PHIL Brown will have no issue fielding two young loanees in the heart of his defence if needs must against Morecambe on Saturday.

Skipper Olly Lancashire was worked with a reduced training load so far this week, although he will be passed fit to play should he come through today’s final session ahead of the trip to the Globe Arena unscathed.

Dion Conroy could also be back on the training field today should he be given the medical all-clear after missing the last five games with a knee injury, but Chris Robertson is definitely out.

If Lancashire and Conroy are both forced to miss the match against Morecambe, Brown may well be forced to partner on-loan Millwall defender Sid Nelson with Luke Woolfenden, who only joined Swindon last Friday on a season-long deal from Ipswich Town.

Nelson, 22, and 19-year-old Woolfenden are both short of experience, while 18-year-old academy graduate Joe Romanski is Town’s other option at centre-back.

However, Brown sees strong attributes within his loan defensive pair and believes they will be aided by a wealth of knowledge around them should they start together against the Shrimps.

“I am not particularly bothered about age,” said Brown.

“Experience does come into play and they will be surrounded by experience.

“Luke McCormick is probably the most experienced goalkeeper in the division, if not the higher divisions, and there is also one of the most experienced and quality players at left-back (Matt Taylor). And we have experienced lads in the middle of the park ahead of them.

“There is lots to understand about the dynamics of the changing room, but to have two young centre-halves playing together might be a little bit of a concern, but not if the two centre-halves are playing to the top of their game.

“Both of them are very capable and both of them are very different players.

“Sid wears his heart on his sleeve. He just needs to come back off that a little bit and be a little bit more composed when we get the ball – but he can play – but the aggression side I would never take away.

“Luke is probably the other way. He is very, very comfortable with the ball and maybe needs to up the ante with regards to aggression.

“There is a nice little balance there.”

Once all his defenders become available, Brown believes the competition to claim a starting place will push the squad on.

After having his back-four picks dictated by injury so far this season, the former Premier League manager is relishing the prospect of a selection headache.

“You have the experience of Olly Lancashire, and if he trains fully on Friday – and Joe Romanski is still in amongst all of that – then I have got real competition for places at centre-half,” said Brown.

“Throw Dion Conroy into that mix and you are talking about any two from five, or three from five if I decide to make a change of system.

“It causes managers lovely headaches and I haven’t really had lovely headaches yet. I haven’t really had real problems with team selection yet apart from in the three in midfield where we have had any three from six or seven.”

Goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux misses the match due to his international involvement with Chile, while Toumani Diagouraga and James Dunne serve the last of their three-match suspensions.

Forward Kaiyne Woolery is the last of Town’s injury absentees, although he has upped his training regime this week.

Brown said: “Kaiyne Woolery was on the training ground on Thursday, so he is moving a lot more fluently than he was doing last week, which is good news.

“He is probably still four or five weeks away from being fully fit and available to be selected.”