Russell Martin was left frustrated as his “young” team again failed to hold onto a win as Stoke City came back to earn a point in Staffordshire.<\/p>\n
Joel Piroe – playing in what Russell Martin says is his favoured position – netted the opening goal and looked much more himself after a below par start to the season. Oli Cooper was also a bright spot whilst Matty Sorinola had his best game in a Swans shirt.<\/p>\n
But little can be said for yet another gut wrenching late goal conceded as Tyrese Campbell slotted home after a free kick wasn’t dealt with.<\/p>\n
Michael Obafemi also came off the substitutes bench for what is likely to be his last game for the Swans with Martin himself confirming a bid had been rejected.<\/p>\n
He told the official site: \u201cIt is a frustrating one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the grand scheme of things, with it being Alex Neil\u2019s first game in charge and our two results prior to this, you would probably have said a point would have been a good result before the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut to concede so late is really frustrating, and it\u2019s not easy to take that disappointment out of how you feel about the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I am proud of the intensity the guys showed and how they defended our goal. Most of Stoke\u2019s threats were from corners and set-pieces, which they had too many of but I cannot remember Andy Fisher having many saves to make from them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did not have as much control as usual with the ball as it\u2019s a tough place to come to.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could see it was a young team out there on the pitch, and we did not take the chance to play in some moments where we could have.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we did play in the first half, I thought we caused them all sorts of problems, we looked really dangerous and Joel Piroe scored a great goal playing in his favoured position.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the second half we were not clean enough in our detail, and that can happen when you are not winning games.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen that happens confidence is not as high as it could be, and we missed some real moments to counter and we should have made more of those moments.”<\/p>\n
The Swans take on QPR on Saturday bidding to earn a second win in sixteen games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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