Friday 19 September 2014 18:11, UK
Sean Dyche has been pleased with Lukas Jutkiewicz's input at Burnley and believes there is more to come from the striker.
The 25-year-old moved to Turf Moor over the summer from Middlesbrough, with a productive loan spell at Bolton Wanderers last season helping to bring him to the attention of others.
Burnley have offered him a step up into the top flight and an opportunity to prove himself among English football’s elite.
Jutkiewicz is yet to open his account for his new employers, but has offered enough to the collective cause to earn praise from his manager.
You very rarely see strikers now who do nothing other than score a goal. There are a couple out there but not many. Striking players have become more team orientated, especially off the ball.
Dyche said: “We thought he was a good player anyway and we think there is more growth in him as a player.
“I think there are good signs of that. Eventually with strikers people look at their goals but there has to be more to it, particularly with modern strikers.
“You very rarely see strikers now who do nothing other than score a goal. There are a couple out there but not many. Striking players have become more team orientated, especially off the ball.
“The tactics of defending off the front have changed massively and I think there’s development in his game all round.
“He is enjoying it so far. He is enjoying the environment and he is certainly delivering positive performances for the team.
“We have always felt there is more to his game than just being a big man and he has certainly shown signs of that.
“He has been around a bit but he’s still relatively young in terms of learning his game in his entirety and the role of the striker.”
Burnley have been short on goals as a squad so far, following untimely injuries to Sam Vokes and Danny Ings, but Dyche is convinced that they will soon start to fire.
He added: “It’s a striker’s job to flourish.
“We certainly think we work in a manner that allows that and the only pressure I put on a striker is to be in there to score a goal. There’s no pressure from me if you miss.
“I believe we have got people who want to score.”
