I can only thank Phil and the other contributors on here, I wasn’t on here from the start but it has always been my go to for all things Swansea related since i did join up probably in 2005/6.
I was told it was full of wenkers, posh people, dead ends and a collection of weirdos whenever i mentioned it to other Swans fans, it was indeed full of the above but they were all people you could talk to about a shared vision a somewhat foolish and naive view that our club was different that the board, the trust, this forum were all pulling in the same direction.
It turned out somewhat differently from what we hoped but the club did indeed survive and gave us a complete whirlwind of emotions, getting into the playoffs again in L1 with the same result again!
Playing the mighty Southend with their swashbuckling football and Freddie Eastwood terrorising us on the last day of the season (whatever happened to them).
Eventually strollling into the Championship with flair and a quiet confidence, would we survive? All our players looked like small boys compared to Charltons giants on that 1st Championship game but we did and all of a sudden we saw Catalonia flags, Korean flags outside the stadium, Koreans with £50 notes in their hands then the playoffs again with a different result and the PL dream i genuinely thought 1 season but at least we will have had that experience and parachute money, i never dreamed of Cup Finals and European nights, a son who had only ever seen positive Swansea performances and to cap it all posters having meltdowns throughout it all.
MTJ on the bus after Havant and Waterlooville, Twin Towers hidden on the back of shirts that only certain posters could see, Americans telling us about justice and how the world works, stats of all sorts, meetings with board members, T2C arguing with everyone, Agent Dimi proving us all wrong every day despite all the opinion or evidence showing the opposite…strange how that turned out. Dicky, and the wild world on the edge of Planet Swans it was an entertaining journey,
All the opposition fans from Mansfield Stag, the forest keeper for England bloke et al who livened up things. Phil trying to keep control in a most diplomatic and democratic way, and those no longer with us that we shed a tear for people who posted for others not for themselves.
It will be a very strange world post Jack Army Net, last night the first thing i did was post after the game and read the live game comments, i cannot do anything whilst the game is on, its a family warmth that radiates to everyone.
There was a recent post regarding car alarms and fears of a spoilt holiday worrying about your car with Cooperman leaving his family on returning from holidays to check someone’s car alarm in the same car park before heading home. I don’t think you will find that type of kindness elsewhere.
Well done Phil i am sure this wasn’t what you intended this site to be i have no doubt it was to rally fans to save the club but it turned out to be the ideal home for mad, bad, sad and lonely fans of a beautiful game played by our beloved squad.
