Vitor Matos

Like we know what happens when you ask Mavro and Kilman to play at Uber Highline and give Mavro the license to press Uber aggressively because he's so hardwired to do that anyway that over commitments will mean that we're even more vulnerable in transition which has maybe been a bit of a weakness and i guess the idea around maybe being more selective in when and how we press is because we are aware of the vulnerabilities that we have if we were to commit to a full-on sort of all-out pressing model um and that's an element of risk that we just probably don't need to introduce because we are so overpowered offensively in this league it's like well We don't we don't need to do that.

We don't need to do what Vitor Matos is doing at Swansea because he's got a squad that based purely on squad value and wage bill, I would assume is probably a bottom half side and they're currently sat in second.

Why is that? Well, it's because they're taking that risk and they're playing that sort of punch above your weight style football because that's what they have to do.

So they have to take those risks and hope it pays off.

Uh, your manager will join us, uh, before eight o'clock.

Vitor Matos, uh, will be with us around ten to 9:00.

Before then, there's a lot to get into.

The bottom three, Fulham, Villa, and Coventry.

Maybe circle that one.

I think Vitor.

We'll have that as a bit of a narrative, won't he, for his players of, look, you couldn't beat them then, but can you beat them on kind of equal footing later in the season when we do the second go around? We'll get to Burnley, but they didn't half help Swansea in this one.

My God, when a team's down on their confidence, these are the sort of goals you can see.

But Vipotnik...

And Ronald is back in the picture here.

And you've got to say Vitor Matos has managed this transfer window very, very well because we're into round seven after the window's closed and you've got Ronald... unselfishly assisting for Vipotnik.

And look how they celebrate the goal as well.

Well, they sort of just killed the game really for- so Swansea couldn't do what they need to do.

Swansea need a little bit more authority up front, but there is that intensity that comes from what Vitor Matos' side are trying to do.

Um, and, and, and they have, you know, let's not forget, been one of the more impressive teams in the league this season.

I think it's also really important to say that, um, part of their offense has been because they've been really good defensively high up the pitch.

But there are reasons to be optimistic at the Swansea.com Stadium.

Despite losing to Southampton on Tuesday night, the Swans remain in the championship's top three, and they've made huge improvements under Vitor Matos.

Joining me right now is Luke Davies from Swans Cast.

Luke, welcome back to the show, pal.