‘The pressure shouldn’t be starting to build’ – Russell Martin’s position at Swansea City: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict’ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Swansea City suffered another setback last night as they fell to a 1-0 home defeat against Championship rivals Luton Town last night.

Since the end of November, the Swans have won just one of their nine competitive fixtures, with a narrow 1-0 victory against Preston North End last month helping to stabilise the ship.

However, they have drawn one and lost two matches since then, failing to get on the scoresheet once and look to be struggling at the moment with the second-tier side currently sitting 19th in the table.

Perhaps this is an exaggerated picture of their downfall considering the likes of Bristol City and Birmingham City, who only sit one and two points above them, have played two more games than the Welsh side.

But they would have been hoping to have been in a higher position after picking up their form in October – and it remains to be seen whether he’s currently under pressure already despite only being appointed at the start of August to undergo a transitional phase.

With this in mind, we asked three of our Football League World writers whether he should be feeling the heat after an underwhelming run of results.

Declan Harte

Swansea City are still some way clear of the relegation zone despite their 19th place in the table. A 12-point gap looks relatively safe for now, which should ease immediate concerns over the club’s direction.

However, considering they were play-off finalists last season, this is a big drop off in form compared to under Steve Cooper last campaign.

Swansea’s hierarchy will need