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.

You say it best when you say nothing at all

One of the things that I find hugely frustrating about football is the almost expected requirement for someone to say something positive when it is pretty glaringly obvious that there is no real positives to take from a performance. I completely understand that at the same time you don’t want…
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 8:00

The retained list increases the worry for next season

On the face of it the departure of Courtney Baker-Richardson and Jefferson Montero is not going to damage any chances we may have had next season but the fact that other key first team squad members are not (yet) on the retained list makes for worrying times. Given our current…
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 8:00

Watching different games to us?

I don’t think there is many of us that would try and argue against the fact that since August our league form has been medicore at best with a couple of decent performances generally taking us by surprise. In fact you could also argue that whilst 16 points from the…
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 9:00

Has he played his last game for us?

The news yesterday that Joe Rodon had suffered another ankle injury in training was a blow in itself for Steve Cooper but for many Swans fans it has now begged the question as to whether we have seen the last of Joe in a Swans shirt because of the injury.…
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 7:50

Millwall 1 Swansea 1

There are times when sitting down after a game to write some thoughts on it are fun and enjoyable and there is times when you have watched two mid table Championship sides battling out a pretty uneventful 1-1 draw live on Sky TV.ย  I think you all know which time…
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 21:43

Huge improvements needed

The Swans are back in action this evening when they visit the New Den to take on Millwall knowing that a massive improvement in performance is needed from the one that saw us outplayed by Luton at the Liberty on Saturday. One of the things about football in a post-lockdown…
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 8:00
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