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Reply | Swansea City Part One. Jay Fulton revelations and do the club need a striker ?
at 07:40 10 Jul 2025
What I am looking for in my forward players is a bit of pace and ball control to take advantage of that pace, stature or strength to hold up play to bring other players into play, a good understanding with the players around him to be able to anticipate their play to create space while being be able to finish goal scoring opportunities efficiently.
At the moment I am not too sure any of our forwards from last season have all those qualities.
Cullen has a number of these qualities and is quite tenacious but was shown up by Rodon who know of his lack of his lack of pace and was not troubled by him defensively and was also able to stroll out of defence knowing that Cullen couldn't catch him.
Yates just seems lightweight and again lacks pace to trouble defenders.
Vipotnik does not appear to have great ball control, or a great deal of pace.
Bianchini seems to have pace but again looks lightweight,
Ronald when creating or being in the right position for chances seems to lack that clinical finishing edge, often pull shots dragging them wide.
Is it a case of a number of these players trying too hard with a lack of support or understanding with the players around them and not understanding their roles in the team although that seemed to vastly improve under Sheehan
Will the new players around them improve them further and add some of the missing qualities, similar to the stark contrast between O'Brien and Grimes.
Think we needed extra quality up top as our existing forwards struggled to be dangerous enough to be able to relieve the pressure on us when we and being pressed, hope the new players can add to that. [Post edited 10 Jul 7:47]
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Reply | Harry Darling & Lewis O’Brien
at 18:28 24 Jun 2025
Surely there will be a number of players who will be eyeing the opening left by O'Brien, Allen and Grimes omissions as a chance to prove themselves in the Championship at a higher level or at least a place to re-establish themselves after dropping down the pecking order at Premier clubs.
Will our loan players return from successful loans with points to prove. |
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Reply | Nathan Tjoe-A-On
at 19:12 18 Jun 2025
Do remember in a cameo role he tracked the winger across the field as was needed then he made sure to tell two players who thought they didn't have a job to do that they did and that was to get in positions to mark the opposition players in the gap left, we saw O'Brien do this covering work as second nature to himself so funny with the right players alongside you the team and individual players looks better all round.
Number of players now gone hope none come back to haunt us. |
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Reply | Swans completing their research which could lead to interest in ex striker
at 09:41 18 Jun 2025
Would have O'Brien back if possible as for a striker I would like to see a striker who can make a nuisance of himself and cause centrehalves problems both aerially and on the floor, if defenders are under pressure they will make mistakes. We have some interesting signings and need someone to compliment them and one that they can feed off so we get more goals throughout the team. |
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Reply | Mykola Kukharevych
at 08:52 18 Jun 2025
Can I then bang on about it continously?🙂
Not good enough, not following managers orders or could it be he had the same problems that Vigouroux confessed to?
We had a number of managers who tried to employ styles of football which didn't get the best of the players we had and the managers couldn't coach some of those players or adapt the team to suit their skill sets. [Post edited 18 Jun 19:01]
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Reply | Mykola Kukharevych
at 23:15 17 Jun 2025
Think Mykola was a missed opportunity at Swansea for both the player and Swansea FC, I think there is a solid centreforward in him, don't know the ins and outs of the issues with him under the various managers but it did seem as I he did get good game time with Hibs even though there were a couple of good seasoned forwards in his team keeping him out initially biy later in the season there other up and coming youngsters that he seemed to compliment. |
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Reply | Congreve
at 14:58 12 Jun 2025
Hopefully he will get a good amount of game time.
Hopefully this season we can build some continuity within the playing staff where younger players can learn off the players with more experience and fit in seamlessly. |
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Reply | Congreve
at 14:19 12 Jun 2025
A number of players played in last seasons pre season friendlies who were then sent out on loan.Would be nice to have some home grown players who could add something different to the squad.
It was nice to see Ben Lloyd get on the pitch last season but was worried about a rash challenge he made which could have resulted in injury a bit like Liam Walsh who likewise made rash challenges, trying too hard in some respects. |
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Reply | Congreve
at 13:29 12 Jun 2025
Congreve interview, who puts the players forward for these interviews and is it a sign of him being used in the first team squad this year or is it putting a saleable asset in the shop window? |
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Reply | Belgium v Wales : Bellamy having the best year of his life, Dan James out
at 20:53 9 Jun 2025
Penalty decision dictates how the game panned out in that first half, harsh penalty and when does Lukaku deem to be offside it is when the ball is played so the handball is taken out of the equation. The ref trying to even things up, not a Wales penalty for me after VAR but will it be hard to get Wales back in the game. If we can get Thomas and Johnson in the game more in an attacking sense maybe.
Premiership quality and experience telling.
Hopefully the likes of Johnson, Wilsons and even Brooks can use their experience. [Post edited 9 Jun 20:54]
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Reply | Transfer puzzle
at 13:35 6 Jun 2025
Would anybody have Pearl-Harris back? |
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Reply | Ricardo Santos
at 13:34 4 Jun 2025
I liked Pedersen but we could not afford to carry a player having such an injury ridden period with us. Hoping Ginnelly can finally shake off his injuries but I do fear the worst.
We do need cover in the centrehalf position so I cautiously welcome some new blood if Santos signs [Post edited 4 Jun 13:35]
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Reply | Here comes the summer transfer rumour thread
at 13:30 4 Jun 2025
Various combinations in the midfield had been used with Grimes at the centre of them with varying degrees of success but also we have seensone dire performances, it was time for a change. Fulton had been used, discarded at time but has returned with some success at times as managers needed to employ different tactics to deal with the different times, to see us bullied by the "lesser teams" in the league had become a regular occurrence, with Fulton without Grimes in the team that occurrence became less frequent, that is not just about having Fulton in the team it was about having the right players and tactics to adapt to different situations, Fulton is a valuable asset if used properly. |
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Reply | Wales's No.1 club
at 11:03 3 Jun 2025
Think they will get the fifty fifty decision going their way from the start of their time in the Championship given the high profile of the owners. It seemed as if it took us until the second season to get the decisions going our way or was it the case of our players being more streetwise or just better players.
As for Phil Parkinson as a manager he hasn't done too bad overall during his career sure he has had ups and downs but it is experience gained? |
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Reply | Here comes the summer transfer rumour thread
at 19:58 2 Jun 2025
Williams questioned why Cooper hadn't progressed after Williams was first here, lack if coaching from Martin which could be said about William attitude to the players, you are good enough to learn by yourself but if the style is so kamikaze as William he was never going to learn in a team that was floundering, surprised Cooper got in the Welsh team, perhaps Bellamy and Sheehan see a player they can help develop? |
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Reply | Harry Darling : Torn between the Swans and a decision to leave
at 00:04 1 Jun 2025
I have no conplaint about Darling's attitude given the state of the club this season, do think his injury and results in the play offs have worked in our favour to resign him, we do still need a quality backup if he resigns, both Cabango and Darling have had injury issues if he resigns I will be happy, if he goes I wouldn't be surprised but the main issue for me is more strength in depth is needed and cover or new first choice would be mandatory. |
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