'Week in, week out Championship players'

Swansea City face a run of seven games in 21 days when they return to action after the international break.

It is at times like these, Alan Sheehan points out, that you need players like Lawrence Vigouroux and Josh Tymon.

Swansea have lost some good players – such as Ryan Manning and Harry Darling – for nothing in recent years because their contracts have been allowed to run down.

Others, such as Joel Piroe and Nathan Wood, have been sold because they had only a year to run on their respective deals, weakening Swansea's position when interest came from elsewhere.

So the recent news that goalkeeper Vigouroux and left-back Tymon have agreed fresh long-term contracts was welcome from a business perspective.

The deals are also good news for Swansea's head coach, who knows two of his more reliable performers will be around for a while yet.

"Vigs (Vigouroux) and Tymo (Tymon) are week in, week out Championship players," Sheehan said.

"You get programmed to the Championship – [playing games] Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday.

"Tymo has been doing that since he's been here. I know Vigs is a goalie but he's the same. They show up every single day, they rack it up."

Ensuring the likes of Vigouroux and Tymon will stick around is even more important for a club who have predominantly signed players who are not tried and tested in the Championship in recent windows.

"When we bring in players from different leagues and different countries, it takes some time to adapt," Sheehan added.

"So to have players who are programmed to play that number of games at that level, [is important].

"I am delighted for the two of them [after the contract extensions] because they are two wonderful characters and they deserve it, they have been very good."