Walsall Blog: We're Walsall FC, we (don't) score when we want

I say somehow, actually it's pretty obvious how; 8 points from a possible 33, a measly 4 goals in 12 games, contributing (or not contributing as it were) to an already low total of 36 in 40 league outings.

At home we have a win percentage of just 25% in 20 games, which drops alarmingly to a ridiculous 0.00% against teams in the bottom half of the table.

Certainly, and understandably, getting to Wembley was a huge distraction for everyone and for a long time as fans we've cut the team some slack but I think we could be in big trouble if we don't change something.

No team is ever too good to go down and I'm not buying into the notion that our position of 15th place gives us a buffer zone over our rivals.

Firstly two points is no cushion at all, secondly many of the teams below know they're in a scrap and have got the survival mindset – I'm not saying we haven't, just that others have had plenty of time to prepare themselves mentally for the run-in – and finally, well there's the aforementioned stats.

And nor can we look optimistically at the fixture list. With our abysmal home record, no game can be classed as winnable, then there's away trips to Swindon and Bristol City which are not what we'd have asked for at the business end of the season and we rarely get our share of luck against our old foes from Crwho.

Obviously we've missed Tom Bradshaw but the support from the rest of the team has been sadly lacking. Whilst Jordy Hiwula has notched almost half of the goals scored in his two and a bit month spell and is joint second top scorer; our orthodox wide players haven't given us a goal since February, there's been no strike from our midfield since January and James O'Connor's header in that Rochdale game is the only addition to the scoresheet from any of the back four who started in the Easter fixtures.

Since the JPT final we've played a functional Chesterfield, a truly awful Notts County and a distinctly average Peterborough. We've failed to score against any of them and dropped seven points that would have all but secured safety.

So what can we do in the last six games to avoid disaster? Well we need to be less predictable for starters. It's all very well sticking to your principles and playing a neat, passing game – some of our football is still a joy to watch even without the all-important end product – but is possible that opposition managers know exactly what we're going to do, and therefore what they're gonna do to combat it?

4-3-3? Playing with two strikers? Change the personnel? None of these options would particularly compromise our footballing ideals and it's not as if we have to stick to a change indefinitely, just mix it up a bit.

Six games to go, 18 points available and a long-overdue Blackpool weekender awaits. Please don't let us down boys.