Goal target to be kept secret

Justin Amaluzor is keeping a secret and it could mean bad news for the rest of the National League South. Amaluzor finished pre-season with a hat-trick as Maidstone beat Southend under-23s 4-0 last weekend.

He intends to take that form into the new season but the winger is keeping his goal target under wraps.

Amaluzor said: “I started scoring goals towards the end of last season and that’s what I want to do, just keep scoring goals and winning games. “That’s the point – we’re trying to jump back up to the next division. Goals are my personal aim but winning is the main aim.

“I’ve got a target in my head but I’m not going to say it. “We’ve got a lot of pace in the team and I think it will be frightening in this league. I think we’ll cause a lot of teams problems – I know we will.” Amaluzor is one of three survivors from last season as Maidstone built a new squad for National League South. John Still promised big changes but Amaluzor didn’t realise quite what United’s head of football had in store. He said: “I didn’t expect this many changes – no way – but they couldn’t have brought in a better bunch of lads.

“We’ve had a month of preseason and it’s mad how quickly we’ve gelled. If we take that on to the pitch we’ve nothing to worry about at all. That’s what I think anyway.” Maidstone open at home to Southern League champions Weymouth on Saturday. They’re a new name to Amaluzor but he knows United won’t have it easy.

He said: “I know they won the league below but we’re going to be prepared. We’ve got to be hungry because they will be hungry coming here.”