Nathan Dyer says he can handle some of the more physical tactics of the Premier League<\/p>\n
Dyer has got used, he says, over his career to some of the more physical tactics of the games and believes it comes with the territory of the way that he plays.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just comes with football,\u00a0I\u2019m a bit jinky and it\u2019s what happens. I get caught now and again but I don\u2019t take any notice of it, get back up and keep going.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I got a few extra kicks after Cole was sent off but generally they were just trying to stop us progressing forward and we\u2019d probably do the same if they were on the front foot. I don\u2019t take it personally.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can handle it. From when I was younger I\u2019ve always been kicked so it doesn\u2019t really bother me too much.”<\/p>\n
After last month’s victory over Arsenal, Arsene Wenger accused Dyer of a dive to win a penalty to bring the Swans back to level terms but Dyer added\u00a0\u201cArsene Wenger is right to have his own opinion but that\u2019s never been me and I\u2019d never do that in my life<\/p>\n
\u201cOh I love getting kicked,\u201d he said, convincing no-one. \u201cDefenders do try to kick you and make you scared. But if you keep coming back at them then they will start thinking, \u2018No, hold on a minute, I can\u2019t keep doing that.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get kicked but you can\u2019t be scared \u2013 you have to keep going at them until they give up.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, with the diving thing, if I can stay on my feet then obviously I will because you want to know you have the beating of your man and not for them to know they have got you.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the best feeling. The defender dives in and you get past them.”<\/p>\n
And what of a potential England call up?\u00a0\u201cOnce you start getting big-headed or thinking about things too much then that\u2019s when it starts to go downhill. People start to forget what they were doing. My aim is to play at a consistent level, train hard every day and go out on a match-day to give my all.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to think about things that haven\u2019t happened. It might not happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it happens then great. If not then I\u2019ll still be playing well for Swansea.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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