THE real highlight of the superb win at Luton Town wasn't Ade Akinbiyi's brilliant hat-trick. It was the sight of his Burnley team mates joining in the celebrations and the team huddle at the final whistle.

That, more than anything, is the evidence that Burnley are capable of achieving anything they want.

You will have heard it from managers and probably dismissed it as rhetoric, but let me tell you there is nothing to beat team spirit.

I remember scoring my first hat trick for Burnley against Colchester and when I turned around my team mates were all trotting casually back to the centre circle.

I genuinely believe some players were jealous of my relationship with the Burnley fans and jealousy in any capacity is never a good thing.

Now compare that with the collective euphoria witnessed following Ade's first hat-trick, when he was buried under a sea of claret shirts.

The togetherness in the camp is obvious and that all stems from the manager, who now looks like pulling off the bargain of the year in signing Ade for £600,000.

On present form and in today's transfer market, his valuation is closer to the £5m Leicester once paid, so just think what he might be worth if he took penalties!

I almost fell out of my chair when, after Luton, I read that Ade never wanted to take a penalty because he didn't want one on his goalscoring record.

WHAT?

They are the cheapest source of goals available and I was gutted when I was beaten to penalties at four of my six clubs.

Any striker worth his salt should be looking to get his tally up by whatever means possible.

I reckon I could have scored another 50 goals given the chance and it's not as if they look bad.

If a game is locked at 0-0, a match-winning penalty can be just as priceless as any volley rocketed into the top corner.