“We are playing our best football of the season”

Russell Martin was a delighted man after he saw his team rack up another three points on the road, this time at Millwall in a dogged one goal win.

Joel Piroe’s single goal was enough for the Swans to follow up Saturday’s 4-0 win at Cardiff with another win on the road, leading Martin to suggest that his team are playing the best football of the season.

The control and passing on show has been some of the best we’ve seen for quite some time in the past few days and long may it continue.

It’s taken considerable time to get to this point where the team looks to have clicked but without wanting to get too far ahead of ourselves it’ll be interesting to see how we perform against Derby County at home this weekend.

Martin told the media: “I think that was every bit as brilliant as Saturday, although maybe in a different way because of the emotional and physical energy we expended at the weekend.

“To back it up with a performance like that, against a team who had been in such good form at home, and are very well organised – I have a lot of respect for Gary (Rowett) and his staff – was not easy and I really enjoyed it.

“I am grateful for the courage and intensity the players showed, I am happy for them and for the supporters who travelled in their numbers once again.

“It’s a long, long journey on a Tuesday night and we played some beautiful football at times. I am really pleased.

“We are playing our best football of the season, and against teams who have tried really, really hard to press and stop us.

“The amount of courage we have shown over the last four or five games has been excellent, especially away from home on the back of the Sheffield United game which was a really tough afternoon for everyone.

“We took a lot of criticism and a lot of it was spot on, but how we have bounced back is testament to the character of the players, to how hard they work and, mainly, how brave they are and how willing they are to run for each other and show for each other.

“We can put in as much work as we can on the training pitch, but it’s being able to carry it out when you go to places with fans screaming at them that underlines the courage they have shown.

“I really hope our fans enjoyed that, because I certainly did.

“For different reasons, I thought tonight was even better than Saturday, although some fans might not agree”