Swansea City away match thread

[David Brent]

Lovely little lineup 

[Curr Avon]

 

[Big C]

[DaveF]

4 minutes ago, ORANGE500 said:

Maybe you shouldn't bother anymore then must be something else to do today?

Needs something to moan about.

[BasSavage88]

Only 8 subs again

[ashton_fan]

 

 

[GrahamC]

Don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing but thought that’s exactly what we’d do.

Naismith gives us a left footed CB, Tanner probably deserves to drop out, Williams played well v Norwich.

Up front Hobson’s choice after midweek.

Only comment is if we change our midfield almost certainly won’t be King coming on, but TGH or Naismith moving forward & Tanner or Dickie coming on.

Decent squad.

[eardun]

1 minute ago, BasSavage88 said:

Only 8 subs again

Plenty 

[BarnzFM]

2 minutes ago, BasSavage88 said:

Only 8 subs again

Notice Everton have only 7 and Sheff United 8 

[GrahamC]

2 minutes ago, BasSavage88 said:

Only 8 subs again

As you can only use 5 that’s irrelevant really.

Every area of the pitch covered by those 8 & the starters.

[One Team]

Would love to see Yeboah come on and score the winner! 

[Shauntaylor85]

Naismith should be in midfield over Williams with Dickie at CB. Other than that little options to change up. Still not convinced by Bell, I’m thinking a Pring/Roberts combo would be stronger and give an edge. 

[The Nest Egg]

Tanner needed to be dropped so am relieved at that. I do like him but it does feel that he has been targeted a lot by the opposition in previous games.

 

Not a fan of having James, Williams and Knight in midfield together although what choice do we really have at present.

Don't rate Bell on the left at all, was youth level at best against Birmingham 

Edited September 2, 2023 by An Outstanding Human

[Out of his pie crust]

COYR. Be nice to see a bit of positivity all round 

[Merrick's Marvels]

2 minutes ago, One Team said:

Would love to see Yeboah come on and score the winner! 

Let's not get picky about who scores the winner!

Just relieved there's some football to talk about. 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Merrick's Marvels

[Spike]

13 minutes ago, Son of Fred said:

The Baggies faithful posting on their forum were of the opinion he wasn't best suited to the full back role - what do the fans know!

I mean he's playing there today so I guess we'll see. 

[YGBjammy]

Think only change if make would be Naismith into midfield in place of Williams, then Dickie at CB. But can see why you'd pick Williams instead, him and Naismith are quite different players really. Interested to see how they play.

Also interesting as we have TGH and Naismith both in defence, both of which are also comfortable in midfield.

[One Team]

2 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Let's not get picky about who scores the winner!

Just relieved there's some football to talk about. 

Perhaps. But if Carlsberg did Saturday lunchtimes….

[Homer Simpson]

Apparently there's so many logging in from Frankfurt that the club are thinking of starting a fan club over HERE. 

[Ronnie Sinclair]

11 minutes ago, BarnzFM said:

Notice Everton have only 7 and Sheff United 8 

And two of Everton’s subs are goalkeepers (Virginia and Lonergan)

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

1 minute ago, Homer Simpson said:

Apparently there's so many logging in from Frankfurt that the club are thinking of starting a fan club over HERE. 

Why, there's no need, as on the OS it says UK and overseas.

[Homer Simpson]

Just now, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

Why, there's no need, as on the OS it says UK and overseas.

Not just this match.

[GrahamC]

15 minutes ago, BarnzFM said:

Notice Everton have only 7 and Sheff United 8 

2 of Everton’s 7 subs are goalkeepers (one of whom is 40 next month) too..

[Engvall’s Splinter]

I think we are a better side when Naismith starts as LCB. Really sets the tempo with his passing (appreciate the risk). 
 

May of swapped out Bell, for who though, I’m not sure. 

Done to death I know but would’ve liked an alternative forward signed yesterday to what we’ve got.

 

[CliftonCliff]

24 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing but thought that’s exactly what we’d do.

Naismith gives us a left footed CB, Tanner probably deserves to drop out, Williams played well v Norwich.

Up front Hobson’s choice after midweek.

Only comment is if we change our midfield almost certainly won’t be King coming on, but TGH or Naismith moving forward & Tanner or Dickie coming on.

Decent squad.

Yep, pretty much as expected, though you have to feel for Dickie a bit: done little wrong, and he is comfortable with ball at feet and perfectly capable of playing out from the back, so it is arguably quite a tight call between him and Naismith.

Tanner I have a lot of time for and I think he will develop into a good Championship full back, but he's still young and he did have a very tough day at the office on Tuesday evening.

Mehmeti, by almost an universal consensus, was poor in midweek and, whilst technically skillful, has an awfully long way to go in terms of acquiring Champ level football intelligence. Unsurprisingly, currently low on confidence. Bell is also a  better finisher and more likely scorer.

So. all in all, given who's unavailable, hard to argue much with any of that. A good performance and some sort of result would give everybody a lift after what's been a rather deflating few days. If there is any good to come out of it, it is that expectations have undergone a realistic reset, whilst at the same time there has been a groundswell of positive sentiment towards Pearson, who previous critics are now at least prepared to cut some slack on the grounds that he's having to do the job with one hand tied behind his back. Maybe we can build on that. 

Edited September 2, 2023 by CliftonCliff
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[EstoniaTallinnRed]

Audio is already working, great!

[Mr Popodopolous]

Gardner-Hickman first start, interesting to see what he can do in the position.

Naismith and his passing, as well as being a natural left footer can assist too.

[shelts]

Strong line up and he’s made changes . Hope those coming in can show why they are in and not on the bench . He got it right with Tanner , felt he’s been off it since the start, he will come again . Fancy us by the odd two !!

[ExiledAjax]

The subs thing is purely because of the new limit of 9. 8 subs would have filled the bench with one spare last season. It's not an issue, and it's not a "message to the board" either.

[Davefevs]

1 hour ago, Spike said:

So is TGH a midfielder or a right back? When we landed him in I was under the impression he was a right back but apparently he's meant to be a midfielder? Whatever Pearson brought him in to do I hope he's not just switched between the two positions, that's not going to get him consistent if one game he's a right back and the next he's in midfield. 

Also, if he's a right back and he does well and we complete the signing what does that mean for McCrorie and Tanner? Will Tanner be back up and McCrorie goes into midfield? I mean I'm glad we have some players who are versatile but what ever happened to players specialising in one position? 

Without being rude, there’s been enough written on here and discussed by people like Nige himself, to know that TGH can play multiple midfield roles and RB.  We have a small squad (smaller wage budget it appears!), versatility is very handy.

Why not just see how it plays out before foretelling the negative future, or alternatively foretell a positive future, where he’s not just Jack of all trades, but Master of them too.