| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED 09:05 - Oct 16 with 16592 views | KeithHaynes |
The not Not Loyal match day thread fresh from the beating at Burnley to the battlefields of the Preseli mountains ish.
 RamsWeek 7 - Yours Is No Disgrace 16th Feb 2009 01:17Derby County had a whole week to prepare for their glamour tie in the 5th Round of the FA Cup at home to Manchester United.  0
 Joel Piroe out until November as Swansea City don’t appeal his red card 18th Oct 2022 09:00Twenty three year old Joel Piroe has been banned for three games after his sending off for stamping at Burnley on Saturday. His dismissal in the seventy fourth minute means he misses tonight’s game against Reading, and next Sundays derby clash against Cardiff City. He will also miss the following game at Bristol City. 0
Referee : JAMES BELL
Lino’s : Adam Crysell and Sam Lewis
Fourth Official : Andy Davies
The NL review. James Bell, also known as ding dong to his few friends has been a referee since he was four years of age. His first red card he gave to his next door neighbour at the age of five, his family moved home at that point but didn’t tell him. He was raised in the orphanage for potentially parentless young referees but quickly made his escape to the North Lancashire leagues where his first appointment was with make up manufacturer Avon. He would be lifted up and ring the potential clients doorbell. In school he earned the nickname ‘End’ After qualifying at 14, James Bell primarily officiated games at his secondary school and in the Sheffield & District Junior League. Initially balancing his refereeing and playing commitments, he chose the former and steadily progressed through the system, earning promotion onto the National List of assistant referees at the age of 23.
Bell assisted on both the 2016 FA Youth Cup Final between Manchester City v Chelsea and the 2017 League Two Play-Off Final between Blackpool v Exeter City at Wembley Stadium before choosing the refereeing pathway. He took charge of the National League Play-Off Final between Harrogate Town v Notts County in 2020 before receiving promotion onto the National Group. Bell has since taken charge of semi-finals of each of the EFL Trophy, FA Trophy, FA Sunday Cup, FA Youth Cup and FA County Youth Cup.
Swansea City: Steven Benda; Nathan Wood, Harry Darling, Ben Cabango; Joel Latibeaudiere, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes (captain), Matty Sorinola; Luke Cundle, Ollie Cooper; Michael Obafemi.
Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Olivier Ntcham, Liam Cullen, Armstrong Oko-Flex, Fin Stevens, Kyle Naughton, Josh Thomas.
Reading: Joe Lumley, Tom Holmes, Tom McIntyre, Jeff Hendrick, Tom Ince, Yakou Meite, Andy Yiadom (captain), Tyrese Fornah, Mamadou Loum, Junior Hoilett, Amadou Mbengue.
Substitutes: Dean Bouzanis, Andy Carroll, Shane Long, Lucas Joao, Baba Rehman, Ovie Ejaria, Nesta Guinness-Walker.
 A fantastic Swansea City come back proves the doubters wrong ‘yet again’ 19th Oct 2022 08:00Swansea City came back from two goals down to hammer home their promotion credentials in a devastating display of finishing at the swansea.com stadium last night. It was as much a surprise to see Reading take a two goal lead as it was for the swans to not be at least two goals up when the first away goal hit the back of Steven Benda’s net. 0
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:06 - Oct 18 with 1120 views | vetchonian |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:00 - Oct 18 by max936 |
Vetchy have you ever made a mistake, mistakes even? I have and far to many at that, tonight was superb, a tense one though, 3 more exhausting points in the bag.
Enjoy the moment. 
We done to Martin he's learning all the time, you can see it in the players by the way they respond to him as well, Great Stuff. |
plenty the person who hasn't made a mistake has never done anything.
we are lucky to have Fulton....great win but the changes at halftime were how we should have started....maybe then we might have won 3 nil.....
that said 3 points in the bag and some confidence going into Sunday |  |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:07 - Oct 18 with 1110 views | Whiterockin |
Very poor refereeing left us 2-0 down. A team playing for the manager and excellent tactical management by RM turns the game round for a win. The haters can spin it any way they like, those are the facts. |  | | |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:09 - Oct 18 with 1089 views | vetchonian |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:07 - Oct 18 by Whiterockin |
Very poor refereeing left us 2-0 down. A team playing for the manager and excellent tactical management by RM turns the game round for a win. The haters can spin it any way they like, those are the facts. |
spin what
there you go stirring it up....using the word haters. | |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:10 - Oct 18 with 1063 views | Dr_Parnassus |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:07 - Oct 18 by Whiterockin |
Very poor refereeing left us 2-0 down. A team playing for the manager and excellent tactical management by RM turns the game round for a win. The haters can spin it any way they like, those are the facts. |
No need to spin anything.
The data speaks for itself, however way you want to spin it.
Good win, but it took some rescuing from an awful tactical set up in the first half. That’s is the fact. |  |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:10 - Oct 18 with 1083 views | Sirjohnalot |
To comc back from 2-0 down after getting stuffed on Saturday shows the self belief that Martin has instilled into this side. They could easily have collapsed tonight. Brilliant man management with the subs too, explaining decisions when they came off.
This man will take us up. |  | | |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:10 - Oct 18 with 1082 views | Boundy |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:02 - Oct 18 by builthjack |
A honest ref and it could have been 6~1 |
Not sure he was dishonest , poor positioning for the non penalty and a lack of decision making by us for both Readings goals could have cost us the game.Benda's punch whilst taking a Reading player out late in the second half could have gone againgst us but thankfully not | |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:13 - Oct 18 with 1037 views | magicdaps10 |
That should have been 5 goals there tonight from us tonight if the ref was on it.
We were very decent tonight with a superb mental toughness throughout including the bench.
The first goal from Reading is a sucker punch and Darling needs to learn from the 2nd.....we got punished for our 2 mistakes and that very rarely happens.
We are a young group and still learning but I think Martin has really turned a corner and there is a belief as shown tonight in the team that hasn't been there in the last 20 months or so.
Take a bow Martin, staff and players.....superb come back. |  |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:14 - Oct 18 with 1027 views | vetchonian |
we won great comeback but we gifted them 2 goals
Hopefully Martin has learnt from tonight that reverting to the process is not good.
the changes he made half time changed things
if he continues to pick Cooperand and carries on with the second half tactics he could well become a half decent manager | |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:15 - Oct 18 with 1015 views | jojaca |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:10 - Oct 18 by Boundy |
Not sure he was dishonest , poor positioning for the non penalty and a lack of decision making by us for both Readings goals could have cost us the game.Benda's punch whilst taking a Reading player out late in the second half could have gone againgst us but thankfully not |
Great comeback, a lot of incidents I would like to see in the highlights, hard to judge from the stands. My only dig tonight is wing backs continues to be a problem, we don't look capable of going beyond their full backs. |  |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:15 - Oct 18 with 1001 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 21:58 - Oct 18 by Fireboy2 |
Cooper has energy and passion that ntcham hasn't, even though he hasnt got ntchams skill he should be in the starting 11 every game. |
Amen to that |  | | |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:16 - Oct 18 with 963 views | Dr_Parnassus |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:14 - Oct 18 by vetchonian |
we won great comeback but we gifted them 2 goals
Hopefully Martin has learnt from tonight that reverting to the process is not good.
the changes he made half time changed things
if he continues to pick Cooperand and carries on with the second half tactics he could well become a half decent manager |
Indeed, this side is capable of promotion as many of us were saying last season.
It’s barely changed.
Reverting to how we played last season is going to return the same result. Today should be a wake up call and (another) free lesson for him where he can see the results the styles bring in stark contrast without costing us anything.
A return to it from this point forward is inexcusable. | |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:17 - Oct 18 with 976 views | magicdaps10 |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:10 - Oct 18 by Sirjohnalot |
To comc back from 2-0 down after getting stuffed on Saturday shows the self belief that Martin has instilled into this side. They could easily have collapsed tonight. Brilliant man management with the subs too, explaining decisions when they came off.
This man will take us up. |
There was a mental toughness in the squad, after losing so badly on the weekend and going 2-0 down tonight....it would have been easy to feel sorry themselves.
Martin's starting to get a tune out of a very young squad. | |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:24 - Oct 18 with 919 views | Sirjohnalot |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:17 - Oct 18 by magicdaps10 |
There was a mental toughness in the squad, after losing so badly on the weekend and going 2-0 down tonight....it would have been easy to feel sorry themselves.
Martin's starting to get a tune out of a very young squad. |
He’s going to manage at the very top one day, another reason we need to go up this year, Premier sides will come knocking otherwise. Not sure he’d go for a team likely to go down but unless we go up, he could be gone. He’s a fantastic manager | | | |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:25 - Oct 18 with 908 views | raynor94 |
You can't beat a read of the matchday thread after a game |  |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:25 - Oct 18 with 906 views | Boundy |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:14 - Oct 18 by vetchonian |
we won great comeback but we gifted them 2 goals
Hopefully Martin has learnt from tonight that reverting to the process is not good.
the changes he made half time changed things
if he continues to pick Cooperand and carries on with the second half tactics he could well become a half decent manager |
Just to clarify was it Martin who gifted the goals ? | |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:28 - Oct 18 with 893 views | Dr_Winston |
I think people may be slightly overstating how well we did tonight. In the first half we huffed and puffed and didn't create much at all. Midfield was a yawning chasm, Grimes did more to slow down our attacks than half of their players, and the lack of pace in the team overall was a huge handicap.
Second half was much better. Oko-Flex showed what we were missing out wide and we actually started looking for the forward pass. Still too hesitant in there at times, and the way we immediately started sitting back after going in front will be punished by better teams than Reading.
We got the win, but could easily have lost against a very mediocre team. We'll have to do a lot better than that if we have designs on promotion. |  |
| 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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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:30 - Oct 18 with 886 views | Treforys_Jack |
I thought Oba was excellent tonight, deserved a goal, but was tireless up front and tracked back all night long. Great performance. | | | |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:31 - Oct 18 with 880 views | magicdaps10 |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:24 - Oct 18 by Sirjohnalot |
He’s going to manage at the very top one day, another reason we need to go up this year, Premier sides will come knocking otherwise. Not sure he’d go for a team likely to go down but unless we go up, he could be gone. He’s a fantastic manager |
He is young and has got a young team performing well...consistency with such a young squad is going to be an issue as tonight has shown but if he carries on then eyes will be looking his way.
Quite a few things need to happen but a win Sunday could see us going top, it's highly unlikely but a possible all the same.
3 points off the top......let that one sink in 😠| |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:32 - Oct 18 with 873 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:10 - Oct 18 by Sirjohnalot |
To comc back from 2-0 down after getting stuffed on Saturday shows the self belief that Martin has instilled into this side. They could easily have collapsed tonight. Brilliant man management with the subs too, explaining decisions when they came off.
This man will take us up. |
Great post.
As a Swans fan tonight was a fantastic result.
Enjoy it. 🦢â¤ï¸
Well done the players, management and fans.
Now for our little cousins .. |  |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:32 - Oct 18 with 873 views | Dr_Winston |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:30 - Oct 18 by Treforys_Jack |
I thought Oba was excellent tonight, deserved a goal, but was tireless up front and tracked back all night long. Great performance. |
At one point he was sprinting the length of the pitch to win defensive headers.
Say what you like about him, but he leaves every sinew of himself out on the pitch when he comes off it. | |
| 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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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:33 - Oct 18 with 872 views | angryjack |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:24 - Oct 18 by Sirjohnalot |
He’s going to manage at the very top one day, another reason we need to go up this year, Premier sides will come knocking otherwise. Not sure he’d go for a team likely to go down but unless we go up, he could be gone. He’s a fantastic manager |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:33 - Oct 18 with 868 views | swan85 |
Great result to come back from 2-0 down, especially after the run of corners and pressure we had before they scored. Could really have been a kick in the knackers to the confidence. But they came back and won the game.
Only negative for me, at 2-0 down said to my Mrs, we would win 3-2…..and didn’t put a bet on! 🙄 | | | |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:33 - Oct 18 with 867 views | andrew |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 20:56 - Oct 18 by Dr_Parnassus |
In order to win this, possession needs to come down from 79% and long balls have to come up from 4%.
Otherwise we are looking at a frustrating and pedestrian second half.
I wonder if he will put the breaks on Martinball after it’s abysmal return to the stage. |
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| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:34 - Oct 18 with 864 views | lifelong |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:28 - Oct 18 by Dr_Winston |
I think people may be slightly overstating how well we did tonight. In the first half we huffed and puffed and didn't create much at all. Midfield was a yawning chasm, Grimes did more to slow down our attacks than half of their players, and the lack of pace in the team overall was a huge handicap.
Second half was much better. Oko-Flex showed what we were missing out wide and we actually started looking for the forward pass. Still too hesitant in there at times, and the way we immediately started sitting back after going in front will be punished by better teams than Reading.
We got the win, but could easily have lost against a very mediocre team. We'll have to do a lot better than that if we have designs on promotion. |
I thought Grimes had a good game this evening. |  | | |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:36 - Oct 18 with 839 views | Dr_Winston |
| Swansea City v Reading : Match day Thread 2022/23 UPDATED on 22:34 - Oct 18 by lifelong |
I thought Grimes had a good game this evening. |
Grimes had a good game against Sunderland. He was a million miles away from that tonight.
Played more square balls than a lego football team. | |
| 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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