Luke Moore could be our saviour says West Brom boss

Dec 19 2008 by Chris Lepkowski

TONY Mowbray wants Luke Moore to carve himself a reputation as a feared Premier League striker.

The Throstles boss has been impressed with Moore’s attitude since his return to the first-team radar following Ishmael Miller’s season-ending injury.

But Moore had little chance to shine in last weekend’s game against Sunderland.

Even so, Mowbray will be looking for Moore to play a key role in Sunday’s game against Manchester City and hopes the ex-Villa man will go some way to solving the club’s goalscoring problems.

“It wasn’t an ideal scenario or a day to talk about the forwards,” said Mowbray.

“Luke was ready for the game and we could see before the game he wanted to do well but the game just didn’t pan out for him.

“I’m sure he will have other opportunities.

“The bottom line is that we need someone to score goals - we need to have the confidence that we can score.

“You need strikers who can score goals in this