Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez should have crack at signing Bradley Dack. Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray believes Bradley Dack is too good to be 'languishing in the middle of the Championship' - and he is right. How Newcastle United must wish they had the means to take the 25-year-old and give him the platform he clearly deserves. They are, after all, desperately short of goals and creativity in the No 10 position. Dack has now been involved in 20 goals from 25 appearances this season. He has scored 13, the latest of which was a bullet header during Saturday's 1-1 draw at St James' Park. Figures as wild as £20million have been quoted for a player who cost Blackburn £750,000 from Gillingham in 2017. But, on this evidence, he might just be worth it. 'The only previous time I played a competitive game against a Premier League side was for Gillingham against Tottenham - and we got beat 5-0!' said Dack. 'I remember thinking afterwards, "I'm a long way off from this kind of level". It wasn't a great feeling. 'But playing against Newcastle, I proved to myself that I can play at this level. A few of our boys have said my header was Shearer-esque!' Dack makes no secret of his role model, and his judgement is sound. 'I always looked up to Frank Lampard and the goals he scored from midfield,' he added. 'I probably wasn't quick enough to play as a centre-forward, so attacking midfield is my best position and he was the best at it.' Newcastle forced a barely-deserved replay when Matt Ritchie converted an 85th-minute penalty after Corry Evans tripped Ayoze Perez. Rafa Benitez's priorities lie with Premier League survival, something he recently claimed would be a 'miracle' for them to achieve. 2/5 - Eight changes for Newcastle and a feeling they would have been happy to duck out. At least Blackburn and their travelling fans enjoyed it. There is a feeling that comment has affected morale in the dressing-room and in the stands. But Benitez said: 'You are insisting on that, but the players know exactly what we were talking about. It is quite obvious we are working so hard, we have this situation and the players are trying their best.'