Garry Monk says the Swans will push on from their impressive first half of the season
Monk was part of an impressive Swans side that held Spurs 1-1 at the Liberty on Saturday to take their tally at the halfway stage to 20 points – more points than many expected them to amass over the course of the season.
But it is a case of job just half done as the Swans look to retain their Premier League status for next season and Monk told the Evening Post “Outside that top eight it’s like a mini league and there’s pressure on us to win every game, but we’re in a healthy position
“The gaffer said before Saturday we were two points off the top ten with nearly half the games played. Before the season we’d have snapped your hand off for that.
“We’re in a great position. Saturday was another point against a top side and hopefully we can progress.
“I’m sure a number of people wouldn’t have given us a chance this season.
“We can’t rest on that, we want to make sure we push on in the second half of the season.
“People wrote us off last season and we ended up promoted.
“This season they were saying we were favourites for the drop, so there you go.
“I think we showed the character and spirit we’ve got in the squad. I think we just fought from the very first minute and were unlucky to go a goal behind when we were pushing for a goal,” said Monk “That’s what good teams can do to you, but second half we came out and believed in what we were doing.
“If anything, we could maybe have gone on and got a winner.
“If you can come back against class teams, it’s good for the future.
“I know the character and spirit in the squad. We’ve had it for a number of years and that won’t ever change whatever the score is.
“We need to make sure we never drop our heads.
“We learned our lesson from the first half against Manchester United, added Monk.
“We were a little bit in awe of them because they are players we’ve been watching for a number of years and then we were playing against them.”
“We’ve learned our lesson.
“We respect Tottenham as players, but we don’t respect them until afterwards.
“They’ve got quality players, international players all through their squad.
“Saturday was a good day for us, but there’ll be some fantastic days for them.”
