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Fixing Swansea City: What Luke Williams can do to sort out their biggest problem
Swansea City's clash with Millwall is a huge opportunity for someone to claim a small personal accolade.
Indeed, one suspects that anyone lucky to find the net on Saturday will likely stand unopposed in sweeping to the club's Goal of the Month award for October.
Swansea are currently in the middle of their worst goal drought since April 2021, having gone over seven hours without finding the net, a series of blanks that has also coincided with a run of five games without a win.
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Saturday's clash with the Lions isn't quite a must-win, but it's nevertheless an important game for Luke Williams, as he bids to solve this current malaise and hopefully prevent it from lurching into the territory of full-blown crisis.
Williams has previously mentioned that his side need to show more bravery in the final third, but aside from a stirring pep talk, is there anything else he can do? Sign up to our Swansea City newsletter here.
Here are a few potential options at his disposal.
Change of formation
Having seen their side consistently struggle in front of goal, a popular potential alternative being floated by fans is a change of system, and the logic is thoroughly understandable.
When he was at Notts County, Williams largely favoured a back three, something we haven't really seen since he arrived in south Wales.
In possession, County's back three would often open up, with the central centre-back operating almost in a sweeper role, with the right and left centre-backs pushing forward in a style more akin to the traditional full-back, which would offer support to the midfield and potentially pull spaces open in the middle of the park.
The wing-backs were then given licence to operate in far more advanced roles, with the more traditional wingers often tucking in to help support, and further overload the more central positions.
It worked a treat at his last gig, but so far we've largely seen Swansea operating with a back four, with Matt Grimes often slotting into the central centre-back role when the full-back areas are unoccupied.
Grimes does that role perfectly well, but it's arguably sometimes negated his talents in the midfield, and that has perhaps harmed Swansea's creativity.
So, why doesn't Williams just switch it up to the back three he knew and loved?
Well the first question that would need answering is who would be in this back three? Ben Cabango and Harry Darling for certain, but who goes alongside? Nelson Abbey hasn't played since his horrorshow of a debut against Wycombe Wanderers in the League Cup, and one has to wonder whether he has yet earned the trust to be called upon.
It would certainly feel a big call to throw him in from the start for any Championship game right now.
Kyle Naughton is certainly a trusted option, but does he have enough in the tank to go a full 90 minutes on a regular basis? You'd have to say probably not. Kristian Pedersen could also potentially play there, but it's not yet clear when he'll return from his latest hamstring injury.
The options look a little thin in terms of personnel, and one suspects that's the reason Williams has been reluctant to return to his previous blueprint.
Two up top
Probably ties in with the above, but some feel it's time to 'put all the meat on the barbecue' as Carlos Carvalhal once said.
Zan Vipotnik may well be a fine striker, but it's been tricky to really see how he fits into this system on occasions.
Not for the first time, he cut an isolated figure in the goalless draw with Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night, touching the ball 14 times, none of which were in the opposition box.
Does that make him a bad striker? Well, not necessarily. Yes, he's had games where he's spurned chances, but he's otherwise been left to feed off crumbs for much of his Swans career so far.
The Slovenian is largely in the Joel Piroe mould, in that he isn't the sort of player who's going to press and harry defences. His game is clearly more based on aiming to be in the right place at the right time.
That's admittedly the mantra of a many a successful striker, but when those around you are struggling to even create chances it's a problem.
Could a partner help? Some will inevitably argue the case.
Vipotnik has shown is pretty good at holding the ball up, and is also pretty decent in the air, and someone with the legs of Liam Cullen, it could be argued, could well benefit from feeding off that.
The pair have so far played roughly 45 minutes together this season, so it's a partnership that's clearly still something of an unknown quantity, but some may feel it's one worth exploring over the coming weeks.
That said, it seems unlikely to be something Williams will look at. In the past, Williams has preferred the one of two supporting wingers to complement the striker, which in County's case was goal-machine Macaulay Langstaff.
A knock-on effect of his wing-backs playing in more advanced roles was that the more traditional wingers would often occupy a slightly narrower role, which would sometimes result in effectively playing with two up top.
Cullen clearly has the legs and the intensity to handle that level of positional fluidity, so if he is to be on the same pitch as Vipotnik, it's likely be along similar lines.
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Another signing?
Strengthening options in terms of personnel feels the most logical move at the moment, although it's clearly not the most helpful suggestion given we're in between transfer windows.
The fact Ollie Cooper, Myles Peart-Harris and even Darling have all had brief stints up front in recent weeks points to the need for a striker, but given only Preston North End and Portsmouth currently have a lower xG than the Swans, it appears that creating chances has been just as much of a problem as finishing them right now.
The club have already opted against a deal for winger Adam Reach, who had previously been training with the club since the last international break.
They could yet seal a reunion with full-back Cyrus Christie, however, who arrived alongside Reach and is still being assessed at the time of writing.
Christie's versatility clearly makes him a potentially attractive option. The 32-year-old is able to operate out wide and in a more traditional centre-back role, which might well offer a solution to the issues outlined earlier in regards to implementing a back three.
Another winger on top of that would clearly still be nice, mind. Eom Jisung is obviously out injured, the jury is clearly still out on Florian Bianchini, and Azeem Abdulai still looks uncomfortable there.
Ronald has seen his form drop off in recent weeks, but the lack of other options mean it's tricky to justify dropping him at the moment.
However, it seems unlikely at the time of writing that a winger would be signed before the window re-opens. Indeed, there's a real chance Williams may well have to work with what he's got - for the time being at least.
