Cotterill joined Swansea City this week and was on hand to make his debut at Newcastle yesterday with an encouraging performance despite the 3-0 final scoreline.<\/p>\n
And he revealed his final thoughts on Sheffield United and their manager Kevin Blackwell when he said “He didn’t give me a fair crack of the whip.\u00a0 If he’d given me a run in the side I’m confident I would have done the business for him.<\/p>\n
“I had a good run at the back end of last season when I played 15 or 16 games.\u00a0\u00a0 I produced some of the best football of my career and we got to the play off final.<\/p>\n
“This season was different.\u00a0 I was starting once in a blue moon and it’s difficult to find any form when you’re in that situation.<\/p>\n
“I needed a decent run of games but the manager was judging me on one game.\u00a0\u00a0 Other players would have two or three bad games yet were still getting picked.\u00a0 I was playing with zero confidence because I felt I was going to be dragged off if I made one mistake.<\/p>\n
“It was obvious to me I wasn’t one of Kevin Blackwell’s favourites and it was time to move on.<\/p>\n
“I came off the bench at Reading, scored and we won 3-1..\u00a0 A week later I came off the bench against West Brom and scored a penalty near the end that got us a 2-2 draw.\u00a0 After that I thought I was going to start the next game at Derby but I was on the bench again.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s when I realised I wasn’t in the managers plans.<\/p>\n
“After I scored against West Brom he pulled me to one side and said I was doing really well and should be playing for Wales.\u00a0 He wasn’t picking me for his team yet he was saying I shoudl be playing for my country – that didn’t make sense to me.<\/p>\n
“Another time in training he said I was on fire and doing really well.\u00a0\u00a0 Then a few days before I joined up with Wales for the Scotland game he called me into his office and said I wasn’t doing it this season.\u00a0 I seemed to be in a no-win situation.<\/p>\n
“A lot of Wales players – and some of them have played in the Premier League – couldn’t believe I wasn’t playing for Sheffield United.<\/p>\n
“I need to settle down at one club now.\u00a0 I’m 21 and Swansea is my fourth club – that’s not good.<\/p>\n
“I need to get my career back on track and that’s why I joined Swansea.\u00a0 I don’t expect to walk straight into the team because they’ve had a great run and it would be unfair to drop anyone.\u00a0 I’ve got to bide my time and take my chance when it comes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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