Boss pushing red-hot Brett
By Wendy Gee - 
BRETT Williams made it four goals in two games as Eastleigh's impressive winning streak continued at Lewes - but team boss Ian Baird still thinks he is capable of scoring more.
Having struck twice in Monday's dramatic 4-2 victory over Havant & Waterlooville, the 23-year-old responded to his manager's call for greater consistency by bagging another brace in Saturday's convincing 4-1 triumph at the Dripping Pan.
That made it five victories on the bounce for the on-song Spitfires in league and cup.
But though Baird was once again impressed with Williams's handling of the lone striker's role, he reckons that if he gambled a bit more the former Winchester City and AFC Totton frontman would have even more goals.
Baird knows a thing or two about leading the line, having racked up more than 500 pro appearances for the likes of Saints, Leeds and Middlesbrough, and he is pleased that Brett Williams is at last living up to his potential.
"Hopefully the penny seems to be dropping with Brett," he said. "Playing up front on your own is no mean feat and, at the moment, he is carrying that responsibility extremely well.
"But is he gambling enough? I don't think so. All good strikers gamble on where they think the ball will go, whereas Brett is someone who reacts off what happens rather than before.
"He's not often in the right place at the right time.
"If you look at Brett's goals, they're nearly all good goals. You don't often see him score a little tap-in and he needs to add that to his game.
"Someone like (Swindon's former Poole Town striker) Charlie Austin looks to me to be a natural goal scorer, but there are parts of Brett's game that are better than Charlie's.
"He just needs to gamble more."
Speaking after the 4-1 win over Lewes, Baird said: "Everyone played well. Winning breeds a team spirit and it breeds self-belief and collective belief," said the Eastleigh manager.
"I said all along that as soon as we got all the players fit, we'd be a different side - and so it's proving with people like Peter Adeniyi, Anthony Riviere and Taggart coming into form.
"Bylesy (Luke Byles) will be out for four to six weeks (torn hamstring), but we've got good competition for places.
"It's all going very well on the football side."
BRETT Williams made it four goals in two games as Eastleigh's impressive winning streak continued at Lewes - but team boss Ian Baird still thinks he is capable of scoring more.
Having struck twice in Monday's dramatic 4-2 victory over Havant & Waterlooville, the 23-year-old responded to his manager's call for greater consistency by bagging another brace in Saturday's convincing 4-1 triumph at the Dripping Pan.
That made it five victories on the bounce for the on-song Spitfires in league and cup.
But though Baird was once again impressed with Williams's handling of the lone striker's role, he reckons that if he gambled a bit more the former Winchester City and AFC Totton frontman would have even more goals.
Baird knows a thing or two about leading the line, having racked up more than 500 pro appearances for the likes of Saints, Leeds and Middlesbrough, and he is pleased that Brett Williams is at last living up to his potential.
"Hopefully the penny seems to be dropping with Brett," he said. "Playing up front on your own is no mean feat and, at the moment, he is carrying that responsibility extremely well.
"But is he gambling enough? I don't think so. All good strikers gamble on where they think the ball will go, whereas Brett is someone who reacts off what happens rather than before.
"He's not often in the right place at the right time.
"If you look at Brett's goals, they're nearly all good goals. You don't often see him score a little tap-in and he needs to add that to his game.
"Someone like (Swindon's former Poole Town striker) Charlie Austin looks to me to be a natural goal scorer, but there are parts of Brett's game that are better than Charlie's.
"He just needs to gamble more."
Speaking after the 4-1 win over Lewes, Baird said: "Everyone played well. Winning breeds a team spirit and it breeds self-belief and collective belief," said the Eastleigh manager.
"I said all along that as soon as we got all the players fit, we'd be a different side - and so it's proving with people like Peter Adeniyi, Anthony Riviere and Taggart coming into form.
"Bylesy (Luke Byles) will be out for four to six weeks (torn hamstring), but we've got good competition for places.
"It's all going very well on the football side."
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