The Swansea City midfielder will line up in the centre of the park again today with Blackpool the visitors to the Liberty Stadium.
A midweek victory over leaders West Brom has lifted the home side into the top half of the table and a further victory could lift them to the edge of the play off positions – quote a transformation from the side that was criticsed at the start of the season.
And Britton puts some of that down to the reformation of the midfield that bought so many plaudits las season as he told the Western Mail โMaybe the midfield havenโt performed as well as we can do
โThe defence has been brilliant keeping clean sheets โ although weโve defended well as a team โ and people have understood the difficulty weโve had up front with new players coming in.
โThe midfield did very well last year and perhaps weโve come under focus and in for a bit of criticism because we havenโt been at our best.
โItโs been difficult. Weโve not had a settled midfield because of injuries, suspensions, so itโs been tough getting that understanding.
โBut the signs have been there in the last few games that weโre keeping the ball well again and taking control of games.
โItโs a similar role to last year, if a little more defensive,โ explained Britton.
โItโs about screening the back four but getting the ball rolling.
โI donโt mind that, I enjoy it โ itโs not as if Iโve been a prolific goalscorer. And I can get on the ball more which I feel comfortable doing.
โBut we have different players for different roles for different games and the options we have had show the strength is coming back.
โWe have struggled with players missing and, although it looked like we were getting Ferrie Bodde back at one point and Joe came back, injuries hit again.
โBut weโre looking much more settled now and people like Joe and Prats coming back show that.”