Ash Taking The Positives From The Game
Monday, 15th Feb 2010 14:44

Ashley Williams was very much focused on the positives from the Newcastle game rather than the negatives

The Swansea City defender would have been as hurt as anyone having seen Newcastle score late to snatch an undeserved point at the Liberty but he said despite that goal spirits remained high in the dressing room.

“We can’t let the goal put a downer on things,” he told the Western Mail. “The boys were still quite buoyant in the changing rooms afterwards.

“We weren’t too down. Letting the lead slip hurts a little bit, but we can still take a lot of confidence from the way we performed.

“Our focus here is always making sure that we perform well. I think that’s what we did.

“Hopefully that performance can now push us on. Now we have to win at Plymouth (tomorrow night) to make sure this result remains a good one.

“It’s important that we don’t let conceding so late affect us. We just need to try and go again.

“It was pleasing, but then it’s also sour as well because we couldn’t finish the job.

“We are all about the 1-0 victories, especially at home. That’s what we wanted against Newcastle because a clean sheet would have made a big statement to the rest of the league.

“Anyone who watched the game will see that we made a big statement anyway, though. It’s just a shame we didn’t get the three points.

“The disappointing thing is that we only let it slip for one chance.

“We knew they had that threat with Carroll and we needed to stop it.

“We probably needed to do a bit better in that moment to stop him scoring.

“But, other than that, we were comfortable and it was just like any other home game for us.

"We wanted to win to put the record straight.

“Hopefully we have done that now anyway. I think the boys have got it out of their system.

“I know that result hurt us. We watched the video again on Friday and it was a big motivator for this game."

SOURCE: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/swansea-city-fc/2010/02/15/swans-ace-ash-focuses-on-the-long-term-picture-after-carroll-sting-91466-25834392/?

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