The new Swansea City manager enjoyed a warm reception from the 5,000+ Liberty Stadium crowd on Saturday and then watched his team defeat Cheltenham in their only home friendly.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the game to the official site, Rodgers said "We scored one, created many chances and with a bit more luck could have scored a few more <\/p>\n
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"I said at half-time whether it's Cheltenham Town from League Two, a Championship side or even a Premier League side, that's how the game will end up.<\/p>\n
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"It's important that we control and dominate the game – that's our style and how we play football so on that side I was happy with that contribution.<\/p>\n
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"There are areas to improve but we created many chances which was pleasing.<\/p>\n
"Overall its been a good day, the supporters have been terrific which was nice and I'd like to thank them for that.<\/p>\n
"It was a great bit of skill and a fantastic strike for the goal," he added.<\/p>\n
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"I watched Stephen a few times when he was on loan at Blackpool last season.<\/p>\n
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"He is a massive talent and you could see by his celebration how much it meant to him.<\/p>\n
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"He can score goals; that's for sure. I said to him afterwards that if he watches TV tonight he won't see a much better goal than that."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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