The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread 17:01 - Jan 15 with 18462 views | jackharris | Swansea manager Graham Potter admitted, "We are some way off being a top-six side still" after seeing his team share the spoils in a 1-1 draw with Preston last weekend. Courtney Baker-Richardson finished a superb team move to give the Swans a slender advantage they merited, before North End hit back from the penalty spot only five minutes later. Preston had the best chance to find a winner before Earl's dismissal, but Erwin Mulder made a double save to deny them. Bersant Celina was Swansea's most likely threat in forward areas and played a key role in the opener, although the youngster was unable to create any further opportunities of note despite the hosts being reduced to 10 men late on. Post-match, Potter said: "You need to survive key moments and be a bit more clinical. We gave the ball away too easily and did not do enough to score more than one." The Swansea boss will now look forward to the return of top goalscorer Oli McBurnie from illness here, while midfielder Tom Carroll has returned to training after three months out injured. Sheffield United move into automatic promotion places David McGoldrick scored his 10th goal of the season as Sheffield United beat QPR to move into the Championship's top two. The Irish international scored the winning goal before half-time, heading Ollie Norwood's cross home as the Blades produced a solid, if unspectacular, performance to edge what was largely an even contest at Bramall Lane. John Egan came close to making it 2-0 late on when he nodded wide at the far post, but United were rarely seriously threatened by the Hoops as they bounced back from their shock FA Cup Third Round defeat to non-league Barnet with their fourth successive league win. Victory, coupled with dropped points for Norwich, saw the Blades move into second. January signings Gary Madine and Kieran Dowell started on the bench last Saturday and are expected to play a role as a substitute on Saturday once more. Chris Basham returned from suspension to start against QPR and should line-up on the right-side of defence in Sheffield United's preferred 3-5-2 system. Leon Clarke and Paul Coutts are hoping for recalls. Tickets: there are still lots of tickets available in most parts of the stadium. Most of the blue areas have sporadic seats available. The North West and South West Corners have some rows of seats situated together. Sheffield United will be bringing over 1,000 fans on Saturday. [Post edited 18 Jan 2019 22:51]
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:10 - Jan 19 with 2301 views | dickythorpe | They don't look a top 3 side.......neither do we. Poor execution by Celina in the danger area. [Post edited 19 Jan 2019 18:11]
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:10 - Jan 19 with 2302 views | jackatbarry |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 17:57 - Jan 19 by shimmie | Anyone got a stream compatible with iPhone please? |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:12 - Jan 19 with 2270 views | A_Fans_Dad |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 17:52 - Jan 19 by AndyNak | Any idea what happened to Joe? |
Pulled something, but I didn't have the sound on. | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:15 - Jan 19 with 2231 views | Libertarian | Routledge Losing possession every time | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:16 - Jan 19 with 2203 views | dickythorpe | 42 mins at home it's taken for our first shot at goal. | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:17 - Jan 19 with 2194 views | AndyNak |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:12 - Jan 19 by A_Fans_Dad | Pulled something, but I didn't have the sound on. |
Saw him just stop running, wasn’t sure if I missed something. Cheers | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:18 - Jan 19 with 2169 views | thornabyswan |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:10 - Jan 19 by dickythorpe | They don't look a top 3 side.......neither do we. Poor execution by Celina in the danger area. [Post edited 19 Jan 2019 18:11]
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Celina has been our best player for me but we have been poor | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:21 - Jan 19 with 2095 views | dickythorpe |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:18 - Jan 19 by thornabyswan | Celina has been our best player for me but we have been poor |
Oh agreed I wasn't knocking him. He took a good free kick there just before whistle for half time. I really hope we are working hard on our set pieces United are quite dirty. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:23 - Jan 19 with 2045 views | omarjack |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:18 - Jan 19 by thornabyswan | Celina has been our best player for me but we have been poor |
Agree, we've been awful, except of when Celina has the ball. Routs and Dyer are garbage. What a borefest of a half. We need James for Dyer, and at 60th mark we'll need Montero for Routledge. | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:24 - Jan 19 with 2032 views | Smellyplumz | Complete gash | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:24 - Jan 19 with 2023 views | Kerouac | How we need to set up 2nd half to win this game (IMO)… ------------------ McBurnie ---------------------- --------------- Celina -- Dyer -------------------- --------Grimes ---------------- Fer --------------- Naughton------ Fulton ------------ Naughton ------ Carter-Vickers -- van der Hoorn ----- -------------------- Mulder ----------------------- Then bring on either McKay/Daniel James/Montero for Dyer...and give them at least 20 mins to get into the game! | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:24 - Jan 19 with 2021 views | WxmJax |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 17:52 - Jan 19 by AndyNak | Any idea what happened to Joe? |
It happened earlier in the game, he wasn't happy about something and I thought he was trying to run it off. Surprised he wasn't looked at sooner. | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:24 - Jan 19 with 2021 views | A_Fans_Dad |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:21 - Jan 19 by dickythorpe | Oh agreed I wasn't knocking him. He took a good free kick there just before whistle for half time. I really hope we are working hard on our set pieces United are quite dirty. |
Yes they are, the Ref has finally given Stevens a Yellow. | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:27 - Jan 19 with 1988 views | Al_Bundy | Routledge and Dyers ball retention is appalling. We are far too slow too deep and relying on Celina for everything. Need some genuine outlet out wide with some pace to feed Ollie. | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:28 - Jan 19 with 1968 views | icecoldjack | It's quite apparent to me that the team feels more pressure playing at home, everyone seems off message today, and not for the firs time at the liberty . It's been a mediocre half of football once again, that raises more questions than answers, sheff utd should.be 0-2 up and quite frankly like most other teams in this league are nothing special at all. That's what's making this season so frustrating for me, most teams are bang average and we have nothing to be afraid of but almost every game we wonder why we've failed to win or draw. Hoping for a change second half, but it looks like half our team are playing within themselves and potter is painting by numbers . I live in hope, c'mon the swans !! | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:32 - Jan 19 with 1889 views | Tummer_from_Texas |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:24 - Jan 19 by Kerouac | How we need to set up 2nd half to win this game (IMO)… ------------------ McBurnie ---------------------- --------------- Celina -- Dyer -------------------- --------Grimes ---------------- Fer --------------- Naughton------ Fulton ------------ Naughton ------ Carter-Vickers -- van der Hoorn ----- -------------------- Mulder ----------------------- Then bring on either McKay/Daniel James/Montero for Dyer...and give them at least 20 mins to get into the game! |
I don't think Naughton has quite enough pace to play both sides. | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:33 - Jan 19 with 1870 views | GeoffThom |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:24 - Jan 19 by WxmJax | It happened earlier in the game, he wasn't happy about something and I thought he was trying to run it off. Surprised he wasn't looked at sooner. |
I do agree, but I'd noticed he's been limping for a while wouldn't be surprised if it's a bigger problem that could end his season | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:34 - Jan 19 with 1856 views | legoman |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:32 - Jan 19 by Tummer_from_Texas | I don't think Naughton has quite enough pace to play both sides. |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:34 - Jan 19 with 1853 views | Al_Bundy | Looks like it will take us going behind again to get any urgency in our play. | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:34 - Jan 19 with 1853 views | trinityann |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:32 - Jan 19 by Tummer_from_Texas | I don't think Naughton has quite enough pace to play both sides. |
Don't think Potter is the next messiah, we have been shocking at home this season. | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:35 - Jan 19 with 1843 views | jack2jack | I'd like to see Celina, driving at their defence, he can really cause problems. I'd also like to see us pressing the ball more and getting in their faces. Did anyone hear Pearlman on the radio? | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:37 - Jan 19 with 1818 views | dickythorpe |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:28 - Jan 19 by icecoldjack | It's quite apparent to me that the team feels more pressure playing at home, everyone seems off message today, and not for the firs time at the liberty . It's been a mediocre half of football once again, that raises more questions than answers, sheff utd should.be 0-2 up and quite frankly like most other teams in this league are nothing special at all. That's what's making this season so frustrating for me, most teams are bang average and we have nothing to be afraid of but almost every game we wonder why we've failed to win or draw. Hoping for a change second half, but it looks like half our team are playing within themselves and potter is painting by numbers . I live in hope, c'mon the swans !! |
Nail on head icecold. Although it is goalless, we never make the opposition work hard for their goals. | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:41 - Jan 19 with 1782 views | sherpajacob | Connor is completely ineffectual down the left. May as well swap sides with Naughton. | |
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The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:44 - Jan 19 with 1743 views | majorraglan |
It’s back on! | | | |
The Official Swansea City v Sheffield United Match Thread on 18:47 - Jan 19 with 1711 views | SwansNZ | just fecking shoot | |
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