Cambridge interim boss Barry Corr wants to see more from the side in the final third ahead of their trip to Wanderers.
Corr took interim charge following Neil Harris’ departure to join Championship outfit Millwall. Harris’ last game in the dugout at the Abbey Stadium was the 2-1 defeat against Bolton earlier this month.
The U’s were beaten 1-0 by Stevenage on Tuesday night, with Jordan Roberts getting the decisive goal 10 minutes before the break.
“Obviously, we are disappointed to lose the game,” said Corr. “We knew what it would look like, Stevenage have a strong identity.
“We knew it would be direct and we would have to be really good in moments of second balls and competing, then try to bring control in moments.
“I thought for the most part, we competed well but maybe just didn’t find enough moments of quality.”
Cambridge have now lost three successive matches and find themselves 16th in the League One table – five points above the drop zone.
“We are a competitive team, the lads are competitive players and they always put a shift in. They are a good bunch of guys,” Corr continued.
“Against Peterborough, it was the same. It was a tight game and maybe we have to just find those moments of quality when we get into those forward positions.
“We did have chances (against Stevenage) – Kacha has had a header at the back post and (Jack Lankester) has had a couple of chances in the second half.
“We built a bit of pressure where we are asking a few questions of them and maybe we have to put a bit more on ourselves and demand a bit more in the final third.”
The games keep coming thick and fast heading into the business end of the campaign, and Corr admits it isn’t ideal when time on the training pitch is limited.
“The schedule we are in, it is what it is,” he stated. “We have to just recover and we can’t do too much on the training pitch because it is just play, recover, play, recover.
“We will have to look after them but we will do our work for Bolton. We played them a couple of weeks ago and know what they look like.
“We will have a gameplan and strategy to go into it. It will be difficult, of course, but we will go there and try to get something.”
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