COACH Robin McBryde believes Wales need to think on their feet more after accusing the players of taking the game plan too literally in the Six Nations defeat to England.

Wales head to Scotland on Sunday looking for a reaction to last Friday's underwhelming display at the Millennium Stadium.

They got off to a flying start to lead 10-0 thanks to Rhys Webb's early score but they barely fired a shot in the following 73 minutes.

A lot of that was down to a spluttering set piece but another factor was the rigid approach of a XV that boasted 648 caps with Wales booting away what little possession came their way.

Forwards coach McBryde has called on the players to take more ownership at Murrayfield.

"We give the players license to play what they see," he said. "We were conscious of not trying to play too much in our half but perhaps on reflection we've taken that a little bit too literally.

"In the course of a game things change, if the shape of the defence in front of you changes then you have to adapt. Whether we did that against England is questionable.

"It's making the right decisions at the right time and having the ability to pick our heads up and make the right calls."

"We have to adapt our game to suit," he continued. "If the referee is favouring the team with the ball (at the breakdown) then you need to keep hold of it a lot more than we did against England.

"Similarly if the referee is being harsh on a team in attack in terms of holding on, perhaps you are better off kicking the ball.

"It's getting that decision-making process and being smart in what we do and how we approach the referee in a game."

Wales have long been accused of being obsessed with a direct approach and in the opener the ball rarely found its way to the wide channels.

"We came off second best, we lost collisions in defence and didn't ask enough questions of England with ball in hand," admitted McBryde.

"We tightened up and tried to smash our way through as opposed to looking for a passing opportunity."

Wales are set to stick with their scheduled team announcement of this morning despite having to monitor the progress of wing George North and tighthead Samson Lee as they go through concussion protocols.

McBryde admits that the management team are under pressure to ring the changes after such a poor display.

"It was hardly a performance to be proud of and in fairness to the players there is nobody more disappointed than they are," he said.

"The players know there is strength in depth through the squad and they are going to feel a little bit of that competitiveness in training this week."