{"id":58292,"date":"2022-04-06T16:13:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=58292"},"modified":"2022-04-07T13:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:19:54","slug":"if-i-had-more-time-swansea-would-have-stayed-in-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2022\/04\/06\/if-i-had-more-time-swansea-would-have-stayed-in-the-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"If I had more time, Swansea would have stayed in the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Carvalhal takes his Braga team to Rangers tomorrow night in the Europa League and still holds a regret from his time at Swansea &#8211; that he could not keep them in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Carvalhal arrived in a chaotic final season in the top flight and brought a resurgence in form that looked to have ensured survival until an ill fated five game run that coincided with relegation on the final day &#8211; albeit being pretty much sealed in the decider at home to Southampton a few days before.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to forget that Swansea were rooted to the bottom of the table a number of points adrift when the former Sheffield Wednesday boss arrived, but what coincided with such a catastrophic downturn in form to see the club relegated will never be known.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='QzrDPcypTtpV6wEFsVljLQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/958073082' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'QzrDPcypTtpV6wEFsVljLQ',sig:'IlCjnJ7SJLLR22CfmqJOi8ZDgb_YHoq1_7psrxYQrEw=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'958073082',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The Swans beat both Liverpool and Arsenal at home during the Portuguese&#8217;s time at the club but as soon as the final day had passed, he had his suitcase packed for pastures new and Graham Potter arrived.<\/p>\n<p>He told BBC Scotland prior to tomorrow night&#8217;s game against Rangers: <span data-reactid=\".1b4ngnzatv2.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21.0\">&#8220;We wished to stay at Swansea and in the Premier League, but life took it a different way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1b4ngnzatv2.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22\"><span data-reactid=\".1b4ngnzatv2.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22.0\">&#8220;We were sure if we had more time we would have saved the team. We achieved a lot of points and gave our all for the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1b4ngnzatv2.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23\"><span data-reactid=\".1b4ngnzatv2.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23.0\">&#8220;I hope Swansea is back in their correct place in the Premier League soon.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carvalhal was probably best remembered for his witty one liners (a Ferrari in London traffic &#8211; vs Liverpool) but will always be renowned for overseeing Swansea&#8217;s relegation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='R8X2aVLsTJl12LasFjViBQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/908879408' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'R8X2aVLsTJl12LasFjViBQ',sig:'jeFhj0XjXs6ouzJOcj8BLj6I_ZTXJgDK-BVfmbSMWTo=',w:'594px',h:'400px',items:'908879408',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Carvalhal takes his Braga team to Rangers tomorrow night in the Europa League and still holds a regret from his time at Swansea &#8211; that he could not keep them in the Premier League. Carvalhal arrived in a chaotic final season in the top flight and brought a resurgence in form that looked to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":58294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[293,49,203],"tags":[398,608],"class_list":["post-58292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-team","category-news","category-opinion","tag-carlos-carvalhal","tag-the-2021-22-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}