LUKE Williams delivered a scathing assessment of his Swindon Town side’s display against Bury this afternoon, accusing his team of lying comatose as they allowed their visitors to construct a 2-0 first-half lead.

Town slipped to their first defeat of the season at the County Ground with a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Shakers and head coach Williams surmised that his players did ‘very little’ to stop themselves from being turned over.

The Swindon chief pulled few punches in his criticism of his troops’ efforts.

“We got exactly what we deserved. We didn’t batter them in any way,” Williams told BBC Wiltshire.

“They were in front and they just sat and protected their lead, and we did very little about it.

“If you start the game of football in a coma, don’t be surprised (if) when you come out of the coma, you’re losing.

“We started slow; no tempo to our passing, the reaction to a turnover in possession (was) very slow, we played straight passes that leave players vulnerable to be tackled very easily – too many.

“Goals change games so by the time the two goals are against us, it’s too late.”

Hallam Hope netted both of Bury’s goals at the County Ground, with his second coming late in the first half when he seized on a misplaced pass from Sean Murray before racing away and firing past Will Henry.

Williams didn’t deny that Murray’s error came as a result of his team’s approach to passing the ball in midfield – he branded the former Watford man’s mistake ‘dopey’ – but blamed that decisive moment on his team’s inadequate overall performance.

The Town boss said: “I think if you want to play football without any risk at all, without taking any chance at all, I think that’s a way of playing.

“We certainly need a different group of players and I don’t think it suits the squad that we’ve got.

“We can accept it at times but it’s dopey to come in as a midfield player – a very talented player – and not look around over the shoulder and play a soft pass so casual.

“It’s unfortunate but I’ll accept a mistake. It’s the performance that led to the mistake.

“Bit by bit, we were getting slower and slower and bit by bit, we were getting more dopey on the ball.

“That sort of mistake was coming.”