Swansea City Fan View: A football team looks like its manager

The only result that would have cancelled out Swansea City’s miserable loss to Brighton was a 4-1 home hammering of the Hammers.

And it happened! Saturday saw Swansea comfortably demolish one of the worst sides we’ve seen at the Liberty Stadium all season (including the Swans under Paul Clement).

While West Ham didn’t turn up, Swansea played with pace, confidence and ability, and clawed back some of the momentum lost against Brighton the week before.

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Most importantly, the result showed that the result against Brighton was simply a blip in form, rather than a cause for concern. Carlos Carvalhal learned from his mistakes, stuck with his philosophy, and put things right on Saturday.

Incredibly, the result has taken Swansea up to 13th in the Premier League table. That’s how close it is at the bottom.

Hailing the unpredictable…

I hope nobody had a bet on Swansea’s goalscorers. Because who’d have predicted Ki, Van der Hoorn and King would put away the first three?

As well as boosting their individual confidence, four different players scoring four goals in one match shows that Swansea are playing as a whole.

There are currently no superstars in the side – no Llorente, no Sigurdsson, and no Bony (circa 2014). The club has some key men, sure, but there is no longer that mentality of having to rely on one player to create and score goals. In the last few relegation battles, it seems that one man has saved us. Last season it was Llorente, while Bony pretty much single-handedly kept us afloat at the end of Michael Laudrup’s era.

Swansea don’t have to worry about that at the moment. It’s currently a team of decent players, all pulling their weight and working for each other. Which is better, because a star player can get injured – a team with good spirit is much harder to break.

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The bulk of this current positivity is thanks to Carvalhal. It’s not just his tactics, but his relaxed and playful nature has injected some relaxation and playfulness back in the squad. To use a metaphor (just like Mr Carvalhal), the old adage goes ‘people resemble their pets’, and it’s the same with a football team.

Without wanting to disrespect him too much, Paul Clement looked meek, miserable and slow. Exactly how his team performed. Carvalhal is bright and like an excited child at times – and that’s how Swansea are playing under him.

He’s also brought back the notion of passing and moving quickly, which has basically been missing since Michael Laudrup left.

It’s not been perfect – and I’m sure we’ll see a few poor losses on the road to the end of the season. But, dare I say it, it looks like we are slowly returning to the famous Swansea Way.