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Friday, January 11, 2013
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South Wales Evening Post

MICHAEL Laudrup is ready to beef up his team at Goodison Park tomorrow as Swansea City go in search of a first ever win over Everton.

Laudrup is ready to tweak his team once again as he attempts to steer Swansea through perhaps the most demanding sequence of fixtures in the history of the club.

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And the suggestion is that Kemy Agustien could get the nod in midfield this weekend as Swansea attempt to cope with the physical threat of Everton talisman Marouane Fellaini.

Michel Vorm returns for Gerhard Tremmel in goal, while Danny Graham will also hope for a recall to the starting side having struck his fourth goal in as many games after coming off the bench in Wednesday's sensational Capital One Cup triumph at Chelsea.

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It could be that Laudrup starts with his two right-backs, Angel Rangel and Dwight Tiendalli, playing one in front of another in an attempt to combat Everton's much-vaunted left side.

Influential duo Leighton Baines and Steven Pienaar are expected to start for the Blues tomorrow, and Swansea are aware of the need to stop them if they are to stop Everton.

Another challenge facing Laudrup's men is to get their focus right after the spectacular highs of Stamford Bridge.

Swansea's players can be forgiven for dreaming of Wembley after their 2-0 win saw them installed as 6-5 favourites to win the League Cup next month.

Chelsea come to Wales for the semi-final second leg in 12 days' time.

And Rangel is pledging to deliver a final place as a reward for Swansea's supporters.

"We have to be really strong at home, we have to defend well and maybe score another goal to kill the game off," said Rangel, who is being touted for a potential Spain call-up.

"We will put everything into that game and we will stay focused.

"It will be difficult, but we have to try to keep a clean sheet and score ourselves.

"We must finish the job and give something to the fans."

While Swansea's back four stood firm in London, Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic endured a dreadful night as his mistakes led to both goals.

"We pounced on two mistakes, but you still have to score them and I think Michu and Danny (Graham) took them so well," Rangel added.

"They are quality strikers and that has made the difference.

"It's very important when you go to a place like Chelsea, where you defend and defend all game against a top team, that you take your chances.

"But it's not a surprise anymore, Michu's scoring in almost every game now.

"Last weekend he came on and scored straightaway, and on Wednesday he waited for his chance and he took it.

"And Danny's been on fire in the last few games.

"We knew that we wouldn't get many chances, but that's the difference between top quality strikers and good strikers."

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  • Profile image for hacker_jack

    by hacker_jack

    Sunday, January 13 2013, 2:04AM

    “Joe, the someone else is Rooney, Welbeck and Hernandez, United did pretty well with those last year and were one of those playing they would have got at least 870% of RVPs goals. The idiot statement was because he thinks subtracting all of RVPs goals is a sensible argument when clearly it is not.”

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    by VISIONSKI

    Saturday, January 12 2013, 6:45PM

    “Hacker-jack you need to chill out man. I was praising the Swans but they would do even better with an extra striker and perhaps more money. I have not seen any team in the premier that are as comfortable on the ball when under pressure, play better than the Swans. This was like last season and some credit must be given to the previous manager.”

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    by abertawejack

    Friday, January 11 2013, 7:32PM

    “Everton are a different ball game to Chelsea, they have a knack of passing through the D to their goal scorers, who again are quite adept at scoring goals. (especially against us) They are our achilles heel whenever we play them, they come out on top strange as it seems. Yet we are now playing Team football of late which latest results state, this is a sign of confidence in our abilities. I believe we are gelling into middle ranking Premier League status and strongly believe, we'll remain there or there about's,for this season just as long as we keep the momentum flowing.
    C'mon u SwansssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssYEEHAA.”

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    by Hedoken97842

    Friday, January 11 2013, 6:40PM

    “Where would utd be without Robin Van Persie.
    Where would liverpool be without suarez
    Where would Fulham be without Berbatov.
    Where would sunderland be without Fletcher.

    I could go on and on, the difference is, those clubs have those players and we have Michu, at least till the summer. If we can get to Wembley and win, it will be a real incentive to show everyone what a big club we are.

    40,000+ jacks at wembley and winning on our centenary year would be fairytale material.”

  • Profile image for GorsseinonJoe

    by GorsseinonJoe

    Friday, January 11 2013, 4:47PM

    “I have to agree with VISIONSKI, the Swans are being accused of being nothing without Michu but we are not the only team who rely on a lone striker.
    I don't think calling anyone an idiot helps, someone's views should be respected if not agreed with.
    United had Berbatov and sold him, they have Rooney who is spending as much time on the bench as he is on the field, they have Chic...whatever his name is but he's also used from the bench more often than not, so who is the "someone else"? United don't have him, they would have to go into the market to get another goal scorer.
    The Swans? We have Danny Graham who has proved he can come off the bench and score, I hope he is still here come February.”

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    by hacker_jack

    Friday, January 11 2013, 2:20PM

    “He wont play both right backs, he has never done this and it would throw the shape out completely.


    VISIONSKI - you are an idiot. We are doing fantastically well, certainly better than anyone could expect given our resources. As for your united "FACT", If RVP wasnt there then someone else would have been playing and scoring instead, I suspect that come the end of the season United will only have scored a few more than they did last year without him, having him will probably gain then 5-8 points over the season on current form (an impressive amount) but hardly enough to put them in mid-table.”

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    by jackarmymark

    Friday, January 11 2013, 1:46PM

    “I think the swans players are quit unlucky with international call up because britton could fit into any england team. but because he plays for the super swans it will never happen i hope that rangel and michu get their chances with spain”

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    by VISIONSKI

    Friday, January 11 2013, 1:21PM

    “Swansea are a much better team than their league position suggests. They need to look at themselves and what they have achieved. They are a team that can excel to far greater heights with perhaps two more players. Their passing game and ball control is second to none, just imargin if they had another striker like michu. Take Manchester Uniteds leading goal scorer away from their current team and they would be lanquishing in mid table that`s a fact. So come on the Swans take a leaf out of your inspirational skipper and believe you can compete with anyone!”

  • Profile image for GorsseinonJoe

    by GorsseinonJoe

    Friday, January 11 2013, 12:51PM

    “Close down Baines and Pienaar on the left hand side, stopping the one-two's and Baine's ability to cross the ball, do a bit of acting to the bullying of Fellaini get him a card early on and I think that we can get a result at Everton.”

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