The Trotters lie 13th in the Barclays Premier League and, despite being defensively sound, they have managed to find the net only 11 times in 13 matches.

That return has left them only one point above the relegation zone but Megson feels a meaner streak in attack will help his side to climb the table.

Bolton have won two of their last three matches and ahead of Saturday's trip to Middlesbrough. Megson said: "We are doing okay but I'd like to see us picking up more points from the performances that we are producing.

"We've lost too many games this season. We've lost seven games and I would argue that we should have picked up points from them.

"And the two draws we've had, I think we should have won both of those as well.

"But it's nobody else's fault other than our own because we haven't been scoring enough goals."

Striker Johan Elmander - the club's £8.2m club-record signing from Toulouse this summer - has failed to score since the opening day of the season.

The jury remains out on the Swede but Megson claims goalscoring is a collective responsibility and has urged Kevin Davies to come good again after a six-match scoring drought.

Megson added: "Kevin Davies started off well but now he's got four goals in 13 games, so he's got to start scoring again.

"The wherewithal and the ability to score goals is there, but you need that desire to score.

"We have players who are capable of getting goals but they're not doing it at the moment."

Meanwhile, Megson believes Gary Cahill's recent form should have earned the young central defender a call-up to the England squad for Wednesday's friendly international against Germany.

England coach Fabio Capello, shorn of Rio Ferdinand, selected regular starter and captain John Terry and Matthew Upson for the match in Berlin, with uncapped duo David Wheater and Michael Mancienne also in the squad.

In particular, the selection of Chelsea youngster Mancienne, yet to make his Barclays Premier League debut and currently on loan at Wolves, raised eyebrows.

And Megson feels there was space in the squad for 22-year-old Cahill, who has been at the heart of a number of solid defensive showings by the Trotters this season.

"We have our own opinions and we all see Gary week in, week out and think that he is a top-class player, but all he can do is keep plugging away," Megson said.

"Wheater has had the call in front of him, Mancienne has had the call in front of him and Upson has had the call in front of him.

"We have the fourth best defensive record in the Premier League of which Gary Cahill is a huge part of that."