Our very own Kristian Dennis hit a significant milestone on Saturday afternoon as his brace against Salford took him to 100 goals from his 282 career appearances – not a bad return at all.
He scored the first and last of United’s four-goal haul, showing once again a real striker’s instinct to be in the right place at the right time on both occasions.
“Hitting that landmark is not bad at all,” manager Paul Simpson agreed. “Let’s hope there’s a hell of a lot more to come this season from him as well.
“I think if he keeps looking after himself properly, or even looking after himself even better, there’s a lot more goals to come from him if we keep playing in the way we are at the moment.
“First and foremost on Saturday I set up in a shape to nullify their threat. I think Elliot Watt’s a good player for them, from all the games I’ve watched, he’s a really influential player.
“I felt we needed to have somebody in and around him, and that was the reason Jordan Gibson got left out.
“I felt Taylor Charters would do that job better for us, and I thought our two strikers would give them a problem. It worked and we got a result. Well played to the staff for getting that right, and hopefully we can get a few more right.”
Speaking of Taylor Charters, he stuck to his job and had a hand in the cherry on the top that was goal number four, as well as his composure during the build-up for the opener.
“Taylor deserved to stay in the side,” the gaffer told us. “He was competing in my mind for the weekend role with Jordan, who I think has been probably our most creative player and most effective in creating goalscoring chances.
“I just felt Taylor was going to do a good job for us out of possession and I had to sacrifice Jordan’s forward play for that aspect.
“But when we’ve got options, that’s the good thing, we can make these adjustments. Taylor played as a 10 to get around Watt, and then he changed and came and played wide.
“He’s played two or three different areas but he just rolls his sleeves up and gets on with the job.”