Swansea City headlines as Grimes says rough patch down to players and Obafemi 'coming to terms' with move

Here's your round-up of all the latest Swansea City headlines for February 25.

Swansea skipper Matt Grimes says the players must take responsibility for their current poor run of results.

Recent defeats at Stoke City and Sheffield United, by the captain's own admission, haven't been good enough, and the midfielder says that the amount of help they are given on the training pitch means that must be translated to results on the pitch.

That all starts with West Brom at The Hawthorns on Monday.

“It is up to us as players. We know exactly what is expected of us,” said the midfielder.

“We know what is wanted from us, we get the information and the detail we need.

“So, it is down to us to deliver, we have to be accountable for how we perform and the Stoke and Sheffield United games were nowhere near it and that is no-one’s fault to ours.

“I feel like the transition we have been going through is positive, there have been tough times but overall it has been good.

“We know what we want to do and how, but when we drop off our intensity then it undermines the details you need to get right.

“That’s nothing to do with the manager, that’s down to us as players because we love his ideas and how he wants to play. We don’t want that to change, we have to get better at implementing it consistently.”

Russell Martin says he hopes the benefit of a week off will help Swansea put last weekend's harrowing defeat to Sheffield United behind them.

The Swans were due to take on Bournemouth in midweek, before the game was called off due to the Swansea.com Stadium being damaged by Storm Eunice.

And given the hectic recent schedule of games, the postponement has perhaps given the Swans some much-needed time on the training ground this week.

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