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Reply | Josh Tymon
at 23:50 7 May 2025
Not necessarily. He may be one of the highest individuals, but if you have 9 other outfield players who create nothing your team statistics would still be low in comparison. Better to have 4 or 5 players who can create 3 chances each than one player who can create 4  |
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Reply | STADIUM EXPANSION
at 22:50 6 May 2025
Our average attendance this season has been 15,309, so we're not currently filling our existing capacity. Ok, some of those empty seats will be away allocation and segregation but still only 75% occupied. Yes a lot of it has been down to the feeling around the club and the performances under Williams which have significantly improved as has the attendances, but let's not be too hasty. If (and it's a big if) we get back into the premiership we should only look to expand if the board feels we've got a genuine strong enough squad to sustain premier league status for a number of years. We go straight back down, so will our attendances, however the longer and more established we become the more interest and new fans we will attract which would make expanding for the long term more of a rationale decision. |
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Reply | Jay Fulton
at 15:35 5 May 2025
Assuming the swans will try to retain O'Brien or replace with another like for like possibly from the loan market, then said player with Franco and Widdel will likely be rotated round and fight it out for the starting XI. Fulton has been ok under Sheehan and I can see him being used as a backup next year if we can't move him on which as Keith suggests is unlikely (unless we agree to fund a % of his wages or give him a golden handshake to get the move over the line). I wouldn't be too disappointed to see him stay if used sparingly next year, otherwise we'd need to go out and replace anyway after losing Allen. |
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Reply | Luke Williams interview [The League Paper]
at 10:35 5 May 2025
They open the article with him saying he's happy we've "finally pulled together under Sheehan". There's no finally to it... He instantly overnight pulled the team together and got improved performances from them.
He also clearly contradicts himself when he says he thinks he was only a short term appointment but he also thinks Montague was brought in to work with him?
I appreciate this is a article to put him back in the shop window for employment but there's not one single thing in that article that is based on self reflection and learning from past mistakes. Good luck to whoever employs him next, maybe if he already has a good squad to work with he may get some short term success (like Martin with Southampton) but his style of play and his man management is very limited so he will soon get found out. |
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Reply | very strong rumour.
at 10:06 5 May 2025
I can see it. If he personally has the desire to carry on playing why not. He can still play and has a wealth of experience so for a new club in the championship he'd be a good signing. I'm still gutted he won't be staying with us for 1 more season |
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Reply | Weakest ever championship I seen no team in the play offs are in form.
at 12:11 4 May 2025
I'm massively excited for next season. We've got our man (Sheehan) and the club appear to already be investing in some exciting signings. Keeping Darling would be a real shit in the arm but failing that I've got confidence that the scouting department already have replacements lined up. I was hoping both Allen and Naughton would sign on for another year to have that experience in the squad and have as back-up players but it does potentially open the door for some of the U21's to have a chance of making the grade and stepping up to the senior squad.(Not sure who).
We should be aiming for a top 6 finish next year, but not be too disappointed if we fall just short. Ultimately, if we can finish higher than 11th next year with more than 61pts then we will have improved and continue to head in the right direction. |
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Reply | Bobby Wales - Kilmarnock
at 20:20 1 May 2025
Sounds like it's a done deal. He's out of contract in the summer so the 350k is a compensation package as he's only 19 and come through their system. |
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Reply | Awards last night
at 17:20 1 May 2025
If Franco wins both Players Player, and Supporters player of the year, and joined the same time as Vigaroux, how does the latter get best newcomer? |
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Reply | Sheehan latest plus Harry Darling as Lewis O’Brien is ready to return to Fores
at 20:11 29 Apr 2025
Thanks for the report. 750k sign on fee for Darling doesnt seem unreasonable, he'd most certainly get that+ elsewhere being a free agent and it would cost a reasonable amount more to get a player to come in with his experience and expect to split seamlessly into the starting XI so maybe him resigning isn't out of the question as I first thought.
As for O'Brien - it states in the report that official negotiations can't be done until the window opens in June, I thought deals could be done at any time but only completed with the move occuring during the windows (but I may be wrong)? |
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Reply | 🔴 World Club Cup,
at 07:47 29 Apr 2025
It's a shame they didn't have a "League World cup" where representatives from each league enter and prize money gets evenly distributed amongst all the clubs in said country's league system. I.e. You make a PL dream team to go and play and if successful all teams in the English pyramid system gets a % of the pie. That would at least see a lot of us "neutrals" have a bit more to get behind and be Invested in it. But then again... It wouldn't suit the pocket lining yanks to make their clubs position even stronger for longer and create a bigger gap between the big 6 and the rest of us minions. |
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Reply | Trundle 2.0
at 16:23 27 Apr 2025
Apologies mate, didn't realise. There were 6 people on there God knows why or how as I've never had any beef with anyone  |
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Reply | Trundle 2.0
at 15:18 27 Apr 2025
For those of us who missed it? What's been said and by whom? |
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Reply | Lewis O’Brien : Just how can the Swans get their man ?
at 00:42 26 Apr 2025
Use the Piroe promotion money. 2.Million additional funds we wouldn't necessarily have budgeted for as not guaranteed.
Let's say we'd have been able to afford 20k a week anyway and he wants somewhere in the region of what he's on now (40k) that's an additional 1.04m a year so we'd have enough in the coffers for the next two years. 4 year contract, let's be honest, if we're not promoted in the next two years he's likely to attract bigger clubs including those in the premiership so we'd likely sell him on for a fairly decent profit after 2 years anyway.
We'd need to agree a deal with NF. Given he's on his last year and they want him off the books we could get a cut price deal, especially if we add incentives on such as promotion bonuses or sell on %.
The only real drawback would be upsetting other senior members of the squad who would no doubt also want higher salaries so not cut and dry. |
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Reply | Just give him the job
at 22:29 22 Apr 2025
The negativity is aimed at our powerbrokers inability to see and act on the obvious. Unless Sheehans demands are unrealistic (maybe more so on the transfer budget he'd need to replace Darling and Delcroix and O'Brien more than his personal terms) then there's no logical reason as to why they would stall.
He's won the fans over, he's guided us to safety, the results of the next two matches are irrelevant so any discussions/negotiations are not going to derail our season. They may well prefer this Hellberg, fair enough, but it's a hell of a roll of the dice. If they don't secure Sheehan whoever comes in would need to start the season very strongly to get the fans back on board because the majority (myself included) will be sceptical at best. |
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Reply | Just give him the job
at 22:10 22 Apr 2025
What's the odds on Sheehan going with Darling and O'Brien signing for WBA next year? They'd have the finances. |
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Reply | Swans still to have official talks with Sheehan
at 21:17 22 Apr 2025
I don't believe so. He's been given the caretakers role until the end of the season but I thought he was still contracted to the club as a coach for the next year or two at least? |
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