Swansea City at home in the FA Cup match thread

[cityexile]

Swansea much the easier on the eye, but managed the one shot we gave them. Mind you, we have only managed one ourselves. Hardly a classic, daft goal conceded and a decent pen shout turned down, been here before.

[Slippin cider]

Can’t get out of our half ! 

[Fordy62]

I want Steve Cotterill football back. 

[Kodjias Wrist]

Just now, Negan said:

Seen less experienced managers do a lot better with squads similar/worse than ours. There’s literally been no improvement since he’s been here. If anything the defending is worse. I could back him more if I could see some sort of style or improvement but we’ve got absolutely nothing about us. It’s like we just make it up as we go along. Wouldn’t trust Nige to rebuild this squad. 

The finish to last season was promising as was this season after 10 games. Its obvious we are short of players. I think this restricts our style somewhat. 

[Numero Uno]

Just now, BasSavage88 said:

Like every other club bar the clubs relegated from the prem 

No, that isn’t the case. We are closer to a points deduction than anyone.

[sephjnr]

Yellow for Naismith, yay.

[BasSavage88]

They are taking the piss out of us in the 1st half ffs 

[Super]

This is like a national league team v Championship Cup tie.

[Banjo Red]

Time to go it just isn't working 

[old_eastender]

Yellow for Naismith, deserved after very late challenge

[mozo]

3 minutes ago, David Brent said:

Blimey 

Well people can't have it both ways. We can't praise NP when the team looks organised, motivated and assured, but blame the players when they look disorientated, disorganised and calamitous. Generally speaking the responsibility lies with the gaffer. Always has been thus.

[Hazelboy]

Remember in the summer when everybody was saying Joe Allen wouldn’t improve City’s midfield

[steviestevieneville]

17 minutes ago, Selred said:

Many mistakes there. Max should of seen Atkinson had 2 players around him, Atkinson shouldn’t of buggered around. Non league stuff.

Max is blameless . That’s the easiest 20 yard pass to Zak anyone could make . It’s terrible . Fans keep blaming Pearson but 36 minutes in & we can barely string two passes together . At this level of football that’s piss poor . Swansea are a very average side that we’re making look like Man City . If I was on that pitch I’d have a few by the neck at half time . ******* abysmal 

[One Team]

1 minute ago, Fordy62 said:

I want Steve Cotterill football back. 

I didn't want him to leave! 

[Dan Robin]

2 minutes ago, eardun said:

We’re never getting a pen again 

No reactions, no changes. If the club  accepts it passively and silently, like the supporters at the stadium, referees will continue. I can't understand why nobody seem to care about a clear injustice done to our club... 

It shoul be a priority, more important than blaming - rightly - Pearson and the players...

 

 

[maxjak]

Goodbye Nigel...........its been an interesting 2 years.........but time to go?

[frenchred]

10 minutes ago, Selred said:

Surely we aren’t the only club in this situation though? 

Correct, but we are the only one left with Pearson in charge

[2015]

Some of our players have looked way off Championship standard in this game. (Tanner, Atkinson, Pring, Conway, O'Leary).

[BilboBaggins05]

Great tackle Kal

[Numero Uno]

What I will say is that the Manager can’t go round saying we’d be better off playing at home when this shower of shit is being served up by him and his players. I can certainly get onboard with that argument.

[Engvall’s Splinter]

It’s like we are playing with 9 men. They have acres all around the pitch. We are miles off. No urgency to press especially around our box. Absolutely diar. 

[David Brent]

1 minute ago, Banjo Red said:

Time to go it just isn't working 

Sorry to hear that. Hope you’re back soon. 

[Supersonic Robin]

1 minute ago, Fordy62 said:

I want Steve Cotterill football back. 

Worth remembering that a defining feature of Steve Cotterill football was the fact it worked in League 1 but not the Championship!

[prankerd]

I thought joe allen was like late 30s hes only 32 either way hes controlled this game, our midfield is so bad.. i dont even think a new manager will fix this mess, unless we spend in January we are definitely going down this season.

[pillred]

Anybody watching this that did not know the teams would assume we were a plucky lower league team playing a team from a much higher division, I have to say it does not bode well for the rest of the season. 

[BasSavage88]

2 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

No, that isn’t the case. We are closer to a points deduction than anyone.

Yes it is . 2 seasons ago it was reported 8 clubs were on the brink of ffp it will be even worse now. Just because other clubs aren't as vocal about it as is doesn't mean it isn't happening 

[Slippin cider]

Tanner is shocking 

[Fordy62]

Just now, Supersonic Robin said:

Worth remembering that a defining feature of Steve Cotterill football was the fact it worked in League 1 but not the Championship!

Don’t wanna go round in circles but he was deliberately not given the chance to make it work so Lansdown could bring in a family friend to lap dance for him while he sat there and threw money at him. 

[handsofclay]

I don't think things are quite as dire as everyone seems to be making out as the addition of seven or eight new players in the transfer window will simply address these concerns

[Super]

Allen levels above anything we have.