Clarets striker Ian Moore has downgraded his goals target for the season.

Moore has been forced into a wider attacking role in recent weeks since the arrival of Delroy Facey on loan from Bolton.

And the £1m man, who had hoped to enjoy his best ever season in front of goal following a blistering pre-season, has now set himself a revised target of double figures for this campaign after hitting three so far.

"I'm not stupid," insisted Moore. "The fans appreciate the effort I put in but they want me to score goals as well, which is what I am trying to do.

"But you can't have everything and when you are playing out on the wing you can't have 20 goals a season.

"Right now, I just have to try to get 10 or 15 this season, which is my new realistic target."

Moore, who missed the first three games of the season through suspension, has had to up his fitness levels for a demanding wide role he sees as the toughest position on the field.

He added: "I would say it's the hardest position in the team, work wise. You have to be really fit to score goals because you are also expected to get back and defend as well as get forward.

"There's a lot of running involved, but that's a major part of my game I am never going to shirk out of.

"You just have to get (up there) alongside the front men and try to pick up little bits and bobs that come across the goal and keep setting things up.

"At the end of the day, as long as I am playing well for the team, I don't mind."

Meanwhile, Burnley will not now be placed under the glaring national spotlight for next weekend's trip to West Ham United.

The game was set to mark Alan Pardew's first game in charge as manager following his controversial switch from Reading.

However, caretaker Hammers boss Trevor Brooking has revealed he will remain in the hot-seat for the Clarets clash in nine days time to spare Pardew a tough first day at the office.

Burnley defender David May WILL be available to face the Hammers. The defender serves a one-match ban at Ipswich next Tuesday, but remains on just four yellow cards for the season after the red card received at Wimbledon cancelled out the two yellows he picked up in that game.