PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE: Rochdale A.F.C v Swindon Town

That concludes all of today's press conference.

Garrick on Swansea's social media boycott against racism:

"I think it's a good thing to do and you see a lot of clubs following them and doing the same thing.

This is bigger than football, bigger than individual clubs and rivalries and social media companies need to do more.

You should never come off the pitch thinking you are going to get racially abused and that is what it has come to at times.

I've never had abuse personally but close friends of mine have and I'm worried about where the game is going and how we can still be dealing with racial abuse and discrimination in 2021."

Garrick on his time at Swindon:

"I just want to be on the pitch, I'll play anywhere needed on the pitch.

I speak to the Swansea players regularly and everything seems very positive there.

I'm fully concentrated on being at Swindon."

Garrick on season run-in:

"I'm not one to focus on team's around us. If we do as well as we can, put 110% into every game and it comes down to the final game against Wigan then so be it.

We just need to concentrate on what we are doing."

Garrick on Rochdale:

"There is enough talent in this squad to stay up and I think there is allot of very individually good players.

Sometime we need that bit of luck and we need to take responsibility for our actions.

We can change our own fate.

It's a good mix of older and younger players here, together we just need to believe in ourselves and our ability more."

Garrick on recent defeats:

"It's been strange because when I'm playing in games I think we have good periods where we look solid and look like a good team.

I just think we need to capitalise on those moments a lot more because there always comes a time when the opposition will have time on the ball.

We have to be tougher, stand up for each other and stop conceding.

We are doing well but little periods are costing us."

That concludes our time with Tommy Wright. Jordon Garrick has now joined us.

Wright on Jack Payne rumours:

"People ring me about players all the time and ask questions about our players.

There has been quite a lot of interest in our players and that's credit to them.

The one thing about Jack Payne is that he has a fantastic attitude and when we look at the stats he is top of them.

He's a good player. I don't think there has been any official contact from Barnsley about him yet but he must be doing something right."

Wright on injuries:

"Rob Hunt is doing a little bit but he won't be involved.

Jordan Lyden trained today and he got through the session. Tuesday will be a bit early for him though.

Mathieu Baudry played but he has been out a long time so time may not be on his side.

Dion Conroy is having surgery. He asked for surgery and will have that next week."

Wright on Players:

"Brett Pitman and Paul Caddis will definitely be back for Tuesday.

Akin Odimayo trained this morning and looked alright and got through training. It will be a late call with him."

Wright on teams around Swindon:

"We can't complain about teams around uni winning at the weekend because results have bee very good to us whenever we've won or lost.

We can't rely on other teams and need to do it ourselves.

Hopefully we can win and results can go ourself."

Wright on Rochdale:

"They press high and play with a lot of energy.

They look like a side fighting to stay up and have some good results against Peterborough and Lincoln.

We aren't taking them for granted, but tomorrow is all about us.

We have to turn up tomorrow, be energetic and be alert. If we do that then we have good enough players to hurt them.

There will be opportunities to score but we need to tighten up at the back.

We have six games left and need to get enough points to keep Swindon up."

Wright on the last three defeats:

"We have enough quality to stay up and very good players but it's about taking responsibility in certain situations.

We have to be strong and be alert to things that happen.

All we can do is look to affect Tuesday and we are looking forward to it."

Wright on team chat this morning:

"Everyone had their say and it was a very open chat.

Lee Camp and Brett Pitman spoke but a lot of the younger players had their say.

It was just to say 'look we all have to take responsibility'.

Everyone is part of this, but we all have to take responsibility.

We have a good good chance of surviving but need to take responsibility."

Wright on Peterborough defeat:

"I thought we started well but the first two goals were really really poor to concede.

We had men back not doing anything, they were fragile in the tackle, and the second goal we had two bad challenges that let Dembele back onto his right-foot.

At one point for the first goal we had 8 against 3 and still didn't manage to clear the ball. That was really disappointing.

We trained well this morning, had a chat amongst ourselves and told the players we are still in with a chance and can still survive.

We have a massive game against Rochdale tomorrow."

Today's press conference starts with updates from Swindon Town Assistant Manager Tommy Wright with John Sheridan unavailable as he attends a funeral.

Good afternoon and welcomed to today's Swindon Town press conference updates. Apologies for the delays in today's updates, our reporter was unable to make the press conference this morning, however we have now secured audio footage and have all the updates for you.