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Ian Mitchelmore

Swansea City have just addressed a key weakness and the dossier that blew Russell Martin away

Following a slow start to the summer, Swansea City fans have been treated to a flurry of activity of late.

Nathan Wood, Wasiri Williams and Harry Darling have all sealed moves to the Swansea.com Stadium, but it was confirmation of Andy Parslow's appointment as set-piece coach which showed the Swans are pulling out all of the stops to solve a key problem.

Russell Martin's men scored 53 Championship goals from open play last season, a tally bettered only by Fulham and Bournemouth - who both gained automatic promotion. However, their total of just two goals from set plays was comfortably the lowest in the division, with 18 of the 24 sides in the second tier hitting double figures when it came to goals bagged from set-pieces.

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