{"id":79127,"date":"2023-04-12T08:51:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T07:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=79127"},"modified":"2023-04-12T08:51:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T07:51:17","slug":"the-momentum-continues-for-martin-as-swans-thwart-wigan-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/04\/12\/the-momentum-continues-for-martin-as-swans-thwart-wigan-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The momentum continues for Martin as Swans thwart Wigan challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Martin was delighted after his side comfortably saw off Wigan Athletic on Easter Monday to move the club closer to the top half of the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The recent form has seen not only three clean sheets in four but ten points collected out of a possible twelve; a stark difference from the torrid 24 game run that extended back to October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But Martin sees the momentum building with this current mini run and hopes it continues when Huddersfield Town, managed by Neil Warnocl, come to town this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He told the Official Site: &#8220;I really enjoyed the performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe watched Wigan\u2019s performances before this game and some of the results, they&#8217;ve been really unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only disappointment is we don&#8217;t get the third goal to really kill the game off, but I&#8217;m really proud of the players.<\/p>\n<header class=\"o-header o-header--minimised\" role=\"banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swanseacity.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-header__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swanseacity.com\/themes\/custom\/swansea\/files\/22_23_HeritageCrest_Web-01.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-header__actions-container\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"region region-primary-menu\">\n<nav id=\"block-meganavigation\" class=\"block block-menu navigation menu--mega-navigation m-main-nav\" role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"block-meganavigation-menu\">\n<h2 id=\"block-meganavigation-menu\" class=\"visually-hidden\">Mega Navigation<\/h2>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"region region-highlighted\"><\/div>\n<p><main role=\"main\"><a id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"layout-content\">\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-swansea-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-hero field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--hero-banner-fields paragraph--view-mode--default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-container full\">\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\">\n<div class=\"cell small-12 large-10 large-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"o-article-header\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-display-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<h1 class=\"o-article-header__title text-uppercase\">RUSSELL MARTIN | THAT WAS A VERY PLEASING PERFORMANCE<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-article-header__date field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\">10TH APRIL 2023<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"o-article-header__tag field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items\">\u00a0First team<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-x\">\n<div class=\"cell small-12 large-10 large-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"o-article-copy field field--name-field-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--full-media paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<figure class=\"media media--type-remote-video m-full-media m-full-media--remote-video media--view-mode-default\">\n<div class=\"m-cookie-consent js--cookie-consent m-cookie-consent--accepted\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\" data-content=\"&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-media-oembed-video field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items&quot;&gt;\n      &lt;div class=&quot;field__item&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;\/media\/oembed?url=https%3A\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3DD_0I9blMa8I&amp;amp;max_width=0&amp;amp;max_height=0&amp;amp;hash=NtXo-zOUFpMbD-AP9Fo1XKaBTQ8RoRFQ7vPIR_l4mdI&quot; 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