MANAGER Les Jones has urged Malvern Town’s midfielders to get in amongst the goals and take the pressure off top scorer Dave Reynolds.

Fourth-placed Town travel to struggling Wellington Amateurs where Jones is hoping to record a bumper win in the West Midlands Football League Premier Division on Saturday (3pm).

Reynolds increased his goal tally to 31 in 28 appearances this season with the winner in Malvern’s 1-0 victory at lowly Dudley Town last Saturday.

Jones praised the striker for his exploits in front of goal but with Nathan Hughes the only other Town player in double figures this term he insisted it was time for the rest of the team to step up to the plate.

“Dave has scored 20-odd goals but we have not had enough of a contribution from other attacking players in the team,” he said.

Forward Hughes is behind Reynolds in Malvern’s scoring charts with 10 goals, while winger Lewis Platt has chipped in with nine and frontman Bryan Craven has netted seven times in 27 games.

”We need more goals from our midfielders and attacking players,” Jones continued.

“We were getting them earlier in the season but they just seem to have dried up.

“Having said that, we are still one of the top scorers in the league and I would be worried if we weren’t creating chances.”

Telford outfit Wellington Amateurs are third from bottom and had four men sent off in a thrashing 9-0 at Wellington last weekend.

Jones added: “All we have got to do is focus on getting a win.

“We have got six or seven games against teams who are below us so we have got to get as many wins as we can and I am sure the position will take care of itself.”

Winger Max Kontic-Coveney is unavailable as he is on holiday but captain Reece King could be in line to make his comeback in midfield from a serious leg injury.

King, who fractured his fibula in November, has returned to training and played 60 minutes in a Malvern reserves game as they thrashed Emerald Athletic 12-1 in Division Two.

“Whether he will be back on Saturday or has 90 minutes for the reserves, it is something we have got to look at and see how he feels,” Jones said.

“We have been without him for eight weeks so there is no point rushing him back a week or two early.

“He only did 60 minutes at the weekend and then his leg stiffened up so we are guided by how he feels.”