The Swansea City manager was taken aback by the noise of the crowd particularly during the second half with the rendition of Hymns and Arias.<\/p>\n
He told the Western Mail “I must make a comment on the crowd<\/p>\n
“I didn’t really know it (Hymns and Arias) until I came here. <\/p>\n
“I’d heard it in rugby games and always remember Wales and Ireland matches and it’s a song that really makes you stand back.<\/p>\n
“It was awesome.<\/p>\n
“To hear it was amazing.<\/p>\n
“In my programme notes I asked our home supporters to give us that strength and intensity and they’ve come up trumps. And they need to keep banging that drum and keep singing and maintain that passion.<\/p>\n
“The players and the supporters have made the Liberty Stadium a fortress.<\/p>\n
“I said before the Norwich game that the role of the supporters was going to be vital.<\/p>\n
“The energy between them and on the field has given us a wonderful place to play our football.<\/p>\n
“When you only concede nine goals at home, play how we’ve played and got the results we have then we’re obviously making it a very difficult place to come to."<\/p>\n
Tonight's game is a repeat of the opening day of the season where the Swans were beaten 2-0 at Hull and Rodgers added <\/p>\n
“I found out about the team that day in Hull,” he added.<\/p>\n
“We started the game quite brightly but got undone by a wonder goal which gave them confidence. But I was encouraged by what I saw that day and the honesty of the players.<\/p>\n
“I could see there were things to work with and I thought we’d do all right, and that’s what we’ve done.<\/p>\n
“If you take a snapshot of where we were then and look at it now there’s a marked difference.<\/p>\n
“How well we’ve worked on the training field has been transferred onto the pitch.<\/p>\n
“My biggest problem sometimes is that when you’ve got so many quality players is who to leave out.<\/p>\n
“The players that are sat in the stand would walk into most teams in this league and that’s what we’re trying to build here, a really competitive group.<\/p>\n
“My respect for them is unswerving because being a professional footballer you accept that you’re not always going to play or be in the squad.<\/p>\n
“It was an outstanding victory against Norwich but unless we beat Hull it’s irrelevant,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We’ve proved all season we are a top team at this level and some of our performances at home have been outstanding.<\/p>\n
“People were thinking the Norwich game was the big one but Hull have got an even better away record.<\/p>\n
“They’ve got experience in the team and brought in a couple of £1m strikers in January, so it’s going to be a tough ask.<\/p>\n
“But the confidence in our team is high.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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