RIGHT now, it's not an anthem we need - it's goals! Saturday was another desperate result for all the wrong reasons.

Another poor goal given away at the back was always going to make life hard, but when your strikers are all having a barren run at the same time, it's a recipe for disaster.

I make it nine games now since top scorer Robbie Blake got on the scoresheet and no-one has really stepped in to fill the void.

What all successful sides have is a striker than can score you 20 goals a season. It's vital to a team's confidence and success, but right now, I can't see that happening from anywhere in the current ranks.

You have to say the talent is there, because we have two £1m strikers at the club in Blake and Ian Moore. Well the time has now come for them to start delivering the goods.

It's been a recurring theme for a good few years now because if you look at Burnley's overall goal difference, it's usually been in the negative at the end of each season.

That means we are always liable to concede goals - another reason why the front men have to chip in regularly to get the points on the board.

Right now, the trend is definitely downwards and we could be heading for the bottom three unless there is a marked improvement.

That makes Saturday's game against Rotherham a real six-pointer. Ronnie Moore will always have his side wound up as he looks to get one over on son Ian, and despite their lowly position they are still not a bad side. Remember last year?

Any side down at the foot of the table at Christmas is destined for a hard winter, so with four of the next five games at home, what better time for the points - and the goals - to start flowing again?

Naturally there will be much debate ahead of the Rotherham game over the club choosing a new anthem as part of their campaign to win back fans.

While I could never claim to be a massive fan of the Proclaimers song - how many fans can you see actually singing '500 Miles'? - you have to applaud the sentiment of the new chief executive.

He is trying to solve the problem of putting bums on seats, and one of the things I think he needs to look at is the location of visiting fans.

A lack of travelling supporters has hardly helped create an atmosphere inside Turf Moor and, speaking as a player, I can promise you scoring a goal with your own fans behind the goal means 200 per cent more than scoring in front of rows of empty seats.

Naturally, on current attendance levels, we are not going to fill those seats with Burnley fans paying, but some consideration should be given to giving out tickets and filling it while shifting the pathetic away followings to another part of the ground.

Maybe then, the atmosphere will improve for the better.