Opposition View: Swansea City

- Journalist Chris Wathen looks at Swansea City's strengths and weaknesses on LCFC Radio
- The Swans currently sit 13th in the Premier League standings after eight games
- Wathen is confident that Paul Clement's men can climb the table further
- Loan star Tammy Abraham will be a key target man for the hosts, Wathen says

City are the visitors to Liberty Stadium on Saturday (3pm kick-off) in what promises to be another highly-competitive Premier League encounter.

Looking at Swansea’s start to the new campaign, Wathen said: “It’s been an up and down season to date. They obviously lost their top scorer [Fernando Llorente] and their best player [Gylfi Sigurðsson].

“The delay in those exits meant the replacements coming in didn’t arrive until the end of the transfer window. It’s taken a while for them to get up and running.

“Every time there has been a step forward, there have also been steps back. There have been disappointing performances, up until last week’s game against Huddersfield [a 2-0 victory].

“There is a lot of hope that the win could be the start of something and that it can kick-start their season.”

One player who has impressed so far this term for the Swans is Chelsea loan star Tammy Abraham, who has already hit the back of the net on several occasions.

“Abraham has been very much a bright spark with four goals in eight games,” Wathen added. “He is somebody who has a bright future in the game.

“You feel there is more to come from the likes of Renato Sanches, too, who joined on loan from Bayern Munich, rather surprisingly.

“They have kept a lot of clean sheets and there are good foundations in place.”

You can follow the action live on Saturday from 2pm with Sam Putnam, Chris Coles and Gerry Taggart on Matchday Live on LCFC Radio.