The Swans head ion December with Brendan Rodgers aware that a busier fixture list will be a real test for his squad<\/p>\n
November yielded just three games for the Swans – an away trip to Liverpool was followed by home games against Manchester United and Aston Villa. \u00a0Contrast that with December where the Swans will be in action on six occasions – trips to Blackburn, Newcastle and Everton whilst welcoming Fulham, QPR and Spurs to the Liberty.<\/p>\n
Add a Januaruy 2nd trip to Aston Villa and it is 7 games in 31 days for the Swans – a test for most Premier League squads and one that could shape the look of the second half of the season.<\/p>\n
Brendan said\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a real test of our squad<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of games this month and you have to be able to recover well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe squad is very minimal and towards the end of the month we have two games in three days, which is incredible.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlong the way we will have some bumps and bruises so it is important I keep the motivation of the players on the outside.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always said I am going to need the entire squad and now we are starting to see that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the players on the outside are not right you will be able to see it. Thankfully I\u2019ve got a squad of players who are hungry and desperate to take their chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to say we would be happy to be in the position we are in because we always want to move forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as we keep moving along like we are and if we pick up a negative result we must back it up with a positive one.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve done well but we don\u2019t want to settle for where we are.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is to be admired how he has kept going,\u201d Rodgers added when asked about the pressure on his opposite number Steve Kean.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing from a manager\u2019s perspective to see your team and management getting that sort of abuse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand that happens but the most important thing is it doesn\u2019t help your cause in the Premier League. When you pull together and have that one club and one city mentality you have a great chance, if not it makes it very difficult.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to see him do well, except against us.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we know Blackburn are a dangerous team, a team that are established in the Premier League and have players like (Ayegbeni) Yakubu and (Junior) Hoilett who has come on this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey marginally missed out on some good results. They were 3-1 up at Norwich, they ran Chelsea close at home and beat Arsenal at home, so we understand it will be difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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