DESPITE the ardent faith shown in him, Luke Williams believes that it will take time for anyone to truly assess if he is the right man to lead Swindon Town.

After he spent 10 weeks in temporary charge, Williams was appointed head coach at the County Ground on a five-year deal by Lee Power in March, with the Town chairman describing his man as ‘the best coach he had come across in 25 years of football’.

Swindon won six of the 10 matches before Williams’ permanent appointment but since the Town chief was handed the reins on a long-term basis, victory proved elusive for nine matches – until last weekend’s 1-0 win over Chesterfield.

Once the current campaign is done and dusted, the Swindon boss, who first arrived at the club as a coach in August 2013, will enter the first summer of his tenure and Williams reckons that it is too soon to truly judge his suitability after little more than six weeks as head coach.

“I’d like to say I’ve learned a lot – I think the proof of that will be in the future,” Williams told the local media. “Whether or not I’m able to be able to have a career as a head coach is yet to be seen.

“That question needs to be answered but I certainly will try to apply myself and try to learn from all the mistakes, and try to improve on everything that I do.

“I think that only time will tell if I’m good enough.

“I think whether or not I’m actually a good head coach; I don’t think it’s fair to assess me on half a season.

“I think, probably, it’s more realistic to assess me after a full campaign.”

One of the biggest challenges of Williams’ short time in charge so far has been dealing with this month’s ‘laughing gas’ fiasco.

Despite Drissa Traore, Jeremy Balmy and Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill having served two-week suspensions and been slapped with fines for their alleged off-field conduct, the punished trio weren’t involved against Chesterfield and the Town chief hinted that all three players had fallen to the bottom of the pecking order.

Asked if he was tempted to include Traore, Balmy and Ormonde-Ottewill in his squad for the visit of the Spireites, Williams said: “No. I don’t think they’ve earned it.

“There’s boys that have been playing and boys that were on the bench and they’ve been applying themselves every day and have been working in a professional manner, and I would love to give those boys an opportunity.

“And although they’ve now served their suspension and they’ve accepted their disciplinary (action), they still now have got a journey to try to build up some respect back.”