The Swansea City defender has been on top form all season as the Swans have defied the pre-season ‘experts’ and maintained a promotion push in an unbeaten run that stretches back more than two months.<\/p>\n
Indeed, only five Championship teams have got the better of the Swans this season in the league whilst only Birmingham have left the Liberty Stadium with maximum points and that was only thanks to a late smash and grab from Kevin Phillips.<\/p>\n
And yet there are still some that believe the wheels are about to come off but that is not something that Wales defender Williams believes is imminent yet alone likely to happen at all.<\/p>\n
Ash told the Western Mail \u201cAt the start of the season a lot of people had written us of. They expected us to be down fighting relegation now<\/p>\n
\u201cA few big results in this division opened people eyes very quickly. People took notice of us quickly, but I\u2019m not sure they gave us the credit we deserved.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople do tend to look at the negative side. I\u2019m sure there have been people expecting us to come unstuck sooner or later.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are going to have too many injuries soon, they say. Well we have had injuries, we have had bad performances and we have always managed to pick ourselves up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a good team basically that means if we have a bad patch we will always get through it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel we\u2019ve done well as it is, we are not putting any pressure on ourselves by saying we want promotion we are just going to see what happens.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not really thinking too much about the future just now. We are taking each game as it comes without getting ahead of ourselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know it is going to be a very tough last quarter to the season, but the lads are ready and looking forward to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure come the end of the season we will look back and be proud whichever way it goes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing is that whatever happens we are learning all the time and we will be better players and a better team for it come next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve not missed a league game. It\u2019s brilliant and shows the manager has some confidence in me,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen other managers were thinking about signing me, he put the money down. He gave me a start in the first game and gave me the chance to show what I can do. I\u2019ve tried to just go out there and play my game. To enjoy myself. I can\u2019t really ask for much more than that.<\/p>\n
\u201cPersonally there have been little things I have not been happy with at times this season, but I have had a word with people and tried to work things out. It has been good for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time in Ipswich we were disappointed again sat in the dressing room, but looking at it a few months on it wasn\u2019t really a bad result,\u201d added Williams.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to win every game of course, but Portman Road is a tough place to go and they are a good side make no mistake about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have good attacking players, some really experienced players and they have got one of the best away records.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith us being good at home it\u2019s going to be a difficult game. I think it\u2019s going to be one of our tougher games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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