By Steve Tervet

Loan striker Josh Scott has vowed to win back his place in the Dagenham & Redbridge side by scoring the goals to keep Ebbsfleet afloat in Blue Square Bet Premier.

The 27-year-old (pictured) agreed a one-month loan deal on transfer deadline day and opened his Fleet account with a double in Saturday’s 3-1 win at home to Gateshead.

That trebled Scott’s goal tally for the season. The striker signed a new two-year contract with the Daggers in March 2012 but injuries have made him an increasingly peripheral figure at Victoria Road.

He said: "I’ve come here to get fit, get some goals and my confidence back. I want to help the team get out of the precarious position they’re in.

"I’m not finished. I had one good season (at Dagenham) and then after that we went into League 1 and the problems started and they’ve been continuous. I’m trying to stay injury-free, incident-free, get some goals and my place back."

That one season was 2009-10, when Scott’s goals helped Dagenham win promotion from League 2. However, a blood clot on a lung meant he missed most of the following season, while his 2011-12 campaign was hit by a knee injury.

He said: "It’s not been a good couple of years. Things have happened off the field and then I’ve got injuries and illness coupled with that so I’m trying to find my way again."