Michael Flynn said that Swindon Town would have a better chance of winning against 12 players than against ten after their recent dropped points.

Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Salford City was the fourth time Town have played against ten men on the road this season, but only against Forest Green were they able to make that man advantage count.

A draw against a Doncaster side who played the entire second half a man light has been followed by games against Morecambe and Salford in which Town took the lead courtesy of a penalty that came as a result of an opposition player being sent off and, on both occasions, they conceded a late equaliser.

Flynn said that his side are not dealing with those advantageous situations in the correct fashion and that is proving costly.

He said: “I have not given them a specific message [today], I just said keep believing in what we are doing and stop letting playing against ten men influence the way we play.

“At the minute I think I would rather play against 12 [players] than ten, it is that frustrating.

“You are just subconsciously, and I am not pointing any fingers, thinking that as long as we keep our shape [we will be fine], we almost go into safety mode.

“It is tough because when you have got ten men, you are just going for it, at home with not long left in the game you might as well go for the draw and risk losing 3-1. That is what I would do, I would be throwing everything at it.”

Town played with a man advantage for 13 minutes at the Peninsular Stadium and Flynn explained what traps he felt that his side fell into.

“I can understand why Salford did what they did, but they took off Matt Smith, so they are going to stop going long and try and work the ball out wide and put crosses in.

“We didn’t condense the space well enough in the last ten minutes, because we sat too deep and that encouraged them to build almost in our half, instead of us getting up 10, 15, or even 20 yards and forcing them to have more passes.

“At this level when they are having to make more passes, you have more of a chance of winning the ball back and forcing mistakes, and that is where we could have been better.”