When Russell Martin takes time to reflect back over the past seven days I am sure he will look back with a level of satisfaction on the back of home wins over Cardiff City and West Brom.<\/p>\n
But the defeat at Birmingham ended the week on a losing note for the Swans boss and he acknowledged that maybe his side was tired after their third game in six days meant that the intensity and energy of the two home performances was slightly missing.<\/p>\n
He also looked closely at a ten minute spell straight after the break that he believes undone his side after we had what he believes was the best of the first half although conceding that we never looked that dangerous during it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really important how we started the second half and we started it really poorly,\u201d he told the Swans official site. \u201cIt\u2019s a ten minute spell that\u2019s undone us really.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe weren\u2019t clean, people taking too many touches and some decision-making and detail wasn\u2019t right because they are tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe lacked the intensity that we had in the previous two games, but I thought we had a lot of control in the first half without really threatening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey looked dangerous, they looked a threat and it\u2019s just energy. And we couldn\u2019t match that energy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really frustrating because we work really hard on having a high defensive line, and the guys do it with real conviction and intent but he (Tahith Chong) is offside when he runs through.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s gone against us and we lose the game but it\u2019s one game too many probably for too many of the players.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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