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Wilson is 21 in December. He should have at least one, preferably two full seasons out on loan under his belt by now. We keep these players trapped in the youth setup for far too long. It delays and I think damages their development. There's no substitute for proper, competitive football.

From a Jack to a King and back again? It's a little bit "bandwagon" for me. I think there are ways to use the links to generate income that don't necessarily require just copying the Wrexham model (loved the idea of a Swans/Snoop beer tie in) but it can't hurt much in the short term.

Someone needs to sit down with Snoop and teach him how to pronounce Swansea properly though.

We haven't yet.

We scored over 100 goals in all competitions that season. One of the most fun in my time watching the Swans.

I have never been as cold regarding a Swans game as I have walking down the Bayswater Road on the way to that final, and I can remember an Autoglass/JPT/Whatever match against Walsall that saw me banging my feet against the floor to get some sort of feeling into them when it went to extra time.

Forest is obviously the biggie. Some huge Premier League wins there too. I'll chuck in one that nobody else seems to have mentioned anywhere. The second leg of the League Cup semi against Chelsea. 90+ minutes of tension hoping that we wouldn't concede a goal to open the floodgates followed by...

Think we need to see him playing at a higher standard to see what he's really capable of, with all due respect to Carolina Core.

Not even one whole season if memory serves. His performances dropped off a cliff when they changed managers.

The Casey deal seems pretty far along and will probably happen. We're likely to be outbid for Kone, which to be honest I'm fine with as the numbers being mooted are way too high for my liking considering his contract status and the fact that he's only really played well for less than one full...

Why would Rangers be paying Gerrard off?

Yeah, pretty much.

Because he wasted two years of our time and resources on trying to make himself look good instead of doing what was best for Swansea City. Why would any right thinking Swans fan not enjoy the sight of him making an arse of himself given that?

Probably an element of truth to that.

I think it was three wins, but two of those were against ten men.

There remains a school of thought that believes had he remained at Swansea and been "backed", that he'd have ultimately been successful. Anyone still promoting that view is certifiably insane. He's gone to Southampton and played his tedious shit whilst blaming anyone and everything but himself...

"This is me not blaming the players, but this is where the players went wrong"

Yep. You need experienced pros in a side, even if your youngsters are prodigiously talented. The Man Utd team of 95/96 that Hansen got roasted over still had players like Schmeichel, Irwin, Bruce, Cantona. Cole and Giggs (who by that point was almost a veteran) playing 30+ league games.

The other risk you run with having a very young side is if you get into a run of bad results heads will drop and make things worse.

It's getting to the point where you begin to wonder whether Tan's doing it just to mess with them out of spite after all the stick he's taken. Put millions in, given them their highest two league seasons in most people's lifetimes and still loathed by the few who bother to turn up. I wouldn't...