Aberdeen new boy Scott Vernon will not be setting himself any scoring targets for his first season in Scottish football.
Dons boss Mark McGhee completed the double signing of Yoann Folly and Vernon to take his tally of new boys to five after recruiting Rory McArdle, Josh McGennis and Mark Howard. Vernon, 26, will go straight into the squad for Tuesday's match against Port Vale - but is reluctant to put pressure on himself.
"I did set targets when I was younger and it backfired on me so since then I've never really set targets," Vernon told RedTV. "I just want to play as many games as I can and score as many goals as I can and obviously help the team."
He added: "I like to get hold of the ball and link with the midfielders, get in the box and get on the end of crosses as much as I can and I feel if I get the chance I can stick the ball in the back of the net.
"I've not had any games yet. I've basically been doing my own pre-season because I was out of contract at Colchester. So I just want to get straight in there and given the chance I will gladly play at Port Vale."
Folly, a defensive midfielder, was signed after McGhee was impressed by him in training and pre-season games.
The Pittodrie boss was surprised to learn that it was his best friend and former Aberdeen team-mate, Gordon Strachan, who had first introduced Folly to British football.
"Yoann has done really, really well," McGhee said. "I made a bit of a boo-boo because I didn't realise until Friday that it was Gordon Strachan who brought him into the country - I thought it was Paul Sturrock.
"Gordon said to me on Friday that it was him. He was very positive about the fact that he was with us. Vernon is built very much like Lee Miller, the lads were commenting on that.
"He's a similar type - he will hold the ball up, win headers, he'll get in the box and get on the end of crosses. He has a decent goalscoring record and we hope that he'll bring that to the SPL."
Source: PA
