Swansea City must ‘sort out allotment-like’ pitch – Luke Williams

They also pointed to changes to scheduling caused by coronavirus as well as exceptionally wet weather as factors which contributed to their pitch problems.

Williams believes the current issues may be partly down to the fact that the surface is simply “getting older”.

“The artificial stuff that is woven into the pitch has a lifespan,” he said.

“Once you kick that stuff out, no matter how much sunshine or ultraviolet light or watering you give it, artificial grass doesn’t grow back.”

Williams says the problems do not help a Swansea side who are renowned for playing a possession game, which requires a quality surface.

“It makes it tougher, the way we want to play, in particular,” he added.

Ospreys are to end their stay at the Swansea.com Stadium, which is owned by the Swans, before the 2025-26 season, with the region in the process of making St Helen’s their new home.

There is a particularly busy week on the horizon for the stadium in the spring, with Swansea playing home games against Derby County on Saturday, 5 April and Plymouth Argyle four days later, while Ospreys host Scarlets in the European Challenge Cup on Sunday, 6 April (17:30 GMT).