RICHARD CRESSWELL believes York City must change their "thought processes" when it comes to performing and scoring goals at Bootham Crescent.

The Minstermen scored just 16 goals at home in the last Sky Bet League Two campaign, with their miserable final tally of five wins helped by a surge towards the end of the season that saw them record successive wins over Cheltenham, Hartlepool and Morecambe as manager Russ Wilcox's men dragged themselves out of relegation trouble.

It was a goal drought in stark contrast to the club's ability to hit the back of the net on their travels, with their final tally of 30 strikes on the road only bettered by champions Burton Albion, play-off finalists Wycombe Wanderers and Exeter City.

With the club about to enjoy embark on their final season at Bootham Crescent, Cresswell, whose expanded brief at York will see him resume his role as head of football operations, will spend some time working with the club strikers on the training ground to sharpen their skills A scorer of 142 goals in a career which spanned 18 years and spells at clubs including City, Preston and Sheffield United, he said the club had to think differently when they came out in front of their own fans.

Jake Hyde was the club's leading scorer last season with ten goals and 37-year-old goal-getter Cresswell explained "If it is possible, I will be doing a little bit (with the strikers). I will not be involved on a matchday. We need to change our thought processes about home games. We need to create more chances. Strikers get assessed on how many goals they score.

"I will be working with them, when I can, to get them into the right areas and, hopefully, that will become a more natural thing as the season goes on. But you can't coach instinct."