| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:43 - Sep 11 with 1568 views | KingBony |
That Feddie defensive header our for their first :) :) :) :) |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:47 - Sep 11 with 1536 views | Al_Bundy |
Great point all things considered.
Positives was the performances of Fabs Fer Kingsley Amat (when he wasn't fouling) and Barrow who gave us an outlet.
New formation could possibly work against lesser sides without Taylor in it as a WB
Great passion when the confidence came back and could have nicked it with some poor crossing in the final 10 mins.
Negatives - We have no on pitch Captain and the CB pairing really is a liability. Our work rate and organisation was questionable for an hour where against teams like Chelsea you really have to put a shift in.
Have to be happy with a point but defensively especially its needs shoring up very quickly and the midfield needs another addition from somewhere. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:48 - Sep 11 with 1535 views | Borojack |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 17:00 - Sep 11 by BlameHuwJenkins |
Fer is playing like he always does.
Maybe he'll get a goal and most will forget about his disgusting defensive laziness as usual.
For Hazard's 1 on 1 he was walking back despite being half a yard from him at one point. For the goal he walked out to block a shot 18 yards from goal.
When will people realise he's a huge liability in midfield. He and Jack Cork are there to defend yet both are useless at it. |
I thought Fer played well |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:49 - Sep 11 with 1526 views | Dr_Winston |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:48 - Sep 11 by Borojack |
I thought Fer played well |
He did. Bog standard trolling which is going to get old very quickly. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:52 - Sep 11 with 1506 views | monmouth |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:49 - Sep 11 by Dr_Winston |
He did. Bog standard trolling which is going to get old very quickly. |
Already very tiresome and transparent. Rubbishat being a WUM. Which is a bit sad when that's the only club you have in your bag. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:57 - Sep 11 with 1442 views | Johnw102 |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:43 - Sep 11 by KingBony |
That Feddie defensive header our for their first :) :) :) :) |
He should not have been needed it was Fabs ball to claim in first place |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:01 - Sep 11 with 1399 views | awayjack |
Fer looked comfortable against a world class midfield. Honestly if he plays all season as he has for first 4 games he'll be an absolute steal. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:11 - Sep 11 with 1336 views | ItchySphincter |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:19 - Sep 11 by jackrabbit |
Some after-thoughts:
I don't blame Taylor. Where was he supposed to be playing and what was he expected to do? I had the feeling Guidolin had him mixed up with Montero - constantly switch the ball out to him on the touchline and he'll run past the defender and put in a perfect cross. Er, no. He's a full back, a good defender, but a limited attacker. Time Franco realised that.
I get impatient with people criticising Fer and Ki - who are together with Gylfi, the most skilled footballers in the team. We have players who do not have good enough skills for the PL, but those three players, plus Barrow, are not in that group.
Llorente obviously has talents but they are not being properly utilised.
Fabianski is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League - compare him with 'Juliet' Bravo of Man City yesterday. He saved us again today.
In summary, 10 out of 10 for the grit and fight that we showed second half, but when all is said and done, we lack quality all over the field, and we need strengthening.
I am not impressed with Guidolin's reading of the game, and his use of substitutions. He was lucky today.
Anyway - phew! Great point. On to Southampton next week. |
Not many managers would have the cahonas to admit they got it wrong and hook a player in the first half! Guidolin read it perfectly and made the right change and Neil Taylor would be overestimating his contribution if he considered himself collateral damamge. He was very, very poor - it might not be his fault but he's proved he's inadequate to perform the role asked of him. Poor beyond. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:16 - Sep 11 with 1303 views | ItchySphincter |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:34 - Sep 11 by Darran |
I don't think Taylor was that bad myself. |
He played like a second rate Wayne Routledge. Got in to good positions and saw plenty of the ball but didn't protect it and mostly passed to Chelsea as he had absolutely no gumption when in possession. Try something and f*ck it up - that's one thing, but to be clueless at this stage in his career is incomprehensible. | |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:19 - Sep 11 with 1288 views | union_jack |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:18 - Sep 11 by Darran |
You support the club a fan doesn't suggest getting rid of the manager before f*cking kick off. |
I wasn't having a go just thought it sad that your truce (if it was one) was so short lived. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:22 - Sep 11 with 1245 views | Darran |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:19 - Sep 11 by union_jack |
I wasn't having a go just thought it sad that your truce (if it was one) was so short lived. |
I don't need to make a truce with anyone I haven't said anything wrong today or in the past.
People don't like the truth and as I've already said any f*cker that suggests dismissing the manager before we'd even kicked off today clearly isn't a fan in the sense of the word that the rest understand it to mean. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:22 - Sep 11 with 1244 views | trampie |
I've been impressed with Guido since he came to the club but he made a mistake in taking Taylor off when he did. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:25 - Sep 11 with 1218 views | ItchySphincter |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:22 - Sep 11 by trampie |
I've been impressed with Guido since he came to the club but he made a mistake in taking Taylor off when he did. |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:25 - Sep 11 with 1220 views | costalotta |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:19 - Sep 11 by jackrabbit |
Some after-thoughts:
I don't blame Taylor. Where was he supposed to be playing and what was he expected to do? I had the feeling Guidolin had him mixed up with Montero - constantly switch the ball out to him on the touchline and he'll run past the defender and put in a perfect cross. Er, no. He's a full back, a good defender, but a limited attacker. Time Franco realised that.
I get impatient with people criticising Fer and Ki - who are together with Gylfi, the most skilled footballers in the team. We have players who do not have good enough skills for the PL, but those three players, plus Barrow, are not in that group.
Llorente obviously has talents but they are not being properly utilised.
Fabianski is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League - compare him with 'Juliet' Bravo of Man City yesterday. He saved us again today.
In summary, 10 out of 10 for the grit and fight that we showed second half, but when all is said and done, we lack quality all over the field, and we need strengthening.
I am not impressed with Guidolin's reading of the game, and his use of substitutions. He was lucky today.
Anyway - phew! Great point. On to Southampton next week. |
I thought FG was spot on to make the change he did just before HT. Give him credit for being brave enough to admit the mistake in starting Taylor in that set up and to make the change. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:27 - Sep 11 with 1209 views | bluenile |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:22 - Sep 11 by trampie |
I've been impressed with Guido since he came to the club but he made a mistake in taking Taylor off when he did. |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:28 - Sep 11 with 1204 views | Clinton |
Just got back. Well done lads.
Not sure whether its said elsewhere, but I thought Costas disgusting antics actually worked in our favour to certain extent because we in the crowd were so incensed it actually got us going and the more aggressive atmosphere lifted the team, I hope. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:28 - Sep 11 with 1201 views | union_jack |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:22 - Sep 11 by trampie |
I've been impressed with Guido since he came to the club but he made a mistake in taking Taylor off when he did. |
Someone once said :it only takes a second to score a goal".
He took him off because he was abysmal and a total liability. He should have, as someone nicely put it, been subbed before kick-off.
I know Guidolin has held his hand up, and I know that this sort of thing can crush confidence, but it was the right decision. He's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is. [Post edited 11 Sep 2016 19:29]
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:29 - Sep 11 with 1191 views | VetchitBack |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 18:39 - Sep 11 by londonlisa2001 |
Started reasonably ok - heads dropped after their goal (really need to see if Mawson or VDH can play instead of FF), knew that we needed to change, took the right player off (Taylor - grow up). Second half played with pride and purpose. Of course we were not in their class - of course we were not - only an idiot would expect us to be. But we fought for everything and did incredibly well, much better than I expected us to do.
Guidolin was decisive in making an early change (when Mourinho does such things, he is lauded) and a team which will probably finish in the top two found that we are no pushover. Look at how irritated they all were - Costa and Conte in particular.
We should really take heart from that. As an aside, Amat did as well against Costa as anyone does. Ki and Fer really started to click (have to remember they've had no preseason together and haven't played since more than a few minutes) and Barrow did well. Siggy is getting back to himself again, and Kingsley and Naughton did well given the quality of their opposition.
Put Baston into that mix, and try one of the other centre half options, and we may be starting to get somewhere.
Really pleased with that result. There'll be miles bigger and better teams than us lose to them at home by a mile this season. |
Spot on with penultimate paragraph. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:30 - Sep 11 with 1183 views | PozuelosSideys |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:25 - Sep 11 by ItchySphincter |
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Because hes Welsh and we're a Welsh club innit.
Fcking Saes loving Guido. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:30 - Sep 11 with 1178 views | Rancid |
Taylor knows that position as he plays it for Wales.He was crap yet again though and Guido made the brilliant decision to change it before the game got away from us.I don't think he should have shook his hand and apologized in public for it though but just like him saying he's happy with his squad in public when he clearly isn't shows a man full of inegrity and honour and a little too much maybe sometimes.Taylor was wasteful and deserved to be hauled off but Guido shouldn't have given him the chance to mouth off in the dug out to him and spoken to him in the dressing room. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:38 - Sep 11 with 1123 views | trampie |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:28 - Sep 11 by union_jack |
Someone once said :it only takes a second to score a goal".
He took him off because he was abysmal and a total liability. He should have, as someone nicely put it, been subbed before kick-off.
I know Guidolin has held his hand up, and I know that this sort of thing can crush confidence, but it was the right decision. He's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is. [Post edited 11 Sep 2016 19:29]
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Swans were not likely to concede with Taylor on the pitch and there was only a few minutes to half-time so the Swans still had 45 minutes to score.
Guido gave his hand away to Conte, Conte had halftime to factor in Taylor off and Barrow on into his thoughts and team talk. | |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:41 - Sep 11 with 1098 views | GreatBritton |
Chelsea had Hazard,Oscar, Willian and Kante; we had Fer, Cork, Taylor and Ki. That was like trying to step up two weights in a boxing match. We didn't throw the towel in, however.
I've now got to agree that Federico is a liability and, though Kingsley struggled a bit, Taylor is too.
Hurry up, Baston |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:42 - Sep 11 with 1089 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:38 - Sep 11 by trampie |
Swans were not likely to concede with Taylor on the pitch and there was only a few minutes to half-time so the Swans still had 45 minutes to score.
Guido gave his hand away to Conte, Conte had halftime to factor in Taylor off and Barrow on into his thoughts and team talk. |
Firstly we already had conceded with Taylor on the pitch. Secondly it was only a couple of minutes before half time because Barrow had been waiting for about 4 or 5 minutes to get on and there was no break in play. Thirdly we scored two in the new formation so Conte's team talk can't have been that incisive.
We just drew with a team that will be in the top 2. Big teams will drop points to them left right and centre.
How about everyone stops bloody moaning about every decision and player for once. | | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:46 - Sep 11 with 1053 views | Shonky |
Chelsea were not likely to score with Taylor on the pitch??
They were walking through us with Taylor on the pitch, That would be why he was replaced. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Chelsea FC Match Thread on 19:49 - Sep 11 with 1026 views | Griffting |
Thought Llorente was a different beast in the second half. |  | | |
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