Cooper happy with Swans draw but wants more

Monday, 26 April 2021, 7:20
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Steve Cooper has sent out a clear message to his players after they secured a play off position with a draw at Reading yesterday when he said “We want more than we had last season.”

The Swans secured a second successive play off campaign and, ironically, secured it on the same ground as they secured last year’s although this time around it may have lacked the drama of last season’s 4-1 win but ultimately remained enough to secure that top six finish.

Goals from Jamal Lowe and Andre Ayew looked to have given the Swans a win which would have lifted them back to 3rd in the table but a late equaliser at least earned the hosts a point even though it was in a game they had to win to keep alive their own play-off aspirations.

The Swans will now be joined by Brentford, Bournemouth and Barnsley to compete for a place in next season’s Premier League with matches starting on May 17.

โ€œWe are happy to be in there in the play-offs, we are satisfied, but we want more than we had last season.

โ€œThis club has had big moments, it has been in the Premier League, it has won a major honour and played in Europe, so I donโ€™t want our ambition as a club to be that getting in the play-offs is an achievement.

โ€œBut at the same time, in the current worldย  a lot of teams investย  a lot of money in this league and unfortunately we have not been able to do that over my two years here.

โ€œSo, to think we still compete at the right end of the table is all credit to the players, we might not have a massive squad, and we might not have lots of strength and depth.

โ€œBut when it comes to spirit and style, and pride to play for a football club,ย weย have those in abundance.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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