Michael Duff | The attitude the players have shown is really pleasing

Swansea City head coach Michael Duff has been pleased with the way his side have adapted to new ideas after watching them play out a goalless draw against Brondby in their latest pre-season friendly at Fairwood.

The behind-closed-doors fixture proved evenly-contested with chances at either end, but ended scoreless.

And while Duff was keen to stress that pre-season is not about results, he was pleased with aspects of his side's play against their Danish top-flight opponents.

“It was a tough game. The step up in opposition was quite significant from Saturday,” said the Swans boss.

“We were a little bit sloppy in the second half with the ball, which is unlike us, but I don’t worry too much about that because we have good technical footballers, so we can improve on that.

“We could have had a penalty in the first minute and that has come from some of the things that we’ve been working on, and then some of the things we’re asking them to do are slightly different so there’s a lack of understanding, but that will come. That’s why you have pre-season to work on these things.

“The last couple of days has been about working out of possession and knowing when to press and not to press, so it’s bit by bit at this stage of pre-season.

“I’ve been pleased with the attitude of the players and their willingness to take on new information.

“The attitude and the physicality they’ve shown and the willingness to run hard for each other is really pleasing from my point of view.

“Brondby asked different questions, so we’ll work on a few things without the ball.

“They have got some good players. They probably could have scored a couple of goals and we probably could have scored a couple of goals as well.

“There was some good football on display. They are a typical Scandinavian team when you look at their physicality, but that’s what you’re going to come up against in the Championship so we have to be prepared for that.”

The second match of Swansea's pre-season schedule saw most of the squad play 45 minutes, while new signing Josh Key enjoyed his first 30 minutes for the club after being introduced in the second half.

“Josh did what we thought he can do,” Duff added.

“He ran in behind, he got into good crossing positions and put two or three good balls in the box, but that’s his first 30 minutes.

“If we’d have won 3-0 or lost 3-0, that’s not really what these games are about. It’s just about getting information and minutes into the players.”