Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: Brett's wonder goals are down to happiness
BRETT Pitman has put his rapid climb up Cherries' list of record marksmen down to feeling much happier within the squad.[LNB] Pitman's double against Macclesfield on Saturday took his career league goal tally to 40 and saw him become joint-18th highest goalscorer in club history.[LNB] The 21-year-old would have edged ahead of 1960s' star Denis Coughlin had he not seen his seventh-minute penalty saved by Macc goalkeeper Jonny Brain.[LNB] And Pitman, whose stunning left-foot volley put Cherries on level terms before his second-half header earned them victory, also saw his exquiste lob hit the post.[LNB] Pitman, who signed a new three-year deal in the summer, is among the leading scorers in League Two having netted 11 times this season, including one in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.[LNB] It is disappointing to miss penaties but it's all part of football, he told the Daily Echo. I'm sure I'll take the next one.[LNB] I'd like to say it was a good save but it was obviously a bad penalty because it didn't go in. It wasn't dollied down the middle though.[LNB] I caught the first one well. But a goal is a goal and it doesn't matter whether they go in from 30 yards or three. I'll take them all.[LNB] For the header, I remember Wally (Warren Cummings) chesting it. He doesn't often reach the far post with his crosses so I thought I'd gamble across the front![LNB] I'm enjoying playing games and playing every week. I feel part of it now more than I ever have before and Eddie looks after me. He has a go when he needs to and puts his arm around me when he needs to. Maybe in the past I haven't had that.[LNB]
