Wilder's praise for 'improved' Swansea

Mon, August 24, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTC

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Chris Wilder thinks Swansea City will be a tough nut to crack at home this season after his Sheffield United side left the Swansea.com Stadium with a point.

United made it two goalless draws from two Championship games this season thanks to a gritty display on Saturday.

The Blades came closest to finding a breakthrough when Callum O'Hare struck the woodwork in what was a forgettable contest.

After leaving with a point, the vastly experienced Wilder said he had tweaked his team's approach to cope with the threat of a Swansea team who were able to introduce Zan Vipotnik and Ross Stewart as second-half substitutes.

"Swansea got off to a fabulous start last week [by winning at Stoke] and they recruited very well in the summer," Wilder said.

"Players that they're bringing on, you look at top scorer in the division [last season] coming on and Ross Stewart, who I've known for a long time.

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"I tried to sign him (Stewart) in my time at Middlesbrough. He is one of the top centre forwards in the division. We changed the shape of the team a little bit to navigate our way through."

Wilder praised his players for not "getting fazed" as they tackled what he described as a "really dominant, possession-based" Swansea team under Vitor Matos.

"I really like the manager," he added.

"Everybody sets up differently and Swansea is going to be a difficult place for teams to come and get a result.

"They had a fabulous start last week - they fully deserved a win at Stoke who obviously spent a lot of money in the transfer window as well.

"Swansea have improved their team as well, lost a [key] player [in Ethan Galbraith] but brought some good players in as well."

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