Planet Swans ArchivesLet me assure you first of all that the title of the article is of no refence to the Church/Henson baby that was born the other week…..
It’s a reference to Dorus De Vries who claims that the future is bright at Swansea City and the side will get better from the start that they have had so far. The Swans head into the weekend battle with leaders Leyton Orient in 6th place in the table after the 2-1 midweek victory over Swindon Town at the Liberty.
And a victory at the Matchroom Stadium on Saturday would move them to within two points of the leaders, not a bad record considering there has been just two clean sheets in the league so far – against Nottingham Forest and Brighton.
De Vries has been an ever present in those league games and is getting used to life in South Wales after having made the move South in the summer from Dunfermline.
Talking to the Evening Post, the Dutchman said “My form’s been okay, “At the start I didn’t have a goalie coach, but now Inaki (Bergara) is here and he has great determination and passion. “That’s keeping me sharp, and with David Knight, who you can see is a good talent, I think we have got a good little team. “Hopefully I can keep things going throughout the season, although I don’t want to be doing too much work. “If there’s not a lot for me to do, the team will be doing better.
“There are still quite a few teams we haven’t played, but the sides we have played have been strong and tough and they have some technical ability, “Some sides are good in possession of the ball, some are just playing with two banks of four and defending, defending, defending. “That makes them quite a tough nut to crack, but it’s something we have to adjust to and hopefully, after 15 or 16 games, we’ll see a bit of progress. “Losing to Oldham on the first day of the season was unfortunate, the experience at Leeds United was incredible and the definite low point was the game we lost at home to Doncaster. “But I have got a lot of belief in the squad we have. I think we can dominate games through our style of play and I think the future is bright.
“Nobody back home expects much when you say you play in League One over here, “And when I first came to the Liberty Stadium I remember looking at it and thinking ‘How is that possible?’. “In Holland, people just don’t believe how big football is in this country, but I tell them that League One is a very good league.
“We all want to go higher, but we must be patient, “We have to keep fighting for the points in every game and hopefully get our great fans behind us. Ideally we’ll stay around the top six for most of the season and then put together a run at the end which will close the gap on the top two.”
