ROBERTS UP TO SPEED
Campbell Jnr is conjuring up magic goals, with help from famous dad
Championship: Tomorrow, 3pm
CONNOR ROBERTS has told his Swansea teammates they cannot afford any more slow starts.
The right-back warned ending games the better side is no good if they begin in reverse gear.
Swansea lost 3-1 at Brentford on Boxing Day having gone 2-0 down inside 25 minutes.
They host struggling Barnsley tomorrow, and Roberts (above) said: “Our opponents are scoring with their second or third attack.
“It’s pointless playing well for one half – start games the way we finish them and we’ll put ourselves in a better position.”
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LEWIS GRABBAN hopes Nottingham Forest’s blip is over for good.
The Forest striker’s double in the 2-0 win at Hull on Boxing Day helped Sabri Lamouchi’s off-colour side to a first win in six games.
Rock-bottom Wigan visit tomorrow with promotion hopefuls Forest keen to gatecrash the top six.
And 12-goal top scorer Grabban said: “We were in a sticky patch but we kept calm and hopefully there won’t be any more and we can push on.
“We want to try and be more consistent but every team in the Championship is going to go through that. The good thing is we’re still in touch with the top boys.”
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The Potters striker, who turns 20 today, is the son of former Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin Campbell (below).
The youngster came off the bench to grab a goal in the shock 3-2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday that launched Stoke out of the bottom three.
And tomorrow, Michael O’Neill’s men travel to Fulham with Campbell hoping that lightning strikes twice.
He scored in Stoke’s 2-0 win over the promotion-chasing Cottagers in October and aims to be among the goals again.
Campbell said: “My dad always told me to make sure I concentrate on the ball. As long as you do that and you have a good contact you are going to work the keeper. “That’s what I did and I put it away. It was a bit of a frantic few minutes to be fair, because the ball was coming to me but not sticking, and I was thinking, ‘It’s another one of those days.’
“But luckily the chance came and I took it. That’s all I can do really, get in the right position and take a chance when it comes. I think I’ve done that and hope I get some more minutes now.”
Campbell added: “Hopefully we can carry on and keep picking up points.
“We’ve got to keep pushing and keep fighting. I think we’ve got enough to get ourselves out of trouble.”
Fulham boss Scott Parker admits his side have revenge in mind after that 2-0 defeat, a match in which they had 78 per cent possession.
He said: “We owe them one. The game at the bet365 Stadium was disappointing.
“They had a really good result on Boxing Day and it is sure to be a tough game for us.”
Blues’ Jake ClarkeSalter (shoulder), Marc Roberts (ankle) and Maikel Kieftenbeld (knee) are all still sidelined.
Second-placed Leeds will again be without Pablo Hernandez (hamstring). Adam Forshaw (hip) is also absent, while Eddie Nketiah will again be hopeful of forcing a start.
Fulham defender Denis Odoi (ban) is available. Harry Arter has a longterm sicknote but Maxime Le Marchand is also pushing for a return.
James McClean (hamstring) and Sam Clucas (foot) are carrying injuries for Stoke but boss Michael O’Neill hopes both will be available.
Lions keeper Frank Fielding (muscle) is missing as are Ben Thompson (ankle) and Ryan Leonard (ribs). Murray Wallace will be pushing for a recall.
Joel Valencia (shoulder) returned to the Brentford squad for the victory over Swansea but Sergi Canos and Nikos Karelis are out.
Samba Sow is a Forest doubt after going off injured against Hull, but Carl Jenkinson and Yohan Benalouane could feature following injury lay-offs.
Joe Williams (hamstring) could start for Wigan and Charlie Mulgrew is close to a return.
QPR keeper Liam Kelly (quad) could make his first appearance since the start of November but Yoann Barbet (hamstring) is out.
Hull could be without Callum Elder (hamstring) and Keane Lewis-Potter is a doubt after dropping out of the squad on Boxing Day due to sickness.
Huddersfield are missing a number of first-team regulars including Tommy Elphick (knee), Alex Pritchard (knee) and Fraizer Campbell (hip), below.
Rovers are without Bradley Dack (knee) while Tosin Adarabioyo and Corry Evans both sat out the draw with Birmingham.