Margate are creating chances for fun and player-manager Ben Greenhalgh is confident the goals will come

Margate boss Ben Greenhalgh is confident the goals will follow to go with all their promising approach play.

Gate had 21 shots on goal against Herne Bay on Bank Holiday Monday but the match ended goalless.

It was a second 0-0 draw in three Isthmian South East games, having been held by East Grinstead on the opening day.

And while they remain unbeaten, having also drawn 2-2 at Ashford on Friday night, goals are the name of the game.

“The Herne Bay game was similar to East Grinstead, if not better,” said player-manager Greenhalgh.

“It was a dominant performance but the main issue at the moment is scoring goals.

“We’ve got goalscorers, so I’m confident the goals will come, but the reality is out of the four strikers who want to play as the No.9, no one’s put it in the back of the net.

“We’ve created 21 shots but the objective of the game is to score, so there’s a level of frustration.

“A lot of people came up to me afterwards and said how good the level of performances have been but everyone knows we want to be getting three points.

“There’s a lot of things we can work on but the main thing we want to work on is scoring goals.

“We said from the start we want to implement a philosophy of playing better football and being more entertaining and creating more opportunities. And we are doing exactly that.

“But the harsh reality is that games of football are won by scoring goals.

“You give the defenders credit and say we’ve got three clean sheets out of four games (including the FA Cup).

“Last year we only got four clean sheets in the whole season.

“So there’s a platform there that we’ve got to build on, and have already built on.

“I prefer to have a 0-0 where we’ve created lots of opportunities than a 0-0 where we’ve looked