Swansea v Middlesbrough, Mon 6 April 17:30
After being 3-1 down and out, our impressive recovery to get the draw at Sheff Utd, thanks mainly to our subs, was uplifting. We actually had a penalty awarded as well, first one since 4 October at home to Leicester.
It was good to see Idah back from injury and showing why we paid all that money for him.
Our defending is a concern however after conceding eight goals in the last three matches. It has been a problem all season and hasn’t improved under Vitor Matos.
It’s high flying Middlesbrough up next and the manager they stole from right under our noses last November, Kim Hellberg. He has done very well there and as recently as 9 Feb they were top of the table after six straight wins.
Recently they’ve slipped a bit though, no wins in the last four matches and lost 1-2 at home to Millwall yesterday.
For the Swans the bad news is that one of our top players Ethan Galbraith is out for the season with a calf injury picked up in that meaningless friendly between Wales and N.Ireland last Tuesday.
Should be a big holiday crowd for this one, let’s hope the players recover in time, some of our globetrotters for the friendly internationals looked jet lagged on Friday.