Swansea City at home match thread

[Bazooka Joe]

3 hours ago, Redinthehead said:

No Weimann.

. . . . .  no cry

Edited October 29, 2022 by Bazooka Joe

[MelksRed]

2 minutes ago, maxjak said:

WTF is wrong with Semenyo........since he was called up for Ghana, he has regressed?

Doesn't want injured and ruin his chances.... A few times he backed out today.......

Edited October 29, 2022 by MelksRed

[glynriley]

8 minutes ago, tin said:

A point was a fair reflection of the game, and Andre Marriner was excellent IMO. Semenyo should’ve buried that golden chance early on, but Swansea created bugger all despite their possession. 

Weird how people see things. I thought the ref was ******* awful. 

[MelksRed]

3 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

Tell you what I thought the best result was , not the 1-1 scoreline

But the performance of some of the younger players who haven’t found game time
and the return to some form and good signs from others

 

Great Post. Very objective. 

[Andy082005]

12 minutes ago, redkev said:

You must be one of if the most negative posters on here ( which is your right with this being a forum ) but can you not see this team is definitely making progress albeit very slowly , our displays are very very inconsistent been some very good been some very very poor ( Birmingham & reading ) however when Pearson first took over we could barely get in the oppositions half . I can see light at the end of the tunnel even if it is a long tunnel. 

The channel tunnel is shorter pal 

[Dan Robin]

A bit unlucky today: overall we deserved more IMO.

Shame, because our first half's performance was really good, and despite not finding the second goal, we coped well with Swansea's increased attacking possession in the second half: one deflected strike, and it's 1-1.  Some free kick calls by the referee (gifted or not given) didn't help either.

Two points dropped but a good performance: pressing worked until the energies dropped, the emergency defensive trio did well, the ConWells partnership produced another goal (Tommy my MOTM), James was class, etc. 

Hopefully we'll be more clinical and lucky in other games...

Edited October 29, 2022 by Dan Robin

[Andy082005]

13 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

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100% agree with you

[Major Isewater]

3 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

. . . . .  no cry

How long have you waited for this one? 

[Andy082005]

5 minutes ago, maxjak said:

WTF is wrong with Semenyo........since he was called up for Ghana, he has regressed?

Bags of potential but simply that, potential . Far to inconsistent a player

Better coming off the bench  

[joe jordans teeth]

Good performance all things considered,lot of heart showed today 

[redsquirrel]

can have a kip now and not wait til 5 to find out we lost

[redkev]

8 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

The channel tunnel is shorter pal 

I rest my case PAL 

[Curr Avon]

We had a great plan, sit in, nick the ball high up the pitch and create chances. Only a stunning goal spoiled what was a hard-working performance, with Wells and Vyner my stand outs. We'll probably find out later how badly flu affected the squad and 1-1 is a decent result. 

[Bazooka Joe]

5 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

How long have you waited for this one? 

 

Probably too long.

My biggest dread was that I would always have to wait in vain.

[BasSavage88]

20 minutes ago, maxjak said:

WTF is wrong with Semenyo........since he was called up for Ghana, he has regressed?

0 composure. Can imagine he's pretty pissed off he will get barely if any at all time on the pitch for Ghana.

Thought we looked good until the subs. Was impressed with pring and tanner. Sykes was awful and Conway motm for me

[Bazooka Joe]

Given the circumstances, I'm pleased we got a point from this game.

Now we need to rack up a few wins on the bounce.

 

[Andy082005]

14 minutes ago, redkev said:

I rest my case PAL 

Yeah you’re not a prosecution lawyer pal. 

[maxjak]

6 minutes ago, BasSavage88 said:

0 composure. Can imagine he's pretty pissed off he will get barely if any at all time on the pitch for Ghana.

Thought we looked good until the subs. Was impressed with pring and tanner. Sykes was awful and Conway motm for me

Yep........at last Pring given a chance to prove himself, i am so pleased that he played well.  IMHO, i think he has been poorly treated by NP, i hope he will now be given a run of games?

[Son of Fred]

30 minutes ago, maxjak said:

WTF is wrong with Semenyo........since he was called up for Ghana, he has regressed?

He seems to have reverted to kind -

As in he looks again like he has his boots on the wrong feet...

Just needs a goal,,any old scrappy thing that goes in & hopefully will get him sparking -

[tin]

30 minutes ago, glynriley said:

Weird how people see things. I thought the ref was ******* awful. 

It’s all about opinions and I thought he did well, second only to the ref we had at WBA. Why awful out of interest? 

[sh1t_ref_again]

Great result, shame Semenyo not quite on it, thought he should have taken him off for Williams and pushed Alex behind the strikers. Very strange sub to bring on Martin against a very mobile team

[Offside]

Decent performance from City. The back three were excellent and Conway and Wells played well too. After the subs were made we were less effective at pressing and looked less dangerous. Swansea had lots of possession but created very little. 

[Mr Popodopolous]

Good spirited performance that.

Especially given the injuries and lack of fitness and their form vs us, we responded well as we did at home v Preston and away to WBA.

Swansea had much more of the ball but we had our chances too, would have taken a point pre game in any event.

[sh1t_ref_again]

1 minute ago, tin said:

It’s all about opinions and I thought he did well, second only to the ref we had at WBA. Why awful out of interest? 

because he could not see how easily Swansea kept chucking themselves on the floor any time they felt like a free kick, also apparently no longer allowed to tackle

[The Dolman Pragmatist]

52 minutes ago, Bryans Left Peg said:

Would’ve been happy with a point pre-march but ultimately leaving stadium annoyed.

Thought we were the better team up until our goal, and then we just… stopped pressing or doing anything that was working well?

 

Subs were poor and when the inevitable equaliser came, they looked like the only team who could win it.

 

Frustrated today, I lay all the blame on Pearson for his tactics and substitutions today. Killed the game.

 

Frustrated after that.

Not sure why you got a laughing emoji for this mate, I think you’re spot on.  I accept that Semenyo was not having his best game, but the fact is that we were keeping their back line occupied and frequently pushing them back.  From the moment he took Semenyo and Wells off (Wells - why??) Swansea were able to come forward at will, and from the moment Swansea scored there was no way we were going to win that game.  Very frustrating, because we should have taken all three points.  What on earth were Martin and Bell going to offer in places of Semenyo and Wells?

I’ve seen Sam Bell on many occasions now and sadly I still can’t see a league player there.  Happy to be proved wrong, but he showed nothing today.

[glynriley]

15 minutes ago, tin said:

It’s all about opinions and I thought he did well, second only to the ref we had at WBA. Why awful out of interest? 

Inconsistent, gave little things like nudges and pulls one minute, then ignored them the next. Gave a foul against Scott in the first half, but missed several similar incidents in the second half, for both teams I’d add. 

[DT The Optimist]

9 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

 

I’ve seen Sam Bell on many occasions now and sadly I still can’t see a league player there.  Happy to be proved wrong, but he showed nothing today.

I said the same about Zak and seems like slowly, but surely,  I am being proved wrong, and I presently have same opinion as you on Sam Bell as he seems 'light weight'. Point is he has the chance to improve and may yet come good, but he currently seems miles away from a championship player but..

[italian dave]

16 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

Not sure why you got a laughing emoji for this mate, I think you’re spot on.  I accept that Semenyo was not having his best game, but the fact is that we were keeping their back line occupied and frequently pushing them back.  From the moment he took Semenyo and Wells off (Wells - why??) Swansea were able to come forward at will, and from the moment Swansea scored there was no way we were going to win that game.  Very frustrating, because we should have taken all three points.  What on earth were Martin and Bell going to offer in places of Semenyo and Wells?

I’ve seen Sam Bell on many occasions now and sadly I still can’t see a league player there.  Happy to be proved wrong, but he showed nothing today.

Agree with you and with @Bryans Left Peg, exactly how I saw it. Now I’m waiting for my laughing emoji too. 

[Dullmoan Tone]

23 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

I’ve seen Sam Bell on many occasions now and sadly I still can’t see a league player there.  Happy to be proved wrong, but he showed nothing today.

Completely agree, understand he needs experience but it has to be on loan, subs were baffling unless it was illness related!

[Northern Red]

Pearson, via BBC

Quote

"I can't tell you who will be available for Tuesday. It's flu. The players have been taking medication to limit the effects of flu all week. They will probably do that for another five days but how it affects them, I can't tell you."