Swansea City 0 Cheltenham Town 0

Last updated : 17 January 2004 By Footymad Previewer

Swansea boss Brian Flynn admitted his side's recent form isn't good enough but insisted they are still in with a fight of automatic promotion.

Swansea's failure to beat struggling Cheltenham in this dour 0-0 stalemate means it is now just one win in eight league games for Flynn's side.

But despite the latest setback to his Second Division dreams Flynn was adamant his team are still in with a shout of making it to the top three.

"We're still in there fighting," said Flynn, whose side couldn't beat a defence which has conceded 48 goals so far this season.

"There are still 19 games to go so there's plenty of time to recover.

"We're still chasing and in with a chance and as long as that's the case we will pursue it.

"But the gap is growing and although this was an improvement on last week our form isn't good at the moment and we know we have to win our home games." Swansea twice came within inches of stealing all three points when midfielder Karl Connolly twice rattled the woodwork with two second-half strikes.

But it would have been an injustice had the Swans taken all three points after Cheltenham produced a battling defensive display.

Michael Duff especially was in commanding form to restrict scorer Lee Trundle to just one first-half shot on goal while visiting keeper Shane Higgs was more than equal to a close range Trundle effort after 56 minutes.

"Every point is an important point but we still lack that quality," said Flynn at the final whistle.

"Teams come here and try to stop us playing, but we have to deal with that.

"They were difficult to break down and broke quickly and on a number of occasions caused us concerns.

"We have the players who can produce something special to win these type of games, but they didn't produce it this time, but I am confident we are capable of putting a run together and that will come."