{"id":58821,"date":"2022-04-16T07:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T06:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=58821"},"modified":"2022-04-16T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T07:29:23","slug":"martin-frustrated-but-its-still-six-games-unbeaten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2022\/04\/16\/martin-frustrated-but-its-still-six-games-unbeaten\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin frustrated &#8220;but it&#8217;s still six games unbeaten&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Martin was a frustrated man after seeing his below par Swans team labour to a draw but still looked on the bright side with the result making it six games unbeaten.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea had the relative luxury of a six day break between games this week but a disjointed display from an unchanged team saw Barnsley take the lead early in the second half before Olivier Ntcham rescued a point.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='_NPDnlS1SxhWfJ7Ezfj2_A' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1239867088' 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:'_NPDnlS1SxhWfJ7Ezfj2_A',sig:'fizy7WHbU4yhdxSJVYfm2q0dnwcHs3BzruO3i1uL60k=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1239867088',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Martin explained that Ntcham hasn&#8217;t been starting due to his Ramadan fasting making a full game difficult but his cameo appearances have been very impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans boss also says that games like today will be a good learning curve ahead of next season where the pressure to win &#8211; like today &#8211; will be more common after a season of patience and building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We started with the same team [from the Derby win] because they deserved to play,&#8221; Martin told Wales Online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve been brilliant. Olivier is probably not quite in a position to start. He&#8217;s going through Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s practising his religious beliefs and can&#8217;t eat during the day, so it makes it difficult to be at full energy for 90 minutes, so we have to choose when and where to use him. Whenever he&#8217;s come on as a sub, games like West Brom, Barnsley earlier on in the season, he&#8217;s been brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pleased for him. It&#8217;s a great finish. He has such technical quality. The frustration for us with Oli, he didn&#8217;t have a pre-season, he came in really late, got into a groove and then got injured. It&#8217;s just been a bit stop-start for him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next season, with a full pre-season and a year playing in the Championship, I expect him to be a really top player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It (the Barnsley game) lacked the energy and intensity of the last three games. It&#8217;s a really poor goal to concede, when you go 1-0 down and get yourself back in it and make sure we don&#8217;t lose, the mentality was good there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;ll learn a lot from today, especially ahead of next season. It was a different pressure on the guys. I don&#8217;t like using that word, but there was an expectancy from us with the form we&#8217;ve been in to beat a team near the bottom of the table, but it never happens like that. Every game in this league is really difficult. It&#8217;ll be a really good learning tool for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really frustrating that we&#8217;ve dropped two points. We had some great chances at the end. We lacked a bit of composure and calmness. We got caught up in the frenzy of the game which it had turned into at that point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we scored it was in the balance. It was really open which doesn&#8217;t really suit us, but we had to attack the game. After that I thought they were really tired with the amount of work we put into them with the ball. I thought we&#8217;d be strong enough to score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The referee was really good today, but we should have had a penalty at the end with the handball. It&#8217;s frustrating. I&#8217;m sure everyone feels frustrated but we will use it to learn and improve, and we&#8217;re still unbeaten in six games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='D89XtlWYTuh7Q2rWqEUosw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1391636524' 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:'D89XtlWYTuh7Q2rWqEUosw',sig:'ixw4I_XIdCauxkoFet3pC9M3wGoyNmYEsVS0MozhW18=',w:'426px',h:'594px',items:'1391636524',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>Russell Martin was a frustrated man after seeing his below par Swans team labour to a draw but still looked on the bright side with the result making it six games unbeaten. 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