WES Foderingham feels Swindon Town have now proved they have more to their game than silky passing.

Questions have been raised since the start of the season about Town’s ability to stand up to a physical challenge, despite the Robins producing several displays of real quality with ball at feet.

The defeats to Walsall, Preston, Shrewsbury and Oldham highlighted areas where Swindon could be perceived to be weak - but goalkeeper Foderingham thinks the 5-2 victory over Port Vale on Saturday showed he and his teammates are starting to rectify any problems.

“We looked at a new dimension to our game because we can’t get the ball down and play a pretty passing game every week, and I think we have two useful targets in there in Nile (Ranger) and Dany (N’Guessan) and there’s no disgrace trying to use them,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s hard to play out from the back so I think we got the blend right on Saturday because we went in behind when we needed to.”

Foderingham was particularly pleased with Town’s resolve at the weekend, as they withstood a spirited Port Vale fightback and a howling gale at the County Ground.

“We are trying to be more resilient as a group and when the pulled two goals back to make it 3-2 maybe some other teams may have crumbled under pressure but we didn’t, and that shows character because we went on to score two more goals,” he said.

“I loved it in the first-half because I was pinging it and I was kicking it all the way through to the other goal, and I was having a pretty good time.

“Switching round at half-time wasn’t too good, especially when you are kicking the ball out of your hands, because the striker is there not letting you kick it.

“Once you kick it you can see it coming back to you and that is difficult.

“It’s the same for everyone and you have to make the best of it.

“We have been working on goal kicks a little in training and how we set up to win the second balls, and when you are kicking into the wind you need to adjust a little bit and strike it harder and flatter to make sure it doesn’t come straight back.”