McGavin: We know the goals will come

Top scorer Brett McGavin believes the goals will flow for his Yeovil Town team-mates this season.

The Glovers have scored just once in their last five matches and take on a Dagenham & Redbridge side sat just two points and two places above them in the National League Premier table at Huish Park this weekend.

Speaking ahead of the match, the midfielder said: “I don’t think it is one thing (which has contributed to a lack of goals in recent games). I don’t think we have had that luck yet, we have not had a penalty in (12) games, we have had a few off the line and off the bar. I don’t think everyone is just firing at the same time which contributes to no goals, but we feel the frustration as much as anyone.

“Particularly at home we know we should be scoring goal but I think once we get a game where we score two or three, I don’t think it will be a problem any more. We need a home win, I know the players would and I know the fans would, so we are all in the same boat.”

He added: “We have had a few games this season where we felt we should have come away with more, that probably a reflection of where we are in the table, if we had got a few more of those results to swing in our favour we probably would have been higher up. But, if we were really poor in games we would be much more concerned. We have had some really good performances, admittedly we have had some poor ones at home which we need to improve on, but we know we can perform at this level and we know the goals will come.”

The 24-year-old, who joined in the summer from National League South side Torquay United, has played 12 times this season, scoring three goals.

He played 75 minutes in the 1-1 draw at home to Aldershot Town last weekend before being replaced by captain Matt Worthington and knows that he needs to keep his form up to stay in the side with Charlie Cooper and Sonny Blu Lo-Everton also able to play in his central midfield position.

He said: “If there is one week where I am not in the team, I am not disheartened because I know it is just tactical or I have had a poor game. But there are four good midfielders here and, whilst I obviously want to play every game, I realise it is a long season.

“I enjoy scoring goals, of course, so when I am push forward I know I am there to score goals and when I am in the deeper role I am more of a play-maker and I have to do my role in that area as well. It is good to have competition, we all offer different things and the Gaffer knows that, so it is healthy competition.”