Arsenal and Newcastle United fans praising the Woodman performance

Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 9:15
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Freddie Woodman, the goalkeeper on loan from Newcastle United, took plenty of plaudits for his performance in last night’s 1-0 win over Barnsley that gave us the advantage in our play off semi-final as we look to secure a place at Wembley.

Woodman was the Championship Golden Glove for this season after 20 clean sheets and, after his 21st last night, he will know that his 22nd on Saturday will see a Wembley appearance beckon and put the Swans just one game away from a return to the Premier League.

The keeper has been overly criticised this season by some sections of the Swans support but there were plenty of plaudits for him last night, both amongst Swans fans, managers, fans of other clubs and media plaudits alike.

Woodman is coming to the end of his second season on loan at Swansea but performances like last night will see him to be a man in demand this summer.

Steve Cooper: “I think first and foremost, all he’ll be focused on is keeping another clean sheet on Saturday,” said Cooper when asked about the goalkeeper’s display.

“He did play well tonight. He did his job.ย  I thought his positional play was good. No time to think too much about it, it’s time to look forward.”

The plaudits also arrived from Newcastle fans who were clear in their view that they wanted him at St James Park for next season based on this performance

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And finally, having been linked with a potential move to Arsenal earlier this season, his performance was not going unnoticed by those in and around the Emirates either.

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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