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Russ and Swans bid to hit back

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The Football League Paper Team
13 February 2022

By Chris Dunlavy

SWANSEA CITY v BRISTOL CITY
Today, 1pm

KEY MAN

GRIMES MATT Swansea

PAIN GAME: The Swans crashed at Stoke in midweek

SWANSEA City boss Russell Martin has rowed back on his brutal assessment of his players’ fitness ahead of this weekend’s clash with Bristol City.
Speaking in the aftermath of Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat at Stoke City, the Swans boss ordered his players to shape up or be shipped out.
“They need to be in the best physical shape possible and - being brutally honest -I don’t think enough of them are,” raged Martin, who...

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