| Crowd seeping away 18:16 - Mar 15 with 2052 views | onehunglow |
Quite clearly
It's like watching a bust dyke |  |
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| Crowd seeping away on 19:02 - Mar 15 with 1768 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
Rugby affected it big today. Hope all those who stayed away for that will rethink their choices next time after today |  |
| This is Patches O'Houlihan saying "Take care of your balls, and they'll take care of you." |
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| Crowd seeping away on 21:19 - Mar 15 with 1617 views | SullutaCreturned |
| Crowd seeping away on 19:02 - Mar 15 by PatchesOHoulihan |
Rugby affected it big today. Hope all those who stayed away for that will rethink their choices next time after today |
Well myself and my son left with 13 minutes to go but not to watch the egg. It was very disappointing, the football that is.
13,679 today apparently but a lot of people were leaving even before we'd left our seats. Was that the rugby or just boredom and frustration? | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 21:33 - Mar 15 with 1597 views | Whiterockin |
| Crowd seeping away on 21:19 - Mar 15 by SullutaCreturned |
Well myself and my son left with 13 minutes to go but not to watch the egg. It was very disappointing, the football that is.
13,679 today apparently but a lot of people were leaving even before we'd left our seats. Was that the rugby or just boredom and frustration? |
The hope of a couple of weeks ago has disintegrated. As a club I can't see where we are going. Caretaker manager, Caretaker chairman, team patched up with loan players. It's very hard for supporters to get behind the team. We need some indication of hope from the club, but they say nothing. It's not a good look for whoever they are trying to attract. |  | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 21:46 - Mar 15 with 1548 views | Dr_Winston |
Did you go to Preston? |  |
| 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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| Crowd seeping away on 21:46 - Mar 15 with 1547 views | SullutaCreturned |
| Crowd seeping away on 21:33 - Mar 15 by Whiterockin |
The hope of a couple of weeks ago has disintegrated. As a club I can't see where we are going. Caretaker manager, Caretaker chairman, team patched up with loan players. It's very hard for supporters to get behind the team. We need some indication of hope from the club, but they say nothing. It's not a good look for whoever they are trying to attract. |
Agreed, if Coleman is going he should just do it.
We cannot go into next season in this slipshod manner. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 22:19 - Mar 15 with 1485 views | lifelong |
When a team is playing poorly and losing badly at home a section of the crowd will leave early, it happens at every club not just Swansea City.
A supporter sat next to me since the new stadium opened has missed only two home games in the past 40 years, he said to me a while ago ‘We’ll soon see who the Swansea til I die supporters are when we have a relegation or two’
He’s from Gorseinon by the way, not born within the sight of the guildhall clock what you reckon only true supporters are. |  | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 22:57 - Mar 15 with 1408 views | onehunglow |
Crowds seeping
Rugby too
Just whetecdo we go from here
We can reboot the Swans but rugby as we know it might well be one for nostalgia , internationally
It's awful
It's upsetting | |
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| Crowd seeping away on 23:16 - Mar 15 with 1384 views | Dr_Winston |
| Crowd seeping away on 22:57 - Mar 15 by onehunglow |
Crowds seeping
Rugby too
Just whetecdo we go from here
We can reboot the Swans but rugby as we know it might well be one for nostalgia , internationally
It's awful
It's upsetting |
Did you go to Preston? | |
| 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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| Crowd seeping away on 00:10 - Mar 16 with 1332 views | STID2017 |
| Crowd seeping away on 21:19 - Mar 15 by SullutaCreturned |
Well myself and my son left with 13 minutes to go but not to watch the egg. It was very disappointing, the football that is.
13,679 today apparently but a lot of people were leaving even before we'd left our seats. Was that the rugby or just boredom and frustration? |
Both I suggest
I stayed until the bitter end
Goodness knows why really
Very poor fare from us and TBH Burnley were disappointing |  |
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| Crowd seeping away on 00:11 - Mar 16 with 1328 views | STID2017 |
Which seat did you occupy down the stadium then ?
It's rhetorical BTW | |
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| Crowd seeping away on 05:30 - Mar 16 with 1254 views | jack247 |
| Crowd seeping away on 23:16 - Mar 15 by Dr_Winston |
Did you go to Preston? |
He’ll never grasp how irritating it is to get back from a game like that, to see someone who hasn’t bothered for years, criticising the attendance or atmosphere.
I’m sure the same applies to the Wales fans who still show up despite losing 15 or so on the bounce. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 07:56 - Mar 16 with 1167 views | Whiterockin |
| Crowd seeping away on 22:19 - Mar 15 by lifelong |
When a team is playing poorly and losing badly at home a section of the crowd will leave early, it happens at every club not just Swansea City.
A supporter sat next to me since the new stadium opened has missed only two home games in the past 40 years, he said to me a while ago ‘We’ll soon see who the Swansea til I die supporters are when we have a relegation or two’
He’s from Gorseinon by the way, not born within the sight of the guildhall clock what you reckon only true supporters are. |
I have never seen the ground as empty as it was yesterday at the final whistle. I think the day of the "Swansea till I die" supporters has long gone. Just another phrase with no real meaning to the majority. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 08:02 - Mar 16 with 1133 views | jack247 |
| Crowd seeping away on 07:56 - Mar 16 by Whiterockin |
I have never seen the ground as empty as it was yesterday at the final whistle. I think the day of the "Swansea till I die" supporters has long gone. Just another phrase with no real meaning to the majority. |
People are a lot more spoilt and entitled than they used to be.
As you say, just a sound bite now. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 08:20 - Mar 16 with 1101 views | PawelAbbott |
| Crowd seeping away on 07:56 - Mar 16 by Whiterockin |
I have never seen the ground as empty as it was yesterday at the final whistle. I think the day of the "Swansea till I die" supporters has long gone. Just another phrase with no real meaning to the majority. |
Realistically there are about 4000 Swansea til i die supporters. Those are the sort that went to the Vetch through the worst periods.
The problem that we are going through is that we have had 7 years of the same division and finishing mid table. We are very mediocre, uninspiring and people are bored of it.
The Championship is probably the most boring division. The teams that come down are invariably the ones that go up. It requires a lot of investment and luck to break into the top 6. Which leaves most teams hovering around mid table for years. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 10:33 - Mar 16 with 934 views | lifelong |
| Crowd seeping away on 08:20 - Mar 16 by PawelAbbott |
Realistically there are about 4000 Swansea til i die supporters. Those are the sort that went to the Vetch through the worst periods.
The problem that we are going through is that we have had 7 years of the same division and finishing mid table. We are very mediocre, uninspiring and people are bored of it.
The Championship is probably the most boring division. The teams that come down are invariably the ones that go up. It requires a lot of investment and luck to break into the top 6. Which leaves most teams hovering around mid table for years. |
I disagree that the championship is the most boring division.
Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton spent many years in the lower divisions but are now slowly becoming established premier league clubs.
Luton came down from the premier league last season and are now in danger of dropping into division 1.
Even with our squad earlier in the season we were in touching distance of the top 6, with the right additions and management team we could easily have been challenging for promotion. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 10:34 - Mar 16 with 932 views | jack247 |
| Crowd seeping away on 08:20 - Mar 16 by PawelAbbott |
Realistically there are about 4000 Swansea til i die supporters. Those are the sort that went to the Vetch through the worst periods.
The problem that we are going through is that we have had 7 years of the same division and finishing mid table. We are very mediocre, uninspiring and people are bored of it.
The Championship is probably the most boring division. The teams that come down are invariably the ones that go up. It requires a lot of investment and luck to break into the top 6. Which leaves most teams hovering around mid table for years. |
Thing is, a lot of those have even stopped going. People I know personally as well as posters on here who I don’t. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 11:06 - Mar 16 with 876 views | PawelAbbott |
| Crowd seeping away on 10:33 - Mar 16 by lifelong |
I disagree that the championship is the most boring division.
Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton spent many years in the lower divisions but are now slowly becoming established premier league clubs.
Luton came down from the premier league last season and are now in danger of dropping into division 1.
Even with our squad earlier in the season we were in touching distance of the top 6, with the right additions and management team we could easily have been challenging for promotion. |
We were an established Premier league club having been there for 7 seasons. Then the inevitable happened.
Last seasons pro.oted clubs are coming straight back. This seasons promoted teams will be 2 of the relegated clubs | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 11:18 - Mar 16 with 837 views | Whiterockin |
| Crowd seeping away on 11:06 - Mar 16 by PawelAbbott |
We were an established Premier league club having been there for 7 seasons. Then the inevitable happened.
Last seasons pro.oted clubs are coming straight back. This seasons promoted teams will be 2 of the relegated clubs |
There is often a team that goes up who didn't come down. Ipswich last season, Luton the season before. It's how your finances are structured when you come back down. We had an excellent chance to go back up our first couple of seasons back in the championship. The complete lack of British football understanding by our owners cost us badly. One team going up this season will be one who didn't come down last season, don't write off Coventry or Sunderland winning the play offs. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 12:21 - Mar 16 with 764 views | Dr_Winston |
| Crowd seeping away on 11:18 - Mar 16 by Whiterockin |
There is often a team that goes up who didn't come down. Ipswich last season, Luton the season before. It's how your finances are structured when you come back down. We had an excellent chance to go back up our first couple of seasons back in the championship. The complete lack of British football understanding by our owners cost us badly. One team going up this season will be one who didn't come down last season, don't write off Coventry or Sunderland winning the play offs. |
The biggest mistake ownership made was letting Jenkins run wild with the finances. We weren't in a position to try and keep the squad together and bounce straight back up. Believe me, I know.
When Jenkins and Co were sole owners they kept a tight grip on the money. As soon as it was someone elses cash he was splashing he went mad. Excessive wages/fees, no relegation clauses. The lot.
Even with the parachute payments our outgoings over a 2/3 year period far exceeded our likely income. We had no choice but to slash and burn or we could well have lost the club. | |
| 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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| Crowd seeping away on 12:31 - Mar 16 with 739 views | Whiterockin |
| Crowd seeping away on 12:21 - Mar 16 by Dr_Winston |
The biggest mistake ownership made was letting Jenkins run wild with the finances. We weren't in a position to try and keep the squad together and bounce straight back up. Believe me, I know.
When Jenkins and Co were sole owners they kept a tight grip on the money. As soon as it was someone elses cash he was splashing he went mad. Excessive wages/fees, no relegation clauses. The lot.
Even with the parachute payments our outgoings over a 2/3 year period far exceeded our likely income. We had no choice but to slash and burn or we could well have lost the club. |
It wouldn't have exceeded our likely income if we had gone back up. My quote in the post stands. "It's how your finances are structured when you come back down." | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 12:37 - Mar 16 with 722 views | PawelAbbott |
| Crowd seeping away on 12:31 - Mar 16 by Whiterockin |
It wouldn't have exceeded our likely income if we had gone back up. My quote in the post stands. "It's how your finances are structured when you come back down." |
We had earned a lot of money in the Premier league, a lot went on the facilities, but clearly very little on building a scouting network. The resigning of Ayew and Bony for excessive fees and wages, shows how little options we had. | | | |
| Crowd seeping away on 12:40 - Mar 16 with 706 views | Dr_Winston |
| Crowd seeping away on 12:31 - Mar 16 by Whiterockin |
It wouldn't have exceeded our likely income if we had gone back up. My quote in the post stands. "It's how your finances are structured when you come back down." |
If we hadn't gone back up then we'd have been utterly screwed. Gambling the clubs future on immediate promotion back was a non-starter.
Our finances weren't structured to deal with relegation post 2016. Before that they were. Ultimately ownership was to blame for not keeping a tight reign on Jenkins, but he's the one responsible for it. [Post edited 16 Mar 12:46]
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| 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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| Crowd seeping away on 13:35 - Mar 16 with 624 views | onehunglow |
Not seeping but flooding lot of damage has been caused
People forgive after being BShtted | |
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| Crowd seeping away on 14:14 - Mar 16 with 544 views | Dr_Winston |
| Crowd seeping away on 13:35 - Mar 16 by onehunglow |
Not seeping but flooding lot of damage has been caused
People forgive after being BShtted |
Did you go to Preston? | |
| 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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| Crowd seeping away on 21:34 - Mar 16 with 259 views | STID2017 |
| Crowd seeping away on 12:40 - Mar 16 by Dr_Winston |
If we hadn't gone back up then we'd have been utterly screwed. Gambling the clubs future on immediate promotion back was a non-starter.
Our finances weren't structured to deal with relegation post 2016. Before that they were. Ultimately ownership was to blame for not keeping a tight reign on Jenkins, but he's the one responsible for it. [Post edited 16 Mar 12:46]
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You may be right about Jenkins but when did he leave ?
4, maybe 5 years ago ?
The way the club has been run since is nothing short of criminal.
Hopefully the current owners are learning from the mistakes of the time aince the Yanks bought the club and will not make the same mistakes | |
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