Kevin Nisbet believes he will be in with a shout for the Scottish Premiership golden boot come May.
The on-loan Aberdeen striker is brimming with confidence following his late winner against Ross County last time out. While he also netted in a testimonial match versus Cove Rangers during the international break, further boosting his trust in front of goal.
Nisbet has previously shown that he can be a prolific forward in the top-flight and in the absence of Bojan Miovski this season, he has challenged himself to pip the likes of Rangers’ Cyriel Dessers and Kyogo Furuhashi from Celtic to the goal scoring crown.
“I think so,” the former Hibernian talisman stated when probed by reporters on whether he could beat Miovski’s 26-goal tally from the 2023/24 campaign.
“I will see where I am at Christmas and then I will set my targets from there.
“Once you get that goal, it starts you off. I feel I can go on and get two, three and won’t stop.
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“If you don’t think you can do that then you are not really a striker, if I am being honest.
“It is all about scoring goals. You can be rubbish for 89 minutes and then score the winner and you are the best player on the park.
“I back myself to go and score goals, be the top goalscorer and to break records. You need a bit of confidence as a striker and I have that in abundance.”
Nisbet is hoping his season-long loan switch to Pittodrie can help resurrect his Scotland career while putting his struggles of the past 12 months behind him.
A big money move to Millwall last summer didn’t go to plan as he fell down the pecking order quickly due to injuries and multiple changes of manager.
Now after witnessing the way Aberdeen want to play under Jimmy Thelin, the frontman knows he can get back to his very best.
Discussing his time down in England, Nisbet commented: “The football didn’t really suit the way I play at my old club and so I didn’t get a lot of chances. It is about me getting back, getting chances and scoring goals when I can.
“Even last season, I did start well. I got a run of games and then got a small injury.
“I wasn’t out for long but then I was back out after injury. It was up and down and then I picked up the big injury, so it was a bit frustrating.
“I just need to stay injury-free because I know if I do that I will play well and score goals.
“I had four managers if you include the interim ones. It was totally different styles of play. Every time a gaffer came in I was always injured as well.”
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Nisbet admits he did his own homework prior to arriving in Aberdeen, by watching YouTube footage of how his new gaffer intends to play.
“I watched some stuff on YouTube,” Nisbet explained when discussing the ex-Elfsborg boss.
“That is where I could see his style would suit me to a tee. I can come short or link and spin.
“As a striker, though, it is all about being in the box and scoring. That is the strongest part of my game, getting between the sticks and sniffing out chances and scoring.
“I watched a good few videos and I thought Aberdeen is the place I want to be, playing under him.”
