“We are motivated to win the next game” – you’d kind of hope so really Matt!

Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 21:39
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Swansea captain Matt Grimes is preparing to face Birmingham City on Friday night at the wonderfully named St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium declaring the Swans “motivated” to win the game.

Of course every single Swans fan would hope that this is the case for every game that we play not just those that come off the back of two consecutive defeats leading into an international break.

Critics of our last few performances would certainly suggest that motivation has been severely lacking with the Swans looking off the pace and certainly not showing the urgency or passion of a team that is pushing on to try and win promotion to the Premier League.

With just nine games left in the season, the Swans should be looking to target around seven wins to reach the ninety point barrier which feels a tough ask but certainly not one that is beyond us if we play to the best of our ability.

And it will be the likes of captain Grimes that need to lead from the front if we are to turn around recent form starting on Friday night where we play the first of two games over the Easter weekend.

โ€œYou have to draw a line under your previous results, but after losing our last two games โ€“ the first time weโ€™ve lost consecutive matches this season โ€“ the squad is really motivated to win our next match,” Grimes told the Swans official website.

โ€œWeโ€™ve had an opportunity to rest up and recharge the batteries during the international break, and now weโ€™re really focussed on the nine remaining games.

โ€œOne thing is for sure, weโ€™ll give our all in the matches we have to play.

โ€œIt sounds boring, but the focus will always be on the game in front of us. The next game is the most important.

โ€œBirmingham are a solid team and they carry a threat, but weโ€™ll focus on ourselves and ensure we play the game we want to.โ€

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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