THE big guns have backed Swansea City to fire in the play-offs after Neil Warnock and Sven-Goran Eriksson threw their weight behind Brendan Rodgers’ bid for the Premier League. Former England boss Eriksson has hailed the Swans’ style as the best in the Championship, tipping it to triumph as the end-of-season shoot-out for the top-flight kicks off tomorrow night.
And he has been joined by title-winner Warnock who has claimed Swansea will be joining champions Queens Park Rangers in the big time next year. But having tipped Rodgers’ men for glory over the next month, Warnock has also cast doubts over Cardiff City’s hopes of making it after insisting Bluebirds boss Dave Jones faces a real struggle to lift his side from their top-two disappointment. And although he admitted the unpredictability of the play-offs could see success swing any way, he claimed his gut feeling is that it will be the white half of South Wales that comes out on top. “So I have got a sneaky feeling for Swansea, if I’m honest.
Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies has refuted suggestions Swansea City are favourites to earn a place in the Premier League. Several bookmakers have installed the Swans as favourites for play-off glory after Brendan Rodgers' side's storming run of late season form.
But Davies said his side have nothing to fear from any of their play-off rivals - and insisted there are no favourites among the four sides involved in this season's promotion battle. Davies said: "I don't believe there are favourites. "What you have are four teams who can all beat each other. We expect a difficult game, but the other teams will be expecting the same. "We are all capable of beating each other. And, no matter what happens in the first game, it is not over.
Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers reckons his side will be the underdogs going in to the play-offs, despite finishing the Championship campaign in third place. "But let's make no mistake about it, we'll be going into the play-offs as underdogs. "This is only our third season in the Championship, so it's still all relatively new to us at this level. "All the other teams in there have got the experience. They are big clubs with big status and big players "Forest experienced the play-offs last season and have been in and around there for the last few seasons. "It's going to be an extremely difficult task.''
Mind games aye, oh well, may the best team win, come on you Swans!
And he has been joined by title-winner Warnock who has claimed Swansea will be joining champions Queens Park Rangers in the big time next year. But having tipped Rodgers’ men for glory over the next month, Warnock has also cast doubts over Cardiff City’s hopes of making it after insisting Bluebirds boss Dave Jones faces a real struggle to lift his side from their top-two disappointment. And although he admitted the unpredictability of the play-offs could see success swing any way, he claimed his gut feeling is that it will be the white half of South Wales that comes out on top. “So I have got a sneaky feeling for Swansea, if I’m honest.
Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies has refuted suggestions Swansea City are favourites to earn a place in the Premier League. Several bookmakers have installed the Swans as favourites for play-off glory after Brendan Rodgers' side's storming run of late season form.
But Davies said his side have nothing to fear from any of their play-off rivals - and insisted there are no favourites among the four sides involved in this season's promotion battle. Davies said: "I don't believe there are favourites. "What you have are four teams who can all beat each other. We expect a difficult game, but the other teams will be expecting the same. "We are all capable of beating each other. And, no matter what happens in the first game, it is not over.
Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers reckons his side will be the underdogs going in to the play-offs, despite finishing the Championship campaign in third place. "But let's make no mistake about it, we'll be going into the play-offs as underdogs. "This is only our third season in the Championship, so it's still all relatively new to us at this level. "All the other teams in there have got the experience. They are big clubs with big status and big players "Forest experienced the play-offs last season and have been in and around there for the last few seasons. "It's going to be an extremely difficult task.''
Mind games aye, oh well, may the best team win, come on you Swans!
. They have to do the business on the pitch for 3 more games and I wish them luck.
