Russell Martin says that the focus of the Swans plans this week has been what we need to do and not the challenges that the opposition may present especially when that opposition is managed by someone who knows many of his squad very well.<\/p>\n
The Swans will welcome Nottingham Forest to the Swansea.com stadium this afternoon with the visitors of course managed by former Swansea manager Steve Cooper which has been the subject of much discussion in the press this week.<\/p>\n
Martin is well aware of the credentials of his opposite number tomorrow and he said of the man in the opposing dugout \u201cHis record speaks for itself. Two play-offs is a really good feat.<\/p>\n
“Every manager has their own way of doing things but what he did here, I don\u2019t think anyone can come in and criticise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat he did leave here was a group of players who are culturally really strong in terms of the way they work together, how willing to work they are.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat certainly made it easier for us coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martin will be leading the Swans tomorrow hoping to end a pretty poor run that has seen us take just four points from the last fifteen available and he is preparing his squad with our game plan in their mind rather than worrying too much about how Cooper may line up his side and expects them to adjust their game for their visit to South Wales anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe watch a lot of opposition matches and a lot of the time it changes for us. How they set up can be quite a large difference against us.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019ll be prepared for whatever they do bring. We\u2019ll work on us, not the opposition all week. We\u2019ll wait and see.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, every game at this level is tough. Both teams are part of this pack in the middle that is very close \u2013 one defeat can send you a long way down and one win can shoot you right up the league.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think with that and the return of an ex-manager makes it interesting for a lot of people, but for us it’s another game. It\u2019s a home game. We\u2019ll try to impose our game as much as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
The game kicks off at 3pm.<\/p>\n