S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Coventry 1 Swansea 0 | Att: 30,139 | Boxing Day | The EFL Championship | The CBS Arena

[PenlanJack]

That was anything but comfortable for Coventry did you watch the game?

Yeah, we obviously blew them away in our convincing away win, kudos

 

[Smurph]

Sorry - meant for Lisa not you.

No need to say sorry, dude

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

No need to say sorry, dude

I can only blame the fat fingers. Or the Christmas ale (hic!)

 

[Smurph]

I can only blame the fat fingers. Or the Christmas ale (hic!)

Combination of both in our house

 

[Copamundial]

Swap Ronald for a Scott Sinclair in his prime and we piss this game!!

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

I like Galbraith as a player. I appreciate his technical ability, and it's nice to have an actual footballer around the team among all the 'role players' with their very narrow set of abilities. He can play in multiple positions because of it and is doing a great job at RB for us right now.

I do feel people go overboard with the praise though; like a starving man finding some chicken nuggets and thinking they're the greatest culinary creation.

In addition to Tom Carrol, a good comp is Luke Cundle. I liked Cundle, just like I like Galbraith, but talk of EG waltzing into the EPL seems a little wacky.

Anyway, another frustrating day today, similar vibes to Stoke away. Gave a good account of ourselves, but lacking quality where it matters.

How the f*ck Cullen missed that chance I don't know. How so many of our players make stupid decisions in the final 3rd is beyond me. I know they're generally not very good, but coaches can drill into them what to do in certain situations to take the decision part out to a large degree.

 

[Copamundial]

Galbraith is a fantastic footballer, anybody that thinks differently has had to much to drink this Xmas , ignore the joke from the smoke

 

[Whaleoilbeefhooked]

Galbraith was terrible today? He is a very good right back who basically created both of our XG goals today - the pass to Cullen that was squared to Vip was fabulous - and the chance he created for Cullen even more perfect.
All from right back.
There are many problems in this team and squad - but Galbraith is absolutely not one of them!

By all accounts he’s only scored two goals and one assist in 23 outings, and isn't very productive mun.

 

[Rhoshilljacks]

If we had 4 other players in the team with Galbraith’s level of footballing ability we’d be a very good side. Not saying he’s flawless or that he’s the next De Bruyne but is consistently our standout player in terms of composure, playing in tight areas, reading the game and playing killer passes.
The corners at the end though, ouch….. that kind of stuff will be the difference between keeping him for another season and not.

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

I watched the game today and in the first half we bossed Coventry. The difference between the two sides was belief - Coventry knew if they just carried on they’d ride out the storm and get the chance which of course they did and converted it. We need to change a couple of things and Ronald is one of them. He’s not at it and neither is Franco. If we are to move on there can be no sentimental weaknesses over player selection- we really must ditch Ronald and give Inoussa an extended run. Ditto Yalcouye for Franco and Widdell for Cullen. It’s a pity he took Vipotnik off as he would have buried the chance that fell to Cullen late on.
All in all we should have at least had a point and that’s much better than we could have expected in November.
The referee was another shithouse who was quick to card Stamenic but let a lot of their fouls go. A win at Oxford should kickstart our away form.

 

[eteb]

You could probably have a debate about that in respect of Tom Carroll, but Patino and McEachran did the square root of sod all in a Swansea shirt so quite how you can compare them to Galbraith, personally that is beyond me.

Comparing Galbraith to McEchrane fuck my fucking eyes

 

[eteb]

Seen a lot of cov posts saying we're one of the best they've played this year and we'd be there or there abouts in playoffs if more clinical

I think we'll be closer to those than relegation come end of season. Difference under matos in a month, with confidence at its lowest, is huge

 

[Copamundial]

Scott Sinclair in his prime instead of Ronald and we piss that game yesterday, deserved so much more than a defeat.

 

[Smurph]

By all accounts he’s only scored two goals and one assist in 23 outings, and isn't very productive mun.

It’s not setting the creative world alight, either.

 

[SeaJack]

That Friday match was so very frustrating against the league leaders.

I did, however, feel a huge amount of emotion whilst watching our team go toe to toe with them, which is a vastly different feeling to the numb inevitability of it all that I’ve felt a lot of the time over the course of this season so far.

I’m no longer seeing our players going through the motions as much as I was when they were playing under Sheehan.

The performances, week on week are slowly getting better, and I myself have been roused from my zombielike slumber as a result.

As for the performances themselves being converted into the results that those performances have truly deserved, it’s a case of build it and they will come.