Former Swansea City midfielder Andy Robinson says Luke Williams’ side have shown battling qualities not witnessed under recent managers.
It comes after the Swans recorded back-to-back wins to move up to eighth in the Championship table as they followed up last weekend’s win over Norwich City with an away-day success at Coventry City.
Robinson hailed Swansea’s first-half showing, but said he was equally pleased how Williams got his team to grind out the win after an “abysmal” second-half that saw players taken off because of the weather.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales Sport, Robinson said: “I said before the game I wanted a 90 minute performance in terms of fluency, consistency, doing things right, making the right decisions.
“But I would probably break that up into two halves. For 45 minutes they were absolutely fantastic in everything they did, apart from the goal they gave away where they gave a bit too much space.
“But the second half was one of the scruffiest games I’ve ever seen, and I’m not sure I’ve seen Swansea in a game or a dogfight like that.
“The lack of quality [from both teams] was abysmal at times to be brutally honest, but there are two ways to win a football match: either scrap and get through it, or play well – Swansea did both and got the job done.
“And to see the fans with the players at the end, they understood the value of that performance. To see a Swansea team do that under Luke Williams … I never really saw it under Russell Martin, they would normally fold in that situation, certainly under Michael Duff – but not under Luke Williams. They got over the line as they did against Norwich.”
