David McGoldrick is aiming high when it comes to setting himself a scoring target for the new season.
The objective is to improve on last season’s 16-goal haul, which he had achieved by February, so injuries permitting he would appear to have an excellent chance of achieving his ambition.
But right now McGoldrick would gladly settle for a regular slot up front in Town’s starting line-up, having not made a competitive appearance since picking up a serious knee injury in the 0-0 home draw with Blackpool almost six months ago.
He said: "The target is always to beat last season, so I want to beat 16. The main thing is to keep my knee healthy though, get fully fit and get in the team.
"We’ve got good strikers here. There’s the big man [Balint Bajner] — we call him Priskin — and there’s also Murph, Tayls and Frank, while Maz [Jack Marriott] is coming through. It’s going to be hard to get in the team.”
McGoldrick recalled the moment he picked up the injury, adding: "I knew I did it straight away because I’d done it before. I caught my leg in the ground and I felt something go.
"I’ve been having injections in London throughout the off-season for my medial ligament and it’s much stronger now than it was before the injury.”