Richard Carpenter is aiming to rediscover his goal touch to lighten the load on Albion's twin strikers.

The midfielder was on target twice in a 4-1 victory when the Seagulls last visited Colchester two seasons ago.

Now Carpenter reckons the rest of the team must ease the burden on Leon Knight and Darius Henderson as Albion return to Layer Road tomorrow.

Knight has notched five of the dozen League goals for Steve Coppell's side and Henderson two penalties. Gary Hart, Guy Butters and Charlie Oatway have netted one apiece, while the tally has been boosted by two own goals.

Carpenter, who has drawn a blank since mid-March, said: "It's not very often that I score, but I got two at Colchester last time.

"Bobby Zamora was missing for that game, so the onus was on the rest of the team to score and it is the same now. We've got to look for goals from elsewhere around the park and relieve the front men."

Hotshot Carpenter is keen to resume free-kick duties, especially with Paul Watson still sidelined by injury and Robbie Pethick destined for a place on the bench again.

Carpenter said: "There was one at Barnsley right at the end, when Robbie said he wanted it and I let him have it.

"Hopefully I will start getting onto them a bit more. I've been practising and hopefully things will start coming right."

Albion are expected to be unchanged tomorrow but Coppell has hinted that it won't be too long before 16-year-old Jake Robinson becomes more involved with the senior squad.

"Jake has played in recent reserve games and made an impact," Coppell said. "He's fresh and he's lively and we think he has a future.

"Strikers make an impact if they are scoring goals, making good runs or creating goals and in a short space of time you can make a reputation. You only have to look at Wayne Rooney to see that.

"We are not putting any pressure on Jake, it's just part of his education. We are just hoping he progresses and soon he'll be part of the first team squad."

There are no hard feelings over Andrei Kanchelskis' departure according to his agent. The winger had his last Albion training session on Tuesday.

Andy Blocksage said: "It's all quite amicable, there has been no falling out. I think Brighton decided he wasn't going to join so thanks but no thanks, which I can understand."

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