Matt Taylor exhorts Shrewsbury Town to take more chances in its pursuit of goals.
In order to win at Leyton Orient, Shrewsbury Town coach Matt Taylor needs his team to take more chances in the final third.
Salop had three victories through their first seven games and is currently ranked 15th in League One.
They have only scored four times all season and have dropped their previous two league games.
Taylor emphasized that both he and his players understand the mounting pressure that comes with a goal drought and that they have been working hard in training to address the problem.
The Salop captain wants his team to accomplish this by increasing the amount of risk-taking in the final third of the field.
We have been practicing with the ball in the appropriate spots and attempting to psychologically tax the players, he stated. The appropriate runs and passes are being made, but we are not capitalizing on them.
“You saw on Tuesday, but can we do anything about it?”
“Yes, and we are doing that.
“It is not just about the strikers though, it is about players who go up for set-pieces, it is about shooting more from around the box and taking more risks when one does fall for you.
“When it does go in there will be a natural release and a release of pressure. We have not scored enough, we are fully aware we need to be more creative in the final third.”
Despite Salop’s lack of goals in the opening seven league outings of the season – Taylor has taken positives from performances, including how well his side have done out of possession in the majority of games.
But he knows that now has to marry up with how they are in possession at the top end of the pitch. He added: “If you flip it on its head, we have been excellent out of possession in the majority of games.
“The metrics we look at we have been really good out of possession which is a positive. Now we need to be better in possession in the final third and make better decisions.
“That might be an opportunity to cross but shooting instead, or a shot when we should be passing, and the players have to take responsibility for that on the pitch.”
Taylor is sweating on the fitness of Taylor Perry and Carl Winchester, who missed the midweek EFL Trophy, and late calls will be made on the pair.
