The Swansea City defender captained his country as their qualification hopes ended just three games into a campaign with back to back defeats but he was glad to bounce back to winning ways with victory at Reading on Saturday.
Scott Sinclair’s goal was enough to give the Swans victory at the Madejski Stadium and Williams told the Western Mail after the game โWe knew what it meant to the boss coming back here
โHeโs been brilliant to us and we wanted to repay him with the two wins, at Watford and here at Reading especially.
โItโs not about personal vendettas or anything crazy like that, but we knew it was a game he badly wanted to win. We did that and when we got back to the dressing room he just said, โThanksโ.
โItโs tough going somewhere where youโve worked before, so we knew how important the win was to him.
โItโs probably been the toughest two weeks of my career,โ he said.
โItโs been tough with the travelling and the games havenโt been brilliant.
โOn top of that youโve got the training and the media. Iโve done a lot of interviews. But a 1-0 win away from home is perfect for a centre-half and makes it all worthwhile.
โThis is my third season now of league and international games and Iโve learned to deal with it.
โYou learn how to manage yourself and trying to stay injury-free is the main thing.
โYour social life is non-existent because youโre just trying to get your energy back up and relaxing all the time.
โIโd never want a breather. I just want to play every game and couldnโt imagine being on the bench
โIโve already pencilled in after the Palace game when I might be able to get a couple of days off. I know that mentally in my head Iโve got to keep going until then.โ