Swansea City v Stoke City – Your matchday pack

ByPhil Sumbler

Apr 9, 2024

The Swans face Stoke at the dot com tomorrow evening with the message as simple as it gets – let your talking be done on the pitch and show that you are capable of performances in anything other than a South Wales derby.

The debacles of the last few matches have to be put behind us and we don’t need to hear about how we are “owed” a performance, the simplicity is that you have no option but to deliver a performance for us because one game and a few halves in three months is simply not acceptable.

Luke Williams called the weekend performance unacceptable and he was right but the only way that can be words that are heeded is for the players to put in a ninety minute performance to show what they are capable of – nothing else will do.

As ever, Jackharris has provided the pre-match information that we need in his matchday thread which you can visit by clicking here and sharing your views pre, during and post match for this particular game.

Previous news: It was an honest assessment but the words were long overdue

By 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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Ringwood

Lee Trundle

1,908 messages 559 likes

#1 Apr 08, 2024

Time to start pushing these teams over the edge and getting us to 50 points.

Cardiff like performance needed but will we see it !?

Are we going to see a LW blindside team selection to move away from his current best X1 ?

Is Allen , Walsh or Abba going to start ?

Is Shemy and Tymon (against his old club) going to be fit ?

Are we going to break any walking football rules?

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Pegojack

Ivor Allchurch

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#2 Apr 08, 2024

Is he going to start with Yates again? If he does, I'll know for sure he's lost the plot.

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jackharris

Tommy Hutchison

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#3 Apr 08, 2024

Keith Stroud will be the man in charge when Swansea City host Stoke City in the televised game at the Swansea.com Stadium on Wednesday.

Stroud took charge of four Swans games last term, and this will be his fourth time overseeing the Swans this season, having had the whistle for the Boxing Day trip to Southampton, a visit to Leicester City at the end of January, and - most recently - the Swans’ 2-1 victory at Sunderland in February. A Ronald brace sealed the points for the away team at the Stadium of Light, while Stroud booked five players in total with Ben Cabango, Josh Tymon, Jamie Paterson and Harry Darling cautioned from the Swans.

In total, the Hampshire official has overseen more than 30 Swans matches since being added to the National List of Referees. The first of those was a League Two match against Northampton Town back in March 2005, while the most memorable was the Swans 3-2 victory away at Cardiff in April 2023.

So far this season, Stroud has refereed 25 matches, handing out 128 yellow cards and three reds. On Wednesday, he will be assisted by Matthew Smith & Nigel Lugg. Josh Smith will be the fourth official.

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jdtswan

North Banker

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#4 Apr 08, 2024

Throw the academy kids on, can't possibly do any worse, especially midfield.

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PSumbler

Administrator

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#5 Apr 08, 2024

Keith Stroud :oops:

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Swanjaxs

Roger Freestone

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#6 Apr 08, 2024

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cmajack

Tommy Hutchison

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#7 Apr 09, 2024

Going to be a very difficult game. They have had a couple of decent results on the road, and will be upbeat after pulling back a 2 goal deficit on Saturday to earn a point against West Bromwich.

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