Sunday 1 January 2017 12:39, UK
Swansea full-back Neil Taylor concedes the team face an uphill battle to stay in the Premier League despite the impending arrival of Paul Clement as new manager.
The Swans suffered a fourth successive defeat when they were beaten 3-0 at home to Bournemouth on Saturday, leaving the club in bottom spot with only 12 points from 19 games.
Former Derby boss Clement is expected to leave his post as Carlo Ancelotti's assistant at Bayern Munich in the next 48 hours to become the third manager at the Liberty Stadium this season.
Clement is expected to be in the stands at Crystal Palace on Tuesday night, taking a watching brief as caretaker Alan Curtis tries to restore morale to a side which has conceded 13 goals in four games and 44 in total this term.
"I've met him briefly and he's got great credentials as a coach," Taylor said of Clement, who has also worked alongside Ancelotti at Chelsea, Paris St Germain and Real Madrid.
"If it is to be Clement the boys will work as hard as they can and hopefully he can help to turn it around. But we know how difficult it's going to be.
"We realise the performances that we're giving are not of a good standard and we're a team with very low confidence at the moment. We've got to be honest about that.
"We're about to go into our third manager in six months, which is never a good sign, and it's going to be an uphill battle."
Bob Bradley spent only 85 days as Swansea manager - the joint-second shortest reign in Premier League history - after succeeding Francesco Guidolin at the start of October.
Bradley was sacked after the 4-1 Boxing Day home defeat to West Ham, but Swansea were just as disjointed against Bournemouth with their flimsy defence again crumbling with ease.
The Swans remain four points from safety, but Tuesday's opponents Palace have a game in hand.
"The worst thing about it is we're so close to being able to get out of it if you put a couple of wins together," said Taylor.
"But at the moment we don't look like anywhere near winning. We're not getting beat in the last minute, we're losing games in a really poor manner.
"It's the psychological factor of being at the bottom and the manner of the way we're losing which is having an effect on everyone. It must be horrendous for the fans.
"We've been so far away from this for the last 10 years as a football club, so it's hurting absolutely everybody.
"I feel for the whole football club at the moment and I'm including the players, because there's a severe lack of confidence out there."
