By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions. We in turn value your personal details in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Please log in or register. Registered visitors get fewer ads.
The English Football Championship Play Off second leg Semi Final
Swansea City v Barnsley Saturday May 22nd 2021 Kick off 6.30pm Liberty Stadium
This game 24 years ago would have been LIVE on.......
( agg 1-0 ) Swansea City
It’s the second leg of two games, that’s the second game for the uninitiated. The first leg, which was before now ended up with Swansea City winning 1-0. But it wasn’t a leg, that’s just another way of saying it was a game, so it’s two games called two legs. If Swansea don’t lose this game, or leg, they go to another game at Wembley called the final. This isn’t called a leg, it’s just called a game. If they draw this game or leg ( the one we are talking about not the final ) the same thing happens, Swansea win the tie ( this is another way of explaining what has happened over two legs or two games ) it’s odd that it’s called a tie because the winner doesn’t tie with anyone, they win. If Swansea lose 1-0 it’s something else. Because that makes it 1-1. Never start a sentence with because. Because, then the result is what is called level or a tie, which is different to a tie, so then, then, then thirty minutes of extra time is played. If it’s still level then Freddie Woodman will save a few penalties and Swansea will win. Sometimes away goals count as double but not in the play offs. That’s for other two legged, two game, two ties wotsit. Apparently according to tradition Swansea will lose this game and go on holiday. In the final at Wembley away goals don’t count as double because nobody is away from home, in fact both sides are away from home, in a way, so if you want to you can count both sides goals in the final as double ( or even triple ) because the side that scores more goals wins.
Our flow chart of the above is below
This game will be played in the “ If you don’t like it bugger off and play in your own league country “
In the meantime please enjoy our 1972 on terrace banter with several chaps being naughty
And if you want another one of these GET POSITIVE !
TODAYS MATCH REFEREE
John Brooks will be the man in the middle for the second leg of Swansea City’s play-off semi-final against Barnsley at the Liberty Stadium on today kick off (6.30pm). The Leicestershire official will take charge of the Swans for the fourth time this season, having been the handed the whistle for the South Wales derby victory in December, the home draw with Brentford and the away defeat to Huddersfield. Brooks has refereed in the EFL since the start of the 2016-17 campaign, and has been an assistant referee in the Premier League and at international level. He will be assisted by Nick Greenhalgh and Matthew Jones, while Matthew Donohue will be the fourth official.
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Marc Guehi, Jake Bidwell; Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes (captain), Conor Hourihane; Wayne Routledge, Andre Ayew, Jamal Lowe.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Connor Roberts, Ryan Manning, Ryan Bennett, Joel Latibueadiere, Korey Smith, Yan Dhanda, Morgan Whittaker, Liam Cullen.
Barnsley: Brad Collins; Toby Sibbick, Mads Andersen, Michal Helik; Callum Brittain, Romal Palmer, Alex Mowatt (captain), Callum Styles; Carlton Morris, Cauley Woodrow, Victor Adeboyejo.
Substitutes: Jack Walton, Jordan Williams, Liam Kitching, Daryl Dike, Conor Chaplin, Aapo Halme, Michael Sollbauer, Dominik Frieser, Jasper Moon.
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 20:28 - May 22 by jasper_T
It looked to me like Grimes did try to take out their player but wasn't quick enough to get there.
Looked to me like Grimes slipped, I though the big mistake was Bidwell retreating into the middle and not closing their wide player down asap. He had loads of time to pick a pass, after Grimes missed him we let him run 30 yards unchallenged. Oh well, never mind, no harm done in the end!
Great goal from Grimes, great performance from Guehi and Cabango, good noise from the crowd, job done. Now for Wembley, how many tickets and who gets them.
I was told that there were 5000 who left their money in and qualified for the draw for this game, is that right? If so, will we get more than 5000 tickets for Wembley? If they allow 20% that's 9000 for us....I live in hope!
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 20:26 - May 22 by DwightYorkeSuperstar
I'm not being negative. The nearest Barnsley player was on the halfway line. Call someone short and waste 30 seconds before hoofing it.
We're so unstreetwise it's comical. Grimes should have dragged down that player countering for their goal. Everytime we had the ball in the last 10 minutes the wrong decision was made. Everytime.
It's truly staggering.
Yes Woodman spoils an otherwise neat and accurate passing team. It must be disheartening when you never misplace a pass and are in total control, to see your goalkeeper make a mistake.
On a more serious note, why do we indulge in these bouts of head-tennis instead of getting it down, controlling it and laying it off to a player in space? Have we forgotten how to pass?
Anyway the 2 legs contained 3 excellent goals Ayew’s and Grimes’s -but also to be fair Barnsley’s was excellent and was accompanied by probably the best bit of football over the two legs.
So it’s Brentford next, who play proper football. Perhaps it’ll spur on Swans to start passing again?
Anyway not to be churlish - well done boys. Gutsy, gritty performances especially from the defence, got the job done. Congratulations Coops and the team!
1
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 20:45 - May 22 with 2234 views
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 20:44 - May 22 by jackrabbit
Yes Woodman spoils an otherwise neat and accurate passing team. It must be disheartening when you never misplace a pass and are in total control, to see your goalkeeper make a mistake.
On a more serious note, why do we indulge in these bouts of head-tennis instead of getting it down, controlling it and laying it off to a player in space? Have we forgotten how to pass?
Anyway the 2 legs contained 3 excellent goals Ayew’s and Grimes’s -but also to be fair Barnsley’s was excellent and was accompanied by probably the best bit of football over the two legs.
So it’s Brentford next, who play proper football. Perhaps it’ll spur on Swans to start passing again?
Anyway not to be churlish - well done boys. Gutsy, gritty performances especially from the defence, got the job done. Congratulations Coops and the team!
Who cares. Just do it. I don’t care how. Kick Beesford to Essex if it works.
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 20:44 - May 22 by jackrabbit
Yes Woodman spoils an otherwise neat and accurate passing team. It must be disheartening when you never misplace a pass and are in total control, to see your goalkeeper make a mistake.
On a more serious note, why do we indulge in these bouts of head-tennis instead of getting it down, controlling it and laying it off to a player in space? Have we forgotten how to pass?
Anyway the 2 legs contained 3 excellent goals Ayew’s and Grimes’s -but also to be fair Barnsley’s was excellent and was accompanied by probably the best bit of football over the two legs.
So it’s Brentford next, who play proper football. Perhaps it’ll spur on Swans to start passing again?
Anyway not to be churlish - well done boys. Gutsy, gritty performances especially from the defence, got the job done. Congratulations Coops and the team!
Any good passing side needs the attack to help, we don’t have that.
Anything that goes forward quickly comes back.
It’s all well and good people wanting to be a passing side, but I don’t think we have the tools. Until we get that striker that can link the positions together then we are always going to struggle to hold onto the ball because our options become so limited to certain areas of the field.
Against Brentford this year we have had 35% and 42% possession, or something close to that anyway. I don’t expect that to change in the Final, especially now we will probably have to play Cullen who is not someone that does back to goal link play very well.
Swansea Independent Poster of the Year 2021 and 2022.
Bloody hell there’s some negativity on here, apart from that break away goal we completely controlled that game this evening. Plus the stick our goal keeper gets, wtf is that all about?
0
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 21:44 - May 22 with 1957 views
Dismal game against a side with the second smallest budget in the division. They had more of the ball and played most of the game in our half, and if they weren't abject creatively might have given us problems. Both sets of centre halves did well at bread and butter defending, though ours had more of it to do. The standard of aimless lumps forward from both teams would embarrass a lot of League Two sides.
It'll be worth it if it wins us promotion. But there's no prizes for being a losing finalist, and the journey's been grim viewing.
2
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 21:50 - May 22 with 1942 views
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 20:36 - May 22 by Catullus
Looked to me like Grimes slipped, I though the big mistake was Bidwell retreating into the middle and not closing their wide player down asap. He had loads of time to pick a pass, after Grimes missed him we let him run 30 yards unchallenged. Oh well, never mind, no harm done in the end!
Great goal from Grimes, great performance from Guehi and Cabango, good noise from the crowd, job done. Now for Wembley, how many tickets and who gets them.
I was told that there were 5000 who left their money in and qualified for the draw for this game, is that right? If so, will we get more than 5000 tickets for Wembley? If they allow 20% that's 9000 for us....I live in hope!
Apparently only letting 10000 for play off final So roughly 3000 each us and Brentford. Rest be sponsors.
0
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 21:54 - May 22 with 1932 views
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 21:50 - May 22 by demonk
Apparently only letting 10000 for play off final So roughly 3000 each us and Brentford. Rest be sponsors.
Can i just say if any Barnsley fans are reading this Your manager and player did you proud ... Fair play you cannot say they didn't give 100%, Good luck for next season. .. And very very well done Swans
2
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 22:22 - May 22 with 1860 views
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 20:44 - May 22 by jackrabbit
Yes Woodman spoils an otherwise neat and accurate passing team. It must be disheartening when you never misplace a pass and are in total control, to see your goalkeeper make a mistake.
On a more serious note, why do we indulge in these bouts of head-tennis instead of getting it down, controlling it and laying it off to a player in space? Have we forgotten how to pass?
Anyway the 2 legs contained 3 excellent goals Ayew’s and Grimes’s -but also to be fair Barnsley’s was excellent and was accompanied by probably the best bit of football over the two legs.
So it’s Brentford next, who play proper football. Perhaps it’ll spur on Swans to start passing again?
Anyway not to be churlish - well done boys. Gutsy, gritty performances especially from the defence, got the job done. Congratulations Coops and the team!
Gutsy and gritty is what we do now. That’s not a criticism. We aren’t going to try to out football Brentford, we’ll try to neutralise them. It’s not great to watch, but it’s got us further than trying to play Rodgers/Martinez/Laudrup football with these players probably would have.
Won’t be another 2011 final, but if we win, will anyone care if it’s a drudgefest?
0
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 22:25 - May 22 with 1845 views
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 22:22 - May 22 by jack247
Gutsy and gritty is what we do now. That’s not a criticism. We aren’t going to try to out football Brentford, we’ll try to neutralise them. It’s not great to watch, but it’s got us further than trying to play Rodgers/Martinez/Laudrup football with these players probably would have.
Won’t be another 2011 final, but if we win, will anyone care if it’s a drudgefest?
No, this is one time a shit house win would be sweeter than anything. Last minute penalty that wasn’t, after hoofing them into oblivion would be the icing on the cake
Swansea City v Barnsley Matchday Thread (2) TEAMS on 22:22 - May 22 by jack247
Gutsy and gritty is what we do now. That’s not a criticism. We aren’t going to try to out football Brentford, we’ll try to neutralise them. It’s not great to watch, but it’s got us further than trying to play Rodgers/Martinez/Laudrup football with these players probably would have.
Won’t be another 2011 final, but if we win, will anyone care if it’s a drudgefest?
If it’s a drudgefest it means we have a chance.
If it’s a beautiful and conventionally pretty game to watch, we probably lose.
Swansea Independent Poster of the Year 2021 and 2022.
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.
