BREAKING his duck can have a positive effect on Barrow AFC striker Jordan White, after his brace against Woking.

White netted his first goals for the Bluebirds in the Holker Street triumph, and Paul Cox is positive the front-man can take that impetus from that haul and go forward.

White's next chance will be when Barrow travel to Solihull Moors tomorrow, with the Barrow manager looking for his team to give the striker more chances to impress (7.45pm kick-off).

“I spoke with Jordan in midweek,” said Cox. “He came to have a chat with me, and the one thing I will say about Jordan is that I knew when I met him that his personality was excellent, he does some really unselfish stuff for the team. He was a little bit concerned that he had not scored a goal yet, but the main thing I knew about him is that he is going to score goals, I didn’t have a doubt in my mind.

“I had to tell him that, I had to tell him that I 100 per cent believe in him to score goals.

“Now, psychologically, he is in a very, very good place in his head. I want to see him relax a bit more, and I do think the goals will come if we put the ball in the right areas for him.”

He added: “What he needs to do is have an understanding of who he is. I call it the mirror effect – he needs to look in the mirror and understand what his DNA is. On Saturday, he did everything that we wanted from his DNA.

“When you look at him – his stature, his willingness to work, his willingness to do things that he’s not really good at, is excellent. When he understands – and this is still a learning curve for a lot of them – then he will become very potent at this level of football.”

Another man who has stepped up – though is yet to find the back of the net – is Dan Cockerline, who has featured in all three of AFC's games so far this season.

Cockerline is being nursed back towards a full 90 minutes after eight months on the sidelines with a knee ligament injury that required surgery.

He was a substitute in all three games, playing for more than 50 minutes on Tuesday following the hamstring problem picked up by Adi Yussuf.

Cox is wary of pushing the former Sheffield United youth too much too soon, however, and said: “What we don’t want with Dan is for him to have any kind of relapse. What I wanted to do with Dan was get him out on loan and let him get some competitive football where there wasn’t as much stress on him. But, because of the numbers game, we have had to chuck him in.

“He is working extremely hard, he is getting sharper every day, and probably what Dan needs now is for him to get a full, competitive game – probably behind closed doors – and if he can score a goal, then I think we will see him grow as a centre-forward.”

While Cockerline is back in action, last season's 22-goal man Byron Harrison is closer to a return from his ankle operation.

Harrison warmed up on the pitch at Holker Street ahead of the Woking win, and Cox is pleased with his progress towards a potential comeback before the end of the month.

“Psychologically, Byron is in a really good place,” added the Barrow boss. “We knew last year when Byron was warming up, when he was playing down at Braintree, in his eyes, you could tell that something wasn’t right.

“Since the operation, watching him run, watching him kick a ball, watching him sprint, Byron has had a massive smile on his face, but more so he has had that smile in his eyes. I think that tells me a lot about the lad – he is happy where he is, and he is happy that he knows he is not going to be far away from adding to our squad.”