IRON keeper Josh Lillis has warned against heaping too much expectation on Chris Dagnall this season.

The former Rochdale striker's injury-time equaliser in Sunday's Lincolnshire Senior Cup exit at Blue Square Premier League side Lincoln City was his third of the summer and after largely drawing a blank in his search for a goalscorer, manager Alan Knill a fortnight ago labelled the 25-year-old as a 'player who can score 20 goals'.

The last three seasons the Iron have been in League One, they have been blessed by goalscoring talent including the likes of Billy Sharp, Paul Hayes and Gary Hooper.

But Lillis says viewing Dagnall in the same light is unfair to the Scouser, who, like the majority of his United colleagues, found the going tough in the Championship last term.

"The last two seasons we've gone up we've had a Billy Sharp or a Gary Hooper," acknowledged the Iron stopper.

"Chris Dagnall is a different player to that, but we get just as much out of him from the other side of the game, like his running.

"Possibly there's too much expectancy on Daggers to go get 30 goals.

"He's a good lad and and he knows that he's not really that sort of player, though he'll work hard and create the sort of chances he scored on Sunday."