SWINDON Town manager John Sheridan admitted he is considering resigning from his role after a 3-1 defeat at home to Gillingham on Saturday.

The defeat to play-off chasing Gills – which saw Town concede three goals in the space of nine second-half minutes – means the Wiltshire club remains in the League One relegation zone following a fourth straight loss.

The 3-1 reverse was also Sheridan’s 16th defeat in 26 games since taking over as manager.

Speaking after a game in which the Town boss also made all five of his substitutes at the same time late on, Sheridan revealed he would speak to chairman Lee Power about whether he was the right person to lead Swindon’s attempted escape from relegation.

Sheridan said: “I’m going to take a good look at myself tonight, and think about my own position.

“Even against Gillingham, I’ve left young Jack Payne out when I should have played him. So I’ve picked the wrong team, I feel, after the other night’s performance, so I’ll take the full blame.

“It’s a shame we couldn’t hold on after going in ahead at half-time, clean sheets win you games. But the performance, the result – it’s just a poor, poor day.

“I’m not going to pretend things are alright because they’re not, they’re nowhere near alright.

“I’ve got a decision to make, and I’ll talk to the people above because the club – more than anything – need to stay in the division.”

Sheridan went on to make it clear he would not accept blame being labelled at anyone else, and it was he alone who deserved the criticism for another poor performance.

The 56-year-old went on to recall the way he used to deal with underwhelming displays as a player before repeating his view that his squad was absolutely not to blame for the club’s 22nd league defeat of the season.

Sheridan said: “I’m not going to blame anyone else other than myself.

“But I’m not out on the pitch am I? But I’ll blame myself because I pick the team, and I’m the manager. But I’m not on the pitch – always remember that.

“When I played, I don’t think I ever blamed the manager or the coach or the training or what I ate if I played poorly.

“I always looked at myself in the mirror, and blamed myself, if I didn’t have a good game. But I’m the manager, so I take 100 per cent responsibility for the team I put out, the performance, and the result.”