Ian Holloway says high-flying Swindon are yet to hit top gear

Ian Holloway insists his high-flying Swindon side have still to hit top gear after they eased to a 3-1 victory over struggling Barrow at Holker Street.

Aaron Drinan, Paul Glatzel and substitute Princewill Ehibhatiomhan were all on target as the Robins soared into the automatic promotion places in League Two with a fifth win in their last six league games.

The Swindon boss is enjoying his side’s strong start to the campaign but believes they have a lot more to offer in the weeks and months ahead.

“I’m delighted with the results we’re getting, but there’s still room for improvement,” he said.

“There’s always room for improvement, but it’s really nice. I’ll be able to show them what we got wrong here, but it’s a positive result, so that really does make it easier for the group.

“We’ve got 15 new players, which is a massive, massive lot of change, so it’s great how well they’re doing.

“And I’m starting with the ones that I had the end of last year, more or less, and they’re lighting up the place. To be able to bring Ollie Clarke and Billy Bodin on in a League Two game is just a joy for me, so I’m very, very lucky.”

Swindon – 2-0 up at the break – seemed to lose their way in the second half, and Barrow scored a late consolation through Lewis Shipley.

“They started better than us, but we managed to score off our first attack,” said Holloway. “And then they looked like they were getting on top, and we managed to get another one, but it’s never over.

“They caused us all sorts of problems in the second half. I was relieved that we got the third goal because that was against the run of play.”

Barrow went down to a fifth defeat in seven league games and manager Andy Whings admitted “we’ve got to drag ourselves out of it”.

“We were really poor first half,” he said. “Because of the injuries and suspensions we’ve had, we were forced into changing how we are a little bit and it obviously didn’t work.

“You could see it very clearly in the first half, so I was really disappointed. Obviously, we changed in the second half and we drew 1-1 in the second half. We had a lot of chances and looked a lot better, so that’s given me a lot of positives to go forward.”

Whing had no issue with his side being booed off at half-time.

“If I was a supporter, I’d be doing exactly the same,” he said. “I’m an Aston Villa fan,and if we’re rubbish, I’m booing. I get it, I’m not stupid.

“It hurts more than anything because I’m so desperate to do well here, for myself and my family and the people here.”