DORCHESTER Town winger Cameron Murray has sympathy for fellow wingers Tom Blair and Aaron Rodriguez in light of the Magpies’ continued search for a striker.

Murray, who played on the wing and scored a stunning 93rd-minute winner at Basingstoke Town, has been part of a Dorchester side bereft of a marksman since Ash Pope sustained a medial knee ligament injury in September.

Dorchester do have Romanian striker Alex Stafie, who has been largely restricted to coming off the bench in his 18 appearances for the club thus far.

However, boss Steve Thompson has largely preferred the services of Blair, midfielder Luke Winsper or Rodriguez to employing Stafie up front, even with his long hunt for a physical number nine target man remaining fruitless.

In an interview with Echosport, Murray, who has himself switched from his favourite number 10 role to a winger during his career, admitted it was “tough” to play in an “unfamiliar” position.

On Dorchester’s lack of a striker, he said: “It does make it more difficult, for sure. Teams are always going to function best when (a player) is playing in their best position, but it’s not always that straightforward.

“On the whole, I think the lads who have had to play there have certainly tried their best. It’s tough to play in a position at this level that is unfamiliar to you.

“I know personally from being a number 10, or someone that is used to playing more central all my career that I’ve had to adapt my game to play out wide, and it can take time.

“I think it’s more important that we don’t dwell on it too much and keep going into games with the mentality that we will win the game.”

Commenting on his dramatic late winner against the Dragons, Murray modestly felt his strike was a “nice moment”.

He said: “I feel in general play we have been playing well as a team and at times we just haven’t had much luck of late at both ends of the pitch. We deserved the three points at

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Basingstoke in my opinion.

“I had a feeling going into the game that I was going to score, so it makes it all the better when you do, especially a 93rd-minute winner.

“I try to go into every game thinking about having a direct impact on the result, whether that be an assist or a goal, so it was definitely a nice moment to score the winner.

“It’s important we try to become more consistent with the results to help us gain confidence, especially at home because at this level it’s hard to be stopped once you hit a winning run of form.”

Murray, the Magpies’ leading scorer this season with four goals, admitted he would be unhappy if he failed to reach self-imposed targets during the campaign.

He said: “The most important thing is winning games with the team and moving up the table.

“But from a personal perspective I try to go into a game thinking about having an effect on the outcome. I’ve set myself some targets, so I won’t be happy until I reach those.

“Even then, I think it’s important not to sleep on anything in order to keep progressing and to stay level-headed.”