Swindon Town boss Wilson looking to make most of conditions

Planting seeds may not be the easiest thing to do at this time of year, but new Swindon Town boss Danny Wilson has been trying to do just that.

While some fans would contend that getting into the heads of the Robins' squad is a task akin to driving a spade through frozen ground, Wilson is trying to make the best of a tough job.

Swindon boss Danny Wilson

The big freeze has driven Swindon's players inside. Physical training has continued at nearby Cirencester Arena but, as Lee Peacock revealed in Tuesday's Western Daily Press, Wilson's work has been more on the technical side.

"Everywhere outside is frozen over and we have been going to the Arena at Cirencester. We are a bit restricted but we have been doing technical work with them," said the new manager.

"We have been trying to plant little seeds in their minds. Showing them out on a grass pitch has been difficult so we have been talking to them, getting feedback and demonstrating things.

"Hopefully by the time we get the players back out on the grass then they will have a fair inkling of what we need to do."

Wilson and his fringe players had been hoping yesterday's reserve game at Bristol City would go ahead. But that too fell victim to the conditions.

"It's not a surprise but it is a bit frustrating, from more than one perspective," said Wilson.

"The players wanted a game to have the opportunity to show us what they can do. We will just get on with it.

"We haven't been able to get on to the training ground to use the time we have been afforded. It's prime time really because we didn't have a game on Saturday and wanted to get the players out training and work with them."

Stockport are due at the County Ground this Saturday but the cold snap will have to depart quickly for the game to go-ahead.

"We are keeping our fingers crossed and will do out utmost to get the game on," said Wilson. "We do need to play given that the Millwall and Hartlepool games have already been put back.

"We will do our level best and let's hope somebody is smiling on us up there to warm the weather up a little bit."