Craig Beattie comes face to face with his old team mates but says there will be no old pals act

Beattie will line up for Swansea City this evening against the side that he left earlier in the season after a frustrating period at the Hawthorns.

And he will be looking to get his second match winning goal of the season against them after his was the only goal of the league fixture earlier this season.

Looking forward to the game, Beattie told the Western Mail “The year I went to West Brom they spent £11m and they were a Championship side.

“As far as Championship sides go they are one of the biggest and they have been in between this league and Premiership a lot.

“So they are well known and they have got the money to spend.

“It is a credit to the players’ ability, attitude, and the belief here.  We are not as big a club, spending-wise, but ability-wise there’s not much in it.

“I’ve still got a lot of mates there and I’m sure they’ll like to get their own back because there was a bit of banter after the last game.

“There’s a lot of points to play for and it would inspire confidence if we could get the three points, but we won’t get our heads down if we don’t.

“Our aim is to try and cement a play-off place and if we can get three points it would give us some hope of catching the team in second.

“A play-off place would be a great achievement for the boys. At the start of the season we set ourselves some targets as a team and quietly that was one of them.

“But we are not going to get too far ahead of ourselves. If we have a couple of bad results we could be out of it.

"On Saturday, they came and sat deep and that’s a credit to how well we have been playing at home and what our form has been like,” he added.

“Teams come here and are delighted with a point, that’s a big testament to our management and the players.

“At the start of the season teams would have been looking at the fixture list and thinking ‘we’ll go down to Swansea and get a win there’. But not any more.

“Teams are happy to take a point from the Liberty. It’s a credit to everybody here.

“Hopefully, West Brom are a good team and will try to win the game.

“They are certainly not in a position to be playing for draws, although a draw would not be a disaster for them because our home form has been pretty good.” Beattie has struggled with injuries since making an impact early in the season but says he is now fit and ready to help the Swans in their drive to reach the Premiership.

And he added: “I don’t see why both clubs can’t get promoted. There are two spots available, that would seem to be the case. “The play-offs are a bit of a lottery so there’s a lot of work to be done between now and then.”

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