Preview: Spotlight on Swansea - 04/12/09
STAR MAN SWANSEA smashed the club record transfer fee to sign striker Craig Beattie from West Brom in August.
STAR MAN
SWANSEA smashed the club record transfer fee to sign striker Craig Beattie from West Brom in August.The bustling Scot (above) cost 800,000, but he's only paid them back with three goals so far this season. He previously moved to The Baggies from Celtic for 1.25 million.
OTHERS TO WATCH
BEATTIE'S arrival knocked winger Nathan Dyer (above) and central defender Ashley Williams out of the Swansea record books.
Dyer and Williams both cost Swansea 400,000 when arriving from Southampton and Stockport respectively.
Dyer is a livewire wideman, but like most of the his team-mates he's been short of goals with just one to his name this season.
Williams is a Welsh international central defender who played against Posh regularly in his County days. He's been a rock alongside former Manchester United player Alan Tate, who is suspended tomorrow, to help Swansea create one of the best defensive records in the Championship.
Dutch keeper Dorus De Vries, an Under 21 international, has also been in great form. He's one of several foreign players in the squad.
Midfielders Cedric Van Der Gun (Holland) and Andrea Orlandi (Spain) and full-backs Angel Rangel (Spain) and Frederico Bessone (Argentina) are all likely to be involved tomorrow.
Leon Britton is a diminuitive midfielder who has been at Swansea since their League Two days, while Darren Pratley ensured hero status at the Liberty Stadium by scoring twice in a 3-2 win over arch-rivals Cardiff earlier this season.
See also:
Posh v Swansea: ET match coverage and matchday updates.
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A player with a foot in both camps . . .
NICK Cusack (below) was signed by Posh boss Mick Jones in the summer of 1988 for 40,000 from Leicester.
He was a striker then and indeed top scored for a poor Posh side with 10 Fourth Division goals in his only full season at London Road.
Bizarrely the Scot was transferred to Scottish Premier Division side Motherwell for 100,000 and he made over 75 appearances before returning south of the border.
He represented Darlington, Oxford, Wycombe and Fulham (when they were rubbish) before moving to Swansea in 1997.
Cusack made over 200 appearances for the Welshmen and enjoyed plenty of success as a centre-half, a position he played when Swansea won the Third Division title in 1999-2000.
Cusack also had spells as a coach and caretaker-manager at the club.
Current form:
AN 11-game unbeaten run in the Championship came to an abrupt end at Newcastle last weekend as Swansea went down 3-0 after conceding three goals in the opening 28 minutes.
Swansea slipped out of the play-off places as a result.
Last five matches
v Newcastle (a) L0-3 (Ch)
v Derby (h) W1-0 (Ch)
v Cardiff (h) W3-2 (Ch)
v Scunthorpe (a) W2-0 (Ch)
v Blackpool (h) D0-0 (Ch)
Key: Ch=Championship.
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