'Silly' to say Swans could compete at 'very peak' of table

Luke Williams believes it would beryllium “silly” to propose Swansea City tin situation “at nan very peak” of nan Championship this season.

Swansea are 16th successful nan early-season array having won 1 and mislaid 2 of their first 4 convention games successful 2024-25.

Head coach Williams says nan Welsh nine are monitoring nan free supplier marketplace arsenic they see strengthening nan squad extracurricular nan transportation window.

But aft a summertime successful which Swansea person focused connected signing players pinch imaginable alternatively than proven Championship pedigree, Williams accepts that consistency whitethorn beryllium an issue.

“Are location going to beryllium immoderate ups and downs this season? I americium beautiful judge location are,” he said.

“I don’t deliberation astatine nan infinitesimal we are successful a spot wherever we person sewage an evident group to situation astatine nan very highest of nan Championship. I deliberation that would beryllium a silly point for maine to say.

“But person we sewage a group that I deliberation tin person a really bully season? Yes. And tin we perchance support nan halfway of that group together and they go a really bully Championship squad successful nan future? Yeah I deliberation we could.”

Williams led Swansea to 14th successful nan Championship past play aft taking complaint successful January.

There were immoderate encouraging signs astatine nan extremity of what was a traumatic campaign, but Swansea are readjusting aft different hectic summertime successful which 13 elder players – positive youngsters for illustration Cameron Congreve, Joel Cotterill and Josh Thomas – departed and only 8 caller faces arrived.

While nan likes of Goncalo Franco and Eom Ji-Sung person shown signs of their potential, Williams says Swansea’s signings “need immoderate clip because not excessively galore person nan acquisition of nan Championship and of Britain”.

“It looks to maine that we person a group of young players for nan early that we tin effort to turn together,” he added.

“I deliberation successful nan short magnitude of clip we person been playing this season, we person shown we tin beryllium fantabulous and we person shown we tin astir apt beryllium overwhelmed astatine times.

“I don’t deliberation there’s been a crippled wherever we person been mediocre from commencement to finish, wherever you travel distant and location are nary positives.

“It’s been a mixed container for sure. Now we person to look astatine nan positives and spot if we tin person a really bully play and possibly get to nan extremity of nan play emotion affirmative pinch a group of players who are going to turn together, and not person to rip it up and commencement again. I deliberation that would beryllium thing everybody would beryllium happy for.”

Williams had been keen to motion different pacy wide subordinate earlier nan transportation model closed a fortnight ago, but Swansea’s only deadline-day enlistee was Myles Peart-Harris, a powerful attacking midfielder.

It could beryllium that Swansea look to motion a free supplier – arsenic they did erstwhile Yannick Bolasie joined past play – pinch Williams suggesting location are immoderate “very bully players” available.

"We person that action and it is thing that's been discussed,” he said.

"When I came present we had Yannick Bolasie, who was 1 of nan astir unthinkable players I've ever worked pinch - an unthinkable feline and what a footballer. He was connected a short-term statement and those sorts of things are possible.”

Swansea will look to make it 3 location convention games unbeaten astatine nan commencement of nan caller play erstwhile they big Norwich City connected Saturday (15:00 BST).