put them bottom corner, top corner and it’s true, I don’t need to look too far for tips about shooting.
“The manager gives me tips about my body position and stuff and I have to take that advice on the chin and try and put it in to my game.”
Like assistant manager James McFadden, Craig believes that there are lots of positives to take from the loss against Celtic into this weekend’s league clash.
[pullquote]The way we performed last week, especially the first half, I like to think will make a lot of teams stand up and take note of our pressing and how good we played, and we know we’ve got that in our team and I’ve been saying that since day one.[/pullquote]
He said: “The way we performed last week, especially the first half, I like to think will make a lot of teams stand up and take note of our pressing and how good we played and we know we’ve got that in our team and I’ve been saying that since day one.
“It’s disappointing to score three goals against the best team in Scotland and not even get a point out of that game.”
He added: “First half we were unbelievable and then in the second half they upped their game and I guess there were a few mistakes from us too.
“We’ve had chats in the dressing room about finding what system suits us best and on Saturday I think we found it. We can press in people’s faces and play high in tempo and basically if we played like that against any other team I think we’d take all three points.”