A PAIR of wins have been targeted by assistant manager Neil McDonald to round off September and put Swindon Town’s promotion hunt firmly on track.

Mixed fortunes in Town’s opening eight League Two games of the season mean Phil Brown’s men sit 14th in the Two table, although they are only a single point adrift of Bury, who occupy the final play-off position with little more than one sixth of the campaign completed.

Today’s trip to Yeovil Town coupled with next week’s home tie against recently-relegated Oldham Athletic present Swindon with arguably their toughest set of back-to-back fixtures to date this season in League Two.

But McDonald, who admits he was left disappointed and frustrated following last weekend’s 2-1 loss against Bury at the County Ground, knows the Town squad are more than capable of earning three points in both fixtures.

And doing so would place Swindon onto 18 points from their opening block of 10 fixtures – form that many would consider to be worthy of an automatic promotion spot.

“We’ve played eight games now, and if we can win the next two, we will be in a good position,” said McDonald, who joined as Brown’s number two at the County Ground during the off-season following the departure of Brian Horton.

“Eighteen points from 10 is close to two points per game. We want six points from these games against Yeovil and Oldham.

“That’s our target – 18 points per 10 games consistently throughout the season can get a team promoted.”

This afternoon’s opponents, Yeovil, impressed last weekend when putting six goals past Newport County away from home – lifting them to fifth in the league.

Although County boss Mike Flynn admitted his men were way below their best defensively throughout that home thrashing, McDonald revealed Town have considered Yeovil’s clinical finishing as a cog in their wheel.

The former West Ham United assistant also discussed teams in League Two still playing with ‘World Cup’ mentality – largely referring to there being less physical play in the division this season than before.

McDonald said: “A lot of teams want to play through.

“Managers are trying to put that into practice with their teams, and I think that’s good for the neutrals and fans supporting their own team.

“There has to be a mixture. I think coaches and managers now want to play football, that’s the impression I’ve got so far (this season).

“Lincoln played some really good football against us earlier this season, whereas before they’ve played long and proven themselves to be a physical team.

“They are trying to play more football, so I imagine that will apply to other teams in the league.”