JAY McEveley is determined to carry on getting involved with Swindon’s attacking moves despite Town’s recent change in formation.

Having started the season as a left-back the Scottish international now plays as a tucked in central defender which allows Nathan Thompson and Nathan Byrne to attack at will from the wing-back position.

During Saturday’s 5-2 win over Port Vale McEveley still managed to get forward on a handful of occasions, and although he’s enjoying giving Byrne the freedom to attack down the left the experienced pro isn’t going to let him have all the fun.

“We’ve gone to three at the back which makes us a bit more solid, but I don’t need to be hanging back on the halfway line and I can still get involved,” he said.

“On Saturday I was floating up and down and getting involved here and there, and I can give the wing backs the chance to get forward and not worry too much about getting back in.

“I have a good understanding with Byrney, and I talk to him all through the game, and if his man runs off him I can say I will take him and he can stay forward and be the out ball.

“He’s devastating when he’s attacking and if I can keep talking and defending he can be free and be an option.

“He’s been trying that shot for six weeks or so now so it’s great he finally got it right.”

McEveley is also keen to continue taking attacking free-kicks despite two efforts ending up at the back of the Stratton Bank during Saturday’s victory over Port Vale.

“For the first one I’ve just clipped it in and Dany has managed to get on the end of it but then for the second I was quite a long way out,” he said.

“I thought about giving it a bit of a whack and it just seemed to go with the wind, but for the one after that I went to shoot because I saw the keeper looking at it like it was a cross and I thought I had a chance. I caught it wrong again, though, and maybe I have been doing a few too many leg weights.

“I can’t be afraid to shoot, and I got and assist as well, and with the left-footed ones on the right side they can be really dangerous even if nobody touches it because they are hard to deal with.”