Whittaker trying to become the complete player
Argyle obtained four points against Cardiff City last season, scoring five goals in the process.
Morgan Whittaker scored three of those goals, including two in the Boxing Day visit to Cardiff City, which ended in a 2-2 draw, before Argyle won the Home Park fixture 3-1, with Morgan scoring the late clincher.
This season, Whittaker has scored two goals in ten games in all competitions, although it is sorely tempting to give him a goal against Sunderland, where Whittaker smashed an effort against the bar which bounced down, hit a defender, and went in.
Speaking to Argyle TV, Whittaker compared his goal ratio to this time last season, and said a big part of his season so far has been working on his off-the-ball game as well as his attacking side.
“It's not actually dissimilar to last season,” said Morgan, on his goal tally. “I scored four in 14 at the start of last season, including the hat-trick against Norwich, so in 12 of those games, I didn't score. In my head, I'm thinking not to beat myself up too much because I'm going the same way.
We're only eight, nine games in, so there's plenty of time, but it's hard not to beat myself up just because of how I am. If I scored in every game, then I think I'd be happy. But that's obviously not possible! It's just remembering not to get ahead of myself and just take every game as it comes.
“I'm quite superstitious and it can be a bit of a headache sometimes, but I just like to go into games not putting too much pressure on myself. My main focus now is if I work hard, then the rest should come. Me being in a good position, out of possession, and then going into an attacking position.
“I think if I just remember that then, like people keep saying to me, the goals will come.
“I think the thing I've been working most on is out-of-possession. I think a lot of people don't think I do that and don't think I like to run, but I want to give everything. That's one thing I really like to work on, because I don't want people to think that I don't do that.
“When hearing from the Gaffer and Pete [Shuttleworth], it's nice to hear that they understand, and they can see the progress I'm trying to make. I think it's making me more of a complete player and that's what I need to be doing.”
