Here's your round-up of all the latest Swansea City news for Tuesday, November 8.
Fulton's rallying cry
Swansea City midfielder Jay Fulton has urged his side to ensure they head into the upcoming World Cup break on a high, nailing their problem about giving themselves mountains to climb after poor starts to games.
The Swans travel to Birmingham City on Tuesday evening, before heading to the John Smith's Stadium to take on Huddersfield Town.
And, after a frustrating afternoon at home to Wigan Athletic, where they were forced to come back from two goals down to rescue a point, Fulton hopes the Swans can end their pre-World Cup campaign on a positive note.
“We’ve come away from the weekend disappointed, there’s no question about that,” he said.
“We’ve conceded two goals from corners, we have put a lot of work in on those areas and we just have to do a lot better than that.
“We gave ourselves a mountain to climb, and even though it was us pushing late on for a winner it’s still frustrating because we made life difficult for ourselves.
“We need to start games better, to start games faster, to start games the way we have been finishing them.
“We should be starting the game at the right intensity because that’s what we prepare to do, and so that is something we are going to have to look at.
“But we have a chance to bounce back quickly, there are two games and we have to respond.
“They are both away so it will be tough. There will be a lot of travelling involved, but we have to be ready for that because we have done well in this period up to now.
“It’s up to us to make sure we finish it on the right note.”
Prutton backing Blues
Sky Sports pundit David Prutton has tipped Swansea City for defeat at St Andrew's tonight.
The Swans have failed to win any of their last three games since the 2-0 derby victory over Cardiff City, and were forced to come back from two goals down to salvage a draw with Wigan Athletic at the weekend.
A win would certainly go a long way to getting the season back on track for Russell Martin's side, but Prutton believes they are likely to be disappointed, predicting a 2-1 win for the hosts.
"Birmingham are looking a good side," he wrote in his latest Sky Sports column. "They recruited brilliantly on loan and have arguably one of the best midfield trios in the Championship now.
"Swansea battled back to hold Wigan, but that's the type of game they should have been expected to win. I'm going to back Birmingham here to keep their run going."
Early team news
Birmingham are set to be without the suspended Krystian Bielik for Tuesday night's clash with Swansea City.
Meanwhile, Russell Martin has been boosted by the return of captain Matt Grimes, who missed the visit of Wigan through suspension of his own.
However, midfield duo Joe Allen and Liam Walsh remain unavailable.
Young Swans sweep to victory
Swansea City Under-21s swept to a fifth win in a row as swept aside Queens Park Rangers at the Swansea.com Stadium.
A first-half penalty spot from Joel Cotterill got the Swans up and running, before goals from Lincoln McFayden, Josh Thomas and Tarrelle Whittaker after the break wrapped up the win.
The victory sees the Swans climb up to third in the Professional Development League table.
Swansea City Under-21s: Ben Hughes, Joe Thomas, Harry Jones (Kai Ludvigsen 77), Azeem Abdulai (Tarrelle Whittaker 65), Brandon Cooper (captain), Nathanael Ogbeta, Cameron Congreve, Joel Cotterill, Josh Thomas, Ben Lloyd (Corey Hurford 77), Lincoln McFayden (Kian Jenkins 70).
Unused subs: Evan Watts.
Queens Park Rangers Under-21s: Matteo Salamon, Arkel Jude-Boyd, Isaac Pitblado, Ivo Rossi, Trent Mahorn-Rendall, Riley Cotter, Steven Bala, Harry Murphy, Alfie Lloyd, Stan Flaherty, Sean Adarkwa.
Unused subs: Elijah Anthony, Harry Cant, Joseph Ajose, Harun Hamid, Samuel Sackey
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