The Swansea City and Wales defender revealed that Roberto was none too happy with the display at Derby and he also promised that it would be a different Swansea City side that is seen on Saturday when they return to the East Midlands to take on Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n
Williams told the Western Mail “There were a few strong words from the manager<\/p>\n
“But we’re all men and we had to take it and we probably needed it.<\/p>\n
“We were shaky as a unit, there’s no denying that, and, as a team, we could have done better defensively.<\/p>\n
“And, whether it comes down to the back four, or even just the two centre-backs, it has to be better and we must deal with that ourselves.<\/p>\n
“Derby were pretty simple and there’s no excuses when it’s that predictable.<\/p>\n
“As a team we’ve got a lot of talent and are capable of some brilliant things, but when it gets ugly we have to be able to do the basics right first.<\/p>\n
“And when there’s not many games left there’s no time for messing around.<\/p>\n
“We want to perform well individually and as a team but if it is going to be a poor night we still need to win these games.<\/p>\n
“So if teams are going to come at us with simple football we have to do the tough stuff and the simple things right. That’s what we didn’t do at Derby.<\/p>\n
“We weren’t solid enough together,” admitted Williams when questioned over his partnership with Albert Serran who is in for the injured Garry Monk at the moment. “We’ve played together a few times, but it didn’t work well at Derby for whatever reason.<\/p>\n
“But it can work, no doubt about that, and we have a few days to put it right.<\/p>\n
“Let’s be honest, Rob Hulse is a decent target man and a decent player and teams will play to their strengths.<\/p>\n
“But, if we know that’s what’s going to be thrown at us, then we have to be better.<\/p>\n
“Still, we are hard on ourselves and we were disappointed at Derby despite the point.<\/p>\n
“It hurts because I take a lot of pride in the defence. The team play some great stuff, but, as a defender, you want to see the defensive unit do well and I wasn’t happy with what we did at Derby.<\/p>\n
“It hurts, but we still took the point and we are good enough to make up for the performance.<\/p>\n
“After Derby, I can promise you will see a different Swansea side from the start on Saturday<\/p>\n
“We have to start brighter and be tougher.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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