Southgate wants "single-minded" strikers

17 September 2009 10:42
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has ordered his strikers to become more selfish as they attempt to fire their side back into the Barclays Premier League.[LNB]The Teessiders lie in second place in the Coca-Cola Championship after Tuesday night's 3-1 victory at Sheffield Wednesday and have scored six goals in their last two league games.[LNB]Jeremie Aliadiere has contributed three of them but Southgate wants he and fellow frontmen Leroy Lita and Marvin Emnes to make sure they spend more of their time in areas from which they can hurt the opposition most.[LNB]Southgate said: "With all of our front players, we have got to make sure they don't spend as much time wide and they get themselves into the penalty area because we have got quality delivery from wide.[LNB]"It's maybe about being a bit more single-minded and making sure you are in the right areas to be able to score goals as much as anything."

Source: Eurosport