SWINDON Town head coach Luke Williams believes that Tim Sherwood deserves credit for the tireless unseen work he’s putting in to his County Ground recruitment drive.

Former Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa manager Sherwood became director of football in November and was handed the responsibility of fronting Swindon’s transfer policy.

A week ago, Town brought midfielder Ben Gladwin back to the club from Queens Park Rangers for a second loan spell with his former club and a day later, Chelsea youngsters Charlie Colkett, Fankaty Dabo and Islam Feruz arrived in a flurry.

Gladwin was on target in Swindon’s fine 2-1 victory at Bolton Wanderers last weekend while Colkett had a hand in both goals and while much of Sherwood’s machinations take place behind the scenes, Williams, who is expecting further arrivals during the January transfer window, believes his director of football’s efforts are worth their weight in gold.

“We don’t if there’s anyone coming for sure but one thing we do know is that Tim is working very hard networking and trying to convince people to come here and join us,” said Williams.

“We’ve seen that two of the players (Gladwin and Colkett) have been instrumental (against Bolton) and that’s credit to a lot of work off the pitch that we don’t see, of Tim travelling here, there and everywhere having meetings with people and sitting with players to try and sell this club.”

Williams was encouraged by the impact his four debutants made against the Trotters and believes they add a host of extra facets to his team’s capabilities.

“We’ve got Ben Gladwin, who we know is a match-winner and can do things nobody else in the squad can do, and we don’t know a huge amount about Charlie at the moment but he showed some things with a left foot that I’ve not seen for quite a while at League One level,” he said.

“I think it was the 95th minute and he (Dabo) travelled up the pitch 50 or 60 yards with the ball.

“It’s something quite unusual; that level of athleticism. I think the fact he’s that quick that he can get forward and not leave himself exposed, and he can make a recovery run – it’s almost like he’s doing two jobs.

“I think he (Feruz) probably will benefit a lot from some fitness and some exposure to this intensity in League One but I certainly think he tried to give everything he possibly could and there were moments where he looked a real threat, especially running at people with a great change of direction and pace, so we’re looking forward to seeing more of that.”