SWINDON Town manager John Sheridan was adamant his side dominated the second half of their 1-0 defeat to Shrewsbury Town on Saturday.

After Harrison Chapman superbly volleyed the visitors in front during the opening 45 minutes at the County Ground, Swindon appeared lost on home turf and failed to create more than a few real chances of note.

Brett Pitman's second-half header nestled onto the roof of the net - but that was as close as Sheridan's men came in their search for an equaliser.

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Asked afterwards what tactical changes were made at the break to alter the game in his side's favour, Sheridan said: “At half-time? Did you watch the second half? We dominated the game in the second half.

“So the tactical changes were purely to try and win the game, to get something out of the game and score a goal.

“It’s not about tactical changes – in the second half we dominated the game.”

Defeat saw Swindon drop back into the bottom four of League One after a few days above the dotted line courtesy of a midweek win over Wigan Athletic.

Sheridan’s men were a shadow of their former selves and many failed to produce similar performances to those that helped Town claim their second success of the calendar year.

The Town boss was perplexed by the first-half performance in particular and said a display like the second half might have seen a different result.

He said: “Shrewsbury have scored a goal, and that’s enabled them to go and win the game.

“We didn’t play well in the first half. If we had played like we did in the second half – with a bit of endeavour, a bit more quality and pushing forward a bit, we possibly would have gone on and won the game.

“The goal has enabled them to sit back a little bit and frustrate us, which they’re good at.

“I’m watching players who I thought were really, really good on Tuesday night, but I’m not watching the same players on Saturday.

“As a manager, that’s why you get frustrated. If you’re consistently good, you wouldn’t be playing at this level.

“If you’re consistently good, you’d be getting picked every week and you wouldn’t make the manager unsure and think: “should I play him today or shouldn’t I? That’s a problem I’ve got.”