Swansea City: Nathan Dyer's red alert over blues duo
NATHAN Dyer will come up against one of the Premier League's deadliest duos when Everton visit the Liberty today.
TV pundit Gary Neville claimed there was no better wing partnership in the country than Leighton Baines and Steven Pienaar after the pair tormented Newcastle on Monday.
And Dyer admitted he will be on red alert against both this afternoon.
"I watched the game the other day," said Dyer. "Leighton Baines has been a great left-back for a number of years and Pienaar likes to play football.
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"But me and Angel (Rangel) have been playing down the right for a number of years and I think it will be a test for them as well.
"When you're defending you need to have that understanding because you need to read each other's minds, so to speak. It's good we've got that and it helps going forward as well.
"Angel plays as an extra man going down the wing."
Today is a rare occasion when the spotlight falls on Dyer's defensive rather than attacking capabilities.
The winger has been in fine form so far this season, scoring two goals and creating others for Rangel and Wayne Routledge.
"I don't see football as me against one other man. It's a team game so I have to concentrate on everyone," said the former Southampton player.
"I like going forwards, but you have to concentrate on the ugly bits as well. I don't like playing against fast full-backs because if they run forward I have to go with them.
"But if that's what happens, that's what I'll do to help the team."
Dyer's early season form has again seen him tipped for an England call, though he was not included in the squad for recent games against Moldova and Ukraine.
"I'm happy I'm getting mentioned, it's really nice that players and fans recognise I've been playing well," said Dyer.
"Hopefully, eventually I might get my chance. I want to keep developing as a player.
"The players who were selected are great players so I'm not going to sit here and say 'I should be selected'.
"When I got mentioned I thought, 'could I? Maybe'. It wasn't like I thought I should be in.
"I want to play for my country. It's been a dream since I was young so it's something I definitely want to achieve.
"I've come up from the Championship and done well in the Premier League. If I keep progressing, hopefully my time will come."
Before Dyer turns his attention to international selection, he must fend off competition from within the Swansea squad.
Record signing Pablo Hernandez made his debut at Aston Villa last weekend and is pushing for a first start on one of the flanks.
"You can't just swan around and think you'll get picked no matter what," added Dyer.
"You need players on form who are prepared to give 100 per cent every game.
"Pablo has done really well. When he gets given another chance, I'm sure we'll see his quality."
Comments
by alwaysajack
Sunday, September 23 2012, 5:58PM
“urm.....odihouse, why did you post your message saying sawans will loss at.......3.51 after they had finshed the game. Nah surely not. What a true supporter. PLANK”
by PaulStuart
Saturday, September 22 2012, 4:46PM
“Red alert. Red card. Two very silly mistakes Nathan as you now well realise. We don't need that from one of our star players even if the ref was dressed in blue.
Outplayed and outmuscled again today against Everton, a very strong team who had three on us in midfield on every occasion. They seem be our jinx team- full credit to Moyes though. He knows his stuff.”
by odinhouse
Saturday, September 22 2012, 3:51PM
“Swansea will Loss again Today, mark my words, look what happened last year they started off Lousy but came back, this year it will be the opposite, start great but then they down the ladder they will go, But hope not ,”
by Hadoken4543
Saturday, September 22 2012, 11:02AM
“Dyer was spoke of as a better player than Theo Walcott the other day by an English pundit, they were talking about some of the guys that went through Southampton and did good. And how he thinks Dyer is a better player than Theo, who is apparently all pace and not much else.
Dont shoot the messenger.
Swansea is the right place for Dyer, I think most teams would see him as too small for them, but the way we play at Swansea means he is a good fit here and I hope he stays.
Gonna be a tough ass game today. Not confident of the win or draw if I was to be brutally honest, lets just kee it as tight as possible, if we cant win, lets draw, if we cant draw, lets maintain our goal difference, it really can make all the difference these days.”
by abertawejack
Saturday, September 22 2012, 10:22AM
“Our defence needs to be on high alert today, the extra man as in loyal fans could help us through, I'd be happy with just a draw and be ecstatic with a win. Nail chewing time on the outcome though I reckon.”