Source: PA
Houston hopes to solve striker's problems
Dundee United manager Peter Houston vowed to help David Goodwillie realise his potential after the striker continued his goalscoring streak despite a troubled week.
Goodwillie was dropped for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League contest against Hamilton at New Douglas Park after being arrested following an alleged disturbance in Glasgow in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The 21-year-old was later released without charge but Houston felt he had to leave him out of the starting line-up after the striker failed to complete a full week of training.
But, with United unable to turn superior possession into goals, the striker came on in the 69th minute and calmly slotted home the only goal of the game seven minutes later after Hamilton failed to clear Paul Dixon's cross.
"I needed him," Houston said. "I'm not going to cut my own throat by not playing a guy like David Goodwillie.
"He is as good as anyone in the league as far as I'm concerned. The world is his oyster if he starts to concentrate solely on football.
"He has got to screw the head and try to take on board what I and previous managers have tried to tell him. We hope the penny drops."
