{"id":91130,"date":"2024-04-06T08:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T07:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=91130"},"modified":"2024-04-05T22:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:05:30","slug":"this-team-is-building-and-growing-grimes-says-the-swans-are-showing-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2024\/04\/06\/this-team-is-building-and-growing-grimes-says-the-swans-are-showing-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This team is building and growing&#8221; &#8211; Grimes says the Swans are showing progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been moments in the last few months where it is easy to see that progress is being made within the squad but there have also been very obvious times where it doesn&#8217;t feel like progress is being made at all.<\/p>\n<p>When you watch performances such as the one at Sheffield Wednesday where possession was high but the phrase &#8220;possession without purpose&#8221; came to the front of the mind as the ball was passed often around our backline rather than any form of pushing forward in attempts to score goals.<\/p>\n<p>It was the kind of performance that has become somewhat synonymous with the Swans in recent years and even Monday there was a sense that QPR were happy to absorb us having the balls for long periods knowing that they could hit us on the break especially with our fragile defending against set pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Williams admitted after that defeat on Monday that he was seemingly saying the same thing after each game such was the pattern of play and that will frustrate him I am sure as much as it frustrates us watching as fans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='OsMuGxo6T_J_Zeqsgm3f7w' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2123623259' 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:'OsMuGxo6T_J_Zeqsgm3f7w',sig:'rniXrwSbdt3yclhHxtAHUXQep20PrEhgrKhpNAWPd8Q=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2123623259',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>As the Swans go into their latest fixture later today at Middlesbrough, skipper Matt Grimes believes that progress is being made though and told the club&#8217;s official website\u00a0\u201cWe just want to finish the season as strongly as possible, we\u2019ve made good strides and we\u2019re starting to look like the team the manager wants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonday against QPR was a gut-wrencher, I thought we controlled the game in the main, but we concede a sloppy goal. I think it\u2019s small lapses in concentration that are costing us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m confident in the future. We had a tough start under the gaffer, but I\u2019m sure everyone can see the strides we\u2019re making. We\u2019re implementing the style the manager wants to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been a lot of difficult moments this season, but this team is building and growing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s been a drastic change to training and style, but it\u2019s a positive one. Bit by bit, we\u2019re improving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve played some top teams, and our aim is to compete with them. We\u2019re not there yet, but I\u2019m confident we\u2019ll get there under this manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has got us back to the basics of making everything we do about us. There\u2019s so much clarity and vision that it\u2019s not hard to understand what he wants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s been a tough season for everyone involved with the football club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The season has been disappointing, but there\u2019s so much to look forward to under this manager; his ideas and how he sets us up is fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The lads have stuck together, they\u2019ve been outstanding and we want to finish as strongly as possible and show the progress we believe we are making.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='OTapWxe3Rp5TPY8O21_CnQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2123623042' 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:'OTapWxe3Rp5TPY8O21_CnQ',sig:'UwQUCRQ7pgBYRI9urDHBIFRdxTWEQF5gPwtvC-FVg0Y=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2123623042',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been moments in the last few months where it is easy to see that progress is being made within the squad but there have also been very obvious times where it doesn&#8217;t feel like progress is being made at all. 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