Swansea City’s joint leading scorer was speaking on the eve of the Preston game with the Swans looking for a win that will move them within one point of fourth placed Cardiff.
The Swans have struck just 23 times in 27 league games this season and that statistic makes their 5th place league position even more remarkable.
Shefki Kuqi is excpected to make his first start for the club against Preston and Trundle hopes that all strikers can start hitting the target more in the run in to the end of the season.
“It’s easy to look at the lack of goals and make a big issue of it,” Trundle told the Western Mail “It’s not an issue because we’re still up there – but the strikers know we could do with a few more.
“It’s tough because the way we set up with the extra man in midfield means we have a lot of possession
“We keep a hold of the ball a lot in the middle and it can limit what you get as a striker in and around the box so maybe we don’t create as many chances as other sides.
“But the possession we have also means other teams don’t see a lot of the ball and can’t hurt us; it’s one of the reason’s we’ve not conceded many.
“We’re up there in the table because we’re playing well, whether we’re scoring loads or not.
“We shouldn’t be worrying about it too much when we’re in the position we’re in – it’s working for us and the points are coming because we’re playing well as a team.
“Of course, we’d want to score more and it’s tough for the strikers when you’re in that lone role and you know you’ve got to wait for your chances in a game.
“So I think the most important thing is that when they come we’ve got to start putting them away and making the most of the opportunities we get in a game.
“Competition is tough, especially when we are going with one up top
“I’ve come on and got my goals when I’ve been given the chance so I can’t worry about things, but of course I would like more time on the field – just as any player would.
“There’s a few of us fighting to start, but we’re all completely different players and we all give different options.
“Shefki’s very powerful and strong and someone who will hold the ball up well. In fact, he’s probably the type of player I’d love to play with because you know if you get the ball into him around the box you’re going to get bits off him.
“When we played together for a spell against Coventry it looked like we could work together and we have that option.
“It can be easy just to look at the strikers – but it is hard with the one up top. When you have a two there you have someone to drag players away and make space; with one you’re tightly marked.
“But because of the way we play we’re able to get goals from midfield because that’s where we break teams down and we’re able to have people running on.
“It’s great to see goals coming from all over the place, but as strikers we know we can’t rely on other areas and we have to put chances away up front when we get them.”
