Keane Sets Sunderland Striker Target

By Brian Lofrumento | 27th November 2008

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With over one-third of the season underway, Sunderland fans are still wondering why their strike force can’t get things going. Over the summer the likes of Djibril Cisse and El-Hadji Diouf were added to the Stadium of Light ranks, but the goals haven’t come with them. Cisse is in the richest vein of form out of all of Sunderland’s strikers, and he finds himself with a mere five goals. Kenwyne Jones led the team in scoring last season with seven, and is now healthy enough to start chasing after that tally again.

Roy Keane today defended a failing strike force that has netted just twelve times in fourteen games. Keane said, “The potential is there on paper, particularly with Kenwyne’s aerial presence and Djibril’s speed behind the back four, you think they could work together, and that would be a big boost for us.”

Moving forward, Keane hopes his strikers can assert themselves as some of the best in the league.

“If they could contribute at least 15, 20 goals it would be a major boost to us when you consider our leading scorer last year had seven. Djibril has already got five for us but it is up to the rest of the players to plug into it and give them the right service, people like Carlos Edwards coming back into the squad.”

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