It was ironic that Brentford won at Blackburn 0-1 last night with a penalty. It was their fans that complained the loudest on social media about our run of penalties recently, probably not realising that we’d had only one penalty in our first 30 games this season.
Back to today and our tour of Britain continues at Kenilworth Road, Luton, a 406 mile round trip from the Liberty Stadium. Having just returned from Ewood Park, Blackburn, a 314 mile round trip, in the early hours of Wed morning, we were off again on Friday afternoon for today’s early kick-off.
Not only that, we depart on Monday for Bournemouth and another 322 mile round trip to face the Cherries on Tues night.
It’s a a relentless schedule of games that is taking its toll on the players and our form recently, with barely enough time to train between games and plan tactics.
Luton on their home patch will be tough, they’ve had a week’s rest to prepare for this game and will be looking to get back on track after their 3-0 defeat at leaders Norwich last Saturday.
Swans have tired legs and need to rotate players to avoid injuries from over playing.
Key defender Marc Guehi is doubtful after going off at half-time with a groin strain in the Blackburn match and Paul Arriola is out after picking up a thigh injury in training.