{"id":464171,"date":"2011-07-19T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/west-brom-striker-peter-odemwingie-looking-to-improve-on-last-season\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T15:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T15:46:00","slug":"west-brom-striker-peter-odemwingie-looking-to-improve-on-last-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/west-brom-striker-peter-odemwingie-looking-to-improve-on-last-season\/","title":{"rendered":"West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie looking to improve on last season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Shane Farrington<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Jul 2011 16:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.4703989704\">\n<div readability=\"13.2865497076\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Peter Odemwingie (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/115300\/115365_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Peter Odemwingie (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"32.9408945687\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/nigeria\/7622\/peter-odemwingie\">Peter Odemwingie<\/a> has stated his desire to better the 15 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> goals he scored for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/112\/west-bromwich\">West Brom<\/a> in the last campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Odemwingie, 30, impressed for the Baggies last season after moving to the Premier League from Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>His form saw him briefly linked with a move to Arsenal, but the Nigeria international is looking forward to scoring even more goals for Roy Hodgson\u2019s side next season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am always in competition with myself and beating my own records show me that I am going forward, growing and improving,&#8221; he told the <em>Express and Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I will set myself a target of beating my own record again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The forward admitted his team-mates will play a huge part in his personal success.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;It is going to depend on how much I want it and how much I go for it, but football is also a team game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If my team isn&#8217;t playing well it won&#8217;t go well for me either. In most of the games I scored goals in last season, our team in general played well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the whole team plays well I will get chances and get goals, so my prayer will be that the whole team functions properly and everybody plays well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If that happens, then as a striker I need to get goals for the team and myself. Hopefully the whole team as a unit can do well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/19\/2581862\/west-brom-striker-peter-odemwingie-looking-to-improve-on\" title=\"West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie looking to improve on last season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie looking to improve on last season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Shane Farrington 19 Jul 2011 16:46:00 Peter Odemwingie (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Peter Odemwingie has stated his desire to better the 15 Premier League goals he scored for West Brom in the last campaign. 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