Mowbray looking to capitalise on Swans’ fragility

Saturday, 5 February 2022, 15:50
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Tony Mowbray, wants his Blackburn Rovers side to take advantage over the Swans this afternoon and capitalise against a side that he says must be ‘fragile’ after a recent run of poor results.

Blackburn arrived in SA1 today knowing that they had the chance to consolidate their position in the top two of the division and close the gap on leaders Fulham who in FA Cup action at Manchester City.

Contrast that with the Swans who have just one win in their last eight league outings and go into the game with back to back defeats against Hull and Luton and you couldn’t have much more of a difference in confidence.

Mowbray expects his side to have chances thanks to the Swans “brave” way of playing football but wants the visitors to be clinical in the way they approach the game.

Speaking to Rovers TV, the Blackburn boss said “Luton went to Swansea in midweek and managed to win there because of their intensity and hard work.

โ€œHaving watched that game, Swansea are a good football team who had over 70 percent of the ball.

โ€œOn the moments of transition, when we win the ball back, can we pick those spaces and pick those runs?

โ€œWeโ€™ll have to be clinical against a side who must be fragile on the back of the results theyโ€™ve had, despite their pleasing on the eye football.

โ€œThey give you opportunities because theyโ€™re so brave with the ball, itโ€™s a possession-based way of playing.

โ€œThe coach trusts them to play and tries to give his team a chance to dominate games.

โ€œThey play some lovely football, theyโ€™re full of energy in that attacking third and itโ€™s a testing game.”

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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