S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Swansea City 1 WBA 0 | Att: 17,416 | NYD 2026 | The EFL Championship | The Swansea.com Stadium

[bakajack]

I've got no issue with a ref being pedantic as long as he's going to be pedantic about everything Pego.

Which includes sending players off for second yellows for shirt pulling to stop a player running away from them which, as a ref you will know, is always a mandatory yellow card.

But picking and choosing when to be pedantic? Nah, not for me.

If I remember correctly the shirt pull you are referring to was Illing Jr and he wasn't on a yellow card yet at that time
It absolutely should have been a yellow, but its also unlikely he would have lunged in later on and got booked later on

The ref did miss their full back shoving an elbow into Ronald's face while already booked though after he flicked on a ball and went to run past him

 

[J_B]

I almost felt sorry for the West Brom players at one point. Facing Widdel, Yalcouye and Franco must have seemed like trying to escape from a pack of Jack Russells.

Almost but not quite.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Jay looked for the back / sideways pass first before he took his shot. Your in acres of space just outside the box and your first instinct is to look to do a pass. Even the comms said that. Bless him.

Legend. Right Doc. I like him. Dont know why he gets so much stick

All the angles, as the title of the video states. Not one of them shows him looking for a back pass.

Why do people do this? Is it because they’ve painted themselves into a corner? Is it because they need a commentator to tell them what’s happening? Fans my arse.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2006802608074449131

 

[Bluenile]

Think its better personally if we leave the loan lads where they are. They are playing consistent game there.

As for Parker and Wales I think they'll both go on loan this January aswell think its clear both Matos and Sheehan don't think they are up to the level yet.

Wales? I can recommend a really good optician.

 

[Cooperman]

All the angles, as the title of the video states. Not one of them shows him looking for a back pass.

Why do people do this? Is it because they’ve painted themselves into a corner? Is it because they need a commentator to tell them what’s happening? Fans my arse.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2006802608074449131

That’s quite conclusive

 

[Smurph]

I'm sure some hate it when we win and especially more so when a very much maligned player pops up with the winner.

Last time it was Idah and today's it's Fulton. This place will go in to meltdown when Key scores the winner against Millwall

 

[Neath_Jack]

I'm sure some hate it when we win and especially more so when a very much maligned player pops up with the winner.

Last time it was Idah and today's it's Fulton. This place will go in to meltdown when Key scores the winner against Millwall

Of course they do. And I’ll keep saying it, it’s normally the ones who fancy themselves as being football experts from the comfort of their sofas and match day threads.

 

[Deleted member 1454]

All the angles, as the title of the video states. Not one of them shows him looking for a back pass.

Why do people do this? Is it because they’ve painted themselves into a corner? Is it because they need a commentator to tell them what’s happening? Fans my arse.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2006802608074449131

Not being funny now, but literally as the video hits the 8 second mark, the first thing Fulton does is play the ball backwards to a teammate.

Challenge people's thinking by all means, but if you're going to challenge people, at least get your facts straight first.

 

[Smurph]

Of course they do. And I’ll keep saying it, it’s normally the ones who fancy themselves as being football experts from the comfort of their sofas and match day threads.

Good thing with winning along with the obvious reasons it means we hear less and less from these experts.

 

[Cooperman]

Not being funny now, but literally as the video hits the 8 second mark, the first thing Fulton does is play the ball backwards to a teammate.

Challenge people's thinking by all means, but if you're going to challenge people, at least get your facts straight first.

The debate is about whether he looked for the pass just prior to taking the shot, which he didn’t.

 

[Neath_Jack]

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Not being funny now, but literally as the video hits the 8 second mark, the first thing Fulton does is play the ball backwards to a teammate.

Challenge people's thinking by all means, but if you're going to challenge people, at least get your facts straight first.

have another go.

 

[Menston4128]

Slippery slope when refs start deciding when a dive is required from a keeper

Do you think Vig needed to go down like he did?

The only time he wasted was his own and he needed that time.

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

If I remember correctly the shirt pull you are referring to was Illing Jr and he wasn't on a yellow card yet at that time
It absolutely should have been a yellow, but its also unlikely he would have lunged in later on and got booked later on

The ref did miss their full back shoving an elbow into Ronald's face while already booked though after he flicked on a ball and went to run past him

Illing Jr though should definitely have already been on a yellow for yet another stop a break by any means tackle.

 

[GriffTom]

Watching in the stands yesterday the press and counter press were the most noticeable improvement. I think most of the work on the training ground is or has gone into that. Matos has still only been here just over a month and his staff have been here even less, so I expect the other elements to improve with time but we’re so so much better off the ball now. I think if we had a striker that could press like Widdell did first have that would give us another dimension to our play. Problem we had yesterday was Widdell was dropping too deep in possession and our wingers were staying too wide so no presence up top. With that kind of system all three forwards need to be able interchange with each other and have a lot more movement off the ball.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

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Bit harsh

Clearly a severely butt-hurt baggie, but I could understand a neutral looking at it and not being too impressed. But it was really good to us because of the lens we were viewing it through: We know what the manager is trying to implement and we know these players.

For us, we could see truly significant improvements in many of the areas we know needed improvement and that the new coach has told us he wants to see. The pressing, the mentality, looking more like a team than a collection of individuals, being more positive, not shrinking into ourselves after a rough spell.

To us - to me anyway - it was a top performance for those reasons, but I can understand why an outsider would look at that game and not be overly impressed. They see that as what we are, we see it as 50% of what's to come.