| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level 22:06 - Sep 1 with 48067 views | TheResurrection |
The Holy Grail of the "next level" is probably already upon us, or at least we're moving towards it, but most of you are too wrapped up in your own miserable preconceived prejudices, you won't open your eyes to realise it.
The Club still isn't perfect, but which one is? The Trust still need a genuine revamp and refresh to communicate effectively to both Board and fans. The friendly game ticket prices is an example of this. But the overall picture is one of a Club getting back on track and improving. Nothing too much to shout about in isolation as the only was was up after the disaster of the last 2 years or so.
But nevertheless we're getting our act together. Off the pitch and since January, on it.
Commercially we will see the benefits, we have professionals involved, true business people with contacts who will increase revenue. Better sponsorships and business partners to be tapped into. The profile of SCFC is on the rise, more professional media interaction, website, Twitter, Facebook, more games being streamed, all on the up.
The football aspect will now follow. The U-23's had a tremendously successful season and our Academy and training facilities are now state of the art. This will only help everything we are trying to achieve.
Anyone one of us that has supported this Club back in the day, when we stop and think about things, will struggle to believe it's all actually been a true story.
We are 7 years - SEVEN YEARS - in the EPL and it's time now to quit the childish quips about "the Yanks" ; "the sell-outs" etc. What we've achieved, led by the old Board and now the new is nothing short of a miracle, it's phenomenal!! I have spent enough time voicing an angry opinion about the goings on of all concerned, but all said and done, they've done us proud.
The football squad we will take into the Premier League from now is arguably the best since we've been here.
Goalkeeper - as solid as we could hope for and Fab is Swansea's no. 1 without a shadow of a doubt. The way we accumulate GK's should mean at least one of them will be good enough to step in if he's ever injured ;-)
Defence - Been a revelation under Clement as we now defend as a team with responsibility for this aspect on every player. Naughts comes in for ridiculous stick but for me he's completely dependable. Everyone loves to scapegoat and bully somebody. Naughts gets too much of this. Cover at full back would've been great but it didn't happen and he won't let us down - same as he didn't last season. Fede and Maws have now formed a strong partnership and have enjoyed playing alongside each other for some time and are growing very strong. I love Olsson, he's as competitive as they come, the sheer determination in everything he does is infectious. We've also got ball players right along the back and we can now adapt perfectly well to a 3-5-2 with Bartley and VdH able to step in when needed. Rangel is an able deputy and Clucas can cover the left. We are solid at the back.
Midfield - We will be very strong and competitive in midfield this season. The signing of Sanches is truly unbelievable and exciting and the options we now have in this area are plentiful - off the bench too. I'm sure Clement and the Board would've loved to add another wider player but we won't be held ransom and pay massively over the odds - that's not good business. Carroll has been outstanding since coming in, Clucas has fitted in with ease and technically just what we need, these 2 will keep the ball flowing freely and accurately all around the park, with Carroll more than adept at set pieces and corners. Fer, Ki and Mesa all have genuine claims of fighting for a first XI slot and Ayew can play deeper or wide to provide options. Leon's still about as are Routs, Narsingh and Dyer so we're not having to rely on the old guard like we did last season, and these boys will still have something to offer as the season goes on, I'm sure of that. Southampton have made Europe on squads similar to ours and we can genuinely aim to look a lot higher up the league than we could this time last season, as far as up as that remains to be seen, but why not.
Up front - Bony, Tammy and Ayew is our strongest front line since the EPL without a shadow of doubt. Bony, in my opinion, is the missing piece in the jigsaw, he has the exact qualities we've been crying out for and Llorente could simply not provide. I think the 3 can play together in a 4-3-3 with Bony in the middle and Tammy and Ayew either side. It won't be Tammy's preferred option, same as it isn't for Rashford, bit it's a genuine alternative option for us.
Options are good and options we now have in abundance.
Manager - Clement has been inch perfect since he's come in and all the options mentioned above, he makes them a reality. His coaching is second to none and the team is able to adapt to any of his demands. He'll also get us playing more football this season and our style of play will be unrecognisable from the sheer tedium of last year.
Next level? We're getting there if not arrived already, so let's see it for what it is, embrace the changes and enjoy what's going to be a bloody good season of football with some outstanding talent on show.
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 13:44 - Sep 3 with 2898 views | whoflungdung |
Bollox to the negatives
Sanchez ,with Clem,will be a sensation..we ll be wondering why we ve posted all this shyte
Bony has a point to prove,looks fit and I d suggest a few defenders might be getting rather concerned because many are going to bounce off him |  |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 14:00 - Sep 3 with 2886 views | harryhpalmer |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 20:58 - Sep 2 by TheResurrection |
Listen here you old creep, don't pretend you know it all or that you know more about the game than Clement.
Or please remind me when you worked under Ancelotti or Mourino? It's laughable really, Clement was there trying his best to work on the training ground and experimenting with formations and shapes, but it was ol' Harry Palmer and Jenkins that knew best all along.
Are you a facking joke? You sound like one.
And nowhere have I said they are above criticism. I just said it's time to move on and see a big picture, one that includes getting to a division you never thought we'd see in your 148 years of watching the Swans.
Mug. |
you are the mug pal.
proved it by not recognising Clement has plenty of mistakes, which is expected as a novice manager.
and you don't need to be rocket scientist or Ancelotti, Mourinho, Wenger, Fergie, Shankly, Bob Paisley or Tosh to recognise that.
So go back to school, and learn how to spell while you are at it you cretin. | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 14:21 - Sep 3 with 2869 views | TheResurrection |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 14:00 - Sep 3 by harryhpalmer |
you are the mug pal.
proved it by not recognising Clement has plenty of mistakes, which is expected as a novice manager.
and you don't need to be rocket scientist or Ancelotti, Mourinho, Wenger, Fergie, Shankly, Bob Paisley or Tosh to recognise that.
So go back to school, and learn how to spell while you are at it you cretin. |
Isolating every assumed mistake wasn't really important - neither really was the expression inch perfect. I was merely trying to illustrate how immense Clement's been for us.
But sad old fack's like you like to jump all over anything like this.
It seems your tactical brilliance is only evident with hindsight. Let the professionals make the mistakes and sad old Harry steps in to tell them where they've gone wrong. An West Stand Victor Meldrew.
Tell us Oh Special One, what would you do for Newcastle?  | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 15:03 - Sep 3 with 2854 views | Dewi1jack |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 12:45 - Sep 3 by STID2017 |
Surprised it took anyone five games TBH |
My eternal optimism took the better of me. |  |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 15:42 - Sep 3 with 2817 views | STID2017 |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 15:03 - Sep 3 by Dewi1jack |
My eternal optimism took the better of me. |
I was the same. When we lost at Arsenal I thought "maybe he's got something"
Sadly soon proved to be hope over knowledge |  |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 22:43 - Sep 3 with 2714 views | ZZoric |
Fantastic thread, clever - in so many ways
the usual negative brigade - think before u speak - u always rely on the 'but' word, u know who u are
exciting times:
- vision and reality
- clever coach
- X factor in abundance | | | |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 08:57 - Sep 4 with 2632 views | STID2017 |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 22:43 - Sep 3 by ZZoric |
Fantastic thread, clever - in so many ways
the usual negative brigade - think before u speak - u always rely on the 'but' word, u know who u are
exciting times:
- vision and reality
- clever coach
- X factor in abundance |
You are Simon Cowell and I claim my £5.00 | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 15:54 - Dec 3 with 2316 views | Concerned_Parent |
"The football squad we will take into the Premier League from now is arguably the best since we've been here. "
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 15:56 - Dec 3 with 2308 views | Darran |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 15:54 - Dec 3 by Concerned_Parent |
"The football squad we will take into the Premier League from now is arguably the best since we've been here. "
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:03 - Dec 3 with 2284 views | MyFinalHeaven |
"Carroll has been outstanding since coming in, Clucas has fitted in with ease and technically just what we need, these 2 will keep the ball flowing freely and accurately all around the park"
"Next level? We're getting there if not arrived already, so let's see it for what it is, embrace the changes and enjoy what's going to be a bloody good season of football with some outstanding talent on show."
....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Congrats you plum. We're dead last in the Premier League, broke the record for the least shots on target after 15 games, and have scored just 8 goals all season. Figures someone as impossibly stupid and thick as you, who thought we had the "best window ever" and said that this is "arguably the best squad" we've had since coming in the Premier League (dear God) could think such a preposterous thing. Jesus it's seriously mindnumbing how idiotic you are. |  |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:16 - Dec 3 with 2254 views | acejack3065 |
This thread hasn't aged well |  | | |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:20 - Dec 3 with 2236 views | Drizzy |
Spectacularly wrong on so many levels. |  |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:28 - Dec 3 with 2207 views | STID2017 |
Still believe all this diatribe Chris ?
All the names you called me and others must surely haunt you at night.
I think one of the nicest ones you called me was "You Beaut"
Well you can have that one back in spades.
You've had a mare of a year and all your wishes of getting rid of Gylfi and Llorente came true, with the result that we are staring relegation in the face and it's barely into December. | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:30 - Dec 3 with 2200 views | STID2017 |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:16 - Dec 3 by acejack3065 |
This thread hasn't aged well |
Neat Jack will be along in a minute to tell us how right The Res was and how the rest of us got it so woefully wrong | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:32 - Dec 3 with 2196 views | TheResurrection |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:03 - Dec 3 by MyFinalHeaven |
"Carroll has been outstanding since coming in, Clucas has fitted in with ease and technically just what we need, these 2 will keep the ball flowing freely and accurately all around the park"
"Next level? We're getting there if not arrived already, so let's see it for what it is, embrace the changes and enjoy what's going to be a bloody good season of football with some outstanding talent on show."
....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Congrats you plum. We're dead last in the Premier League, broke the record for the least shots on target after 15 games, and have scored just 8 goals all season. Figures someone as impossibly stupid and thick as you, who thought we had the "best window ever" and said that this is "arguably the best squad" we've had since coming in the Premier League (dear God) could think such a preposterous thing. Jesus it's seriously mindnumbing how idiotic you are. |
The margins have been fine and we've been on the wrong end of them.
But he hasn't played Clucas in his preferred position, instead he's hung him out to dry at left back and defensive midfield. He's done this to the point where the boy has lost all confidence. He's not played Mesa, instead he's lied through his teeth to us all and binned him first chance he gets.
I was wrong about Clement, I was wrong about Sanches, I thought he could be the X Factor in the middle we needed when not landing our wide targets.
The funny thing is though. Nobody was moaning from January to May, or even early pre season when the Americans were getting praise heaped upon them for holding out for a few quid extra, apparently we were finally showing some balls then.
I did get swept away with Clements first pumps. I genuinely thought he was the real deal. I thought the way he changed formations last season to get us back on track was very clever. I have been very clearly wrong about that. | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:35 - Dec 3 with 2180 views | STID2017 |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:32 - Dec 3 by TheResurrection |
The margins have been fine and we've been on the wrong end of them.
But he hasn't played Clucas in his preferred position, instead he's hung him out to dry at left back and defensive midfield. He's done this to the point where the boy has lost all confidence. He's not played Mesa, instead he's lied through his teeth to us all and binned him first chance he gets.
I was wrong about Clement, I was wrong about Sanches, I thought he could be the X Factor in the middle we needed when not landing our wide targets.
The funny thing is though. Nobody was moaning from January to May, or even early pre season when the Americans were getting praise heaped upon them for holding out for a few quid extra, apparently we were finally showing some balls then.
I did get swept away with Clements first pumps. I genuinely thought he was the real deal. I thought the way he changed formations last season to get us back on track was very clever. I have been very clearly wrong about that. |
The biggest beef Chris most had with you was your insistence that without Gylfi and Llorente we'd be a better side.
Whether we could have kept them, given the money offered, is very debatable, but surely even you must admit now we are a poorer side without them ? | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:45 - Dec 3 with 2166 views | FerrieBodde |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:20 - Dec 3 by Drizzy |
Spectacularly wrong on so many levels. |
I'd love to know: was TheResurrection right about ANYTHING? It's fvcking amazing how one person could be so spectacularly wrong about everything, from Carroll, Clucas, Sigurdsson, Llorente, Clement, our summer window, and so on. He literally said that disaster of a summer window we had was our "best window ever," and, to somehow manage to outdo even as stupid a statement as that, predicted this historically bad Swansea team that's currently last in the table was "arguably the best since we've been in the PL."
Even a bloody broken clock is right twice a day, but this lad is just utterly hopeless. It beggars belief. It really does. He has to be mentally handicapped--there's simply no other explanation. |  | | |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:56 - Dec 3 with 2125 views | Darran |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:45 - Dec 3 by FerrieBodde |
I'd love to know: was TheResurrection right about ANYTHING? It's fvcking amazing how one person could be so spectacularly wrong about everything, from Carroll, Clucas, Sigurdsson, Llorente, Clement, our summer window, and so on. He literally said that disaster of a summer window we had was our "best window ever," and, to somehow manage to outdo even as stupid a statement as that, predicted this historically bad Swansea team that's currently last in the table was "arguably the best since we've been in the PL."
Even a bloody broken clock is right twice a day, but this lad is just utterly hopeless. It beggars belief. It really does. He has to be mentally handicapped--there's simply no other explanation. |
You were going well untill the last sentence. | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:19 - Dec 3 with 2073 views | TheResurrection |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:35 - Dec 3 by STID2017 |
The biggest beef Chris most had with you was your insistence that without Gylfi and Llorente we'd be a better side.
Whether we could have kept them, given the money offered, is very debatable, but surely even you must admit now we are a poorer side without them ? |
Without doubt, unequivocally and 100% I don't.
We have ten times better in Bony than we did with Llorente. That ones an absolute gimme.
We also had £45m for Siggy, we could've done some real damage with that. It's really as simple as that.
Is Siggy worth £45m to anyone, I mean, seriously.... ??
Ask the Everton fans what they think his value is. Even now after their two wins.
It was the best bit of business we have ever and will ever do. There's players out there that could've done a much more all round job than Siggy did. And if you remember, my suggesting we sell those two was to rebuild for a crack at survival. Do you honestly think Siggy would've made all the difference this season, just his set pieces? | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:27 - Dec 3 with 2048 views | STID2017 |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:19 - Dec 3 by TheResurrection |
Without doubt, unequivocally and 100% I don't.
We have ten times better in Bony than we did with Llorente. That ones an absolute gimme.
We also had £45m for Siggy, we could've done some real damage with that. It's really as simple as that.
Is Siggy worth £45m to anyone, I mean, seriously.... ??
Ask the Everton fans what they think his value is. Even now after their two wins.
It was the best bit of business we have ever and will ever do. There's players out there that could've done a much more all round job than Siggy did. And if you remember, my suggesting we sell those two was to rebuild for a crack at survival. Do you honestly think Siggy would've made all the difference this season, just his set pieces? |
All players are overvalued.
No way Siggy was worth £45 million.
However, his value in terms of goals and assists to us was priceless.
If we could have sold him and Llorente for the reported £60 million and replaced them with two clones for a lot less then that's good business.
However, as we have failed to replaced them and more importantly their goals, then it's proving to be disastrous for us.
Given a change of style (more crosses in to the area) I feel Wilf will get a good quota of goals, but we will need more than that to stay up | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:28 - Dec 3 with 2047 views | 34dfgdf54 |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:19 - Dec 3 by TheResurrection |
Without doubt, unequivocally and 100% I don't.
We have ten times better in Bony than we did with Llorente. That ones an absolute gimme.
We also had £45m for Siggy, we could've done some real damage with that. It's really as simple as that.
Is Siggy worth £45m to anyone, I mean, seriously.... ??
Ask the Everton fans what they think his value is. Even now after their two wins.
It was the best bit of business we have ever and will ever do. There's players out there that could've done a much more all round job than Siggy did. And if you remember, my suggesting we sell those two was to rebuild for a crack at survival. Do you honestly think Siggy would've made all the difference this season, just his set pieces? |
To us he was worth more though Chris.
It doesn’t matter how is performances have been for Everton. He was in an equally poor squad last season with us, but his set piece goals, assists and open play contribution was a massive factor in the club pocketing another £100 plus mill of tv money.
Bony is one of my favourite all time Swans players, but he won’t score the goals Llorente did last year, just like Llorente wouldn’t have if it wasn’t for Gylfi. £30mill of that Siggy money had to go on a replacement in the AM role, if it wasn’t going to be, then Siggy shouldn’t have been sold no matter what the money. |  | | |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:29 - Dec 3 with 2040 views | TheResurrection |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 16:28 - Dec 3 by STID2017 |
Still believe all this diatribe Chris ?
All the names you called me and others must surely haunt you at night.
I think one of the nicest ones you called me was "You Beaut"
Well you can have that one back in spades.
You've had a mare of a year and all your wishes of getting rid of Gylfi and Llorente came true, with the result that we are staring relegation in the face and it's barely into December. |
No, I called you a beaut because you wanted to go to PayPal and ask for your money back to an illegal site....
So..... You beaut  | |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:31 - Dec 3 with 2027 views | Dr_Winston |
Bony and Abraham are both capable of scoring as many goals as Llorente did if the team played the kind of football that served them properly. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:33 - Dec 3 with 2012 views | Phil_S |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:31 - Dec 3 by Dr_Winston |
Bony and Abraham are both capable of scoring as many goals as Llorente did if the team played the kind of football that served them properly. |
And thus you have the problem that has plagued us for most of the time
We realised Llorente strengths last season and played for them - reality was it was our only real threat that we had beyond a Siggy free kick
All too often though we dont play to the strengths of the striker and this season we just dont put the ball in the box enough |  | | |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:34 - Dec 3 with 2004 views | Dr_Winston |
| Our Football Club - Better in Every Department. Welcome to the Next Level on 17:33 - Dec 3 by Phil_S |
And thus you have the problem that has plagued us for most of the time
We realised Llorente strengths last season and played for them - reality was it was our only real threat that we had beyond a Siggy free kick
All too often though we dont play to the strengths of the striker and this season we just dont put the ball in the box enough |
Indeed.
We have to get the ball forward quicker and better. I think we could be doing that with the players we have, which is my biggest problem with Clement. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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