Michael Duff | We are really pleased with what we saw

Michael Duff was pleased with his Swansea City side as they kicked off their pre-season campaign with victory over Haverfordwest County.

The Swans ran out 2-0 winners in a behind closed doors game at Fairwood as the new head coach got to run the rule over his new squad for the first time.

Joel Piroe headed the home side ahead in the first half while Josh Thomas – one of 11 changes at half time – grabbed a second late on to secure the win.

The Swans dominated possession and created plenty of chances, and Duff was pleased with his side’s showing and a clean sheet.

“I was really pleased,” he said. “We’ve worked on a lot of out of possession stuff this week particularly, and the reaction when we lost the ball, and the shape, is something we were really pleased with.

“It was a clean sheet, everyone looks like they have come through it and football fitness is the main thing.

“We can run them as much as we want, and they had a really, really hard session on Tuesday where we ran them for over two hours, so they still had a bit of that in their legs today.

“There was some good quality football, but the only disappointment is that we should have scored more goals.

“These games become more important as we get closer to the season. It was two split teams and that will be the same again on Tuesday (against Brondby).”

Duff’s squad was bolstered last week with the additions of Josh Ginnelly and Josh Key, but neither featured against Haverfordwest.

And the head coach provided an update on their availability ahead of another behind closed doors game against Brondby at Fairwood on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately Josh Ginnelly felt his calf on his first day so that’s a frustration for him and for us,” said Duff. “I don’t know the timescale but it didn’t look a great one.

“Josh Key hasn’t done any sprinting, so he’s fit, but he hasn’t opened himself up so he had a training day yesterday and he trained on his own today.

“But we will definitely see Josh Key on Tuesday.”