Jamie Sherwood | We lacked a bit of patience with the ball

Swansea City Women’s first-team manager Jamie Sherwood admitted his side had lacked patience at key moments after watching them play out a goalless draw against Barry Town United Women at the Swansea.com Stadium.

The Swans dominated territory and possession throughout, with Katy Hosford and Robyn Pinder among those to force Barry keeper Molly Arnesen into saves.

The hosts also had two goals ruled out for offside, with Stacey John-Davis and Maddy Murray also going close, but they were unable to find the breakthrough.

Sherwood acknowledged there was a lot of frustration but, just two games into the new Genero Adran Premier season, knows there is a long way to go.

“We know that we can be better than that,” he said.

“I think we needed to be a bit more patient in possession. We dominated the ball today and we just needed to be ready to take that extra pass, or two extra passes, to create that space for us to get into.

“We tried to address a few things during the game, and then again at half-time, but we were not aggressive enough in the final third and then tried to be too hasty at times.

“We had chances and that does add to the frustration and sums the game up.

“I did feel we should have had a penalty in the second half, and we had goals ruled out for offside.

“But ultimately we have only performed to 60 or 70 per cent of what we are capable of, and it is up to us to try and unleash that moving forward.

“We know things take time, we are asking the players to trust what we do, they did not give up and never stopped today but we had enough of the ball to win the game.”

The draw did extend Swansea’s unbeaten record at the stadium to four games (two wins, two draws), and they will be back on home turf again in two weeks to play Cardiff City Women.

And Sherwood thanked the supporters who turned out to cheer the team on, with the players meeting the fans to post for pictures and sign autographs, as well as exchanging bracelets young fans had made pre-match.

“This was a great occasion and we want to try and make this our home, and to here in front of the loud supporters we had here was really heartwarming,” added Sherwood.

“We saw the supporters come out in the conditions we had here, and the players interacted with the supporters after the game, posing for pictures, exchanging their bracelets – I’ve got a couple myself – and it reminds us of why we are here and what we are doing.

“I will keep them with me as a reminder that we are doing it for that next generation.”