The Swansea City midfielder believes that the squad has enough strength in depth to still beat Cardiff despite being without Ferrie Bodde, Jordi Gomez and quote possibly Leon Britton ahead of the league meeting.<\/p>\n
Victory for the Swans will lift them to a season high position of 6th and Pratley believes that is within their grasp despite the doom and gloom that seems to have overshadowed the build up in the last seven days.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can get frustrating people always talking about who is missing and saying we are a weak team without certain players,\u201d he told Wales on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just have to show them that isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know it and we have proved we are not a one-man team on several occasions. It will be good to do it again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe midfield played a big part when we beat Cardiff in the cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, while we will only have one of those three available at best, we have other players that will come in and do just as good a job.<\/p>\n
\u201cFerrie is one of the best players in the Championship and Jordi is definitely capable of playing at a higher level.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo they will both be big losses to us, as will Leon Britton. But I don\u2019t think we rely on individuals. We have won big games without them before and we will do it again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just have to move on now. There are 11 other players out there and we can compete with anyone on our day.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be back and playing in the South Wales derby, in front of a full house, will mean a lot to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been looking forward to this game for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to play in those big games everyone is talking about. It hurt missing the cup win and I don\u2019t want that again.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverywhere you go here people are talking about this game. To win and give them the bragging rights would mean a lot. It would be a great three points for us as well. We would overtake them in the league and probably go into a play-off spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s a lot more than just a game, especially being on our own patch.<\/p>\n
\u201cLosing to anyone at home would be upsetting for us, but obviously Cardiff would be that little bit worse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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