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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 12:03 30 Dec 2025
Will be interesting to see if Wales gets a start on New Years day or in the cup game or will Cullen get a start.
It will also be interesting to see if both Ronald and Inoussa will be asked to lead the line Inoussa came on for Vipotnik upto and within 5 minutes Idah had come on to revert him to the wing.
For me until Wales has a few games under his belt and shown he can learnt from those game it is very hard to judge him and how he could if possible fit into the team. |
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 11:43 30 Dec 2025
Have to defend my long winded nonesense at times.
And yes what starts out as simple replies to specific points do go off on tangents of verbal diarrhea.🤷♂️ [Post edited 30 Dec 11:44]
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 11:30 30 Dec 2025
Agree, I was offering an opinion on why they linger and return if not treated or handled correctly and of the consequences. |
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Reply | Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 11:24 30 Dec 2025
Left footed player putting in crosses, Widell put a pin point cross if you call one on the floor a cross, that curve naturally beats the defenders and takes them away from the goalie.
Different types of crosses but left footed from the left side that centreforwards thrive on, nothing wrong with the right footer cutting back inside with Eom and Widell starting and with good interchange and movement I can see a good understanding developing between them.
Difference between Widell and Cullen is that because Widell is quicker he can close down better and recovers from lost ball high up the pitch, is he a better finisher no but he seems to be improving gaining that experience of Championship football that he lacked and Cullen has .
A word for Fulton he broke up play well high up the pitch one for the future , no but experience that others lack. |
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 11:05 30 Dec 2025
The trouble with Hamstring injuries is the desire of the affected player to want to make their come back too early.
If there is pain in the location of the tear/pull however isolated or small it will go time and time again it must be left to fully heal but the needs of the team often mean they don't take as much care as they should and rush players back taking the word of the player who invariably wants to get back playing.
We have seen a number of our players break down after being rushed back too early.
Maybe that changed under Sheehan who seem to limit recovering players playing time, or maybe the medical staff has learnt from past mistakes or is it a case they or medical treatments and diagnosis has moved on from the days that Mike Owen, Robbie Fowler and Giggs struggled to perform in the way and position they had made their own. In Giggs case he was managed or he managed his issues very well often frustrating Welsh fans but ultimately extended his playing career as an advanced midfielder rather than an out and out winger. Montero is a classic example of the issues that Hamstrings can cause if not managed. |
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 09:29 30 Dec 2025
If you had a choice, who out of the loaned in players would you want and think need to stay, conversely are there any wouldn't you want to stay and lastly but not least any of our loaned out players would you like to see returned to the squad this window. |
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Reply | Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 09:19 30 Dec 2025
Think Vipotnik has worked hard on improving his aerial game or is it a case of us getting quicker balls into dangerous area where defenders aren't setup in a good defensive positions.
I think that was one of our most dominant displays, scrappy, but further up the pitch where on another day we could of had a hat full of goals, mistake made, missed passing but made further up the pitch instead of the ones we had often seen in the defence and midfield, we weren't caught too often with our players out of their defensive positions without cover or outnumbered.
I think we will get an idea of the squad progression in the two games against WBA we had a 2 goal lead we let slip recently against them which we did well to get in front but seemed unequipped to hold onto. |
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Thread | How much rotation of the squad will there be .....
at 00:15 30 Dec 2025
for the New Years day game and how will Matos setup the team.
We pressed high at times and blocked the path through the midfield against Oxford which also prevented them getting play down the inside channels to try creating space for their wingers or getting in behind our defensive line.
Will he try the same against WBA? [Post edited 30 Dec 9:21]
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Reply | Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 21:45 29 Dec 2025
Battling performance should we have finished off. Did worry when Demble came on but did they have a clear chance all game, a couple of melee in the box at both end.Away win happy. Poor quality game but we saw it out well. |
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 11:55 28 Dec 2025
Tymon's defensive game has improved of late maybe at a little expense of his attacking contribution, all about getting the right balance, Tymon's deals better with the ball in the air better, interceptions are better and is not being backwards so often but good wingers will cause problems.
Key has struggled in the same areas and hasn't improved but I think the biggest bug bear has been the inability to link up with the players in front of him on the wing. |
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Reply | Swansea City : Matos at a crossroads with his team still searching
at 10:25 28 Dec 2025
No just remember being frustrated watching live that we didn't exploit the glaring weakness on their left properly. Under Cooper, Bidwell was rarely used as a full back because of his lack of pace but used in front of Manning who did have a better turn of pace. If Bidwell backed off then balls to feet, if he presses on balls on the floor in behind but either way support in the middle to offer Rinald a quick outlet to progress ourselves forward which to be fair in the first half we did . |
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 10:09 28 Dec 2025
You could ask the question why we signed him while Parker had shown good promise when he had previously play in the championship on the wing with us and had creditable displays in the League Cup, unless we were looking at Benson as a loan to buy. Rather try and develop our own young players. |
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Reply | Swansea City : Matos at a crossroads with his team still searching
at 09:49 28 Dec 2025
Thought Ronald did well initially he did have the upper hand on Bidwell we know Bidwell is slow in the turn but he has been around for a long time in the championship but he still neededed to be targeted more,Coventry adapted a bit for the centre halves to cover for him but as Coventry pushed forward there were opportunities I don't think we used Ronald effectively in that second half Galbraith in an attempt to get into the midfield he didn't get the ball to Ronald's feet when we did he was very deep to cover Bidwell's forward runs.
I do think that maybe away from home playing three at the back may be a better option having two defensive midfielders and two attacking midfielders all interchangeable,with wing backs we complained about Martin's style of play but at the time did we have the right players for those wingbacks?
We had players who could score goals in Piroe, Ntcham and Paterson but couldn't get the supply to them quick enough in the space they needed to operate.
The counter argument for the Coventry game would be we played well, restricted the home team to minimal chances created two gilt edged chances but succumbed to another poor set piece goal.
I don't think we exploited that weakness of Coventry we stopped supplying Ronald to feet. We have complained for years about either individual players, managers or style of play. It looked as if we got it almost right against Coventry but our set piece defence let us down. |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 08:38 27 Dec 2025
Really need to sort the situation at rightback to sort the situation in the midfield, namely releasing Galbraith to play in the midfield.
The question then would be where do you play Galbraith in that midfield. We have seen him hit thunderous strikes from the edge of the box but we have also seen him as a playmaker lying deeper enabling him to dictate and control us getting up field in a methodic way as we try and open up defence, speeding up the play with his passing and movement very much in the Leon Britton mode making space and time for himself but Stamenic is in that deep lying role? For me getting either one of them or both forward through the middle is essential while making sure they are covered to keep us sound in defence.
We saw at times Coventry use the inside channel runners to good effect off good wingers like we have seen better organised teams use those channels to open us up to create goal scoring opportunities before, our two centre halves are very able at dealing with the aerial threat but we really need to ensure those inside channels are blocked which we did at times but that means we get pushed back deeper, which is fine as longer as our play out from the back is organised, I thought we got ragged later in the game our clearances not finding the men or the spaces up top, not picking the right options to work the ball, we seemed to become frightened to play the ball to the forwards feet or into space where they can hold the ball up to allow supporting players time to breakout from defence quickly , Vigouroux's clearances seemed poor not picking out any of our players in particular, we were feeding off scrapes instead of well thought out play at times.
Did we become a bit intimidated and revert back to poor play resulting in our forwards being starved of the ball, not being clinical enough taking the chances as they should have been, everyone misses chances but good forwards will put the ball in the back of the net if given enough chances. We all have complained about slow passing across edge of the opponents box rightly so but we have now been making quicker attacks that an extra pass would get us into better scoring positions instead of shots from too far out.
We caused them problems but let ourselves get pushed deeper, became ragged at times which led to the chances to get up field to be reduced. Coventry a good team who caused us problems but for the most part dealt with them. Another set piece not dealt with. [Post edited 27 Dec 9:13]
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 21:31 26 Dec 2025
Mason-Clarke the standout player for them, if you looked at the goal he pulls and spun Vipotnik around off the ball, Cabango attacking the throw in instead of the taller Burgess? They have scored lots of goals from set pieces we have concede too many, they had chances which we managed to defend against, we had chances that should have been seen off.
If we play to our full potential we can be competitive against anyone, a couple of more considered balls instead of shooting from too far out and goals will come, happy to see shots on the edge of the box but not too far out.
Our approach play is improving more to come hopefully, Nice to see Wales getting on the pitch. |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 20:16 26 Dec 2025
So he had space because Bidwell backed off he started running at him getting corners had a poor shot but still he was an outlet then we stopped getting balls to him. Balls over the top with the centre halves doing a good job covering Bidwell. |
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Reply | Dirty Old Clown : Banned
at 09:11 24 Dec 2025
No it should be more than an additional 3 if it is a clear case of intent with the elbow after that kick which was clearly done with intent. How much damage could one instances ike these cause to a player affecting their career, lively hood and family.
There has to be levels of protection within the game, injuries happen often as a consequence of targeted play. How hacking players down with no clear intent of trying to go for the ball isn't a sending off offence is beyond me because of the injuries that could be caused, players do it knowing they will be quietly praised by managers for taking one for the team, they wouldn't be held in such high regard if the offence means down to 10 men and a three match ban. It also spoil the game the dark arts that made Italian football unbearable to watch when whole league games were first televised on Channel 4, or S4C for us are now firmly entrench in so many sports. |
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