Middlesbrough’s new signing Paddy McNair scored his first goal for his new club against Accrington Stanley last week, and manager Tony Pulis believes he can get into double figures next season.
Middlesbrough boss Tony Pulis knows that Boro didn’t score enough goals last season, and were heavily reliant on forwards Britt Assombalonga and Patrick Bamford.
He recognises that there must be more goals from midfield, and was happy to see new signing Paddy McNair get on the scoresheet in pre-season against Accrington Stanley last week.
“I think we needed more goals in the team, and I still think we need more goals in the team,” he said.
“There’s not enough goals in the team at the moment so we need somebody that’s going get 10 goals from midfield and Paddy, fingers’ crossed, will be the one that can do that.”
“People will look at me and say ‘he isn’t going to score that many’, but he got a goal and really and truthfully he could have scored four goals. They are all in the box, clean strikes in the box.”
McNair has got himself into positions to score, and likes to get into the box at every opportunity. The former-Sunderland man scored five goals in 16 games for the Black Cats last season, and will be looking to add to his Championship tally with his new club in the upcoming campaign.
“He’s got great energy, I think you’ve seen that today, he can get box-to-box and make really intelligent runs off the back of people”, said Pulis.
