Swansea v Southampton Saturday 20 January 12:30
Our last defeat was a heavy one, five matches ago, since then we’ve won two and drawn two. The team that inflicted that defeat was Southampton and here they are again, next match. A normal fixture list usually spaces out home and away matches against the same team, but not this time for some unknown reason.
We are at home at least, not that it makes any difference, as we have a poor home record.
It’s the return of that man Russell Martin, who couldn’t leave quickly enough last summer after a fall out with the owners. He was highly thought of by some fans, not others though. His football ethos didn’t work with us but has been a resounding success with better players at Southampton.
The Saints are on a 20 match unbeaten run and it will be a daunting task to get anything from this match. Pride is at stake for our players and we’ll find out soon enough whether they’ve got any.
Luke Williams has a week to prepare his players and sort out our kamikaze defending, good luck with that then.