Swansea City News 24/7Writer: sbrjack 
Date:Saturday October 25 2008
Time: 6:36PM
UK time is: 20:04:35
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Martinez: Pleased With Southampton Win
Swansea City manager Roberto Martinez could not hardly contain his delight at sweeping aside a Southampton side struggling in the relegation places.
Swansea continued an impressive run of unbeaten form at home with a 3-0 win over the Saints at the Liberty Stadium this afternoon. Midfielder Darren Pratley opened the scoring just 12 minutes into the first half and goals from Thomas Butler and Jordi Gomez rounded off another comfortable win for the Swans.
Whilst there were huge positives Martinez has another injury headache to contend with. Defender Marcos Painter has sustained a knee injury but the former Birmingham man should be back in contention in a few weeks.
Hitting the 20 point mark , Swansea jump 4 places into 7th after the win against the Saints but it is the way in which his side have adapted to the championship that has impressed that has pleased Martinez.
Martinez Told The BBC and the Official site:
| "It was one of those days that in every single department you can get many positives.To be able to control play that way and perform with the intensity that we did is pleasing but I think Southampton were the best footballing side we've had here this season.' 'We are looking at that performance and it seems that we are slowly getting into this division.I think it was one of those days that in every single department you can take many positives" "To perform with the intensity that we did after the demands of Tuesday night and last Saturday at Ipswich I'm delighted because it was a clear test to the squad.Every player feels natural in this environment and that's a huge achievement." "Getting to 20 points is a great landmark, we've got that, and the way that we achieved the result it shows that we have been ourselves and that's credit to the players.On top of that with the demands that we had in the last two weeks it's something to be very, very happy about." |
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
They weren't bad in possession but no way were they the best footballing side here, Wolves were far better.
KevinE
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
Rate The Players - Swansea City 0-3 Fulham (Monday May 20 2013)
Report - Swansea City 0-3 Fulham (Sunday May 19 2013)
Line-Ups & Updates: Swansea City 0-3 Fulham (Sunday May 19 2013)
VIDEO: Top-10 Finish Bigger Than Cup Triumph (Tuesday May 14 2013)
Report - Man United 2-1 Swansea City (Sunday May 12 2013)
Line-Ups & Updates: Man United 2-1 Swansea City (Sunday May 12 2013)
Laudrup: Michu Could Return For Final Game (Saturday May 11 2013)
Laudrup Will Stay At Swansea Promises Agent (Friday May 10 2013)
383 Premier League players sign up to Support Stan (Friday May 10 2013)
Jenkins: Laudrup Would Turn Down Everton Job (Thursday May 9 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2005
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2006
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2007
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2008
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2009
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2010
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2011
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2012
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2013
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2006
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2007
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2008
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2009
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2010
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2011
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2012
Vital Swansea City Articles from 2013
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Swan_Lady2 | 117 |
| 2. | keith margam | 105 |
| 3. | justajack | 35 |
| 4. | bohana34 | 20 |
| 5. | ottawa_swan | 19 |
| 6. | Aussie_Swan | 12 |
| 7. | shearers boots | 6 |
| 8. | viagra | 1 |
| 9. | jnann | 1 |
| 10. | alexbarmy | 1 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Swansea | 0 | - | 3 | Fulham |
| Man Utd | 2 | - | 1 | Swansea |
| Wigan | 2 | - | 3 | Swansea |
| Swansea | 0 | - | 0 | Man City |
| Chelsea | 2 | - | 0 | Swansea |
| Swansea | 0 | - | 0 | Southampton |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 6. Everton | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 63 |
| 7. Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 61 |
| 8. WBA | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 49 |
| 9. Swansea | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | -4 | 46 |
| 10. West Ham | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 46 |
| 11. Norwich | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | -17 | 44 |
| 12. Fulham | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 43 |
Breaking League News
| Coates thanks friend Pulis
» Stoke : 22/05/2013 18:30:00
|
| Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role
» Aston Villa : 22/05/2013 16:52:00
|
| Boateng Signs Two Year Deal
» Fulham : 22/05/2013 16:50:00
|
| Sullivan Warns Of Complacency!
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:49:00
|
| Lukaku Desire
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:48:00
|
| Carroll Withdrawal
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:47:00
|
| Carroll Fee Agreed
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:46:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|