Wing Max Evans has called on Scotland to show more composure to end their try-less run and win against Wales in Cardiff next weekend.
Scotland are without a try in four Tests and experienced defeat on the opening weekend of the Six Nations for the 12th time in 13 attempts as England claimed a 13-6 win at Murrayfield on Saturday.
The hosts were dominant, but the perennial problem of failing to cross the goalline left them with the familiar feeling of defeat when victory was possible.
Head coach Andy Robinson has introduced a free-flowing style which has seen Scotland run at defences and create opportunities yet repeatedly fall short.
Evans suggests Scotland need to recognise when to vary the tempo of their play in order to cut open the opposition.
He said: "The fact that we're trying to play this game, which is a great way of playing when we get it right, is credit to how confident we are to do that, to play at that speed.
"It's about doing it in the right way and at the right time.
"What we're trying to do is play this quick game where we get quick ball, put pressure on and run other teams off their feet.
"There are times when we're doing that and we just run out of numbers - we can't play at that speed all the time.
"It's about doing that for periods, noticing that we're low on numbers, slowing it down and doing a few phases to build it back up and going again.
"For me, that's what's going to make the difference."
Evans is set to make a return to the Millennium Stadium for the first time since the day his brother Thom's rugby career was ended there by a neck injury.
Asked how he expects to feel entering the arena two years on, Evans said: "My focus will be on my performance and the game itself and something like that won't really bother me, I hope."
Scotland led 24-14 at one stage of the match in February 2010, but confounded by injuries to Thom Evans and Chris Paterson, who suffered a lacerated kidney, lost to a late Shane Williams try.
Evans added: "We were on the verge of beating them [Wales] and beating them fairly comfortably last time.
"I've got no doubt we can beat Wales at all. It's just about getting it right on the day."