PETER Odemwingie opened his Albion account in style in Saturday’s 1-0 winover Sunderland and promptly set himself a target of at least ten goalsthis season.
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The Nigeria striker helped his new team-mates earn a valuable three points in their first home game of the campaign.
And he was delighted to prove wrong those who doubted his decision tojoin the Baggies after their opening-day 6-0 defeat at Chelsea.
“I can’t say a number but between ten and 15 goals for a striker, minimum, is a good result and I hope to at least achieve the minimum,”said Odemwingie.
“With that I think the club will be satisfied with my performance, but I hope I can do more.
“I know people asked questions about whether it was the right move forme, but they played against Chelsea in the first game and most of thegoals were from set-pieces so I had to take that into account.
“I knew that with more concentration we would be okay, because there were too many mistakes in that game and we were playing againstChelsea, which is not easy.
“Six was too many, but I saw some quality and I knew it was the right move.
“The people who didn’t want me to leave Lokomotiv asked if I was sureabout leaving, and there were little jokes, but I believed it would beokay.”
After what has been a hectic schedule for the 29-year-old ace, he is now hoping to find some time this week to pick out a song to sing forhis Baggies initiation — and work on his dancing for future goalcelebrations.
“They told me that at an away game I will have to sing,” he quipped.
“I will find a song.
“As for my goal celebration.
“My friends from Belgium, my uncle and some friends from London came towatch the game on Saturday and they were sitting over there.“Iremembered they were there so when I scored I ran over there.”
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