Bristol Rovers offered the clearest indication yet that they are on a journey of progress and improvement at Swindon Town on Saturday.
Ben Garner's Swindon dictated terms en route to a 3-1 win in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, but Joey Barton's Gas are a different team these days.
Barton labelled his team "dominant" in the wake of a 1-1 draw at the County Ground, and the fact Rovers were unable to make more of their control is both a source of frustration and emblematic of the next steps the Gas must take.
