Swansea City fans will travel from all parts of the country for the Boxing Day fixture at Coventry City. A game on a day fans do cherish as one of their favourite days out of the season. The Indy will be there as well keeping you all up to date on the day via our X account as to exactly where we are.
Frank Lampard has had a smashing season to date but is desperate to turn things around after a slight drop in results and form. The Swans will be keen to continue their upwards trajectory points wise after sight of what we can describe as a more confident side willing to try new things under head coach, Vitor Matos.
Frank Lampard reflected on his time at Swansea City as a player yesterday when he made a loan move from West Ham to the Swans back in 1995. Talking to the media pre match he said, "There were a lot of experienced pros and that showed me the way in terms of what real football is. But it was tough. We were fighting at the bottom end of what's now League Two. I had a couple of months there. It was very good, and it was very much a part of my early story in terms of developing as a player and it taught me a lot of things about first-team football and the rigours of it and it was great for me”
Matos talked about the games ahead with a first eleven very much fit and raring to go. "Of course, this is a busy period but there are two faces to the coin. On the one hand, recovery is very important, and you want to speed up the recovery but also use the games as a way to improve and learn. Secondly, rotation can allow you to have more freshness in the team, but you also need to be careful not to lose some of the consistency in terms of the principles and dynamics of how we want to play. It has to be at the right moments, and there can always be injuries or illnesses that you might need to consider as well. So it is about us all making the effort we need to be ready for each game and to maximise every pre-match and post-match period.”
We understand he will stick with the vast majority of the players who started against Wrexham.
Having said all that and despite the good run of home form with three victories on the bounce the Swans are yet to win away under Matos. So, that will be in his focus over the next three games. Coventry City of course comes along tomorrow, then on Monday (29th) it’s Oxford United away at 7:45pm which is sold out for Swans fans. Thereafter it’s West Bromwich Albion at home (3pm) on New Years Day. There are still tickets available in the home ends for this fixture but recent attendances this month have seen a real upsurge in supoort so it’s possibly worth thinking about sooner rather than later. The Swans getting a far bigger average crowds than Cardiff City at home this month over three games.
Just for perspective you understand.
The Swans though are still down at the wrong end of the table and with many passing off the Coventry game as a free hit. We have to see points taken from both Oxford United and West Bromwich Albion. And wouldn’t be nice to see the Swans score more than two goals in a competitive league fixture to give us all some festive cheer.
Catch up on our recent features on the Indy starting with the big game build up.
That’s here —> ⚽️ Swans on Boxing Day
And here —> ⚽️ Latest on Boxing Day from the Indy
And an in-depth piece into Ryan Maye the new assist at the Swans.
That’s here —> ⚽️ Ryan Maye
Everyone who supports us, takes the time to read our our reports and features, and who feedback some really genuine comments we wish you a very merry day today. But keep a little back for a Coventry, we will. 😉 Merry Christmas.