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I think for a relatively young manager coming into a relegated club that was shredding players like nobodies business, Potter did okay. James hadn't played a game for us and took a while to get up and running.

Players used to leave the Swans and do nothing. Now it's the opposite. They leave and progress.

I did hesitate but I was convinced by 'that' goal against Manchester City and how exciting Dan James was to watch that season.

I don't disagree with you on Ronald necessarily and I'm certainly not a huge fan of him. But he's been one of our better signings in recent years. Which probably says it all.

This is one of the best posts I've read on here in ages. What I'd also add to this is that because hardly anyone else was trying to play football in the way that we were, we could attract players who were perfectly suited to our style but surplus to requirements elsewhere. Now, every team in...

We've been at the new stadium now for 20 seasons. In those 20 seasons, I reckon we've played exciting, attacking, passing football in the following: 2 under Martinez 2 under Rodgers 1 under Laudrup (with some notable performances in his second season) 1 under Potter Can't think of many more

Ronald's problem is that he's very inconsistent and when he's bad he's abysmal. Although I do wonder whether he'd be better with more threat around him. All that said, he's been involved in 7 of our 30 goals this season so almost a quarter of them have been down to him. Ronald - 1 goal, 6...

To be fair to him he has 6 assists and 1 goal this season and can cause teams problems on his day. If he cost £1m then to me, that's a decent return. Especially when compared with how much we've spent on people like Tymon, Bianchini, Eom, the Ukrainian, Pederson, etc etc etc

Someone who can help us bring in good players at a decent price in markets that other teams are perhaps overlooking. Ronald and Franco are examples of us getting decent value where other sides aren't looking. I know Ronald blows hot and cold but he's infinitely better than we'd have got from...

Personally, I would be appointing Sheehan until the end of the season. I would then use that time to start to look for and talk with other options. The whole 'blueprint' (assuming we have one) should be torn up..no "Swansea Way" bollocks. We should be asking potential candidates what their...

I'm no fan of Williams but to be fair to him the players on the bench are usually considerably worse than the players on the pitch who themselves are pretty shit.

Signing an ex Sheffield Wednesday defender from abroad couldn't possibly go wrong

I'm not sure we'll particularly be able to attract a higher quality of player on anything near enough a regular basis to make this worthwhile. Bearing in mind we actually need to qualify for this thing in the first place which, in reality, we'd be lucky to once every 3 or 4 years or so...

It's disappointing to see them appear to have gone backwards over the last 18 months or so. After the last Ashes, I thought they were going to really kick on and challenge the Aussies but they appear to be inconsistent at best, especially when Sciver Brunt and Knight don't get going like they...

If you love cricket then I think if you gave women's international cricket a real go, you'd enjoy it. Even the T20 stuff is far less smash and grab than the men's because there are usually far less boundaries, especially as the more effective bowlers tend to be spinners/slower bowlers with...

You wouldn't watch Boston United v Sutton United because you have no affiliation to either of the teams. The players on display would also be some of the worst professional male footballers in the country playing against each other in a crap league. However, you would presumably watch Swansea...

The beauty with Ronald is that he gets into good positions pretty often. I guess at the level we are currently at it doesn't matter if you have a player who gets into good positions three times a game and gets an assist from that position once every 15 times (i.e. 1 assist every 5 games) or a...

Whilst I too think that lots of these stats are "arse dribble" like you, there is definitely some room to consider them. If a winger is consistently putting balls into the box that a competent striker would be expected to finish but the strikers he's playing with are crap, then the player in...

Agree we could do without another change in manager and we are moving in the right direction with him, albeit at a snails pace. The rumours yesterday by supposed ITKs are a red herring because I don't think most people would have begrudged him leaving. However, at the same time, I don't see how...

"It can create uncertainty, can't it? I think people feel more comfortable when they have clarity. But I don't think that's got anything to do with today." Doesn't exactly stack up with him saying he was treating it as a "wind up".