The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 09:03 - Mar 3 with 2241 views | DrGonzo | For my ten pound a year I expect in depth analysis of each game with full match stats and a vlog. Shame on you ECB. | ![](/images/avatars/9939.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 09:16 - Mar 3 with 2228 views | exiledclaseboy |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 09:03 - Mar 3 by DrGonzo | For my ten pound a year I expect in depth analysis of each game with full match stats and a vlog. Shame on you ECB. |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 09:20 - Mar 3 with 2214 views | monmouth |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 21:15 - Mar 2 by Dr_Winston | The biggest frustration is something Uxy alluded to. When we do move the ball quickly and with purpose we look a much better side. Question is why we fail to do that so often. We have players capable of doing it, otherwise it wouldn't happen at all. So we have to ask ourselves why it doesn't happen more often. Sadly I have to think to a certain degree that's how the team are being set up to play. The simple lack of anyone left on the halfway line when we're defending a corner speaks to an innate cautiousness about the way the players are being instructed to approach games. |
But surely we would be stuffed without Dyer and James in the box to head the ball away? Plus we wouldn't want to make two of the opposition's taller players have to stay back. That's crazy talk. | ![](/images/avatars/9539.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 10:45 - Mar 3 with 2109 views | Brynmill_Jack |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 21:15 - Mar 2 by Dr_Winston | The biggest frustration is something Uxy alluded to. When we do move the ball quickly and with purpose we look a much better side. Question is why we fail to do that so often. We have players capable of doing it, otherwise it wouldn't happen at all. So we have to ask ourselves why it doesn't happen more often. Sadly I have to think to a certain degree that's how the team are being set up to play. The simple lack of anyone left on the halfway line when we're defending a corner speaks to an innate cautiousness about the way the players are being instructed to approach games. |
I would have thought leaving Dan James on the halfway line while we’re defending a no brained. Any decent punt from defence upfield and he’d beat anyone to the ball. Crazy | ![](/images/avatars/8686.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 11:09 - Mar 3 with 2074 views | swan65split |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 09:03 - Mar 3 by DrGonzo | For my ten pound a year I expect in depth analysis of each game with full match stats and a vlog. Shame on you ECB. |
Fiver for me so a one liners an ok. | ![](/images/avatars/9381.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 11:14 - Mar 3 with 2078 views | jasper_T | Dan James doesn't score that goal against Brentford if he's parked on the halfway line. They thought there was no danger and pushed everyone up, leaving 2/3rds of the pitch empty to run into. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 12:19 - Mar 3 with 2003 views | thornabyswan |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 11:14 - Mar 3 by jasper_T | Dan James doesn't score that goal against Brentford if he's parked on the halfway line. They thought there was no danger and pushed everyone up, leaving 2/3rds of the pitch empty to run into. |
True but goals like that are far and few between. The point is if we had a player up the field they would have less players attacking the corner. And the second ball would not come back so regularly the tactic makes little sense to me. But neither did freezing out Dyer and Routeledge earlier in the season. Or not playing Narsingh or constantly rotating the keepers. I like Potter but some of his selections and tactics have baffled me to be honest. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 12:41 - Mar 3 with 1991 views | union_jack |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 08:26 - Mar 3 by karnataka | I agree we have a team capable of playing slick football moving the ball quickly and it's great to watch when it happens but the reason why we don't do it consistently throughout a game is our appalling movement off the ball which is something I've been banging on about for a few seasons now. In the past we've had players like Leon and de Guzman who were constantly on the move and had an instinct for finding pockets of space to receive a pass from whoever had the ball wherever they were on the pitch and players were able to see they had pass options before the ball had even reached them. It's how the likes of Liverpool and Man City play all the time. Far too often, our players receive a pass, look up and there's nothing on because we are statuesque so the ball has to go backwards and the momentum has gone. It's one of the main reasons our build up and attacking play is so laboured and slow. |
I wrote something similar earlier in the thread. To me this is rectified by heavily practiced drills in training where patterns and moves are ingrained into the players just like they are at the clubs you mention and others you haven’t. No we’re not Man City or Liverpool but the players are athletes, footballers and many have good pace so we should be able to cobble something together as we have indeed in the past. This is my only criticism of Potter; he doesn’t seem to be doing this, not based on the evidence we see week in week out. | ![](/images/avatars/8799.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 13:12 - Mar 3 with 1948 views | DafyddHuw |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 22:40 - Mar 2 by exiledclaseboy | Swans won. Good drink. Not bothered about post mortems. |
Not only do you not attend, you then think it's OK to post a comment on a match-day thread. Very poor. No wonder the Trust is so fùcked up. | ![](/images/avatars/9181.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 13:32 - Mar 3 with 1916 views | exiledclaseboy |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 13:12 - Mar 3 by DafyddHuw | Not only do you not attend, you then think it's OK to post a comment on a match-day thread. Very poor. No wonder the Trust is so fùcked up. |
Not attend? I’m confused. | ![](/images/avatars/8641.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 13:45 - Mar 3 with 1904 views | londonlisa2001 |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 23:46 - Mar 2 by Elmo | This post says it all about the quality of posts on this site. A match-day thread so lacking in insight, analysis and debate is testament to the low ebb on this forum. Poor form. A Trust official (if my understanding is correct), whose stated focus is on fans' communication can only muster a paltry one-liner, wtf. Surely fans deserve more from a fans forum affiliated with the fans' Trust. Interestingly (for key stakeholders) the insightful posters have disappeared. What's left are the dregs, the ongoing turgid depressing negativity, without meaningful content, meaningful knowledge. Poor form and highly indicative. Interesting times. |
Hahahahaha. Fair play, this post is fantastic. The Trust is now being knocked for the quality of Clasie’s post match analysis? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 14:12 - Mar 3 with 1855 views | thornabyswan |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 13:45 - Mar 3 by londonlisa2001 | Hahahahaha. Fair play, this post is fantastic. The Trust is now being knocked for the quality of Clasie’s post match analysis? |
And why not they have been blamed for. World war 2 Brexit Laudrup getting sacked The Cons winning the last election Jeremy Corbyns dress sense Not telling fans they see the books. And now this for fukc sake get your act together or I will be withholding my £10 come next August. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 14:58 - Mar 3 with 1793 views | dobjack2 |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 11:14 - Mar 3 by jasper_T | Dan James doesn't score that goal against Brentford if he's parked on the halfway line. They thought there was no danger and pushed everyone up, leaving 2/3rds of the pitch empty to run into. |
True - teams saw his pace from that goal therefore the opposition will be aware of his positioning and react to it. Depends how Potter wants to play it - push them out from the corner or suck them in for a quick counter. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:28 - Mar 3 with 1706 views | dickythorpe |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 08:26 - Mar 3 by karnataka | I agree we have a team capable of playing slick football moving the ball quickly and it's great to watch when it happens but the reason why we don't do it consistently throughout a game is our appalling movement off the ball which is something I've been banging on about for a few seasons now. In the past we've had players like Leon and de Guzman who were constantly on the move and had an instinct for finding pockets of space to receive a pass from whoever had the ball wherever they were on the pitch and players were able to see they had pass options before the ball had even reached them. It's how the likes of Liverpool and Man City play all the time. Far too often, our players receive a pass, look up and there's nothing on because we are statuesque so the ball has to go backwards and the momentum has gone. It's one of the main reasons our build up and attacking play is so laboured and slow. |
Spot on. | ![](/images/avatars/14957.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:31 - Mar 3 with 1698 views | dickythorpe |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 14:12 - Mar 3 by thornabyswan | And why not they have been blamed for. World war 2 Brexit Laudrup getting sacked The Cons winning the last election Jeremy Corbyns dress sense Not telling fans they see the books. And now this for fukc sake get your act together or I will be withholding my £10 come next August. |
And let's not forget the failure to preserve Andy Melville's tache. | ![](/images/avatars/14957.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:44 - Mar 3 with 1686 views | Flashberryjack |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 22:40 - Mar 2 by exiledclaseboy | Swans won. Good drink. Not bothered about post mortems. |
Wonderful ! .bit like being on the trust. | ![](/images/avatars/8685.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:50 - Mar 3 with 1681 views | exiledclaseboy |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:44 - Mar 3 by Flashberryjack | Wonderful ! .bit like being on the trust. |
In what way, Flash? | ![](/images/avatars/8641.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:57 - Mar 3 with 1667 views | Flashberryjack |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:50 - Mar 3 by exiledclaseboy | In what way, Flash? |
Not bothered. | ![](/images/avatars/8685.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:58 - Mar 3 with 1665 views | exiledclaseboy |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 16:57 - Mar 3 by Flashberryjack | Not bothered. |
About what? | ![](/images/avatars/8641.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 17:01 - Mar 3 with 1661 views | monmouth |
The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 11:14 - Mar 3 by jasper_T | Dan James doesn't score that goal against Brentford if he's parked on the halfway line. They thought there was no danger and pushed everyone up, leaving 2/3rds of the pitch empty to run into. |
We don't try to do anything like that at all as a rule though. If we were fast breaking and tried to get possession and play that way I would agree, but our 'go to' tactic stuck in my mind is to just hoof it back up the field back to them or into touch. | ![](/images/avatars/9539.gif) |
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The Official Swansea City Vs Bolton Wanderers Match Thread on 12:33 - Mar 4 with 1449 views | jasper_T | We gave them such a hiding they've shut the gates. Training centre is closed up, not a soul around. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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