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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY 19:51 - Nov 28 with 10432 viewsModeratorC

Let us throw some light on this fixture.



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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 08:54 - Dec 2 with 714 viewsLegend83

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 20:27 - Dec 1 by Flashberryjack

His cotribution to our play is a little above zero.


Not easy when you are instructed to play up top, 90% of our play goes down the flanks, and you receive the ball to feet a handful of times each match.
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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 09:09 - Dec 2 with 676 viewsonehunglow

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 08:54 - Dec 2 by Legend83

Not easy when you are instructed to play up top, 90% of our play goes down the flanks, and you receive the ball to feet a handful of times each match.


I think he can be effective though not with this coaching or tactics

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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 09:11 - Dec 2 with 678 viewsLegend83

I know he gets a lot of flak at times (and I am not his biggest fan), but a big part of the problem with that first half is we needed a captain to rally the troops and set the standards for the rest of the team.

The sight of Grimes mutely trudging back to the center circle as if nothing happened after the first goal really ground my gears. Firstly, he should have been furious with himself for making a half-arsed attempt to get back and cover Key's ineptitude. Secondly, he should have been b*llocking Key for his ineptitude and telling the team to focus. Can you imagine Roy Keane, Ash Williams or even Garry Monk putting up with that crap??

Seems the standards set are to play to 75% of your capability on an infuriatingly regular basis.
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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 09:37 - Dec 2 with 629 viewsonehunglow

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 09:11 - Dec 2 by Legend83

I know he gets a lot of flak at times (and I am not his biggest fan), but a big part of the problem with that first half is we needed a captain to rally the troops and set the standards for the rest of the team.

The sight of Grimes mutely trudging back to the center circle as if nothing happened after the first goal really ground my gears. Firstly, he should have been furious with himself for making a half-arsed attempt to get back and cover Key's ineptitude. Secondly, he should have been b*llocking Key for his ineptitude and telling the team to focus. Can you imagine Roy Keane, Ash Williams or even Garry Monk putting up with that crap??

Seems the standards set are to play to 75% of your capability on an infuriatingly regular basis.


Well hallelujah
At last a poster who States the unpalatable .
We have a captain who leads by example,a bad example
No captain should be encouraging walking football nor see players trying to dribble @ ball out of trouble two yards from their own goal line
We can play, and oretty well. But we are being strangled by the coach and captain . If either wee replaced.IF,things would be different .
Few coaches would see us willingly take a short corner in the fourth min of time added on.
Games have ended with us chasing the game with our centre backs passing it sideways .

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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 11:24 - Dec 2 with 567 viewsjack247

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 08:54 - Dec 2 by Legend83

Not easy when you are instructed to play up top, 90% of our play goes down the flanks, and you receive the ball to feet a handful of times each match.


Bianchini manages to get involved when he comes off the bench and he’s far from the finished article.

I’ve been very critical of Vipotnik as I think he offers very little. However, I think his main problem is his inexperience.

I’ve pretty much written this season off as one where we don’t trouble the top 6 or relegation places. I can’t see us putting a particularly good or bad run together. We ‘may’ have a good striker on our hands by next season if he can learn to impose himself on games. The willingness is there and he’s clearly got shooting ability, he just doesn’t quite seem to know what he’s doing yet.

I think we’ll have quite a few frustrating performances punctuated with the odd goal before he gets there though.
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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 11:45 - Dec 2 with 561 viewsLegend83

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 11:24 - Dec 2 by jack247

Bianchini manages to get involved when he comes off the bench and he’s far from the finished article.

I’ve been very critical of Vipotnik as I think he offers very little. However, I think his main problem is his inexperience.

I’ve pretty much written this season off as one where we don’t trouble the top 6 or relegation places. I can’t see us putting a particularly good or bad run together. We ‘may’ have a good striker on our hands by next season if he can learn to impose himself on games. The willingness is there and he’s clearly got shooting ability, he just doesn’t quite seem to know what he’s doing yet.

I think we’ll have quite a few frustrating performances punctuated with the odd goal before he gets there though.


Yes I agree, but Bianchini's greater involvement probably is partly due to his experience and natural urges as a winger. As an aside, I like what I see of him - yes his finish was poor, but his movement to get clean through was excellent and not the first time he's done that. His impact per minute played is right up there.

I agree with the rest of your post on Vipotnik, and I think to some extent we have to expect similarly frustrating and inconsistent performances from a lot of our players - a lot of the new, young and with barely 100 "senior" games amongst many of them.
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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 12:10 - Dec 2 with 533 viewsonehunglow

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 11:45 - Dec 2 by Legend83

Yes I agree, but Bianchini's greater involvement probably is partly due to his experience and natural urges as a winger. As an aside, I like what I see of him - yes his finish was poor, but his movement to get clean through was excellent and not the first time he's done that. His impact per minute played is right up there.

I agree with the rest of your post on Vipotnik, and I think to some extent we have to expect similarly frustrating and inconsistent performances from a lot of our players - a lot of the new, young and with barely 100 "senior" games amongst many of them.


What does me is the unfettered praise for Grinmes
As inept and insipid a skipper as is possible to see
Utterly uninspirational
This fella could be so much better , I think but a captain he is not
I've always believed Darlong a possible better captain
The very worst aspect of Grimes is game management
He souls be nowhere near our back four

His backwards dribbling towards his own goal says it all

Yet, he is never rested

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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 12:16 - Dec 2 with 526 viewsjack247

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 12:10 - Dec 2 by onehunglow

What does me is the unfettered praise for Grinmes
As inept and insipid a skipper as is possible to see
Utterly uninspirational
This fella could be so much better , I think but a captain he is not
I've always believed Darlong a possible better captain
The very worst aspect of Grimes is game management
He souls be nowhere near our back four

His backwards dribbling towards his own goal says it all

Yet, he is never rested


There isn’t unfettered praise for Grimes on here.

Rightly or wrongly, he’s our most criticised player by a long way. Sometimes justifiably, often for things that are nothing to do with him.
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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 17:21 - Dec 2 with 394 viewsTreforys_Jack

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 11:24 - Dec 2 by jack247

Bianchini manages to get involved when he comes off the bench and he’s far from the finished article.

I’ve been very critical of Vipotnik as I think he offers very little. However, I think his main problem is his inexperience.

I’ve pretty much written this season off as one where we don’t trouble the top 6 or relegation places. I can’t see us putting a particularly good or bad run together. We ‘may’ have a good striker on our hands by next season if he can learn to impose himself on games. The willingness is there and he’s clearly got shooting ability, he just doesn’t quite seem to know what he’s doing yet.

I think we’ll have quite a few frustrating performances punctuated with the odd goal before he gets there though.


Genuinely think Vipotik is struggling to get up the the pace of the Championship, maybe he never will, but definitely a player in there.
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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 21:13 - Dec 2 with 301 viewsFlashberryjack

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 17:21 - Dec 2 by Treforys_Jack

Genuinely think Vipotik is struggling to get up the the pace of the Championship, maybe he never will, but definitely a player in there.


Jesus !!! by the time he gets up to pace in the championship, we'll be in league one.

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Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 21:27 - Dec 2 with 273 viewsWhiterockin

Swansea City v Portsmouth : Match day thread MATCH DAY on 17:21 - Dec 2 by Treforys_Jack

Genuinely think Vipotik is struggling to get up the the pace of the Championship, maybe he never will, but definitely a player in there.


I hope we have a plan B in January.
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