Millwall challenge is next for Duff’s hard work…

Thursday, 28 September 2023, 7:39
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Michael Duff got his first Swans league win as manager last weekend as the Swans brushed past a Sheffield Wednesday side 3-0 to lift themselves outside of the relegation zone but as he prepares for the next challenge it’s another big week ahead before the next international break.

Saturday’s game at Millwall is followed by a home game with Norwich on Wednesday night before they head to the South West and a trip to Plymouth to ahead into the second break of the season.

Duff knows that his team needs a return from those three matches or he will head into that period with his side very much in a relegation fight and the pressure mounting on his shoulders at this (still) relatively early stage in his Swansea career.

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None of those matches look easy on paper so it was no wonder that yesterday he was talking about hard work and more to be done when he started to look ahead with the media to the trip to the Den on Saturday.

He will want to build on that first win last weekendย โ€œIt was good to get the monkey off our backs and get that first win,โ€ he told the club’s official site.

โ€œBut we know we have not arrived because we have won one game, this is a tough league, and there is still a lot of hard work and a lot of improvement to come from us.

โ€œThere were definitely positives in terms of some of the football we played, the energy and the intensity we showed.

โ€œWe know we needed to give the supporters something, we have a lot still to do for them, but we are trying and working and we will keep doing so.โ€

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After the disappointment of the defeat to Cardiff and the late equaliser at QPR the win over Sheffield Wednesday was the least that the Swans required last weekend and a trip to 11th placed Millwall will certainly be a good gauge as to whether we have improved or was it just a case of Sheffield Wednesday being awful?

โ€œWeโ€™re going into Millwall with some confidence,” said defender Ben Cabango.

“But weโ€™ll take it one game at a time, continue to work hard and look to move forward.

โ€œThereโ€™s no hiding from the fact we have had a tough start, or how disappointed we were with how we performed against Cardiff.

โ€œBut we have now got a positive result, the fans were great with the support they have given us.

โ€œWe were happy to get that win, but no-one is resting on their laurels.

โ€œWeโ€™ve put in decent performances in parts, but now itโ€™s about building a full performance. Weโ€™re really happy with the win and with the clean sheet as well.

โ€œHopefully we can push on from here.โ€

The game at Millwall kicks off at 3pm on Saturday.

 

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

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  1. Phil. You are the Ultimate Jack. I covered all industrial accidents Duports Llanelli, B Ferry, Morfa, Landore, Mond, Troste, Velindre, PT , they have nearly all disappeared but Jacks still take some beating, Swansea ’till I die!!

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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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