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The changes Luke Williams made to bring the best out of Swansea City forwards
The fact Swansea City were so disappointed spoke volumes.
The last-minute penalty defeat at Burnley denied the Swans what would have been a spirited point against a side many are tipping to be there or thereabouts in the race for promotion to the Premier League.
Luke Williams certainly had a fair number of positives to digest over the international break. The sight of Liam Cullen dazzling for Wales on Tuesday night will only heighten the recent bounce in optimism now starting to rumble around Fairwood.
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Indeed, after navigating the choppy waters of a 563-minute goal drought, there's a real feeling Swansea have started to turn a corner ahead of Sunday's tough assignment at home to Leeds United.
Williams, on the face of it, hasn't changed an awful lot. Certainly not in terms of system, anyway.
His view, publicly at least, was that this relatively young and inexperienced squad simply needed time to adapt to the demands of Championship football.
He may well feel a little vindicated now, but there's been a little more to Swansea's mini-revival that players simply getting used to things.
"I’m probably quoted somewhere talking about these young guys needing some time," Williams said. "Hopefully we’re seeing some signs now.
"I think the guys are starting to find their feet in the Championship.
"We’ve seen Myles Peart-Harris play 9, 10 and wide. We’ve seen Florian Bianchini play left, right, down the centre. We’ve seen Liam Cullen play 9,8, 10.
"We don’t go away from trying to dominate the ball or taking the ball off the opposition quickly. The players have moved around a few times in positions for me to understand what is best for me to help them."
Having experimented with different combinations of attacking options, Williams perhaps feels he's a little closer to finding his most effective blend.
Florian Bianchini is perhaps the one to have benefitted most from the recent tinkering. When he first joined, Williams appeared set on the Frenchman playing as a winger, but a series of largely flat cameos clearly prompted a bit of a re-think.
"He played wide more often than not last season and has great attributes for a wide player," Williams said.
"He was brought in to fill that role but I think it’s fair to say that he found it difficult to find some rhythm there, but since he’s been down the middle of the pitch he’s looked a lot more confident and comfortable and he is making a really positive impact.
"He came on as a central striker against Millwall and could have probably scored two goals.
"Then he had a really good performance when he came on against Oxford.
"He followed it up by coming on and harassing the opposition. He is so quick and powerful and he was showing a good level of aggression and looked a goal threat.
"At that stage of the game he helped us relieve the pressure because when we cleared the ball he turned it into a potentially dangerous attack for us.
"He looks much more comfortable in the middle.
"He gives us something that we don’t have. He has certainly came off the bench and used his qualities in a positive way. For the time being I think that’s where he’ll play much more often."
Myles Peart-Harris has already been tried up front in recent weeks, and indeed as a number 10, which is the position he was expected to fill upon his arrival on loan from Brentford.
But he too appears to have benefitted from a change in role, and now looks to be more at home out wide on the wings.
As Bianchini did at Oxford, Peart-Harris also has a goal to show on the back of these recent alterations, netting the first strike of his Swans career in the win over Watford.
"I think he's a young player who didn’t play at the level before and is very quickly adapting and then doing a bit more than adapting, he is looking like he's feeling more and more comfortable," Williams said at the time.
"I loved the goal because he had a couple of chances in previous games where he didn’t assert himself, where I think he didn’t really believe in that moment that he was going to score.
"But I think he ended up in the goal with the ball [against Watford] and I love that because he's like, 'I'm taking it, this is mine'."
Having seen his side previously draw so many blanks, such a display of attacking of ruthlessness will have gone down a treat with his boss.
Of course, the goal was put on a plate for the 22-year-old thanks to a fine assist from Ronald, whom it's probably fair to say, has lost his way a little in terms of form this season.
The Brazilian is keen to prove he's Swansea's star man, having previously made a strong start to life in SA1. One can't help but wonder if that desperation to impress is having an impact on his confidence, leaving him second guessing himself in the heat of matchday.
However, recent performances have shown he still very much as something to offer this team, and that boost in confidence will hopefully lead to further good performances down the line.
"I think there’s a lot of pressure on Ronald because he has become a really key player for us," Williams said.
"He’s young and he’s accumulated a lot of minutes.
"He’s been here less than one year and he’s doing pretty well.
"He looks a big threat I think. His overall play looks more confident, he’s expressing himself a bit better. He's in a good place and hopefully he stays there."
