Tonight the Swans kick off at 7:45pm against Sheffield United at the Swansea.Com Stadium. Both sides have lat decisions to make on players, the Swans especially with Ben Cabango and Harry Darling after a dismal South Wales derby.
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Swansea City: Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Josh Tymon; Matt Grimes (captain), Gonçalo Franco, Liam Cullen; Ronald, Myles Peart-Harris, Florian Bianchini.
Substitutes: Jon McLaughlin, Jay Fulton, Joe Allen, Žan Vipotnik, Jisung Eom, Josh Ginnelly, Cyrus Christie, Kyle Naughton, Sam Parker.
Sheffield United: Michael Cooper, Alfie Gilchrist, Rhian Brewster, Gustavo Hamer, Callum O'Hare, Harrison Burrows, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Jack Robinson (captain), Rhys Norrington-Davies, Andre Brooks, Sydie Peck.
Substitutes: Adam Davies, Sam McCallum, Ben Brereton Diaz, Tyrese Campbell, Jamal Baptiste, Louie Marsh, Femi Seriki, Ryan One, Billy Blacker.
The Blades are progressing with the signing of Leicester City midfielder, Tom Cannon. However, he will be ineligible to play tonight. The ten million pounds a figure way out of reach of the Swans. Avengers film director, billionaire Joe Russo has now joined the Blades board in a revamp of the club behind the scenes, but tonight we look at the away sides problems on the pitch. Chris Wilder, the current United manager is cautious and believes this Swansea side can still cause anyone problems in the Championship. "The debate is, is it the performance or is it the result ? You’d all love to play well; we played well on Saturday and got a deserved win. The better you play you give yourself a better opportunity to win. I think there’s always that in certain managers, maybe from an individual point of view, it’s their progression more than the club’s progression and maybe it’s all about them and not about winning. I’m pushing a little bit more to that win thing because I like that. Maybe some managers are pushing for the performance. A balance in between is the sweet spot. I know Luke will want to win and I think his comments after the game, a flash point after the derby, would I expect a reaction ? Yeah, most certainly. We expect Swansea to be at their best and they can hurt anybody in this division.”
Vinicius Souza and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi trained on Monday and could be involved in the game. Wilder : "It's not absolutely nailed on - we have to be sensible but if they can get involved on before the game that would be great news. On injuries to Tom Davies and Sam McCallum: "Tom is going for a scan and hopefully it won't be too bad - he's doubtful for Tuesday but we're under the impression it won't be anymore than one or two games and we're hopeful Sam will be okay for Tuesday."
Ben Brereton Diaz has returned on loan from Southampton and Hertha Berlin defender Jonjoe Kenny is about to sign for around a million pounds. Tyrese Campbell is in the running for a spot after Kieffer Moore has been ruled out with hernia issues. Defender Jamie Shackleton is fifty fifty.
Swans head coach, Luke Williams is still smarting over recent results and wants to see an immediate change of attitude and commitment in this game. "The nature of football is that you can lose games, but what it comes down to is the manner in which that happens and the manner in which we lost on Saturday was not acceptable. So it is imperative that we respond really well because we do not want there to be a hangover”
Ben Cabango and Harry Darling both seemed to come through the derby on Saturday but they have had treatment to assess their involvement tonight. Ollie Cooper is out as is Kristian Pedersen. Although we have seen a much welcomed return to action for Josh Ginnelly and Sam Parker word is they could start on the bench. Franco is fit as is Captain, Matt Grimes. We expect a team not dissimilar to the one we saw on Saturday with possibly a tweak or two. Chairman, Andrew Coleman has listed the forthcoming three league games as vital. Tonight’s game, Saturday away at Norwich City and then Coventry City at home. Read into that what you will but after the weekend anything positive this evening for the Swans will be welcomed by what will be a smaller crowd than usual.
Many Swans fans are now choosing their games carefully. The costs involved and the entertainment being served up is not matching the fans expectations and that means another vote with feet this evening which simply cannot go on.
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Team news will appear here later.