The nightmare run about to put Swansea City's biggest issues under the microscope

It might well have been an overreaction, but the smatterings of boos at full time on Tuesday night were perhaps a vocal reflection of the rumblings of discontent that have been simmering away in SA1 recently.

Russell Martin, understandably, has been keen to calm things as best he can this week, once again emphasising his belief in this group of players and the fabled 'process', pointing out the positives of the last few games.

There certainly have been plus points under Martin's tenure. Despite a few full-time jeers, most fans can see the progress in this side for themselves and, crucially, what the current boss is trying achieve.

The defeat to Luton was perhaps an apt summing up of the issues facing the club at the moment, mind.

For all their possession, for all their chances, they just couldn't find the net, drawing a third blank in as many outings.

The Swans have now won just once in their last eight league games and, while Martin remains confident that things will improve, the fixture list is offering little cause for comfort at the moment.

Swansea are still 12 points clear of the relegation zone, and the idea of getting sucked into a battle to avoid the bottom three, on the face of it, seems pretty hyperbolic.

But anyone glancing at the next eight games, starting with high-flying Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, may well be forgiven a few jitters.

As well as Rovers, Swansea are set to take on four of the current top six, including Fulham, Bournemouth and West Bromwich Albion.

Then there are clashes against Stoke City, Sheffield United and Coventry City, who will likely be mounting a charge for the play-offs themselves.

The upcoming game with Bristol City on February 13, by default, already feels massive.

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