| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread 12:14 - Nov 22 with 41578 views | jackharris |
Venue: Liberty Stadium, Landore, Swansea, UK
Date: Saturday 26th November 2016
Kick Off: 15:00 (UK time)
TEAM NEWS
Swansea's South Korean midfielder Ki Sung-yeung has been ruled out for around two weeks with a toe injury. Captain Leon Britton is fit again after missing the draw at Everton with a calf injury, while Jefferson Montero is also available following a hand problem. Crystal Palace midfielder Joe Ledley has returned to training this week after a knock and could be involved. However, Loic Remy will be out for a further three weeks with a calf injury, and Steve Mandanda remains sidelined.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
John Roder: "This is not the most glamorous fixture in the Premier League this weekend, but it may just be the most important. Two struggling sides under intense scrutiny, both desperate to halt poor runs of form. It's the start of a crucial period for the Swans, who face four of the five teams currently just above them before the end of the year. As has been well documented, Palace have had an awful 2016 in the league - the worst record in the top four English divisions. By the time these teams meet again in early January, both will be hoping to be in a stronger position - starting with a positive result this weekend."
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Swansea manager Bob Bradley: "We played a good match against Everton, training has been good this week and now we are ready to push on in a strong way. We are ready to take all of the work we have done and make it count on Saturday. With the support of our fans at the Liberty, I see this game as an opportunity for us to build on the good things we did last week."
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew: "I'm an experienced manager and I have been in this situation before. This is my ninth Premier League season and I want it to be 10 with Crystal Palace. A win would make our position look clearer and take the pressure off us. The points we get in the next few matches will be crucial to where we will finish. Our fans are getting frustrated, they are seeing good performances but we are making mistakes we should not be doing."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION Palace boss Alan Pardew needs a win just as badly as Bob Bradley, his Swansea counterpart. The difference is the Eagles have got players we know can perform in the Premier League, but they are not doing that at the moment. Prediction: 1-1
MATCH FACTS Head-to-head The three previous Premier League meetings between these sides at the Liberty Stadium have all ended 1-1. Swansea are unbeaten in their last five home league games with Palace, although four have been draws.
Swansea haven't won since the opening day of the season. Their 11-game winless run (D3, L8) is a club record in the top flight. Bob Bradley has made the worst start by a Swansea manager in the Premier League, failing to win any of his opening five matches (D2, L3). They have claimed just two points from six home games this season - the fewest in the top flight. The Swans have conceded three goals in four of their last seven league matches. Gylfi Sigurdsson has had a hand in six of Swansea's 11 goals in the Premier League this season (three goals, three assists).
Crystal Palace are on a five-game losing run in the Premier League; they haven't lost six in a row since November 2013 (seven defeats). They have earned 22 points from 31 matches in 2016, an average of 0.71 points per game which is the fewest of any team in the top four divisions in England. The Eagles are the only team yet to keep a Premier League clean sheet this season. They have gone 17 league games without one and conceded 12 goals in their last four matches. Palace have scored a league-high eight headed goals this campaign. Wilfried Zaha has provided an assist in each of his last four Premier League games.
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 10:33 - Nov 26 with 2241 views | WarwickHunt |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 10:23 - Nov 26 by monmouth |
Start experimenting?
That's satire, isn't it? |
Satire died when we appointed Bradley as coach.*
*with apologies to Tom Lehrer. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 10:56 - Nov 26 with 2191 views | LeonWasGod |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 10:23 - Nov 26 by monmouth |
Start experimenting?
That's satire, isn't it? |
Good point. I would experiment any more after Everton. He's stumbled on something that looked a lot better, let's hope he sticks with it. One or two changes at most please. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:00 - Nov 26 with 2179 views | AngelRangelQS |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 10:56 - Nov 26 by LeonWasGod |
Good point. I would experiment any more after Everton. He's stumbled on something that looked a lot better, let's hope he sticks with it. One or two changes at most please. |
I'd be disappointed if we don't start with a striker today. Why not OMB? |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:03 - Nov 26 with 2176 views | LeonWasGod |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:00 - Nov 26 by AngelRangelQS |
I'd be disappointed if we don't start with a striker today. Why not OMB? |
That would probably be my change. Drop Barrow for a striker. I fear he'll try 442 again though and keave us wide open | | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:15 - Nov 26 with 2147 views | max936 |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 19:19 - Nov 25 by plasjack |
Got to agree with the last paragraph, please play a true striker option. |
I wonder if playing Glyfi wide and playing Barrow down the middle is worth a consideration, although he may get bumped off the ball far to easy, maybe Routs he's played the role before, I'm scrapping for crumbs here though.  |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:16 - Nov 26 with 2146 views | WarwickHunt |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:00 - Nov 26 by AngelRangelQS |
I'd be disappointed if we don't start with a striker today. Why not OMB? |
1. He's not in Guidolin's videos
2. We have better
3. He probably wouldn't get any service anyway.
Edit: 4. Saving him for the Championship [Post edited 26 Nov 2016 11:20]
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:16 - Nov 26 with 2143 views | airedale |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:00 - Nov 26 by AngelRangelQS |
I'd be disappointed if we don't start with a striker today. Why not OMB? |
OMB. Cool, and better than OMC IMO, does sound a bit like a band though. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:31 - Nov 26 with 2105 views | shandyjack |
Same team as last week by all accounts |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:32 - Nov 26 with 2107 views | swan88 |
No recognised striker... There will be no place to hide after today's game, let's hope he's got it right. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:52 - Nov 26 with 2071 views | Jokeren1943 |
Since the Swansea strikers score so relatively few goals - and Swansea had so big a succes without strikers in the last match (and extra midfielders), maybe the coach will go for same strategy this time. [Post edited 26 Nov 2016 11:54]
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:55 - Nov 26 with 2063 views | WarwickHunt |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:31 - Nov 26 by shandyjack |
Same team as last week by all accounts |
Going all out for a draw. | | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 12:01 - Nov 26 with 2043 views | lifelong |
Surely we must go for the win today, have to start with a striker. No good bringing a striker on when we go behind, it's nearly always too late. |  | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 12:39 - Nov 26 with 1903 views | max936 |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 12:01 - Nov 26 by lifelong |
Surely we must go for the win today, have to start with a striker. No good bringing a striker on when we go behind, it's nearly always too late. |
Just strengthens the opinion that Yankee Bob is clueless "Hey hell it worked last week why the hell not this week guys" Bob Hello we're at home lets get up and at em ffs. | |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 12:57 - Nov 26 with 1833 views | LeonWasGod |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:31 - Nov 26 by shandyjack |
Same team as last week by all accounts |
I've no problem with that. Those players are every bit as likely to score as our 'stike force' is. Sadly.
It's less about the players and formation and more about the way we play anyway imo. We could play with 4 strikers and it would make the blindest bit of difference is we played like we did against Stoke and Utd. | | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:28 - Nov 26 with 1747 views | A_Fans_Dad |
Knowing the way that our luck went last week we will probably lose 1:0 with Benteke scoring with a header in the 94th minute. | | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:35 - Nov 26 with 1716 views | LeonWasGod |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:28 - Nov 26 by A_Fans_Dad |
Knowing the way that our luck went last week we will probably lose 1:0 with Benteke scoring with a header in the 94th minute. |
Time to make our own luck?
If we move the ball like we did against Everton first half the home crowd are in for a treat. I worry we'll over-commit, they'll kill us on the break and the confidence will crumble and we'll collapse.
Need a beer to settle the nerves! | | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:37 - Nov 26 with 1711 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 11:31 - Nov 26 by shandyjack |
Same team as last week by all accounts |
For a team not in Europe; 8 changes last week, none this week
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:38 - Nov 26 with 1702 views | union_jack |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:35 - Nov 26 by LeonWasGod |
Time to make our own luck?
If we move the ball like we did against Everton first half the home crowd are in for a treat. I worry we'll over-commit, they'll kill us on the break and the confidence will crumble and we'll collapse.
Need a beer to settle the nerves! |
I hope you are wrong. I also hope I'm wrong.
I've got a feeling this will be a bit like our visit to Villa Park last season. They scored first and we replied with 2 to totally demoralise them. We are in Villa's shoes (last season's form) and that's the sort of thing that happens.
Anyway, we'll soon find out. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:56 - Nov 26 with 1624 views | Cooperman |
Only a few minutes until confirmation of team news.
Coach Bob is juggling his bag of balls ready for the draw. |  |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 14:02 - Nov 26 with 1555 views | LeonWasGod |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:56 - Nov 26 by Cooperman |
Only a few minutes until confirmation of team news.
Coach Bob is juggling his bag of balls ready for the draw. |
"And in goal is, urh....urh, Fabianski. And urh, then, ... urh, is...urh, Kyle at, urh....urh right urh full back...."
We'll know the team by 5  | | | |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 14:03 - Nov 26 with 1528 views | Cooperman |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 13:56 - Nov 26 by Cooperman |
Only a few minutes until confirmation of team news.
Coach Bob is juggling his bag of balls ready for the draw. |
Coach Bob must have lost the bag. | |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 14:07 - Nov 26 with 1452 views | union_jack |
| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 14:05 - Nov 26 by LeonWasGod |
£15m well spent. I've no problem with the line up, but how can he not include Borja at all? Is he fit? |
Montero on the bench. Must feel his baddy hand isn't as bad after all. | |
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| The Official Swansea City Versus Crystal Palace Premier League Match Thread on 14:10 - Nov 26 with 1422 views | LeonWasGod |
And the oppo. Boooooo!
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