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Reply | MPH
at 11:43 11 Mar 2025
Shame that he was injured now he seemed to have started being able to show what he had the potential to be capable of, which seemed to be of benefit to the team with the changes at the club. Think we have cover for him with players returning from injuries just hope some do not relapse.
He painted a very frustrated figure under William's but if the price is right I would have him back. |
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Reply | Burnley full-back Roberts signs contract extension
at 07:01 11 Mar 2025
If we carry on doing well under Sheehan until the international break then we will have a better idea of the strength of the squad which the inclusion of O'Brien and Delacroix and the different setup seems to suggest. The loss of Peart-Harris and Darling was was differcult to judge away from home as you would expect the home team being one nil down to try and put that extra press on us to see if we would buckle which while we didn't we did lose some of the control we had previously before Darling's injury.
Connor Roberts has sorted his near future out and I can see no reason to try and bring him back paying big bucks as we will need to spend money in the summer if we want to keep the two loan signings mentioned above and bring new players to the club.
I would like to see a return of number of our players out on loan who are getting good amounts of game time to see if they have learnt enough to progress to at least full time squad members and continue any progress made which will hopefully with the help of the addition of proven quality players the overall strength of the squad.
Think we will learn a lot about the interim manager and the strength of the squad in the next three games. Hoping we can show that a style of play makes a lot of difference to the ones that threw caution to the wind losing us valuable points time and time again. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 03:34 10 Mar 2025
Shame to see Peart-Harris injured and back for assessment at Brentford seem to have a couple of qualities some of our players had been lacking or was it a case he wasn't see eye to eye with what Williams wanted but with the shackles off was more effective but then again were others as well now showing what they can do like Eom in a team who could do with being more clinical?
Early days under Sheehan and O'Brien has added to the team which personnel wise hasn't changed that much from William's teams but playing better than without both William's and Grimes. I don't expect us to pull up trees and we may struggle against the so called big boys but our set up and shape has been better but still there are issues that may be unresolved this season with the players available. Hope we keep a sense of belief that we can compete in games against anyone and not struggle as we did against teams like Southampton undet Sheehan and Leicester under Duff after signs of improvement hopefully without Grimes in the team we will be able to compete in the middle of the park and not concede ground while maintaining a threat up top. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 18:56 9 Mar 2025
We needed as much quality up top as we could keep
and Paterson had a level of quality but given his age and temperament, wasn't too unhappy to see him leave, a player that could produce things up top but could we carry both him and Grimes in the midfield but similar to Allen wouldn't be able to last too many full games, I don't want to see us carrying too many players but you do need to have a bit of quality in all areas of the pitch. [Post edited 10 Mar 10:49]
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 16:20 9 Mar 2025
Was MW ever going to displace Piroe and Ntcham but even with those two they needed to be complimented by other players for the team to function properly similar to Grimes needing others so that he could operate in a productive way.
There are only so many players a team can carry if they are lacking in some areas of their game, all about having the right balance of players. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 13:52 9 Mar 2025
As I remember it the number 7 and 9 stuck in the mind as to how much time they made for themselves on the ball, do check names and timings of subs to try and get my head straight.
Middlesbrough changed who was marking Ronald in the second half and Ronald did get in quite a tussle with the new fullback in the second half who even tried to go pass Key but Key's pace was enough to recover the situation, between Ronald and Key they should be ripping shreds out of opposition defences but given what they have previously been asked to do they have no idea on how to compliment each other when they do opposition's defences will be in trouble rather than the indecisive play we are seeing from them at times,fingers crossed.
Leeds can leak goals and leave themselves open, Burnley we shall see, just hope we don't get any more injuries for players that would affect our shape. [Post edited 10 Mar 10:47]
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 09:08 9 Mar 2025
First and second halves. In the first their Middlesbrough possession was primarily going through their captain number 7 Hackney when our attacks broke down he found himself in space on the ball but deep in his own half, Franco and O'Brien sitting in the middle as needed not allowing quick forward progression by him and the likes of Cullen and Vipotnik able to chase him down stopping a lot of forward progression as our defence got tight.
The second half change of K. Ịheanachọ their number nine coming on up top and a rejigged back line meant they nullified the threat oof our right side and with K. Ịheanachọ dropping deeper into the pocket behind Franco and O'Brien they were getting better possession further up the field which increased with Darling's withdrawal, it took time for Delacroix to get to grips with the game. That possession further forward allowed their wing on our left to cause Tymon problems. Cooper on for Eom did little to relieve that pressure, Bianchini neither because the space they were finding was further up field. Fulton extra height needed?
Solid rearguard reaction but we did lose that attacking edge. Being fair to Cooper he did relieve the pressure with a feint to play the dreaded pass backwards to turn his man to head down the wing ending up a with a free kick and relief down the pitch but I do wonder if adopting a 4-4-2 with Bianchini and Ginnelly up top would keep a viable threat up top, it did against Blackburn with Ginnelly causing all sorts of problems when he came on, we were in a better position score wise than yesterday's game and I suppose the end justified Sheehan's decisions.
Very enjoyable win. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 21:33 8 Mar 2025
Totally different mindset, kept the shape in the midfield, forwards for the most part only pressing when the midfield was back in shape and when player playing down the spine of the team pushed up someone filled the gap left behind to ensure teams didn't walk the ball through our midfield or counter attack with the ease they had previously under Martin and Williams.
No goals conceded minutes after we scored I wonder why? [Post edited 9 Mar 7:57]
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Reply | Harry Darling
at 16:46 6 Mar 2025
If we are safe and not in reach off play offs we don't blood some youngsters to let them see what the standard they need to attain to be a first choice player?
Agree about playing our best players initially even to see tight games out but with games now coming in quick succession, can we risk some of our first eleven playing 90mins in each game? |
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Reply | Harry Darling
at 08:09 6 Mar 2025
Prog or Punk which one is better only one way to find out......
Darling's marking positioning and option taking has had it's flaws since he has joined, we know he is a good player and at the moment is a first choice for the starting eleven, as for Delacroix seems as if he is a good player as well but will he or Darling be here next season so at what point do we have to change things to cover ourselves for next season.
I think we will need both Darling and Delacroix next season but is that going to happen?
Darling does need coaching to be a better player I don't think the likes of Williams or Martin have helped him. |
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Reply | 🔴 Likely candidates for the Swans job
at 07:47 6 Mar 2025
Has the inclusion of O'Brien in the starting eleven helped to make it look as if Sheehan management is better than his predecessor and helped us look so much more resilient through in the spine of the team?
The Stoke and Sheffield Wednesday games included O'Brien should never have been lost but were under William's would they have been under Sheehan?
Either way O'Brien in the midfield has made a big difference to the way we play and our setup defensively, will we be able to keep him or get in players of his needed quality in for next season? |
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Reply | Preston North End v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 23:55 5 Mar 2025
You forgot centrehalves as well. Hope Ginnelly can be eased back into the front line by the end of the season for next season. Will O'Brien, Peart-Harris, Delacroix, Darling, Allen, Naughton and Christie be here next season and if teams come hunting the likes of Franco? Lots of holes in the squad need to be filled and of a quality. |
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Reply | Preston North End v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 16:04 5 Mar 2025
Little things that make all the difference, Darling pushing forward out from the back getting high up the park, cannot remember who it was but they dropped back into the hole that Darling left, we have seen it too many time where that hole has not been closed off leaving us wide open to counter attacks as we press forward. Football is so often a numbers game, we need to expect mistakes and cover them as far as possible. We got away with one by Fulton but was he passing to the player who let it go? Mistake by both? |
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Reply | Preston North End v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 09:58 5 Mar 2025
Having read the report on the first half and seeing the second it would seem as if we had enough possession further up the park but PNE defence coped well defensively making it hard for us to create clear chances and not able to make the most few we had. Still missing that quality up top? I thought against Blackburn that between Bianchini and Ginnelly they brought a quality onto the pitch that kepted Blackburn on the backfoot wonder if together they could have brought more to our game to unlock a stubborn defence.
Fulton brought on supposedly to help against an aerial bombardment and Allen's quality left on the bench.
Three defenders, three midfielders and two attackers on the bench sums up the game plan to keep ourselves defensively solid with the aim to get at the very least a point and nick the three.
Well earned point given this years preformances but need more up top to keep the pressure on teams to be deserving of the three points. |
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Reply | Preston North End v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 21:48 4 Mar 2025
Didn't catch first half, second half looked as if keeping it defensively tight even with giving chances away, did get possession further up the pitch but not enough quality to make anything, would have like to see if Ginnelly could fashion something up top as the others don't look as if they could but not on bench apparently, away from hone happy to take a point. |
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Reply | Swansea City : Sheehan dips his toe into the manager pool
at 08:42 4 Mar 2025
Will be interesting to see if he changes the starting line up and how he reacts to results as we move from one game to another of the next four games, that will hopefully give us some insight to his game management and how he adapts the team for home and away games against four teams who are above us in the league, three of whom are are there or there abouts for at least play off positions. |
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Reply | 🔴 Likely candidates for the Swans job
at 22:56 27 Feb 2025
The 90% safe ball was killing us because the 10% unsafe passes were either to deep in our half or high up the park where with us not set up correctly to guard against counter attacks. |
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Reply | Where do we see our loaned out players...
at 18:03 27 Feb 2025
If I was a centreforward under Williams being asked to chase down the ball being passed around the opposition back line "without" support I would not be happy and would be having a few words to to question the folly of such a tactic. |
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Reply | Peart - Harris
at 09:12 26 Feb 2025
Wonder what the views are on the player mentioned in the thread header now or even others that have been seen to be struggling mentioned in the thread?
Does Ginnelly look as if he will eventually become a first choice eleven player?
Would you change the starting eleven for the PNE game after the preformances in the Blackburn game?
Or is it too early after Williams has left to make a substantive opinion on players and the teams performance |
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