Swansea City headlines as Russell Martin refuses to compromise and Matt Grimes sends warning to West Brom

Here's your round-up of all the latest Swansea City headlines for Saturday, February 26.

Russell Martin has insisted that he has not interest in entertaining the the 'slippery slope' of compromising his managerial principles.

Swansea head to West Bromwich Albion on Monday on the back of heavy defeats at Stoke City and Sheffield United, a run that has once again brought Martin's methods under the microscope.

However, he insists he has not intention of abandoning his core philosophies, having launched another staunch defence of his methods ahead of the trip to the Hawthorns.

“What we have is a way of playing that does challenge other teams. We speak to other coaches and players and they are telling us they have to do an awful lot of work on how they are out of possession,” he said.

“It’s up to us to find the solution to different problems we may face, if people think it’s predictable then we have to become so good at it that we can still really hurt teams. I think we have shown we can do that.

“We have to be able to mix it up more for sure, I think we have got trapped a few times recently in ways we are trying to avoid and hopefully you will see a difference in that with more work on the training pitch ahead of Monday night.

“But, when you have a very clear vision for something, and you have been asked to bring something to this club, the minute you compromise on one thing that is really important to the team it becomes a slippery slope, in my opinion.

“I have been there as a player lots of times, you start doing that and maybe one thing becomes a grey area. Then it happens with the next thing, and the next thing, and before you know it you are just like everyone else."

Matt Grimes says Swansea are focused on giving the