Swansea on 'journey' despite upturn in form
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Vitor Matos says his Swansea City side remain a work in progress despite their transition from relegation candidates to play-off contenders.
Swansea were only outside the Championship's bottom three on goal difference following a desperate defeat at West Bromwich Albion in late November.
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That was a second loss in as many games for Matos following his appointment as successor to Alan Sheehan.
Since then, however, Swansea have won 11 of 19 league fixtures to climb into the top half of the table for the first time since October.
They go to sixth-placed Wrexham on Friday (20:00 GMT) knowing victory would put them within two points of the play-off places with eight games remaining this season.
Matos says his players deserve credit for Swansea's upturn – but has also stressed that there is more work to do.
"It is a journey still, it's a process that we are building," the Swansea head coach said.
"Credit to the boys because the energy they are putting in, the commitment and the professionalism are really good.
[Getty Images]"So [I am] really happy that step by step we are improving, finding consistency during the 90 minutes, finding consistency on what we believe is the best way to improve."
Despite their dramatic improvement, 11th-placed Swansea remain play-off outsiders.
The Swans have played a game more than four of the sides above – including Wrexham – while they face a testing run of fixtures over the next month.
Matos has consistently played down talk of a play-off push – and says his team should focus "on what we want to be".
"Of course the table is always a motivation, but this cannot be the ending, let's say it like that," he added.
"It's something that of course you look at, but in the moment it can change still a lot, there are still a lot of games and a lot of things can move up and down."