Russell Martin admits he understands the concerns of Swansea City supporters towards the club's ownership given the frustrations of the transfer window.
The head coach is eager to add to his squad in the final week of the summer market but admitted after the 2-0 defeat to Luton Town that he needed to sell players before being able to bring any more in.
But the head coach stated he has not been surprised by the scale of the task ahead of him at the club following a testing start to the 2022/23 season and added he still harbours hopes of bolstering his options before the 11pm deadline on September 1.
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“It’s really difficult to come out here after a game and not show emotion," he said. "I’m really honest with you, sometimes maybe a bit too honest, but I'm a young manager and I will make mistakes.
“That’s the situation. I wasn’t moaning about it. The aim is to always try and ultimately get to the Premier League, but we don’t have the financial resources of the majority of this league now.
“There will be frustration around that, of course there will. We were never told it was going to be any different.
“The players we signed in the summer are young, apart from Joe [Allen]. Nothing suggests that we’ve actually really strengthened. Hannes [Wolf] was an important player for us, Flynn [Downes], Cyrus [Christie], we haven't quite replaced people in these positions.
“That will frustrate people, it will frustrate us as well, but the financial situation is what it is.
“So we have to be really clever, think outside the box about what we can do and what we can’t do. Hopefully we’ll be able to do something before the end of the window."
Meanwhile, Martin has revealed Mitch Thornton, the father of Swansea's goalkeeper coach Dean, passed away this week.
The head coach was deeply frustrated after his side's loss to Luton Town last weekend.
However, Martin admitted the Swans' disappointing defeat to the Hatters swiftly felt insignificant as a result of the tragedy that hit the club. "It’s been a tough week after Saturday," he added.
"Dean Thornton’s dad passed away, Mitch, someone who was really close to all of us. I’ve known Dean and Mitch for nearly 20 years.
"He was the first guy to greet us off the bus at Blackpool and he enjoyed the win with us after. It came as a real shock to us all. So it’s been really difficult.
"Dean will have a bit of time off now. It’s really difficult to digest. The group has really come together because of a tough moment on Saturday, and then with Mitch passing away as well.
"It’s stuff like that you hope the lads can use in a positive way to bring us all together. It’s been tough but it’s led to some really brilliant and honest conversation and work on the training pitch. That puts it in perspective really.
"We’re all feeling low after the result on Saturday and then that happens. We all care deeply about football, I wouldn't be so emotional on Saturday if I didn't care. Something like that happens to Deano, someone we love dearly, and it puts it into perspective.
"After that the week has been about working on stuff we need to work on and emphasising the brilliant stuff the players are doing, because there’s loads of that."
Kick-off against Boro is at 3pm on Saturday.
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