ALL’S WELL IF OLI IS WELL FOR SWANSEA

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND: Tomorrow, 4pm SWANSEA hope to have star striker Oli McBurnie off his sick bed and fully firing as they try to reach the quarter-finals for only the fifth time in their history.

Home advantage against Brentford, a side they have already beaten in the Championship, should give them every chance of reaching the last eight, but Swans boss Graham Potter needs McBurnie (above).

The Scotland star was only well enough to play for the final half hour in the 2-1 midweek defeat at Leeds, but Potter is hoping to get more from him tomorrow.

“Oli has had a couple of bouts of flu and taken his time to get over them. He had a couple of days in bed, has been on antibiotics and felt really low,” said Potter.

“Playing him from the start against Bristol City knocked him back and he’s still not 100 per cent better. He is getting better though and we knew the maximum he was able to play at Leeds was 30 minutes.

“When you’ve been through that type of illness it’s unfair to put him in a situation that’s damaging.

“We hope he can play a bigger part against Brentford because he’s our main goal threat and links up play well. You could see his quality when he came on at Leeds.”

McBurnie clawed a goal back with a penalty late on at Elland Road. That was his eighth goal in his last seven games and his 16th of the season.

No wonder, with so few alternatives, Potter is desperate to get him on from the start.

“When you lose someone like Oli, it tests the group, but the challenge is to find a solution,” added Potter.

“We did that against Millwall, but we don’t know if the result would have been different had we had him from the start at Leeds. Oli is a top Championship player and we’d love to have three or four like him.”

Swansea reached the last eight last season, before going out to Tottenham. They last reached the semifinals 55 years ago.

“I’m a million miles away from thinking about Wembley. I have far too much respect for Brentford to do that,” said Potter.

“It’s a surprising stat that Swansea have only reached the quarter-finals four times.

“We can’t think too much about that, we just need to focus on Sunday.” FA CUP FIFTH ROUND: Tomorrow 4pm