Russell Martin insists he has the continued support of Swansea City's owners having held talks with Steve Kaplan prior to his side's defeat to Millwall.
Kaplan was in attendance at The Den as the Swans were beaten 2-1 by Gary Rowett's men, with Ryan Manning's effort not being enough for the visitors after goals from Charlie Cresswell and Andreas Voglsammer put the hosts in command.
Nevertheless, it was a dominant display from the Swans in South East London while they created numerous chances to earn a positive result, but defeat means they are now winless in six matches.
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Cameron Congreve and Liam Smith were among the substitutes for the away side at The Den given the absences of experienced men such as Joe Allen, Jay Fulton and Joel Latibeaudiere.
But having spoken to Kaplan, Martin says he's more than confident that the Swans will rebuild in the summer to improve on their shortcomings this term while he also says he has the backing of the club's decision makers.
"It probably highlights how thin the squad is, it also highlights why we're excited by what we can achieve over a long period of time here with some of the young players we've got," he said.
"Ten of the 18 are under 23 tonight, six of the starting XI as well, so there's loads to be positive about. They train with us every day and they have a real chance.
"I had a good couple of hours with Steve this afternoon and he just reinforced the support for what we're doing in the long term.
"He asked a lot of questions about a lot of the players and the period we've been through. He's been really supportive since I've been at Swansea.
"It was just a good honest conversation. He offered a lot of support and a lot of encouragement.
"We spoke a lot about the summer and about what the squad needs. As I've said before, it's a huge summer for the club. There's going to have to be a lot of people coming into the building and a lot of attributes we haven't been able to sign last summer or in January which is what we've been crying out for.
"We've probably been two or three players away from being a really top team at this level in our opinion, I think the stats back that up. But we love the group we've got and there'll be loads of them that move forward with us and some that naturally move on, that's football, that's life.
"We'll continue to plan for that the whole time we're here. But we need to get a win very quickly to relax a few people and grow the lads' confidence even further than it was tonight.
"I loved the courage and intensity they showed tonight. We were great tonight. I said to them 'if you play like that on Sunday at home, the crowd will be right behind you, if you play with that courage and attitude, if we play like that on Sunday I'm confident we'll win'."
Swansea bossed large portions of the clash with Millwall, although after an uneventful first half, they conceded twice in six second-half minutes.
They gave themselves hope as Manning got a vital touch on Matt Grimes' driven strike before the hour mark, although they couldn't turn their dominance into a second goal.
"I thought we played brilliantly tonight. We've dominated the game in pretty much every facet," Martin said of the performance.
"More chances, more of the ball, limited them to very little and we've been undone by a long throw-in and a mistake unfortunately.
"I'm really frustrated and hurt but I'm really proud of the way the players played. It's felt like the last couple of games have been slowly coming back to life and being us in terms of how we want the game to look and the courage they're being asked to show.
"Confidence has been building up slowly but surely after a really tough period. It's not an easy place to come at all tonight, they're fifth in the league now, so I'm really pleased with the performance and really disappointed with the result because I don't think it's what we deserved."
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