Luke Williams challenged his Swansea players to secure a top-half finish in the Sky Bet Championship following their 1-0 victory over Rotherham.
The Swans controlled proceedings against the already-relegated Millers, but needed an Andy Rinomhota own goal in the 74th minute to earn victory.
It ensured Swansea claimed back-to-back wins for only the second time under Williams, while they also kept successive clean sheets for the first time under the head coach following a 3-0 triumph over Stoke in midweek.
Williams – whose side sit five points adrift of the top 12 in the Championship with three matches left to play this season – wants Swansea to fight to secure a top-half berth.
“The players have got to show that they’ll continue to run hard and fight for everything and not try and take it easy,” he said.
“I need to see the character that they have. Whatever the circumstances, whatever the position, they’ll apply themselves, that’s a group I want.
“It’s when things get more complicated then you need to know you’ve got the right characters. I want to see that from everybody in the last three games, as a minimum.
“That’s (top-half aim) a good challenge. Let’s go and make really good performances, and see how many points we can pick up.”
On the long-term picture for Swansea, Williams added: “We’re nearly a good team. We have a really big summer and then we can do something exciting.
“I need to continue to try and find solutions for the team to help them be more creative. I need to get the balance right.
“Of course, we have to try to get the right personnel that are going to thrive. If we do all of that, we’re going to be alright.”
Meanwhile, Leam Richardson felt defeat in south Wales was “cruel” for his side after they appeared destined to secure only a second away league clean sheet this season until Rinomhota’s unfortunate own goal.
“It’s a cruel game at times,” said the Rotherham boss.
“The goal conceded, obviously it’s cruel because Andy’s been very good and he’s been committed.
“Coming from Wednesday night away at West Brom and then back on the coach again, travelling down to Swansea with a small number of players, it’s commendable.
“The lads who have made themselves available and put the work ethic in today. Credit to Swansea on the victory.
“We know where we are. We know which moment we are in and we know how we want to go forward with it. We want to put our best foot forward to return to this level and be a better version of ourselves.”
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