VETERAN defender Mark Robinson is very rarely shocked when it comes to the goings on in football.

If nothing else, his 13 years in the game have left him expecting the unexpected.

So when Colin Todd walked out on Town a little more than a week ago Robbo could be forgiven for thinking 'here we go again'.

Since joining the club for £600,000 in July 1994 from Newcastle, the 32-year-old has seen four managers and two caretaker bosses. The club have been relegated twice and promoted once.

The term rollercoaster ride doesn't do it justice.

And the highs and lows just keep on coming.

"Very little can surprise me in football these days," said Robinson.

"It takes something astonishing to make me sit up and take notice nowadays.

"Who would have thought that England would have a foreign coach and who would have expected Colin Todd to leave after only five months?"

Of course, it is Todd's decision to walk which will have greater bearing on Robinson.

"We thought we had ended all this uncertainty surrounding the club," he said.

"We believed everything was going to settle down and we were looking forward to three or four years of stability under Colin Todd.

"That is not going to happen now and we have to look to the future with another man at the helm.

"The fact that Andy has been here for the five months under Colin has already helped a great deal.

"He knows everyone already and has just stepped up into the managerial shoes. That will help in the long run and I think we have already shown that the lads want to pull out all the stops for him and get him the job permanently."

King and fellow coach Malcolm Crosbie are well respected by the Swindon players and they would certainly be first choice to carry on this campaign.

Robinson said: "Andy and Malcolm are two genuine football men and we all just want to go out there and show that we are a better team our performances suggest.

"Results will get Andy the job. He has made no bones about that. He is aware, as are the players, that if we win these three home games then he has a great chance of taking the job.

"We have got the first win and, while it does not lift us up the table much, it does give us the impetus to go on and get something from the next two."

King has had an immediate impact on the team. The performance at Notts County was perhaps their best of the season while Tuesday night's 3-1 win against Cambridge was the first in five matches.

It has given everyone a lift.

"Andy is a very bubbly character and he has had an impact on the squad," said Robinson. "He has not changed very much from what he used to do when he was a coach. He says what he thinks. What you see is what you get with Andy King. I think the players have responded to that.

"We do have two more home games now and we want to win them both. We knew it was a massive opportunity for us to get some points.

"We have to calm down though and take one game at a time. Cambridge was a good start but there is still a lot for us to do."