Cullen return the highlight of another depressing watch

Sunday, 18 April 2021, 10:45
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Whenever a game goes completely against how you wanted to go you have to look for the positives when they are out there.ย  ย Yesterday may have been one of those where searching was difficult but the return of Liam Cullen is certainly one that gives the spirits a lift when you need them.

Not only did Cullen score the goal that earned us a point that we barely deserved but he returned to action earlier than initially predicted when it was expected that he would not play again this season after being injured against Nottingham Forest.

That was back in the heady days of January and on an afternoon when Cullen had scored two of the Swans five goals in an FA Cup match, a fixture in the middle of what was a great run of form for the Swans.

Since that period ended little seems to have gone right for a Swans side that has maintained a challenge at the top of the table but never hit the heights that we were at when Cullen first suffered his injury.

Maybe there was more than a degree of irony that Cullen returned on an afternoon when Ayew went off injured but it is the positives of his return that we have to take comfort in and hope that he can play a bigger part in the coming weeks as we look to get a return to the Premier League.

โ€œThe injury was a big disappointment because I didnโ€™t expect it to be as bad as it was,โ€ said Cullen when speaking to the club’s official website.

โ€œIn the end I needed surgery, but I kept positive and worked as hard as possible in training.

โ€œInitially we thought it was season over for me. The surgery went really well โ€“ the surgeon did an unbelievable job.

โ€œThe credit must go to our medical team though, because theyโ€™ve helped me all along the way and got me to the stage Iโ€™m at.

โ€œI didnโ€™t want to push it, but I couldnโ€™t believe how well it went.

โ€œItโ€™s important not to over-do it. It was my first game back and I canโ€™t go from being injured to 100mph.

โ€œI have full confidence in the gaffer and the medical team as theyโ€™ll know whatโ€™s best.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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