“We have each other’s backs” – Pato on the ‘new’ Swansea City

Friday, 6 October 2023, 7:34
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Jamie Paterson is someone who was written off by many as a Swansea City player but he is currently enjoying a new lease of life under Michael Duff and wants that to continue as long as it possibly can.

It has been a strange time for Pato in SA1.ย  ย An early spell of form had him as one of the hottest properties at the club but transfer rumours in 2022 and a very odd row over a contract extension seemed to pause that with Paterson missing some games through his frame of mind – a reason dismissed far too easily.

However, the evidence of the player was always there and the reasons why Russell Martin targeted him as a first signing at the club should never be forgotten and he is currently enjoying a successful run in the side – arguably his most successful run for almost two years.

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The simple part of this is when Jamie Paterson is playing well the team look significantly better for it and he seems to have benefitted from the departure of Joel Piroe having featured in all six games since his former team mate departed for Leeds.

Another ninety minutes in Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Norwich helped give the Swans a third successive win and Paterson is the latest player who has dismissed some of the rumours that surfaced about a lack of togetherness in the squad.

That was a definite accusation thrown at Michael Duff after the Cardiff game where it was claimed that he had already lost the dressing room but it is noticeable that several member of the squad have been clear in dismissing this since they surfaced.

โ€œAll of the guys are working hard in the press together, I think the fans can see we have each otherโ€™s backs,โ€ Paterson told the club’s official website after the midweek win.

โ€œIt really is a good group, I have said it before and I mean it. We have had a hard run but we have stuck together, we have deserved these wins, but there is another game coming up quickly, and hopefully we can take another result into the international break.

โ€œAfter the start we had, there are one of two things you can do. You can either feel like the world is against you and sulk about it, or you can stick together and work to turn things around, and everyone has done that.

โ€œWe have had to work to try and find the right formula and you can see that everyone is plugging away and that shows the strength of the group.

โ€œPersonally, I am enjoying it, I am playing in a number 10 role, which is more my natural position. The important thing is I am fit and getting fitter, and I like to show that energy when I am fit.

โ€œLast season was a bit of a write-off because of injury, but I hope I can start adding some goals to the tally, but I am definitely enjoying it.”

Paterson will look to continue his run of form at Plymouth tomorrow when the Swans play their next fixture and the last one ahead of the international break.ย  What price him signing out on this mini run of fixtures with a goal?

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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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