Swansea City will host Norwich City at the Liberty Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday 11 February 2012. The two newly promoted sides have exceeded expectations put on them from the national and international media. However, it is reasonable to say that both sets of fans were always confident that their team would do well.

Swansea has received plaudits for their attractive passing football and impressive home record. The transfer policies used by Brendan Rodgers and Paul Lambert is brave and admirable.

Conventional wisdom suggests that it is necessary to pack a squad full of experienced Premier League players in order to survive in the top-flight. However, the Canaries and the Swans are putting this theory to the test. Instead, they have signed players from the Championship and League One. Swansea has also looked to the foreign market for new players

The Swans has spent approximately £9million on new players this season. The brunt of this money was spent on Leroy Lita, Michel Vorm, Wayne Routledge, and Danny Graham. The purchases of Graham and Vorm have been particularly successful.

Dutch goalkeeper Vorm has proved to be one of the better goalkeepers in the Premier league. Danny Graham has added some much needed firepower to Swansea's attack. The striker signed from Watford has scored eight Premier League goals this season.

Paul Lambert has also had some success in the transfer market. Norwich City has spent approximately £14million on new players. The majority of the money was spent on Ryan Bennett, Jonathan (Jonny) Howson, James Vaughan, Steve Morison, and Anthony Pilkington.

On that list, Jonny Howson and Ryan Bennett are yet to play. James Vaughan has spent the majority of the season out injured, but Morison and Pilkington have both been great signings.

Morison has scored eight Premier League goals. Pilkington has scored six goals, as well as being a constant threat on the right wing. Loan signing Kyle Naughton has also proved to be an excellent signing.

Swansea has been able to use the loan system, as well. They acquired two players from other Premier League clubs In Steven Caulker and Josh McEachran. In addition, they also added a foreign loan player in Gylfi Sigurosson.

Recent Norwich City signing Ryan Bennett was believed to be on the radar of Swansea as well, which also shows the similarities between the two clubs. Irrespective of the opinion of the national media, Swansea and Norwich think they have a superb chance to sustain Premier League football.

Survival remains the target this season, but with the newly promoted sides comfortable situated in mid-table they can start planning towards the future.

Swansea have built their success on an impressive home record and being hard to beat. The Swans have only lost only once in the last six games. Norwich is also decent at home, but prides themselves on being an inventive attacking side that is always looking to win the game.

Norwich City and Swansea City receive strong backing from the home fans. Their current stadiums are insufficient for their current needs. However, expansion is always a risky business especially if either club drops out of the Premier League in the coming seasons.

Swansea may experience a challenge to develop the Liberty Stadium. A 20,532-capacity ground for a Premier League club is quite restrictive. Planning permission has been granted for a new McDonald's restaurant to be built next to the stadium.

The plan has been described as short-sighted and threatens plans to expand the Liberty Stadium, according to club chairman Huw Jenkins.

Norwich City has a cautious plan to develop Carrow Road. The situation is similar to how it is in Swansea; thousands of fans are unable to attend the games. However, the Norwich board will not consider an upgrade of the ground, until the Canaries has spent three consecutive seasons in the Premier League.

The future looks bright for Swansea City and Norwich City. Their success this season may create a blueprint for fellow newly promoted clubs to follow. It just shows what can be accomplished by having a club that is well run, and employs a talented young manager.

What is saying about the Premier League as a whole is somewhat unclear, but spending millions on established Premier League players might not be a recipe for success. Some substantial money has been spent in this division over the last year or so. However, Swansea and Norwich has received value for money for what they have spent on limited budgets.

James Kent has followed Premier League, Championship, and League One football for many years. He is a big Norwich City fan and enjoys writing on the smaller Premier League clubs.

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