• Thank you very much | Diolch yn fawr

    All at JackArmy.net would like to thank everyone who has played a part on this site over the past 25 years whether that is through writing, contributing, moderating, posting or just visting and reading.

    Without any of you the work that has gone into the site would have been pointless and we will always be proud that we built, generated and managed a community that was such a big part of the Swansea City supporting life for so long.

    It has been a pleasure to bring to you the site for so long but the time is now right to turn the lights out for the last time but we do it both with a heavy heart and a sense of pride driven by the so many messages received since we announced the closure.

    The site will remain here for a period until we archive and mothball it for the last time later this summer but all aspects are in a read only format.

    Thank you though for all the memories

    Phil Sumbler
    Owner, jackarmy.net

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  1. cadleigh

    S25/26 | Official Match Thread | Swansea City 3 Nottingham Forest 2 | Att: 11,354 | The Carabao Cup 3rd Round

    I dream of 20 minute queues. Currently been waiting one hour and 34 minutes to get through...
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    Žan Vipotnik - Swansea’s Number 9

    By Cullen, Vipotnik or Sheehan? 🤔 I hope all three will smash it out of the park this season. Cullen is currently the furthest from demonstrating he can do it. Vipotnik’s four- goal streak is promising, but it would be rash to conclude that he’s the new Haaland on the strength of four games...
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    Žan Vipotnik - Swansea’s Number 9

    First of all, Sheehan obviously sees something in Cullen otherwise he’d have been out the door along with the others. (Same with Fulton.) So I don’t expect him to start in the lone striker role while Vipotnik is on a roll, but I would not be surprised to see him on the bench and getting game...
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    Angel Rangel

    Don’t know if this has been posted already, but interesting (and pleasing) to see Angel Rangel back in the fold after he was ostracised by the previous owners for his critical comments. Always hoped he might have another role with the Swans some day. I presume he hasn’t been coaching...
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    Žan Vipotnik - Swansea’s Number 9

    I believe it is Zhan Vee-pot-nick, with the surname given equal (and quite short) weight to all three syllables (unlike, say, the way Italians often put emphasis on the penultimate syllable in a word)
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    POLL: where will we finish?

    I was agreeing with your post. Sheehan is indeed doing fine. Unlike our former manager who would excuse a lame performance on the basis that we played with ‘intensity’. Not even sure what that word means in football, to be honest. Hence why I liked your original post. I should have flagged that...
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    POLL: where will we finish?

    Yes but where’s the intensity?
  8. cadleigh

    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    Absolutely. I heard that when we were promoted to the Premier League, tickets were handed out on the basis of who you knew, much like the Welsh FA and RFU. Is that fair?
  9. cadleigh

    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    Great post! All I’d say is that Arsenal decided years ago to invest in stadium expansion rather than buying galacticos as their strategy for long-term success. It took them over a decade but it’s paying off now. (Obviously the choice of manager is also important.) If we want to play with the big...
  10. cadleigh

    The Summer Transfer Window Thread

    I’m not averse to 3 CBs and WBs at all, just a bit scarred by our failure to make it work under Martin. I wonder if Parker or Samuel’s-Smith could play the WB role eventually? Or Galbraith?
  11. cadleigh

    The Summer Transfer Window Thread

    Looking at Vipotnik and Idah’s showreels, they seem quite similar players in many regards, with Idah having more Michu like ability to float through defenders like a ghost as well as some tricksy footwork, whereas Vipotnik has slightly more raw power (although Idah isn’t lacking in that...
  12. cadleigh

    Vipotnik - Sell Or Keep?

    No disrespect, but when I saw this thread I assumed it was an old poll from way back in the transfer window! I know that three goals and an assist does not make a summer, but I for one am very glad indeed that we held on to him. Don't know whether it was lack of service that led to his relative...
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    POLL: where will we finish?

    After four games our PPG is 1.75. Maintain that across the season and we’d finish with 80 points - enough to make the top 6 for at least the last few seasons, but not the automatic promotion places. And that’s without some of our latest reinforcements being available for those games. So I’ve...
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    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    Just been looking at West Brom's attendance history. Like us and Norwich, they experienced a step up in the early '00s - in their case, they put on around 10,000 over the course of three consecutive seasons (we did it in two steps spaced apart - the move to the new stadium, and then promotion to...
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    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    Good post, Colin. I think that explains very well why older Swansea supporters may be more fair-weather fans. But anyone who is 21 or younger will never remember a time when the Swans were out of the top two divisions or the dubious joys of the Vetch Field. They may remember periods of turgid...
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    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    But what matters is change over time. It's not that Norwich filled their ground from time immemorial, the way Man City took huge crowds to games even when they were in third tier. Norwich had 6k empty seats before 2004. They filled them overnight and another 6k besides - and ensured that those...
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    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    I'm sure those are all very valid comparisons in terms of population make-up, local economies (or lack of thereof) etc, but what lessons can we learn from studying those clubs/cities in terms of the purpose of this thread (to examine why our attendances have been falling and what we can do about...
  18. cadleigh

    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    I go to Norwich often. I agree that it is an attractive city, with pockets of wealth. However, those stats I quoted were not made up: the average person in Norwich is no better off or able to afford to go to football matches than the average person in Swansea. People depending on the food banks...
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    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    It’s a fair point, and other local factors no doubt play a part. But the stats are impressive nevertheless. In 2003-4 they added around 4,000 extra seats to Carrow Road. In the decade before that, they averaged attendances of 16,823, and in the decade afterward, 25,305. And their attendances...
  20. cadleigh

    The Swan Dive: why Swansea’s attendances have taken a plunge?

    Who is Delia Clarke? 😳
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