Michael Flynn: Swindon have to improve defensively says boss after 'worst' performance
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Swindon conceded four times against AFC Wimbledon to take their goals conceded tally for the season to 40 in the league
Swindon must improve defensively after their "worst" performance of the season in losing 4-0 to AFC Wimbledon, manager Michael Flynn says.
The Robins have now conceded 40 goals in their 21 league games so far.
It is a total only exceeded by Sutton and Colchester, who are in the bottom three of the League Two table.
"I thought we were awful, for the first half an hour that's the worst we've been all season," Flynn told BBC Radio Wiltshire.
"We're very poor defensively and I don't mean just the defenders. We've conceded 40 goals now in the league which is way too much, some teams will go through the season without conceding that many.
"We've got to improve and I've got to improve in that area, which is what I'll be looking to do."
Swindon are ninth in the table, one point outside the play-off places, and were leapfrogged by the Dons following the loss.
Flynn hinted he might ring the changes for the next game against in-form Barrow, who are on an eight-match unbeaten run in the league and sit third.
"It's a bad, bad day at the office and one I'm not going to sugar coat. I hold my hands up a couple of them need a good strong look in the mirror," he said.
"You can show them, you can do things on the pitch, off the pitch, all different ways of learning. But if they consistently don't do it you've got to look to changing the players."
'I know what I can spend'
Flynn, who was appointed at the start of May, has been working towards to the January transfer window in earnest "for months" and said he knows the budget available from owner Clem Morfuni to bring in new players.
"We know what we're dealing with in terms of what I can spend and what I can't spend and I've just got to make sure that I strengthen the areas where we need it and ultimately at the minute we're conceding too many goals," he added.
"But that doesn't just mean it's a centre-back or a right-back, it might be the midfielder who reads the game in terms of when we're out of possession."