It says much about Owain Tudur Jones' impact at Swindon Town that after barely a month at the club he is being welcomed back into the starting line-up with such enthusiasm by manager Danny Wilson.

The Wales midfielder, who is on-loan from Swansea City, has made his presence felt since moving to Wiltshire.

Former Wales international Paul Bodin, who is on the club's coaching staff, believes Town will benefit from Tudur Jones' spell with the national squad.

"I always found you got a nice boost being away with the national squad," said Bodin.

"No disrespect to the lads you play with week in, week out but being in the Wales squad you are training with quality players and I always found it gave me a real buzz.

"It is also nice to be training in a different environment for a change and Owain should come back feeling refreshed and raring to go, especially as he didn't play and so didn't pick up any aches and pains. He will be bursting to get out on the pitch Saturday."

Clearly OTJ, as he is known in Swansea, is an accomplished player who badly needs game-time after suffering a series of setbacks, including terrible knee injury three years ago.

Swansea boss Roberto Martinez rates him highly, predicting that one day he will captain Wales, a claim greeted with some embarrassment by the recipient.

First and foremost in Tudur Jones' mind is that he needs to be playing regularly and re-capture the form that saw him snapped up by Swansea from League of Wales side Bangor City for £5,000.

A goal or two in the final week of his loan - though Wilson will surely try and keep him for the remainder of the season, would be handy.

"Owain is a big, strong lad and from what I have seen is getting better and better with every game," added Bodin.

It is often said that a manager is judged on his signings and Wilson's account is in credit.

The three loan players that he brought in for the run-in have added quality with Doncaster Rovers defender Gordon Greer and Reading winger Hal Robson-Kanu all proving highly successful.

It is ironic then that Tudur Jones didn't make the best of starts as it was his mistake that gifted Colchester the winner in a 3-2 defeat at the Weston Homes Community Stadium on his debut.

"I'm better than that," said a sheepish Tudur Jones afterwards. Bold words that have proved to be so very true.