Phil Sumbler
Luke Williams will desperately want his side to sign off the 2023/24 season with a win against Millwall on Saturday lunchtime as he aims to secure a fifth game unbeaten and a thirteen point haul in that period.
Wins over Stoke, Rotherham and Huddersfield were followed last weekend with a well earned point at Norwich and Williams will know that this weekend represents the chance to go into the summer with optimism high and the feeling that his methods are starting to work at Swansea.
After a difficult start not helped by an incredibly difficult run of fixtures, Williams has lifted his side into the comfort of mid table and three more points on Saturday will take us past the sixty point barrier. That sixty points has to be seen as a decent return given the problems that we have self inflicted on ourselves this season but also does relate to our lowest points tally at this level since our relegation from the old 2nd division in 1984.
However, it should be noted that it will also be just one point less than Russell Martin’s first full season in charge at the club and certainly does make you start to wonder whether we are capable of more next season if we get our summer recruitment right, The reality is that sixty points will see us end broadly five wins short of the play-offs despite the fact we have been largely dreadful for long periods of the season.
These are clearly all points not lost on Luke Williams as he started to look forward to the game yesterday “We have spoken about wanting to have the good run to take into the summer, to have that optimism ahead of next season,” said the Swans boss.
“We have a chance to do that by finishing unbeaten, so we have to take this opportunity to make a really good performance.
“The fans will want to come and see us do that for them, they will want to come and see a good game and to see us continue to show the improvements we have been showing.
“We want to play at full tilt and try to entertain, and that is how we are going to be gearing up for this game and how we are going to prepare.
“That’s the message for the players and the fans, we are looking forward to that and we cannot wait.
“It’s nice to be able to finish off at home so we can see each other and say goodbye just for a few weeks. We are looking toward to it.”
The Swans against Millwall kicks off at 12.30 on Saturday.
