| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 18:33 - Feb 23 with 16979 views | NotLoyal |
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Swansea City: Andy Fisher; Joel Latibeaudiere, Ben Cabango, Nathan Wood; Matty Sorinola, Joe Allen, Matt Grimes (captain), Ryan Manning; Morgan Whittaker, Ollie Cooper; Joel Piroe.
Substitutes: Andreas Søndergaard, Jay Fulton, Harry Darling, Olivier Ntcham, Luke Cundle, Liam Cullen, Liam Walsh.
Rotherham United: Viktor Johansson, Conor Coventry, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Jordan Hugill, Chiedozie Ogbene, Shane Ferguson, Olivier Rathbone (captain), Lee Peltier, Cam Humphreys, Bailey Wright, Leo Hjelde.
Substitutes: Josh Vickers, Wes Harding, Cohen Bramall, Georgie Kelly, Conor Washington, Jamie Lindsay, Hakeem Odoffin.
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:29 - Feb 27 with 2320 views | builthjack |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:24 - Feb 27 by Fireboy2 |
It will be you next time 🤨 |
I will be taking a tarpaulin to Croatia |  |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:32 - Feb 27 with 2276 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:14 - Feb 27 by 1462jack |
I never post anything negative about the swans , but I have had a guts full , I don’t want anyone to loose a job especially the way things are but something needs to be done , we are awful , shove your process up your &@£@ it ain’t working , next level my f@&ng ar@e |
You care
It’s nothing to do with negative
The positive today was the booing |  |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:33 - Feb 27 with 2287 views | Jack11 |
The only positive from that game was that we didn’t ship a late goal. They had twice as many shots, more shots on target, more corners, they hit the post, had the better chances and carried way more threat. 3 wins in 20 games, after playing Blackpool, Stoke and now these it’s clear we’re only going to stay up because we’ve got a buffer but my word we’re terrible.
We finished the game with no player I’d consider a wide player. Had 6 midfielders on at one point. Whittaker played 3 different positions, Ollie too. There’s no direction, no clear plan other than pointless passing and hoping the opposition make a mistake. This squad is so imbalanced, not all Martin’s fault but he’s not making the best of what’s at his disposal. | | | |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:37 - Feb 27 with 2247 views | jojaca |
I made cup of tea at half time and didn't even tune in for second half. There is only so much crap you can watch despite winning at half time. |  |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:40 - Feb 27 with 2205 views | Johnw102 |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:10 - Feb 27 by Polskijack |
Another really poor performance. Rotherham looked by far more likely. Usual excuses will follow, |
First time this season Rotherham won a point from a losing position. |  |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:50 - Feb 27 with 2101 views | lifelong |
Another shocker, beginning to think, ‘what the feck am I doing here.’ |  | | |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 23:16 - Feb 27 with 1956 views | Boundy |
Bored rigid m first half the second not muv ch better , sums it up , we concede a goal by a player sitting on his arse | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:01 - Feb 28 with 1785 views | STID2017 |
Awful game, awful performance, worrying times.
The only blessing is the large cushion between us and the bottom three |  |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:14 - Feb 28 with 1768 views | Badlands |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:01 - Feb 28 by STID2017 |
Awful game, awful performance, worrying times.
The only blessing is the large cushion between us and the bottom three |
Last season we were 18 points above the relegation group, this season it was 11 after 33games. Haven’t looked tonight. |  |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:22 - Feb 28 with 1758 views | LittleEnglandJack |
Haven't posted in a while because to be honest I've just been so jaded by it all, but wanted to share a few observations...
Rotherham were absolutely awful but fully deserving of a point, and arguably should've nicked all 3. As soon as they flashed the stat that Rotherham haven't won a single point after going behind away from home all season you just knew they'd take something from the game- it's the Swansea way to help opposition teams/players break their ducks.
Whoever picked the game for Sky must be a sadist because I sincerely doubt any neutral sat through all 90+5 minutes of that.
Lati, god bless him, tries but should be nowhere near a championship team. In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.
The team's confidence is completely shot. You just can't play the way RM tries to when that's the case. Doesn't work, end of story.
Swansea City must be one of the few teams to concede to a player sat on his backside six yards out. Comical defending all round, especially from Manning who perhaps understandably is planning his exit from the creeping sense of inevitable doom pervading the club. Good ball for our goal though.
Cooper tried but was uncharacteristically poor, looked like a boy playing against men, and should have been hooked.
Joey just looks past it to be honest. Sadly.
We are a significantly better team with Benda in goal, and once it was confirmed he was out for the season and we didn't sign proper competition for Fisher I knew we'd struggle for the remainder.
And yet, for all of the above, I just can't help but think things might (might) look quite a bit different if we didn't go down to 10 and subsequently capitulate at home to Birmingham. That and the Window debacle was the sucker punch that did for us, but even then it would still only have papered over obvious cracks.
I don't think there's a way forward from here under RM. In truth many of us have known this for some time, but he's had an uncanny ability to pull out a string of results when under pressure in the past to keep the faintest flicker of hope alive. Almost impossible to see how that happens now, especially with our fixture list.
I'm all for giving managers time, but unless we seriously invest in both players and coaching staff (set piece coach no.1 priority) this style won't work. We know that won't happen, so why waste everyone's time? I remember a few months ago one of the pundits on the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast called us a 'Poundshop Ajax'. At the time I was offended, but in hindsight he was spot on. You can't play Champagne football unless you are prepared to pay Champagne prices for the right players, which we evidently aren't. The squad is good enough for this level (if far from perfect), but not when they're directed to play like they are. That's not to say it's impossible to play passing football at this level on a budget- we've done it before- but this particular brand is asking too much of what is a limited squad.
Might it have worked out in different circumstances? Possibly. The board hasn't helped. But then I remember Martin went out and spent actual money on Andy Fisher and lose practically all sympathy for him. That has to have been his move, as was signing Darling. Whatever you think of Darling as a player, spending 1.5m on him and sitting him on the bench half the time isn't a good look.
All in all, it's just a bit depressing, especially as I'm not sure even sure sacking RM will actually achieve anything. We're going to limp over the finish line whether we do it with or without the Vegan Wenger. Confidence is shot to pieces, and sacking a manager who by all accounts is quite popular with the players probably isn't going to do wonders for that. And who comes in?
And yet, despite it all, I'll be at Kenilworth Road on Saturday. Mostly to tick it off the list, but I'll support the team and hope for a miracle.
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:27 - Feb 28 with 1744 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:14 - Feb 28 by Badlands |
Last season we were 18 points above the relegation group, this season it was 11 after 33games. Haven’t looked tonight. |
Swansea got 61 points last season and this is looking a tall order from where we stand. Martin shamelessly blamed the low morale of the players on recent results and the transfer window, This is a cop out. Sir Alex Ferguson used the January window sparingly throughout his career.
He is therefore blaming Levien and Winter for another limp performance There were no kids on the bench and a very decent looking 18 man squad. |  |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:47 - Feb 28 with 1726 views | STID2017 |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:22 - Feb 28 by LittleEnglandJack |
Haven't posted in a while because to be honest I've just been so jaded by it all, but wanted to share a few observations...
Rotherham were absolutely awful but fully deserving of a point, and arguably should've nicked all 3. As soon as they flashed the stat that Rotherham haven't won a single point after going behind away from home all season you just knew they'd take something from the game- it's the Swansea way to help opposition teams/players break their ducks.
Whoever picked the game for Sky must be a sadist because I sincerely doubt any neutral sat through all 90+5 minutes of that.
Lati, god bless him, tries but should be nowhere near a championship team. In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.
The team's confidence is completely shot. You just can't play the way RM tries to when that's the case. Doesn't work, end of story.
Swansea City must be one of the few teams to concede to a player sat on his backside six yards out. Comical defending all round, especially from Manning who perhaps understandably is planning his exit from the creeping sense of inevitable doom pervading the club. Good ball for our goal though.
Cooper tried but was uncharacteristically poor, looked like a boy playing against men, and should have been hooked.
Joey just looks past it to be honest. Sadly.
We are a significantly better team with Benda in goal, and once it was confirmed he was out for the season and we didn't sign proper competition for Fisher I knew we'd struggle for the remainder.
And yet, for all of the above, I just can't help but think things might (might) look quite a bit different if we didn't go down to 10 and subsequently capitulate at home to Birmingham. That and the Window debacle was the sucker punch that did for us, but even then it would still only have papered over obvious cracks.
I don't think there's a way forward from here under RM. In truth many of us have known this for some time, but he's had an uncanny ability to pull out a string of results when under pressure in the past to keep the faintest flicker of hope alive. Almost impossible to see how that happens now, especially with our fixture list.
I'm all for giving managers time, but unless we seriously invest in both players and coaching staff (set piece coach no.1 priority) this style won't work. We know that won't happen, so why waste everyone's time? I remember a few months ago one of the pundits on the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast called us a 'Poundshop Ajax'. At the time I was offended, but in hindsight he was spot on. You can't play Champagne football unless you are prepared to pay Champagne prices for the right players, which we evidently aren't. The squad is good enough for this level (if far from perfect), but not when they're directed to play like they are. That's not to say it's impossible to play passing football at this level on a budget- we've done it before- but this particular brand is asking too much of what is a limited squad.
Might it have worked out in different circumstances? Possibly. The board hasn't helped. But then I remember Martin went out and spent actual money on Andy Fisher and lose practically all sympathy for him. That has to have been his move, as was signing Darling. Whatever you think of Darling as a player, spending 1.5m on him and sitting him on the bench half the time isn't a good look.
All in all, it's just a bit depressing, especially as I'm not sure even sure sacking RM will actually achieve anything. We're going to limp over the finish line whether we do it with or without the Vegan Wenger. Confidence is shot to pieces, and sacking a manager who by all accounts is quite popular with the players probably isn't going to do wonders for that. And who comes in?
And yet, despite it all, I'll be at Kenilworth Road on Saturday. Mostly to tick it off the list, but I'll support the team and hope for a miracle.
STID |
Great post and probably sums up how most feel atm | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 07:26 - Feb 28 with 1472 views | pencoedjack |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:22 - Feb 28 by LittleEnglandJack |
Haven't posted in a while because to be honest I've just been so jaded by it all, but wanted to share a few observations...
Rotherham were absolutely awful but fully deserving of a point, and arguably should've nicked all 3. As soon as they flashed the stat that Rotherham haven't won a single point after going behind away from home all season you just knew they'd take something from the game- it's the Swansea way to help opposition teams/players break their ducks.
Whoever picked the game for Sky must be a sadist because I sincerely doubt any neutral sat through all 90+5 minutes of that.
Lati, god bless him, tries but should be nowhere near a championship team. In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.
The team's confidence is completely shot. You just can't play the way RM tries to when that's the case. Doesn't work, end of story.
Swansea City must be one of the few teams to concede to a player sat on his backside six yards out. Comical defending all round, especially from Manning who perhaps understandably is planning his exit from the creeping sense of inevitable doom pervading the club. Good ball for our goal though.
Cooper tried but was uncharacteristically poor, looked like a boy playing against men, and should have been hooked.
Joey just looks past it to be honest. Sadly.
We are a significantly better team with Benda in goal, and once it was confirmed he was out for the season and we didn't sign proper competition for Fisher I knew we'd struggle for the remainder.
And yet, for all of the above, I just can't help but think things might (might) look quite a bit different if we didn't go down to 10 and subsequently capitulate at home to Birmingham. That and the Window debacle was the sucker punch that did for us, but even then it would still only have papered over obvious cracks.
I don't think there's a way forward from here under RM. In truth many of us have known this for some time, but he's had an uncanny ability to pull out a string of results when under pressure in the past to keep the faintest flicker of hope alive. Almost impossible to see how that happens now, especially with our fixture list.
I'm all for giving managers time, but unless we seriously invest in both players and coaching staff (set piece coach no.1 priority) this style won't work. We know that won't happen, so why waste everyone's time? I remember a few months ago one of the pundits on the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast called us a 'Poundshop Ajax'. At the time I was offended, but in hindsight he was spot on. You can't play Champagne football unless you are prepared to pay Champagne prices for the right players, which we evidently aren't. The squad is good enough for this level (if far from perfect), but not when they're directed to play like they are. That's not to say it's impossible to play passing football at this level on a budget- we've done it before- but this particular brand is asking too much of what is a limited squad.
Might it have worked out in different circumstances? Possibly. The board hasn't helped. But then I remember Martin went out and spent actual money on Andy Fisher and lose practically all sympathy for him. That has to have been his move, as was signing Darling. Whatever you think of Darling as a player, spending 1.5m on him and sitting him on the bench half the time isn't a good look.
All in all, it's just a bit depressing, especially as I'm not sure even sure sacking RM will actually achieve anything. We're going to limp over the finish line whether we do it with or without the Vegan Wenger. Confidence is shot to pieces, and sacking a manager who by all accounts is quite popular with the players probably isn't going to do wonders for that. And who comes in?
And yet, despite it all, I'll be at Kenilworth Road on Saturday. Mostly to tick it off the list, but I'll support the team and hope for a miracle.
STID |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 07:58 - Feb 28 with 1423 views | Boundy |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:01 - Feb 28 by STID2017 |
Awful game, awful performance, worrying times.
The only blessing is the large cushion between us and the bottom three |
I hope that large cushion isn't filled with air because I feel someone below us has
a large pin | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 08:10 - Feb 28 with 1404 views | BryanSwan |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 22:33 - Feb 27 by Jack11 |
The only positive from that game was that we didn’t ship a late goal. They had twice as many shots, more shots on target, more corners, they hit the post, had the better chances and carried way more threat. 3 wins in 20 games, after playing Blackpool, Stoke and now these it’s clear we’re only going to stay up because we’ve got a buffer but my word we’re terrible.
We finished the game with no player I’d consider a wide player. Had 6 midfielders on at one point. Whittaker played 3 different positions, Ollie too. There’s no direction, no clear plan other than pointless passing and hoping the opposition make a mistake. This squad is so imbalanced, not all Martin’s fault but he’s not making the best of what’s at his disposal. |
Our transfers have been poor, but I would say that if Martin had wanted a winger over the last 3 transfer windows we most likely would've brought one in.
I really begrudge the notion that many Martins few remaining fans tout that the players just are good enough etc etc. Most were good enough before Martin and if not he has had 3 windows. Most of which were spent bringing in players like Fisher, Sorinola etc. | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 08:13 - Feb 28 with 1399 views | Fireboy2 |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 07:58 - Feb 28 by Boundy |
I hope that large cushion isn't filled with air because I feel someone below us has
a large pin |
I honestly believe there are enough games for us to flirt with relegation, the performances are getting worse by every game, after last night I just can't see us getting another point. |  | | |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 08:47 - Feb 28 with 1352 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:22 - Feb 28 by LittleEnglandJack |
Haven't posted in a while because to be honest I've just been so jaded by it all, but wanted to share a few observations...
Rotherham were absolutely awful but fully deserving of a point, and arguably should've nicked all 3. As soon as they flashed the stat that Rotherham haven't won a single point after going behind away from home all season you just knew they'd take something from the game- it's the Swansea way to help opposition teams/players break their ducks.
Whoever picked the game for Sky must be a sadist because I sincerely doubt any neutral sat through all 90+5 minutes of that.
Lati, god bless him, tries but should be nowhere near a championship team. In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.
The team's confidence is completely shot. You just can't play the way RM tries to when that's the case. Doesn't work, end of story.
Swansea City must be one of the few teams to concede to a player sat on his backside six yards out. Comical defending all round, especially from Manning who perhaps understandably is planning his exit from the creeping sense of inevitable doom pervading the club. Good ball for our goal though.
Cooper tried but was uncharacteristically poor, looked like a boy playing against men, and should have been hooked.
Joey just looks past it to be honest. Sadly.
We are a significantly better team with Benda in goal, and once it was confirmed he was out for the season and we didn't sign proper competition for Fisher I knew we'd struggle for the remainder.
And yet, for all of the above, I just can't help but think things might (might) look quite a bit different if we didn't go down to 10 and subsequently capitulate at home to Birmingham. That and the Window debacle was the sucker punch that did for us, but even then it would still only have papered over obvious cracks.
I don't think there's a way forward from here under RM. In truth many of us have known this for some time, but he's had an uncanny ability to pull out a string of results when under pressure in the past to keep the faintest flicker of hope alive. Almost impossible to see how that happens now, especially with our fixture list.
I'm all for giving managers time, but unless we seriously invest in both players and coaching staff (set piece coach no.1 priority) this style won't work. We know that won't happen, so why waste everyone's time? I remember a few months ago one of the pundits on the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast called us a 'Poundshop Ajax'. At the time I was offended, but in hindsight he was spot on. You can't play Champagne football unless you are prepared to pay Champagne prices for the right players, which we evidently aren't. The squad is good enough for this level (if far from perfect), but not when they're directed to play like they are. That's not to say it's impossible to play passing football at this level on a budget- we've done it before- but this particular brand is asking too much of what is a limited squad.
Might it have worked out in different circumstances? Possibly. The board hasn't helped. But then I remember Martin went out and spent actual money on Andy Fisher and lose practically all sympathy for him. That has to have been his move, as was signing Darling. Whatever you think of Darling as a player, spending 1.5m on him and sitting him on the bench half the time isn't a good look.
All in all, it's just a bit depressing, especially as I'm not sure even sure sacking RM will actually achieve anything. We're going to limp over the finish line whether we do it with or without the Vegan Wenger. Confidence is shot to pieces, and sacking a manager who by all accounts is quite popular with the players probably isn't going to do wonders for that. And who comes in?
And yet, despite it all, I'll be at Kenilworth Road on Saturday. Mostly to tick it off the list, but I'll support the team and hope for a miracle.
STID |
Incredible post.
Hardly anything can be added but I might . | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 09:25 - Feb 28 with 1316 views | jeza739 |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:22 - Feb 28 by LittleEnglandJack |
Haven't posted in a while because to be honest I've just been so jaded by it all, but wanted to share a few observations...
Rotherham were absolutely awful but fully deserving of a point, and arguably should've nicked all 3. As soon as they flashed the stat that Rotherham haven't won a single point after going behind away from home all season you just knew they'd take something from the game- it's the Swansea way to help opposition teams/players break their ducks.
Whoever picked the game for Sky must be a sadist because I sincerely doubt any neutral sat through all 90+5 minutes of that.
Lati, god bless him, tries but should be nowhere near a championship team. In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.
The team's confidence is completely shot. You just can't play the way RM tries to when that's the case. Doesn't work, end of story.
Swansea City must be one of the few teams to concede to a player sat on his backside six yards out. Comical defending all round, especially from Manning who perhaps understandably is planning his exit from the creeping sense of inevitable doom pervading the club. Good ball for our goal though.
Cooper tried but was uncharacteristically poor, looked like a boy playing against men, and should have been hooked.
Joey just looks past it to be honest. Sadly.
We are a significantly better team with Benda in goal, and once it was confirmed he was out for the season and we didn't sign proper competition for Fisher I knew we'd struggle for the remainder.
And yet, for all of the above, I just can't help but think things might (might) look quite a bit different if we didn't go down to 10 and subsequently capitulate at home to Birmingham. That and the Window debacle was the sucker punch that did for us, but even then it would still only have papered over obvious cracks.
I don't think there's a way forward from here under RM. In truth many of us have known this for some time, but he's had an uncanny ability to pull out a string of results when under pressure in the past to keep the faintest flicker of hope alive. Almost impossible to see how that happens now, especially with our fixture list.
I'm all for giving managers time, but unless we seriously invest in both players and coaching staff (set piece coach no.1 priority) this style won't work. We know that won't happen, so why waste everyone's time? I remember a few months ago one of the pundits on the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast called us a 'Poundshop Ajax'. At the time I was offended, but in hindsight he was spot on. You can't play Champagne football unless you are prepared to pay Champagne prices for the right players, which we evidently aren't. The squad is good enough for this level (if far from perfect), but not when they're directed to play like they are. That's not to say it's impossible to play passing football at this level on a budget- we've done it before- but this particular brand is asking too much of what is a limited squad.
Might it have worked out in different circumstances? Possibly. The board hasn't helped. But then I remember Martin went out and spent actual money on Andy Fisher and lose practically all sympathy for him. That has to have been his move, as was signing Darling. Whatever you think of Darling as a player, spending 1.5m on him and sitting him on the bench half the time isn't a good look.
All in all, it's just a bit depressing, especially as I'm not sure even sure sacking RM will actually achieve anything. We're going to limp over the finish line whether we do it with or without the Vegan Wenger. Confidence is shot to pieces, and sacking a manager who by all accounts is quite popular with the players probably isn't going to do wonders for that. And who comes in?
And yet, despite it all, I'll be at Kenilworth Road on Saturday. Mostly to tick it off the list, but I'll support the team and hope for a miracle.
STID |
An absolute top post. Sums it up perfectly imo | | | |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 10:18 - Feb 28 with 1259 views | Badlands |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 00:22 - Feb 28 by LittleEnglandJack |
Haven't posted in a while because to be honest I've just been so jaded by it all, but wanted to share a few observations...
Rotherham were absolutely awful but fully deserving of a point, and arguably should've nicked all 3. As soon as they flashed the stat that Rotherham haven't won a single point after going behind away from home all season you just knew they'd take something from the game- it's the Swansea way to help opposition teams/players break their ducks.
Whoever picked the game for Sky must be a sadist because I sincerely doubt any neutral sat through all 90+5 minutes of that.
Lati, god bless him, tries but should be nowhere near a championship team. In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.
The team's confidence is completely shot. You just can't play the way RM tries to when that's the case. Doesn't work, end of story.
Swansea City must be one of the few teams to concede to a player sat on his backside six yards out. Comical defending all round, especially from Manning who perhaps understandably is planning his exit from the creeping sense of inevitable doom pervading the club. Good ball for our goal though.
Cooper tried but was uncharacteristically poor, looked like a boy playing against men, and should have been hooked.
Joey just looks past it to be honest. Sadly.
We are a significantly better team with Benda in goal, and once it was confirmed he was out for the season and we didn't sign proper competition for Fisher I knew we'd struggle for the remainder.
And yet, for all of the above, I just can't help but think things might (might) look quite a bit different if we didn't go down to 10 and subsequently capitulate at home to Birmingham. That and the Window debacle was the sucker punch that did for us, but even then it would still only have papered over obvious cracks.
I don't think there's a way forward from here under RM. In truth many of us have known this for some time, but he's had an uncanny ability to pull out a string of results when under pressure in the past to keep the faintest flicker of hope alive. Almost impossible to see how that happens now, especially with our fixture list.
I'm all for giving managers time, but unless we seriously invest in both players and coaching staff (set piece coach no.1 priority) this style won't work. We know that won't happen, so why waste everyone's time? I remember a few months ago one of the pundits on the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast called us a 'Poundshop Ajax'. At the time I was offended, but in hindsight he was spot on. You can't play Champagne football unless you are prepared to pay Champagne prices for the right players, which we evidently aren't. The squad is good enough for this level (if far from perfect), but not when they're directed to play like they are. That's not to say it's impossible to play passing football at this level on a budget- we've done it before- but this particular brand is asking too much of what is a limited squad.
Might it have worked out in different circumstances? Possibly. The board hasn't helped. But then I remember Martin went out and spent actual money on Andy Fisher and lose practically all sympathy for him. That has to have been his move, as was signing Darling. Whatever you think of Darling as a player, spending 1.5m on him and sitting him on the bench half the time isn't a good look.
All in all, it's just a bit depressing, especially as I'm not sure even sure sacking RM will actually achieve anything. We're going to limp over the finish line whether we do it with or without the Vegan Wenger. Confidence is shot to pieces, and sacking a manager who by all accounts is quite popular with the players probably isn't going to do wonders for that. And who comes in?
And yet, despite it all, I'll be at Kenilworth Road on Saturday. Mostly to tick it off the list, but I'll support the team and hope for a miracle.
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Your post may be top notch, according to some, but I got as far as 'In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.' and gave up. The amount of work Wood and Cabango got through last night was impressive and what are they supposed to do when the midfield has no presence whatsoever?
Until Martin sorts out the midfield the back line is always going to be under pressure. | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 10:33 - Feb 28 with 1236 views | BryanSwan |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 10:18 - Feb 28 by Badlands |
Your post may be top notch, according to some, but I got as far as 'In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.' and gave up. The amount of work Wood and Cabango got through last night was impressive and what are they supposed to do when the midfield has no presence whatsoever?
Until Martin sorts out the midfield the back line is always going to be under pressure. |
Cabango and Wood are no worse footballers than Monk etc who played in "possesion based" teams. The issue is what they are being told to do. Every team in the league knows that and they press accordingly, putting them under real pressure.
I'm sure that under competent management both would be pretty good centre halves, especially at this level. | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 11:00 - Feb 28 with 1196 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 10:33 - Feb 28 by BryanSwan |
Cabango and Wood are no worse footballers than Monk etc who played in "possesion based" teams. The issue is what they are being told to do. Every team in the league knows that and they press accordingly, putting them under real pressure.
I'm sure that under competent management both would be pretty good centre halves, especially at this level. |
Goddam right .
They must hate Martin
Popular amongst the players .?More Martin PR. Crap. | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 12:52 - Feb 28 with 1074 views | krunchykarrot |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 10:18 - Feb 28 by Badlands |
Your post may be top notch, according to some, but I got as far as 'In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.' and gave up. The amount of work Wood and Cabango got through last night was impressive and what are they supposed to do when the midfield has no presence whatsoever?
Until Martin sorts out the midfield the back line is always going to be under pressure. |
We need pacy WB 's and forward Ogbene would have been a great addition. As ive said on here before Whittaker doesnt impress but we need to give him a fair run. We are so slow in all departments it is killing our CH's as you say as they have no outball as its walking pace.
I was hoping we had scraped 3 points last night so that we could give mins to our youngsters . |  | | |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 13:13 - Feb 28 with 1031 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 12:52 - Feb 28 by krunchykarrot |
We need pacy WB 's and forward Ogbene would have been a great addition. As ive said on here before Whittaker doesnt impress but we need to give him a fair run. We are so slow in all departments it is killing our CH's as you say as they have no outball as its walking pace.
I was hoping we had scraped 3 points last night so that we could give mins to our youngsters . |
Grimes has been given a fair run since he came here
Worst captain in our history and most overrated .
Whitaker looks as he did prior to being shunted off to Plymouth. | |
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| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 13:39 - Feb 28 with 993 views | angryjack |
| Swansea City v Rotherham United : MATCHDAY Matchday Thread 2022/23 on 10:18 - Feb 28 by Badlands |
Your post may be top notch, according to some, but I got as far as 'In fact all three central defenders looked comically uncomfortable on the ball at times.' and gave up. The amount of work Wood and Cabango got through last night was impressive and what are they supposed to do when the midfield has no presence whatsoever?
Until Martin sorts out the midfield the back line is always going to be under pressure. |
The cabango is laughable,too stiff too slow,can't pass under pressure,moves uis feet too slow,seen the qe2 turn quicker.. | | | |
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