Jay Fulton sees reasons to be excited ahead of next season

Jay Fulton feels Swansea City have plenty of reasons to be excited ahead of the 2024-25 season after a 2023-24 campaign of change and challenges.

After a difficult start to the season, the Swans parted ways with Michael Duff, playing eight matches under interim boss Alan Sheehan before the arrival of head coach Luke Williams in January.

A change of style came with the arrival of the former Notts County boss and his staff, but it proved a challenging start to life in SA1 as they sought to implement new ideas in a run of six matches which included fixtures against the eventual Championship top four, and a cup tie against Premier League outfit Bournemouth.

But the Swans finished the season strongly with three wins in a row before an impressive draw with a Norwich City side who finished in the play-offs and, despite a final-day defeat to Millwall, Fulton feels the improvements are there for all to see. 

“I think it’s been a disappointing season and there’s been a lot happening off the pitch,” said Fulton.

“I think since the gaffer’s come in, you can see the improvements. A lot of people have bought into his ideas, and I think we’re really excited to get a pre-season under our belt with him and looking forward to next season.

“When he first came in, we had difficult games against the four top teams while we were trying to adapt to a new style and get fitness in our legs, but I think you can see from the last five or six games that performances have been more like the boss wants.

“It’s been difficult to adjust to how tough training is mid-season, so I think we’re all expecting to come back and work really hard and have a tough pre-season, but that will only benefit us throughout next season.

“The gaffer wants us to play front-footed and attacking football, so it’s going to be an exciting year next season. We’ll look to get a good pre-season, work as hard as we can and then hopefully you’ll see that on the pitch.

“We’ll come back, get as fit as we can, get the gaffer’s ideas in and then push on from there.”