The Dutchman is in his third season at the Liberty Stadium – a third season that back in the summer it did not look as if he may get.<\/p>\n
A deadline for signing a new contract had seemingly passed and it looked as if the goalkeeper was on his way out of the Liberty.\u00a0\u00a0 A change of manager and a month or so later and it was a new deal for de Vries – a new deal that he celebrated with his first penalty save of his Swans career in an opening day defeat at Leicester.<\/p>\n
And he also believes that he is constantly getting better as a goalkeeper as he told the Western Mail \u201cI\u2019m only 28 and the more you play the better you get<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like a fine wine \u2013 the more it ages, the better it gets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the same with me. My best is definitely yet to come and, while I don\u2019t know where my limit is, I can still improve a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been working really hard day in, day out, with the lads, my goalkeeping coach and the gaffer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat way I can progress every little detail of my game and I feel, as I get more experience, I\u2019m getting better all the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the only thing that has changed is that I\u2019m more and more involved in games now,\u201d he said. \u201cTeams know a certain way to play against us so, while I\u2019m doing the same things I always did, I\u2019m a little bit busier now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m in the form of my career or anything. And, while it\u2019s a good feeling to make important saves for the team, it doesn\u2019t matter if we don\u2019t win.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results will come for us though.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are getting better with every game, training is going well and it\u2019s just getting that final bit of confidence when the wins come.\u201d<\/p>\n