SWANSEA City boss Garry Monk has done his homework on Blackburn Rovers ahead of tomorrow’s fourth-round tie between the teams at Ewood Park.

The top-flight Swans will be favourites to progress to the last 16 but Monk will not be taking their Championship opponents lightly.

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He said: “I have watched a lot of Blackburn’s games and they are a very good side.

“At home they will want to do well and they will have a good crowd behind them.

“They will want a good cup run but we want one ourselves because a cup run can be magical at times.

“We have experienced that before and we’d like to do it again.”

Swansea will go into the game on the back of a 5-0 home loss to Chelsea last Saturday.

And Monk, who last night completed a £5m capture of Tottenham full-back Kyle Naughton who could make his debut tomorrow, said: “In football you always get that opportunity pretty soon to put things right.

“None of us were happy after Chelsea. I am glad I haven’t said that often this season but of course it hurts to lose like that.

“What I have said to the players this week is that all the targets we talked about at the start of the season are still there for them.

“They are all still possible and that’s the message this week, that everything we wanted to achieve is still there for us.

“Every team can have an off-day and we have to learn from Chelsea but all in all we have had a good season so far and we have to keep that going.

“We want to get back to business, whatever competition it is.

“It doesn’t matter what the next game is, we want to get back out on the pitch and put things right.

“I don’t accept what happened against Chelsea and neither do the players and now we have to show at Blackburn what we have shown for the majority of the season.”

Striker Bafetimbi Gomis could start against Rovers tomorrow after Monk held talks with the frustrated striker about comments he made on French television.

Monk said: “The way I look at it is that it’s nothing new. This is the way football is nowadays.

“Players now are more outspoken than they used to be. They have a lot more power than ever before.

“I understand he has been frustrated. He is not a young player, he has pedigree and he has performed throughout his career.

“But I definitely don’t see an unhappy player on the training ground.

“Every day he gets on with his job, he trains with a smile and he is pleasure to be with.”