Ian Holloway is trying to make changes to bridge the wedge... and the rest of Swindon Town needs to sit up and take notice

No, the matchday outfits are just as unpredictable, he still loves racking and stacking his forwards, and many of his jokes still don't quite land - Munda Mondays, anyone - but there has been one fundamental change.

For much of last season, Holloway seemed to be in a perpetual state of angst.

His relationship with the fans struggled through much of the campaign, particularly after Christmas, owing at least in part to his persistent focus on individual isolated incidents: the chair at Walsall, the argument with a solitary fan at Bradford, pointing out time after time that his team had yet to do anything.