FOUR games into the season is too early to make judgments on most things in football.

The words of my dad still ring true to this day ‘I don’t look at the table until at least 10 games have been played’.

For some, even as the stockings are being torn into, Christmas Day is too soon as well.

It’s too premature to draw conclusions on the system Town are playing, the players who have been utilised already or even the quality of the pies being sold in the Town End.

One thing I will make judgment on however - simply because of how quickly it has come to my attention - is Town’s ability to adapt.

It has been something that has been apparent since their first game against Carlisle and has come as a welcome relief to many of the ‘Plan B’ militants.

For too long it has been a frustration of many sat in the Arkell’s Stand that those stood in the dugout below them have not adapted to what is unfolding before their eyes on the pitch.

There are many who have speculated why that was, whether it was a lack of quality at their disposal on the red seats behind them, a flaw in their credentials as coaches or an order from on high.

Whatever the reason, too often it cost Swindon the chance to win football matches.

However, in David Flitcroft, there is an individual who is not afraid to bear the crosses of a frustrated player in order to change the course of the game, should he see fit.

After all, he has said already that all his decisions, whether they be the initial team he picks on a Saturday, the time players get to training or even the food they eat in the canteen, will all have a footballing reason behind them.

With that knowledge, it is hard for a player who has been pulled off or left on the bench to be too disgruntled.

In every game so far Flitcroft, a self-confessed student of the game, has shown his ability to read what is happening before him and change accordingly.

Whether that is Harry Smith and Donal McDermott being replaced by Kaiyne Woolery and Luke Norris at half-time against Exeter in search of a way back into the contest, or changing the formation of his strikers to protect the two-goal lead at Brunton Park.

It not only shows tactical nous, it also shows courage to admit that your initial thoughts weren’t quite right.

That courage is going to be key as the season progresses, not only from Flitcroft, but the whole squad.

But for now we’ll hold our judgment on the rest until more of the season unfolds.