Oli McBurnie is back in the Scotland squad and could be facing Cristiano Ronaldo later this month – but Cardiff City’s Callum Paterson has been left out. Swansea City striker McBurnie was forced to pull out of last month’s matches through injury, but his four goals for the Swans in the Championship to date this season have kept him very much uppermost in the mind of Scotland manager Alex McLeish. The Scots currently top their group in the new Nations League campaign and are due to meet Ronaldo’s Portuguese side, the reigning European champions, in a friendly in Glasgow on 14 October.

Courtney Baker-Richardson intends to transform himself from sleepless in Swansea to at peace in the Premier League. The 22-year-old striker has admitted he spent a few too many nights staring at the ceiling following his sending off at Millwall two weeks ago. That dismissal – just four minutes into his first professional start, for an ugly and ill-timed lunge at James Meredith – meant some restless nights, but his sleeping pattern should return to normal now that Baker-Richardson has scored his first goal for the club in Saturday’s 3-0 victory at home to QPR.

Courtney Baker-Richardson showed Graham Potter he can be much more than a four-minute nightmare as Swansea City moved to the fringe of the Championship play-off places. Baker-Richardson had lasted the length of a song on the radio before he was sent off at Millwall for a reckless challenge two weeks ago. On Saturday, he made his voice heard in a different manner with the opening goal as the Swans beat QPR 3-0 at the Liberty Stadium.

Former England manager Steve McClaren has backed Swansea City to climb the Championship table and either make or get close to the play-offs. McClaren brings his Queens Parks Rangers team to the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, having recovered from a wretched start to the season. Rangers lost their first four league games and conceded 13 goals, but have since steadied the ship to climb to 16th place, just two behind the Swans.

Graham Potter wants the Swansea City fans to give Angel Rangel a heroes welcome on his return to the Liberty Stadium with QPR this weekend. But the new Swans boss hopes that’s where the goodwill ends when the Spanish defender, who spent 11 years at the club, makes his emotional trip back to the ground where he became a cult figure.

Andre Ayew has re-discovered his goal touch in Turkey after leaving Swansea City on loan. While the Swans struggle to find the net back home in the Championship, where they have gone three matches without scoring, Ayew has scored twice in three matches for Fenerbahce. The latest of those strikes came in the Instanbul derby on Tuesday night, when the Ghanaian striker grabbed the equaliser against Besiktas in a 1-1 draw.

Graham Potter admits scoring goals has become a concern for Swansea City as their slide down the Championship table continues. Despite being rightly encouraged by a point at high-flying Middlesbrough on Saturday, the Swans manager has now presided over just one victory in their last seven games, during which they have scored just four goals. In fact, the latest stalemate – 0-0 at the Riverside Stadium – means Swansea have failed to find the net in their last three matches.

Swansea boss Graham Potter is hoping his side can benefit from a Wilfried Bony bounce when the Ivorian finally returns to full fitness in the next few weeks. The 29-year-old former Manchester City striker hasn’t played since tearing his cruciate ligament against Leicester City in February, but Potter believes he is almost ready to return.

Graham Potter may not have got the money he wanted to buy big in the summer, but he intends to pull out all the stops to hang on to two of Swansea City’s golden products. Locally produced rising stars Connor Roberts and Joe Rodon are both out of contract at the end of the season and Potter has opened discussions to keep them at the Liberty Stadium long-term. With Manchester City already rumoured to be casting envious eyes at centre back Rodon, the manager will be hoping to convince both players to stay put.

Swansea City’s unbeaten away record was ended by “a gift from heaven” according to Stoke City manager Gary Rowett. The Swans lost 1-0 on Tuesday night to drop to 10th in the Championship table, but the only goal of the game should have been ruled out by referee Paul Tierney. Joe Allen claimed it against his old club but the Wales midfielder was clearly offside when he scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes after half-time.

Graham Potter heads back to one of his former clubs on Tuesday night hoping the Stoke City faithful have finally forgiven him for missing a header in the Championship play-off semi-finals 22 years ago. Swansea City manager Potter played more than 50 times over three seasons for Stoke, but left for Southampton two months after Lou Macari’s men lost to Leicester City in the play-offs. “The miss in the semi-final was a rubbish header at Filbert Street. I’m not sure the supporters have forgiven me for that, and rightly so, because I should have scored,” admitted Potter.

Graham Potter has admitted the guts and gumption being shown by his Swansea City team will only take them so far. The Swans manager saw his side fail to score at home for the second successive match as they were held 0-0 at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. The point was enough to keep them in the play-off places, but Potter has acknowledged resilience and determination in adversity won’t get the Swans anywhere near returning to the Premier League.