Griffiths targets ‘Britain’s top scorer’ accolade

Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths has set himself a target for the remainder of the season, as the Scotland striker has revealed that he is looking to net 40 times for the Bhoys by the end of the campaign.

Griffiths has been in superb form for Ronny Deila’s men throughout the course of the season so far, bagging an incredible 27 goals already after scoring a hat-trick in Celtic’s comprehensive 8-1 victory against Hamilton on Tuesday night at Paradise..

As quoted by the Glasgow Evening Times, the 25-year-old said:

Yeah these records matter to me. As a striker you want to be selfish with scoring goals. If you set targets and reach them you will be happy. But you can’t just set one, you have to keep setting them higher and higher.

At the start of the season I aim to hit 20, then it’s 25, then 30. Once I hit 30 I’ll want to hit 40 and then see where I am at the end of the season.

Finishing as Britain’s top scorer wouldn’t go amiss. But firstly I want to be Celtic’s top scorer. I want to continue doing well for Celtic. If the goals keep coming I’ll be happy.

Celtic are currently three points clear of Aberdeen at the top of the league table after they beat Dundee yesterday, and today’s game gives them the chance to go six clear again.

Griffiths is hoping that with his goals the Hoops can put more distance between themselves and second place this season with 16 games still to go in the season.

I feel like I’m in the form of my life right now. My confidence is sky high. I feel like I’m going into every game capable of scoring goals. I’ve only got one more goal to equal my record for a whole season when I was at Hibs.

I got 28 there and have got 27 now, with still a number of games to go, so hopefully I go on to beat that and Chris Commons’ mark of 31 from a couple of years back.

One fixture that is taking Griffiths’ fancy in particular is the Scottish Cup fifth round tie against the lowly East Kilbride – the second youngest club in Scottish football.

The Scottish international perceives the clash as the perfect opportunity to boost his goal tally by a considerable amount, but has called for his Celtic side to remain professional and avoid complacency.

We still need to be professional and go do our jobs. It’s not about scorelines. This will be the biggest game of their lives and they will enjoy it as well.

I’ve seen stuff in the press about them moaning about the game being played at Hamilton but wherever it gets played we will go there, be professional and try to get the win.

Can you see Griffiths scoring another 13 goals in the remaining games for Celtic this season?