Is it only me? Didn’t Lawrence Vigouroux make an awful hash of punching the ball clear and this led directly to Forest Green’s goal, writes Peter Mitchell.

It seems that the Town keeper is sacrosanct when it comes to criticism, particularly from his manager. It’s great that he has been picked for the Chilean national squad, and I hope that he earns lots of caps, but I reckon he’s still got a lot to prove. I can only think that as Swindon’s prize asset, and one that they hope to capitalise on, no one wants to be negative.

Town’s game against Forest Green Rovers was one that will not live long in the memory. The home team were more creative throughout and in particular midfielder Reece Brown was superb. Involved in everything, I don’t think he made a single mis-pass in the whole game. Can we get him on loan please!

Particularly in the first half Swindon played very deep again, which I found to be a strange strategy to adopt for a defence that is hardly dominant and always looks shaky under sustained pressure. It seems that Town’s tactics are not to close down or tackle an opponent until he gets around the edge of their box. Things improved slightly after the break, but Rovers always looked the more dangerous.

After only five minutes, Swindon were once again split wide open on their left flank. A cross came over and, after Vigouroux’s weak punch, the ball eventually found its way to Christian Doidge who smacked it back past him.

And once again Town got out of jail with their penalty card. Rovers keeper Sanchez made a totally needless kamikaze rush at Anderson and Doughty scored his fourth spot kick of the season.

Both sides also hit the woodwork and Steve Alzate was especially unlucky for Swindon when his shot had beaten Sanchez but then came off the inside of his right-hand post and somehow contrived to trickle out of play on the left.

Being positive, this was the first league game of the season that Town had not conceded at least two goals. On the negative side they really didn’t look to have much punch up front and substitute Elijah Adebayo fared no better than Marc Richards. With two less midfielders to choose from, Phil Brown’s choice of Martin Smith and Alzate neither dominated the central area nor gave us much in the way of creativity.

A word about the New Lawn ground. Over 1,200 Town fans were accommodated on one side, with dozens stuck at the back unable to get a good view – or any view – due to the overcrowded terracing. Rovers should only sell 1,000 away supporter tickets in future and give everyone a chance to enjoy the game and get some value for their money.

Unbeaten MK Dons next Saturday should be another interesting tussle.