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Stuart Wilson

Ayr United striker Tomi Adeloye relishes chance of partnership with Sam Ashford

Top gun Tomi Adeloye reckons he and Sam Ashford can put the fear into Championship defences for Ayr United.

The pair were immense as they started a game together for the first time in yesterday's 4-0 rout at Raith.

And Adeloye - who notched his 12th goal of the season to send Ayr on their way - believes the duo can prove a handful for any opposition.

He told the Ayrshire Post: "It's been a tricky couple of weeks for me because the team has been doing well.

"But it's not about me - it's about the team. And when the team is playing that well I just have to bide my time.

"In football you have to earn your right to play and I fully understand that.

"Sam has come in and is a real asset to the club.

"So it was good to finally get some sort of partnership going with him and I thought it was tremendous today.

"Within a couple of minutes we combined for my goal and I thought we were always a threat the longer the game went.

"With his movement and the way he creates space, it allows me to exploit that and I think we could strike up a good partnership.

"It was good fun playing with him and this was a big win for the boys."

Adeloye tops Ayr's scoring charts but admits his own numbers could be even better.

He said: "I can't beat around the bush - I should be on 24 goals this season with the chances I've missed, not 12.

"But as I keep saying, this is my first full season playing regularly so I'm just happy to keep playing and scoring and hopefully I can keep contributing.

"We've the big game this Friday now and I hope I've done enough to be involved from the start.

"But if not it's a team game and if the gaffer feels I have a different role to play then I'm happy to do that.

"This is a massive result for us, to score four goals away from home and keep a clean sheet is brilliant and I feel we were value for it.

"Morale is very high in the group just now and we just have to keep pushing on."

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