Alan Sheehan says Swansea City must keep on bouncing back if they are to thrive in the Championship this season. Swansea go in search of a first league win in four games at Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday (19:45 BST). Sheehan's side are down to 13th in the early-season table, having won only two – and lost only two – of their opening seven second-tier games.
Alan Sheehan says Swansea City must keep on bouncing back if they are to thrive in the Championship this season.
Swansea go in search of a first league win in four games at Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday (19:45 BST).
The Swans were left frustrated after taking only one point against Millwall last Saturday, their third straight league draw on home soil.
Sheehan's side are down to 13th in the early-season table, having won only two – and lost only two – of their opening seven second-tier games.
With Leicester City to come at the weekend, Sheehan says his team's ability to continually recover and go again will be key to their chances of climbing the division.
"These draws feel like losses, albeit this league is so competitive right now and there are very fine margins in the game all across the league," the Swansea head coach said.
"I understand this league. It's about consistently bouncing back. Even when you win, you have to bounce back because every game is a different challenge – you have different teams you come up against.
"We go to Blackburn and then have Leicester. It's a really difficult week before we have [the international] break so our mentality has to be right."
Swansea face Blackburn for the first time since Sheehan's first game at the helm following the departure of Luke Williams, which the Welsh side won 3-0.
Zan Vipotnik (pictured above), Myles Peart-Harris and Liam Cullen all scored that day, but Swansea have won only once at Ewood Park since the early 1970s.
Blackburn are 20th in the table having won twice and lost four times in six league games so far this season.
They are yet to win at home in 2025-26 having been beaten by Birmingham and Norwich – and Bradford in the Carabao Cup – though they were leading Ipswich Town 1-0 10 days ago when that match was abandoned late on because of a waterlogged pitch.
Sheehan says his team must "control moments better" if they are to add to Blackburn's home disappointments.
"We are simmering... now it's [about finding] that killer edge," he added.
"We have got to chase that next goal. Whether we are 1-0 up or 1-0 down, we have to go after that next goal – and then finish off halves as well."
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