Swansea City v Stoke City – Your matchday pack

Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 7:40
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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

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

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Alan Waddle

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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

Alan Curtis

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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

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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 Swansโ€™ 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

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

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PSumbler

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Keith Stroud :oops:

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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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Mel Nurse

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4 points required from next 2 games and its beach time.

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Alan Waddle

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It's been beach time for quite a while

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