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Talking Points | Skinner on being clinical, Leicester and returning home

Being clinical in front of goal

I think it's continuing to expose them (the players) to finishing. You've just got to keep putting the players back in there. It's massively a confidence thing. I think just the repetition of it, the exposure to it, is really important.

Recognising and acknowledging with them that they’re making good runs and getting into good positions, there just sometimes needs to be a little bit less thinking and more composure. It's more about backing yourself in what you're capable of doing with your technique and not trying to do too much in those moments. If you've not scored for a while, often you take the extra touch when you don't need it.

I've got no doubt those players and other players within the squad are more than capable of scoring goals. It's just us getting over the line with that first one. A first win, I think, will also help that.

Being back at home and facing Leicester

Rick [Passmoor] is trying to make them hard to beat. They're direct, they obviously play off a lot of second balls and try to get into key areas in behind teams. Obviously, it takes time to get used to your players. It takes time to get everybody into a system that you think is going to work for you, based on the personnel. You can see each game that he has, how he's trying to adjust that moving forward. It'll be a real physical battle. It'll be a tough test.

It's great that we're at home again. Being back in front of our fans after a really good performance at the weekend, the players have got a really good belief in the game and in themselves going into this weekend. I think it puts us in a positive position going into the weekend to try and make life as difficult for them as we can. We want to make sure we get some points this weekend.

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