MANAGER John Snape wants top scorer Jordan Harrison to thrive on the expectation of playing for Worcester City.

The 21-year-old striker has extended his contract with City until the end of next season having initially committed himself to the club in September.

It has been a solid enough start to life in the Midland Football League Premier Division for the ex-Cradley Town man who has 15 goals in all competitions since joining in the summer.

His flying start only increased anticipation but while Snape acknowledged there had been some bumps in the road, he reckons Harrison has what it takes to kick on again next term.

“I am happy the club has held on to Jordan for another year, he has been strongly linked with higher-ranked clubs but he feels he still needs to progress and that this is the right place to do that,” said Snape.

“I am pleased with how he has come on so far, obviously we all want more goals and Jordan is no different. The hunger and desire has to remain but I am sure it will.

“When you consider this is his first season at this level and the bits of magic we have seen from him at times, it has been a solid start.

“On the flip side of that Jordan is an honest kid and he knows he has missed opportunities. He has been working in training on making sure that does not keep happening and he has a target of goals for between now and the end of the season.

“More experienced strikers who have been around the block a bit can take a little extra pressure on their shoulders but that is the learning curve all of our younger players have to go through, not just Jordan.

“We have the benefit of very good support at the club. As a player, even as a manager, you want that, to be in front of the biggest crowds possible so that has to be seen as a positive.

“Hopefully, Jordan can relish that for the rest of this season and beyond.”

Meanwhile, Snape could not hide his dismay over Saturday’s late 2-1 defeat at Lye Town.

“It was very disappointing,” Snape added.

“We got ourselves a goal ahead on a very tricky pitch, which was the case for both teams.

“Lye have a never-say-die attitude and came back at us. We had a lot more of the ball and at 1-0 up we were guilty of missing gilt-edged chances to put the game to bed.

“Bar one save in the first half, Sam (Gilder, goalkeeper) did not have a lot to do but ended up picking the ball out of the back of the net because we did not stay with runners.

“We ended up conceding from two set plays and again, that is something for us to work on because we expect better.”