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Here it is the matchday thread in front of people at last, where people normally go when these games take place with no people is anyone’s guess. To the toilet ? British Home Stores ? C&A ? Debenhams? Dereks Records? It’s all here the game against Prestonpans is here.
Joshua Smith, nee tree, will be the referee when Swansea City host Preston. The Bedfordshire official is taking charge of the Swans for just the third time, having had the whistle for the home meeting with Stoke and the trip to take on Fulham earlier in the season. So it was his fault then. Smith began refereeing in the EFL during the 2019-20 season, and was promoted to Championship duties last term.He will be assisted by Sam Lewis and Jonathan Hunt, nee 😂 while Leigh Doughty is the fourth official.
People called Preston
Preston Robert Tisch (April 29, 1926 — November 15, 2005) was an American businessman who was the chairman and–along with his brother Laurence Tisch–was part owner of the Loews Corporation. From 1991 until his death, Tisch owned 50% of the New York Giants football team and shared ownership of the team with Wellington Mara. Preston is dead now like a lot of people are, his brother Lawrence has a name on his house where he just lays around. You can only get in with a skeleton key. Preston’s brother lives behind this plaque
Preston the bloke called Preston : Age 40, His name is Sam. Non descript nonsense singer called Preston was in the ordinary boys, who were a band apparently. He fell off a balcony once and found out anyone who goes on big brother is a complete and utter knob ( male and female) Lived in America, he has done nothing for years, has a fork lift licence, and if he hasn't he should have. Preston isn’t dead but will be one day. Preston when he had a guitar
Form guide Swansea City Championship form: DWLLLD Swansea City form (all competitions): WLLLLD Preston North End Championship form: DLWWDD Preston North End form (all competitions): LWWLDD
Swansea City v Preston North End : Matchday Thread 21/22 AFTERMATH on 20:41 - Jan 23 by Ajack_Kerouac
I thought...
Positives;
- Christie looked a much better footballer than Ethan Laird
- Cabango won his aerial battles and defends well in general (his first touch is no good mind, but that's ok if we play him CB in a 4)
- Naughton was sure footed, got a yard in his head on most
- Manning had a barnstormer
- Downes and Grimes played well and we look solid in CM, they are both consistent performers
- Korey Smith always puts in a proper shift and is a good player (not his fault he is being played out of position - his limitations mean he can't be a really effective Attacking Midfielder
- Piroe is an excellent all round centre-forward at this level, even when he doesn't score he wins his battles 1 on 1, holds the ball up and links up with midfield.
- Hamer was solid, as we have come to expect.
- I liked the look of Joseph, he is raw and made some basic errors...BUT, I loved his energy and pace and competitiveness. A proper nuisance. He can be improved and he can be useful, he looks a confident lad, if we gave him a run (off the bench) my instinct is that he will start chipping in with goals.
I liked the look of Wolff. It's interesting that some compared him to Celina because I made the same comment to my boy, but I meant that as a good thing (Celina was a good footballer whose confidence we destroyed imo). It's hard to make a judgement based on someone's first 45mins in the Championship but he looked like a player with good skill levels to me, a player who is ambitious to go forward (his first thought appeared to be a creative attacking thought - I can't remember the incident now but there was one occasion where he would have created a goal scoring chance if the player he was attempting to link up with had been on his wavelength...that's the stuff that is likely to come however. He made a good impression on me.
Negatives:
- We didn't take the game to Preston. It was Manning's screamer that gave the boys some confidence and got them playing with some swagger...it forced Preston to stop sitting in and allowed our midfield/attack/wing-backs to find some space.
- It's still square pegs in round holes; Smith at AM (then RWB for the finish), Latibeaudiere at LWB, Manning at CB (instead of LWB)
- Latibeaudiere can't play LWB and Russell Martin is determined that Manning will play LCB...we need to bring in a LWB (it is crazy that we have let Bidwell go in these circumstances without a replacement good to go)
- Ntcham didn't take his chance to show us that he can replace Patterson, has ability, still not up to full speed (makes me worry that his injuries have done for him at this level)
- Smith at AM is not going to create chances and he doesn't have the pace to get in either. I like him at DM though, he is a good DM at this level (I like Smith in general, he plays like he gives a shiit).
- Wolff and Christie are on loan, if we don't sign them this summer we have wasted game time on them (if we looked like a side that had a chance of going up that would be different...short term loans to help push us over the top is a good idea, spending money on loans to keep us up just delays us addressing the problem)
Overall conclusion... I still think we should be playing 4-3-3 but let me offer this suggestion as a tweak to Martin's formation that would improve us...
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