Swindon Town 'putting the right processes in' for the future

The County Ground pitch has proved difficult this season, with the surface prone to bobbling and unexpected things, making it tough to play the football that their interim head coach prefers.

Gunning has said that he is looking to try and put in place his processes for if he were to be head coach next season and felt that, despite experiencing difficulties, his players did that well against Wimbledon.

He said: “We are being brave and doing the right things on a pitch that is not great.

“If you put those processes in place and you start showing them and seeing them then it is only a positive thing.

“We have turned it over a few times, but if you want to get to where we want to get to then that is what you have got to do.

“The fans are going to get angry as they want to see wins, but if you are putting the right processes in there, like manipulating the ball and dominating on a pitch that isn’t great then you will see the fruits of it when the pitch improves.”

Gunning has also praised the impact of assistant head coach Jimmy Shan on the team since he arrived at Swindon.

Shan was added to Gunning’s coaching staff three weeks ago ahead of the clash with Notts County and Town have won three of their four matches since he arrived, having won three in 15 beforehand.

He said: “It was tough [without him], I have been the coach doing two or three roles and when you have to do them yourself it is tough.

“He has come in and had a different outlook, I said to him when he came in ‘Don’t agree with me on everything, be open.’

“We have worked together and I think that it has worked really well.

“There has been someone to bounce ideas off, the other staff are good but Jimmy has been there and he has done it.

“It is great to be able to bounce ideas off someone when I am there and I have an idea, I can say ‘What do you think Jimmy’ and he might say ‘No, I think this’ and then we can go from there.”