Swansea v Stoke

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Swansea v Stoke Wed 10 April 20:00
Two huge home games coming up this week against fellow strugglers Stoke and already relegated Rotherham.
Due to a disastrous run of games following the derby win, we find ourselves in the precarious position of being just 5 points from the drop with 5 games left.
The last few games have shown us that this team doesn’t have the bottle for a fight and play as if they’re already on the beach.
Why this attitude is a mystery. A lot of the players are out of contract in the summer and you’d think they’d be going flat out to earn a new one.
The guys in charge are to blame, they brought 13 players in last summer with only a few of them up to standard. We lost 20 goal striker Piroe, creative wing-back Manning and midfield maestro Ntcham and replaced them with inferior players, expecting them to play to the same high standard.
A gradual erosion of the squad by the owners since relegation, selling the best players every season, was only going to end one way and the consequences of that are now staring us in the face.
Whether we can turn it around is up to the coach and players, but the fans need to see the team show the same fight and determination to win that they showed against Cardiff, nothing less will do.

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Swans: Carl Rushworth, Josh Key, Jay Fulton, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Matt Grimes (c), Jamie Paterson, Josh Tymon, Liam Cullen, Ollie Cooper, Ronald*
Subs: Andy Fisher, Jerry Yates, Jamal Lowe, Charlie Patino, Mykola Kuharevich, Liam Walsh, Bashir Humphreys, Aimar Govea, Azeem Abdulai

Potters: Daniel Iversen, Enda Stevens, Michael Rose, Wouter Burger, Andre Vidigal, Niall Ennis, Ji-Jana Hoever, Bae Junho, Luke McNally, Josh Laurent (c), Million Manhoef
Subs: Jack Bonham, Lewis Baker, Tyrese Campbell, Jordan Thompson, Ben Wilmot, Sead Haksabanovic, Junior Tchamadeu, Luke Cundle, Mehdi Leris

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Swansea 3 (Cullen 19’, Grimes 53’ pen, Key 73’) - Stoke 0
Well that was a very enjoyable win and came as a huge relief after two straight defeats. Pressure has now eased somewhat on the relegation issue but there should be no letting up in the last four games of the season.
We’re home again on Saturday to already relegated Rotherham, let’s continue with this rediscovered intensity and commitment from the players and get as many points as we can on the board.

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Match highlights

https://www.skysports.com/football/s.../report/485204

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Luke Williams match reaction

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=djF8kq...ature=youtu.be

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Match report


https://www.swanseacity.com/news/rep...3-stoke-city-0

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Extended highlights

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UmO1Ij...ature=youtu.be

[Estoban]

Isn’t it nice to talk about a win, and a win from a team full of commitment and passion.
Grimes Sky Sports man of the match, a captains performance.
Fifty points sounds enough for us to steer clear of the drop but nothing taken for granted, we must continue with the same high standard in our final four matches and regroup in the summer.

[Iolo]

Just checking in guys. Big win last night in appalling conditions with the wind and rain. Our lowest crowd of the season saw us going flat out for the whole game and it reaped the reward. Grimesy had a top game after all the criticism that he was too negative in his play, even Fulton had a good game and hit the bar.
Just four games to go then and twelve points to play for, let’s see how many we can get.