Roberto sends his side into action at Charlton tomorrow with very few tipping them for anything other than a struggle to stay in the division for the next nine months.
But Roberto is not worried about the views of those in the press he is just concentrating on ensuring that his side is ready to his standards for their new challenge.
And he told today's Evening Post "It's normal that not many people are talking about Swansea doing anything in the Championship
"When you are on the outside you go by names and on how much money has been spent.
"I have never seen anyone from the national press at one of our training sessions.
"I don't think they know how we work.
"It would be a surprise to me if anyone came out and said Swansea City will do well in the Championship. It would surprise me and it would show a fantastic knowledge of the game.
"Our challenge this season is to make people realise who we are," he adds.
"We did things in League One not many people expected last season.
"We competed against clubs like Nottingham Forest and Leeds who were miles ahead in terms of facilities and budgets, and we need to do the same again this year.
"It would be foolish to predict how we will finish
"We want to be competitive, we want to try to match whoever we play on the day.
"But we have a few new faces and we need to gel. We need to see where we are in February or March and then we can think about aims for the end of the season.
"Right now our aims are to try to improve in every department and to be as good as we can.
"It's going to be a huge test playing against a side who are very good at home," he insists.
"They are one of a number of clubs in this division who will think they are better than the Championship as a club and we need to be prepared for that.
"But as I say, our first challenge is trying to make sure we are ourselves."