It's safe to say Swansea's season has not gone quite according to plan. The club sit in 15th place purely on goal difference, but are just a single point above the drop zone. Swansea have claimed one point over their last four fixtures, and the next three games aren't going to provide much opportunity to improve on that total. Liverpool and Arsenal beckon, but only after Wednesday night's EFL Cup opponents Manchester City play again at the Liberty on Saturday.
That EFL Cup fixture -- a 2-1 victory for City -- saw perhaps slightly more fight from Swansea than in recent league displays, but only because fringe players were trying to make their case to start.