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Reply | Kyle Clifford
at 22:06 11 Mar 2025
When 40,000 murders a year occur, executing maybe 300 will never be a deterrent. If a state executes 40,000 people a year, then it might be. |
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Reply | Good wins
at 22:04 11 Mar 2025
That Norwegian defender they paid £3m for looked decent against us but has barely featured since. Not sure if there's injuries or what.
They're an awful side. Haven't seen three worse teams than them all season so if there is any footballing justice in the World they will be taking the drop, and that's not even going into the disgusting behaviour over the Sala situation. |
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Reply | Another low crowd
at 16:19 9 Mar 2025
This is the crux of it.
We have been, even when doing reasonably well under Cooper, deathly boring to watch for nearly six seasons. Add the generally dull style of play to a team losing games, particularly at home as we have done this season, and what do people expect? Growing crowds?
It's got little to do with marketing. You could make tickets a fiver each and a lot of the floating support wouldn't bother to make the effort to get down to games. People want to be entertained, to feel like they've got their time and money's worth. That's the most important thing that the club needs to do.
It's not unique to Swansea either. Nor even football. It's definitely a South Wales sporting public thing. |
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Reply | Vipotnik
at 13:05 9 Mar 2025
He's three years younger than Cullen too. Looking forward to seeing how he develops now we're actually giving him a chance. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 12:47 9 Mar 2025
It was quite noticeable how often one of their midfielders (probably the #7, I didn't notice) dropped very deep to get the ball. Their approach very much resembled what we tried to do for much of the season.
The second half is where Sheehan fell down a little for me. He tends to make the right subs in general, but usually a little late for my liking. I'd have left Vip on and played Bianchini wider, maybe for Ronald, maybe as a shift to a 4-4-2. Give them a dual threat to face. Instead we did a straight swap and tried to play the same way, which didn't suit FB at all. He's a willing runner, but in no way able to hold the ball up as well, which left it coming straight back at us a bit too much. |
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Reply | Vipotnik
at 21:13 8 Mar 2025
It's not rocket surgery.
Under Williams he was frequently left completely isolated with non existent service and support. Sheehan clearly understood this (unlike many of our supporters) and has rectified the situation, resulting in Vipotnik getting a new lease of life.
Things aren't perfect. A natural #10 behind him instead of Cullen would be a big help, but at least now we're starting to see more of the player who was always there if people cared to look. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 18:07 8 Mar 2025
To be honest probably loads of them. Mostly the same types who'd have Russy back too.
Replacing O'Brien in the Summer will be a tough job. Hopefully there's more where Franco came from. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 18:06 8 Mar 2025
One move in the second half would have comfortably been the goal of the season if the keeper hadn't saved from Eom. Quick, one touch passing through midfield and a cracking ball into the box.
13 shots from 39.4% possession, but by no means long ball. Possession with a purpose, as it should always have been. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 17:49 8 Mar 2025
A lot of the loudest voices tend to go quiet when the team is doing well.
Excellent performance today. The entertainment value is significantly improved and three clean sheets on the bounce after the way we started the year is hugely pleasing.
For me Sheehan is getting the performances that these players were always capable of out of them as opposed to having them playing beyond themselves, but letting them play their natural games instead of trying to squeeze them into some idiotic system is paying dividends for him.
I can't imagine that many people are missing Grimes either. |
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Reply | Gene Hackman tribute
at 22:37 7 Mar 2025
Have read in a few places that the dog had recently had surgery and was in a crate as a result. Poor thing probably died of dehydration.
My first thoughts once that Carbon Monoxide had been ruled out that he died of a heart attack after she collapsed. The idea that he was riddled with Alzheimers and might have lived for a week after her not knowing that she had died is even more tragic. |
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Reply | Michael Sheen and debt relief.
at 20:59 6 Mar 2025
He can be a bit tediously preachy but one of the few who walks the walk as well as talking it. |
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Reply | 🔴 Likely candidates for the Swans job
at 20:58 6 Mar 2025
There's nothing that O'Brien has done that Grimes was incapable of, but the difference is that OB isn't psychologically terrified of losing the ball and prepared to take risks with it. |
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Reply | Drakeford to Increase Income Tax in Wales?
at 17:36 5 Mar 2025
Not spend at least £30m on more MP's we don't need amongst countless other millions pissed away or increase taxes?
Any Labour Government would make the same choice. Whether Senedd or Westminster. |
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Reply | U21 v Brentford
at 07:49 5 Mar 2025
Agreed. If they're not going to be featuring in our first team then they need to be playing proper competitive football somewhere else. Wilson had to go out on loan. Ditto Congreve, Nzingo and Cotterill.
Mooching about in the u21's would have been a waste of their time. |
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Reply | Preston North End v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 19:25 2 Mar 2025
Never quite sure whether Bodde would have kicked on in a higher league or become another Shelvey. Like Jonjo he had no shortage of talent but by all accounts wasn't heavily blessed in the IQ department. |
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Reply | Abdulai
at 12:36 2 Mar 2025
Our coaching staff weren't right about him being a winger, which was the main issue.
He was one of many who Williams clearly didn't have the first idea how to use. Ultimately he may have found his level as a central player, but that still doesn't excuse the negligent insanity of us playing him out wide time and time again.
If anything it actually makes it worse, because we would have been using a player who may not even have been good enough in his chosen position in one that plainly wasn't. [Post edited 2 Mar 12:37]
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