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Sorry if this is a Ferdy. I haven’t noticed comments on it, I’m not sure why.
Such a good interview. So positive to hear all that. Makes me look forward to the future. “Alignment” throughout the club. Plan to commence this summer. He explains it pretty well.
This is why consistency and longevity in our manager is so important . Luke must be backed and only allowed to leave at top top price.
I’ve slagged the club off for their dishonesty and acting like politicians, but Luke Williams is definitely not included. He is frank and honest, and engages so well with the questions. I think he may actually be a little too honest at times, for some at the club. Sounded like he accidentally let slip that Naughton won’t be here next season. Even hinted Wood may move on imo. Said they would talk to him and find out his situation and plan, as they only want players committed to Swansea. Great interview I thought. And a very nice man. His management skills are still up for debate, but I do think he knows what he’s doing, and he even admits sometimes when he doesn’t know what he’s doing ant a certain situation. He clearly agrees with what the the players ant coaches need to work on and I’m sure they are.
I 100% think he’s the right man for the job and we made the right choice. Whether he succeeds is still only a 60/40 for me, which is a little less encouraging. I believe, if we give him as much time as Martin got, we will be in, or around the premier league.
Spoke very well I thought. Made none of the silly mistakes Duff made. Quite the opposite. Actually made me smile and more excited to smash the counts tomorrow.
Being reported in many places that he’s a big favourite for the job. I can’t understand why, if he turned it down whilst out of work, would he now take it when he has a very good job, and the Swans job must be less attractive now, as we are sh!t.
Doesn’t make any sense to me. I would love him at the club. By far my number 1 choice. Potter second. But if he comes now, it’s surely for extra bread, right? What other reason could there be?
Thought he spoke well. Liked the way he deflected the question about his plans outside SwanseA City. Seems mature, grounded and loyal. He’s going to be one hell of an asset to a big club, hopefully not so soon
Now the window is over, barring free agents, we won't be improving our squad until January. No point crying over spilt milk. Let's hope RM can get a tune out of these players and that one or 2 of the squad surprises us in what they have in their locker.
I'm not ecstatic about how the window went, but I am still optimistic we can do Ok and be in the top half easily.
Here's the team I think will play, with sub in each position. Looks pretty solid to me, albeit not perfect yet.
Reserves: Defreitas-Hansen - speaks for itself. Cooper - will play games and may even move ahead of Ben for me. Smith - decent backup when he's not injured. Williams.D - hopefully can get games. We are lucky he's still here. Dhanda - nothing really to say, has some creativity to give. Cullen - RM seems to like him. Can definitely do a job off the bench.
GK - I think should be fine. Benda just needs confidence, training and practice. I don't think anyone wanted a change there. Give him a season to show what he can do in the #1 jersey.
CBs - We have plenty of these and a lot of experience. With 7 players who have shown they can play at CB, surely there's 3 there who will adapt do what RM wants them to do and will be solid there. Whether it's the 3 I picked is yet to be seen. Not worried about CB and I wouldn't have advocated getting another one in just now.
WBs - Right side is Laird's, with backup of Lati or Kyle. They can do a job defensively if Laird gets injured, but lets hope that doesn't happen, as they don't have the pace or attacking nous needed to play RMs game fully. I would look for a permanent RWB for Jan. Left side is not ideal. RM clearly wanted to replace Bidwell, but even though it never happened, I still think he's done OK so far and is better going forward than many think. His crosses will make some goals. Manning is in the same ilk. Not perfect. Strengthen in January.
DM - We have loads of strong options. Grimes and Downes will start I think. Williams needed a loan really, but he's here, so that's great for the club, not so great for him. So, Fulton, Dan, Ntcham, Smith can all do a job there apparently, so we are well stocked there to say the least.
AM - At the moment Paterson has been doing a decent job. Still not up to speed, but seen glimpses of a quality and I think he was a good signing. When Walsh is back I think he'll get this spot, as he looks top quality. Ntcham will have to work hard, which apparently he doesn't like to do, but still a good player if we can get him to work. We even have Dhanda who is creative and can be a sub. Solid in this position.
STR - Piroe and Oba look like a perfect partnership to me. Speed and finishing together. I can see a lot of goals being scored tbh. Cullen and Whittaker both still here as backup. Many didn't want Whittaker to go on loan, so they have their wish. If Oba is good, I think we have a very good strike force.
ALL IN ALL A GOOD SQUAD UNTIL JANUARY. WBs will need strengthening, but apart from that I think we have a very decent squad.
So Football Index went bust. They were doing something dodgy and are now in administration.
I had a couple of hundred quid in there. I can get my cash balance refunded, but not sure what happens with all the futures I've invested in players. Anyone else got any money stuck in there?
So we have some people stating that we are not able to play the type of football RM wants. We should not attempt to play this way until we have players who are able to do it. They players we have are unable to adapt to this, as they are simply not goo enough.
Can we make a list of players that need to be shipped out?
I'll start by saying that I agree with Bidwell going, even though I really like him as a player, but only if we can replace him with a flying WB that RM wants.
I would like a top striker in order to improve but would still keep Lowe and Piroe.
I'd loan some of the young players out for experience. Cullen. Garrick. Oli Cooper.
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