By John May

Jackett has tasted victory at the Millennium stadium this season

Jackett, who can to steer Swansea to a second successive promotion, spent most of his playing career with Watford.

He told BBC Sport: "Lots of people have asked me about Watford and maybe it is an omen, I don't know.

"Congratulations to Watford and I'm very pleased for them, but time moves on and my energies are at Swansea now."

Watford provided Jackett with the sweet taste of play-off final victory, but he has also tasted the bitter flavour of defeat.

"I was assistant manager at Watford when we beat Bolton in the Championship final to get into the Premiership.

"But I saw the other side when I was assistant manager at QPR and we lost to Cardiff in the old Division Two play-off final.

"There's no worse place to be than losing in a play-off final, but at least that drove us on to automatic promotion the following season."

Should we get into the the Championship, come August 5 we will be ready Swansea boss Kenny Jackett

Swansea beat Carlisle in the Football League Trophy in front of 42,000 fans at the Millennium stadium in April - and gained valuable insight and a big match-day experience.

"I think we learned that you have to concentrate on the football," added Jackett.

"All the press interest, family demands, requests for tickets and stuff like that - you have to handle and deal with it.

"But when you have, you put it to one side and concentrate on the real thing, which is the match.

"I've watched tapes of the performance against Carlisle, and also the games against Barnsley and Brentford, but I don't think they will influence my team selection. I pick a side I think will do the best job on the day."

That job will be to overcome a team who have matched Swansea nip and tuck throughout the season.

"You're looking at two sides who after 46 league games, are seperated by one point, so it shows there's little between us.

"Barnsley are a good side. They keep a lot of clean sheets, but they've got some dangerous attacking players," added Jackett.

The omens and experience might be on Swansea's side, but Jackett is taking nothing for granted, making plans for the summer based on both winning and losing Saturday's final.

"Regardless of the division we're playing in next season, I have been planning to improve the club, from the training facilities, to press hospitality and the playing staff," said the Swans boss.