Here's your round-up of all the latest Swansea City headlines for Wednesday, August 10.
Cabango - We have to take responsibility
Ben Cabango says he and his Swansea City team-mates have to accept responsibility and produce a performance on the road at Blackpool after their Carabao Cup exit.
The Wales international took the captain's armband for the first time at the Kassam Stadium last night, making his return on the back of an ankle ligament injury.
“I was really proud to captain the side, it is an honour, but when you lose the way we did it’s not something that’s on your mind.
“It felt good being out there, the first 15 minutes was a bit of a shock to the system in terms of the intensity but it’s good to get that in the tank.
“However, like I say, it’s hard to think about things like that when we’ve lost a game in that fashion.
“It’s just so, so disappointing. We put ourselves in a great position, and we just have to see that game out, there are no excuses. We have to see it out.
“We have to take responsibility for that as players. There’s a lot of hurt in that dressing room, but we have to suck that up and take it on the chin because there’s no-one to blame but ourselves.
“We have to stick together, rally round each other and work together to make sure we go to Blackpool on Saturday and we put in a performance.
“It’s really important we do that and are ready for Saturday.”
Martin explains loan exits
Russell Martin has confirmed that Kyle Joseph and Jordon Garrick are close to sealing loan exits this summer.
Joseph is due to join Oxford United while Garrick is heading to Lincoln City.
And the Swansea head coach admits he is unaware what further transfer business the club will be able to do between now and the 11pm deadline on September 1.
"Kyle Joseph and Jordon Garrick are going on loan," he said. "I don't know what we'll be able to do after that, so we'll have to wait and see. We left a few key players out tonight [at Oxford], the bench is littered with young lads which is great for them.
"Part of our role is to accelerate their development and try to get guys into the first team as quickly as possible from the academy.
"But it's a big problem, the performance when we made that many changes. It does highlight that if we end up with a few injuries, it does leave us a little bit short.
"People will say 'why are you letting Kyle and Jordon out?', because I think Cameron Congreve can help us more, I think Liam Cullen can help us more. That's a decision we have to make as a group of staff. I don't want to keep players, especially who are in their early 20s who should be playing football.
"Kyle came back from Cheltenham last year of his own accord, he wanted to come back. He wasn't enjoying his loan spell a huge amount. He wanted to come back to try and fight and now he's desperate to go and play again."
Oxford defeat 'unacceptable'
Russell Martin pulled no punches as he outlined his anger at how his side let Tuesday night's Carabao Cup tie with Oxford United slip through their fingers.
The Swans were two goals to the good with 18 minutes to go, before conceding two late goals, eventually going on to lose on penalties.
“We should never have got ourselves in that position, it simply should not have happened,” he said.
“You look at the number of chances we had and the control we had for 60 or 65 minutes and there is no way we should lose that.
“We made changes after an hour, three of the four were planned, and we did have a lot of young players on the field, but we still had enough on the field to be able to see that game out.
“That final 20 minutes we lost control of the game, and every chance they had was given to them by us.
“Their first goal was pathetic, I do not know when we ever play a pass back to the keeper over that sort of distance and put him under pressure.
“But, even then, we just have to see the game out. It did not need to turn into that. We put each other under pressure with passes, we did not look out for each other, and we did not look after each other with our detail and our mentality.
“Our game management was nowhere near good enough, so I am really angry about it."
Inside track on Andy Goldie
"We could rest on our laurels given the success we’ve had so far or we could push the boundaries again.
"It’s in our nature to push the boundaries."
It's March 2022, and Andy Goldie is painting out his vision for Dundee United's efforts for youth development. At the time, the club had announced plans to re-develop the academy facilities at the club's Gussie Park complex, the latest crowning achievement in a hugely successful three-year stint.
Under his tenure, United would break their record for their youngest player three times, while last season alone saw an impressive 16 academy products make the step up to the first team.
Fast forward five months or so, and the man who once helped develop Chelsea star Bill Gilmour is this week starting work at one of Welsh football's most fruitful talent factories.
We dug a little further into what makes the new man tick and what he might bring to the table.
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