A MESSAGE FROM
MATT GRIMES G
ood afternoon and welcome to everyone joining us from around the world for this afternoon’s Championship fixture against Middlesbrough at the Swansea.com Stadium.
Next we faced a trip to Reading and were delighted with the performanc e in the first 65 minutes, playing our way against a team fighting for their lives towards the bottom of the table.
It was another day of learning but we didn’t dwell on it as the mentality switched to this afternoon’s game as soon as we were back together on the training pitch.
We drew 1-1 against Barnsley in our last game on home turf and felt the performance wasn’t what we had come to expect from ourselves from the prior three matches. We lacked the intensity but still dug deep and showed the determination to come back from being a goal down to get a point.
We responded to conceding so early on brilliantly and scored some lovely goals but we can’t concede in the manner we did.
Today we face Middlesbrough who are pushing for a spot in the play-offs, and we are fully aware of the challenge ahead and the threats they possess.
We were frustrated that we didn’t get all three points and it felt like we dropped two points but we’ll learn from it like we have from every game this season. On a personal note, it was an absolute pleasure to make my 200th appearance for the club. I have loved every minute of it and I can’t wait to make more memories here.
We were disappointed because we lost control of the game and lost a three goal lead to come away with a point. We were frustrated for the fans because they were unbelievable all afternoon and we would have loved nothing more than to get the win for them. It meant we were seven unbeaten but we went there with the aim of getting three points and it was disappointing that we didn’t get them.
We know we will have to be on top of our game and approach the game with the right mindset, but hopefully we will put in a good performance and give the Jack Army something to cheer about. Enjoy the game today! Matt
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