Gavin Gunning has called for everyone at Swindon Town to begin pulling in the same direction to help produce better results on the field.

Following a chastening 2-1 defeat to Accrington Stanley on Tuesday night, the interim head coach asked questions about the character of some of the players.

But Gunning has said that he feels that everyone at the club needs to be working together in order to fix the difficulties they are experiencing on the pitch.

He said: “Those teams that are in and around the middle of the pitch run hard and they get on second balls and if you do that really well then you stay at the level and you are competitive in most games.

“You are only as strong as your weakest link, that is the thing, and if everybody doesn’t want to pull in the same way then that is always going to be a struggle.

“Everybody has got to get in the boat and stay in it, we have all got to pull together if we are going to get there.

“If there is one chink in the armour then it will just crack.”

Gunning added it would also take getting clarity in the vision of the club and making sure that only people that buy into that are kept around.

He said: “Sometimes it is the mentality of having tunnel vision, just see yourself. If you are a player then focus on what you are doing, if you work at the club shop then focus on selling shirts, that is what your thing has got to be.

“Stay in your lane and do what you do really well.

“Maybe we just need some stability and do what we are doing and go towards where we want to get to and have clarity in that and then you will get there.

“If someone doesn’t want to be on that journey with you then they have got to get off, that is simple as.

“Maybe at times we have let the journey prolong too long with players, if they don’t want to stay on the journey then let them go.

“You try and accommodate players at times, and I have been there myself when you are not playing and you have a sulk and a moan.

“The truly successful teams, when people aren’t in the team, they are the ones driving the standards.”