Following another five-goal haul at the weekend, Merthyr Town now have an impressive tally of 45 goals from their opening 14 Pitching In Southern League Premier South games.
19 of those goals have come from Ricardo Rees, who weighed in with his second four-goal haul of the season on Saturday in the 5-1 success over Havant & Waterlooville, to also go along with the hat-trick he grabbed on the opening day of the campaign.
“After last season, I expected a good ratio but nothing quite like this,” Rees admitted to us. “To sit here with 19 League goals already and we’re not even halfway through November is way beyond my expectations during the summer.
“It’s been a strong start to the season for us. We used the disappointment of missing out on the play-offs by just a point last year having been in the top five for most of the season as extra motivation to prove a lot of people wrong.
“To beat one of the fancied sides so convincingly at the weekend shows where we are as a team, but I still feel like there’s a lot more that we can give.
“It’s too early to look too much into things; nothing is ever won or lost in November, but we’re in a very promising position as it stands and we’re playing with a lot of confidence and belief.
“This League is the best it’s been in years as there are a lot of teams with the same ambition to progress into the next level. It makes for a very exciting battle over the weeks and months ahead.
“Our aim is to finish at the very top. If we can do that and I finish leading scorer as well, then I will be a very happy man!”
Saturday sees the Welsh outfit head to Dorchester Town.
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