Luke Williams says he was buoyed by Swansea City’s FA Cup win against Morecambe and credits Alan Sheehan for helping him return to life in SA1.

Goals from Charlie Patino and Gerry Yates were enough to give the Swans victory at the Swansea.com Stadium, ensuring a winning start for Williams, who was unveiled as the club’s new manager on Friday.

“I think I saw some positives in the short time I had to work with the players,” he said.

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“Then there are some things that I see that are having difficulty implementing, things that I asked for. Not because someone isn’t good enough. Simply because when you change positions, what may seem like a small thing, or the idea of ​​where you attack or how you defend changes a little. There are many things. Lots of little things that take time.

“Now we can look back and try to show that to the players. More here. Except there. Or something like this. Overall, it was very good because we didn’t concede a goal and scored two goals. It’s beautiful. We create enough. Opportunities to score more goals, and the clean score was not accidental, because we prevented the opponent from scoring.”

Williams made 11 changes for the Shrimps’ visit, a change he said was heavily influenced by assistant Sheehan, who had clearly prepared for this game as interim coach.

“I had a chat with Alan and asked where he was training. He put together a very intelligent team in terms of getting the minutes right. He gave me all the information, like ‘this player only needs to play for a certain amount of time’. of minutes’ and also, of course, the medical team.

“Alan has been incredible. He put the team in a great position, even though it could have been a really dire situation when I arrived. But it was not. I walked in and he put everyone in a good place. He “understands everything very well. So I’m very grateful for the luck. He’s a nice guy. “Alan has already done a lot of the preparation.”

Swansea largely delivered on Williams’ promise to become a team capable of dominating possession, but perhaps at times did not pose enough of a threat in the final third, particularly in the first half. Still, Williams believes there were some encouraging signs from the meeting overall.

“To dominate the game so much and create many chances, we often play the ball into the area, and then it depends on whether we can do it cleaner, better and with greater precision. I hope so. In general, it’s the right idea,” he added.

Williams also emphasized that the decision to withdraw Azeem Abdulai just after half-time was just a precaution. Abdoulaye spent most of the season recovering from a hamstring injury and looked like he could have a similar problem in his first match since August.

“He was sane and felt something,” Williams said. “He felt the tension, but there is a difference between tension and a snap.

“If you think: ‘I want to stay because I need minutes, I’ve been off the field for a long time’, you can go too far and fail. Only he knows. “He made the right decision, so I’m happy he showed up and got minutes.”