Michael Duff : Joe Allen, the players, the fans, the owners and the pressure, answered ! Thursday, 21st Sep 2023 16:59 by Keith Haynes Michael Duff was cagey in his latest press call at Swansea regards Joe Allen, and not for the first time has ‘decisions to make’ Many Swans fans are thinking he is referencing to Joe possibly hanging his boots up, who can say with hidden messages this afternoon from the head coach. It has to be said Michael Duff was more upbeat as he explained he wanted to ‘Leave the club in a better place than he found it’ When asked if he is enjoying his job at Swansea he didn’t actually answer that specifically at first but said. “When I come to work I want to improve people, I want to improve the football club and it takes time to get there. Am I enjoying it ? Yes, because I know I’ll be better for it. I’m working harder than I’ve ever worked, and it puts it in to reality, so yesterday there was a funeral I couldn’t go to of a family friend, because I’m working. Now that’s not asking for sympathy, that’s the reality of the job that we are in, but sometimes it puts it in to perspective. I’m very, very proud to be the manager of the football club, I’ve been given what sixty or seventy people and I’m the one who has to lead it. I have to look them in the face, and if I know I’m cutting corners, and I know - I’m almost get at it (?) trying to hoodwink people. I know I can’t put my head on the pillow, so that’s the way I’ve always worked, I’ve always, I’ve never been given anything in my life, I’ve had to prove to people wrong all my life. My resilience is built in” Michael Duff seemed more relaxed but only at times - and slightly emotional today. “I’ve always had to prove people wrong, and if that’s what I have to do here, then that’s what I’m going to try and do. Whether I will or I won’t we will have to wait and see. But it won’t be through a lack of hard work and planning” Michael Duff’s message to the supporters The players That final sentence reveals frustration but the travelling Jacks at Loftus Road on Tuesday did that throughout the game despite eighty minutes of poor fayre. Duff was challenged in this press conference on his statements on the team and what he wants to see it look like during his tenure. “You asked me on the first day what I wanted it to look like at the end “ ( this is incorrect but we continue ) So on my first day I want it to look like front foot, aggressive football fit and strong and organised. Like I said it’s a step by step, you need to build the foundations. I’m fully aware of what I think the Swansea Way is. You know football changes and football evolves, I get the feeling there is a bit of freedom in the idealism of what the Swansea Way is. I think the supporters want to see blood on the shirt, sweat on the shirt, with a bit of excitement. Have we got to that point yet ? No, no. I’m not up here trying to con people, we haven’t got to that bit. It takes time” On the season so far Contact with the ownership Swansea City take on Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday at the Swansea.Com Stadium with a 3pm kick off ![]() Photograph open Source Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.
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