Luke Williams | We want to take another step towards being the team we want to be

Head coach Luke Williams insists his Swansea City squad are in a good place as they prepare for their home Championship opener against Preston North End.

The Swans host the Lilywhites on the back of the midweek win over Gillingham in the Carabao Cup, where they ran out 3-1 winners to set up a second-round tie against Wycombe Wanderers.

Now they return to Championship action, and Williams - whilst acknowledging the different levels of opposition - wants the Swans to build on the positives from that showing.

"I feel like we are in a good place," said Williams.

"We know we should win the game in midweek, and we were expected to win the game, but there is a way of winning and the team performed in the way I would like us to perform more often.

"That is something we can achieve, we have some new players and some younger players and we need that time to rehearse and be brave enough to try and play like that in the Championship.

"I have no doubt we can do that.

"The games are already coming thick and fast, no sooner have we debriefed one game than we are preparing for the next so we are back into the flow of the season.

"We learnt a lot from the games so far, and now we have another brilliant opportunity to take a step further forward to being the team we want to be."