“We are full of confidence” – Christie ahead of Cardiff City game

Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 7:28
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Cyrus Christie will play in his first South Wales derby on Saturday when the Swans head east up the M4 looking to become the first side in the fixture’s history to do the league double.

October’s 3-0 win over the same side at the Swansea.com stadium may well be almost six months ago but a similar result on Saturday will see this current Swans side go down in history as the first side to achieve that feat.

Christie, who joined the Swans on loan from Fulham in January, knows already just how big this game is to fans of both sides and revealed at the weekend that it was one of the first things that he heard about when signing for the club – saying that he was told that before some people had even told him their name!

Christie’s appearances have definitely been a high point since his arrival on loan and a permanent deal certainly appears to be more than a likely possibility as a result of that but his performances have to remain high if that is to be the case and, after a two week break between games, all of that together could mean bad news on the weekend for our South Walian cousins.

โ€œWe all know how big the Cardiff game is โ€“ no one needs to talk about that,โ€ Christie told the official site.

โ€œItโ€™s the first time anyone could do the double so itโ€™s a big game and we know how much it means to everyone.

โ€œI think [the derby double] is one of the first things someone mentioned to me.

“I think it was Kev the maintenance man and one of the ground staff. They mentioned it before theyโ€™d even introduced themselves, so I know how big it is.

โ€œAt any club youโ€™re at, when itโ€™s a rival team everyone wants the bragging rights, and weโ€™ll go into that game full of confidence.

โ€œIโ€™ve been at a few clubs now where the derby games are massive, and no one likes to be on the losing side of it.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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