Since Clement's Jan. 3 appointment, four wins from six matches have not only hauled Swansea from the mire, but pulled others down. Among those to have beaten are champions Leicester and Crystal Palace, both of whom now look up at the Welsh club.

Clement is Swansea's third manager this season -- Bradley having replaced Francesco Guidolin in October -- and finally appears what the Liberty Stadium side have been waiting for since Garry Monk's reign curdled during the opening months of the 2015-16 season.

Not a man given to airy pronouncements, Clement is no football philosopher in the style of predecessors Roberto Martinez (2007-09) or Brendan Rodgers (2010-12). Nor is he footballing royalty like Michael Laudrup (2012-14) and does not have the club pumping through his veins, like former captain Monk.

Instead, Clement is a coach of vast experience, having been Carlo Ancelotti's assistant at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Where Guidolin's team played cautiously while hoping for a break and Bradley repeatedly switched tactics in vain, Clement has kept matters pretty simple and within the capabilities of his players.

Should any of Swansea's players doubt the former schoolteacher's credentials, Clement's assistant Claude Makelele adds historic star quality that reminds of the game played at its heights. Swansea are playing a high-pressing, hard-running game with the key to revival being, as suggested to ESPN FC by former Wales striker and Swansea native John Hartson, "a different type of attitude."

"[The players] are now wanting to put their head on the block," Hartson said. "I think people felt sorry for themselves."

On Monday, British TV pundit Gary Neville pinpointed that five of the seven matches, in which Swansea have run furthest this season, have occurred since Clement took charge. During a 3-2 victory at Liverpool on Jan. 21, the team covered a total of 120.6 kilometres in a game where they were pegged back from a 2-0 lead, only to win through a Gylfi Sigurdsson goal.

Swansea still lead the Premier League in goals conceded with 54, but their defending has finally taken shape, with Federico Fernandez partnering Alfie Mawson in the centre. Mawson, 23, signed from Barnsley for £5.5 million last summer and is making a name for himself with regular goals -- his spectacular volley against Leicester was his third since Clement's arrival -- but, more importantly, he might fill the vast defensive gulf left by the sale of club captain Ashley Williams to Everton last year.

"Alfie looks a player of great potential," said Hartson. "He's a character; you can see that he's technically very good, I don't want to label him like Ashley Williams, who was there for nine years and captains his country, but Alfie brings fight and desire. Now the defence is taking far more responsibility, and is committed to defending."

Mawson's breakthrough has been more than timely and coincided with the revival of Sigurdsson and striker Fernando Llorente, who was often used as a substitute by Bradley. Last Sunday, ahead of the Leicester match, Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins revealed he turned down significant bids for all three of Sigurdsson, Llorente and Fernandez during January's transfer window.

Jenkins, operating as a de facto director of football, made smart purchases in Norwich full-back Martin Olsson, a scorer against Leicester, and central midfielder Tom Carroll, surplus to requirements at Tottenham but whose passing game is a decent fit for a club where he spent the 2014-15 season on loan.

Clement's success is calming the disquiet of angry fans, aimed at Jenkins in particular, over the club's sale to majority shareholders Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien last July, and the subsequent appointment of Bradley. When Bradley's fall came, Clement, who had impressed during interviews to succeed Guidolin, belatedly got the call.

Being abruptly sacked by Derby after 33 games last season handed Clement a reputation of being a second-in-command not cut out for the leader's role but, so far, he has excelled in a role of near-crisis management. Swansea run harder, defend more doggedly and, through players like Carroll, are gradually returning to the keep-ball game with which the club made its way up the divisions under Martinez and Rodgers.

"My job was to come in in January and put confidence back into the team, get them playing better and get them organised," Clement said on Sunday of objectives that have been met.

Aside from a visit to Chelsea on Feb. 25, winnable fixtures against lower-reach opposition in Burnley, Hull, Bournemouth and Middlesbrough lie ahead. The next six weeks can dictate if Swansea's revival under Clement negotiates a safe path away from relegation.