Colours Nailed and all that

[Vetchonian]

Good example! Russ 100% signed Fisher and Darling, straight from his MK days. That was 3m in total and probably half our kitty that year.

No idea about Vigouroux.

Williams he played for him at Swindon

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

But was O Dea soley responisble for making the actual signing or just iniating the contact?
Maybe the recruitment team then took it on.
Who cares its done we have a new coaching team in place now and it is about them this thread is about.

I agree i doubt he was. Trucker is the one blatantly distancing the recruitment team from this signing......

 

[TruckerJack]

You're doing what you do now when you know there's no where left to turn and you've lost the argument. You go all disingenuous and misrepresent what's being said and cling to a general point and make yourself appear to be duller than you actually are.

So for a final time, allowing the management team to sign players they know is normal and common and potentially beneficial.

What you are deliberately not grasping and acknowledging Is that allowing the soon to be sacked assistant manager with little previous track record sign the club's most expensive player in years while struggling in the championship is not normal or advisable.

How have I lost the argument? Managers sign players they know, always have, always will.

We weren’t struggling in the championship, and O’Dea wasn’t sacked for months after, you are losing the plot.

 

[Swanjaxs]

I’m thinking of locking it. It’s not going to get any less tedious, history shows us that.

I'm going over to the Sunday night music thread. Pop pickers it is

 

[TruckerJack]

Williams he played for him at Swindon

Great examples.

 

[TruckerJack]

I agree i doubt he was. Trucker is the one blatantly distancing the recruitment team from this signing......

So DoD lied?

I think Idah is a very good signing by the way. Always have.

 

[MichuForever]

Angela said the sandwiches should be ready tomorrow xx

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

Our 2 biggest signings Idah and Inoussa who we spent 11mill on combined are playing 2nd fiddle and have/will spend atleast 3 months on the injury table each.

If your 2 biggest signings end up on the bench and make basically 0 impact across a season im sorry that cannot be classed as a successful window. If anything it's borderline a disaster.

 

[cmajack]

Agree with that but the gog game, 3rd in a week will be a tall order, fatigue may play a part, but yes winnable in theory, it's the championship so not making any predictions

Most of our away games at the moment are a tall order, all this bollox about 3 games in a week, think we were the only team playing that amount. Yes , we had 3 games in a week last week, 2 of those were home , and yet we basically waved the white flag Saturday as early as the 3rd minute. Facts are our away record is atrocious, and anybody thinking we are getting much from Pompey, Wrexham and Sheffield United away are living in cloud cuckoo land.

 

[TruckerJack]

Our 2 biggest signings Idah and Inoussa who we spent 11mill on combined are playing 2nd fiddle and have/will spend atleast 3 months on the injury table each.

If your 2 biggest signings end up on the bench and make basically 0 impact across a season that cannot be classed as a successful window.

Depends what else you do and what those players bring to the table after they return. We also don’t know how much any of these players actually cost. Stamenic and Galbraith I think bring into the club double what you have quoted there, between them. So if we keep adding to our squad, building blocks while profiting then that’s a successful strategy and what all clubs aim to do.

 

[J_B]

We don't actually employ a manager at Swansea City.
We employ a head coach.
It's a growing trend that goes to recruitment of players and who is responsible for it.

 

[Smurph]

Did we ever get to the bottom of what position we signed Galbraith to play?

 

[SeaJack]

We’re a mid table squad. Nothing more, nothing less.

It’s looking ever more likely as we get ever closer to running out of Championship runway to reach the top flight of football.

There are signs since Matos took over as manager, that next season could be more productive, and a rise up to the top end of the league table would be a much more achievable prospect.

I can understand the frustration that is felt by the fans, due to our being so tantalisingly close to the playoffs, and this being translated into major criticisms of this that and the other on the forum.

Lord knows I experienced it when, having witnessed the arrival of Snoop Dogg pitch side and felt the carnival vibe that arrived with him, plus the confidence the win against Bristol City on the weekend gave me, I saw an abysmal 1st half performance not worthy of any team in any league at anytime across the country.

Frustrating isn’t the word, as I looked on in disbelief at what was on show before the fans and our illustrious guest.

The 2nd half to my relief, was a massive improvement, but although we did actually equalise to gain a point rather than losing all 3, that moment in time whilst playing against Preston NE felt like it was an opportunity missed to gain ground on a playoff position.

Fast forward to yesterday, and that same nagging feeling came to the fore again as we were royally beaten by Ipswich.

Matos has worked wonders with the squad since his arrival, so much so that even Fulton has been praised for his efforts on the field of play of late.

However, as a work in progress there will be limitations, both with the players that can be called upon and vice versa with the manager.

As to who’s to blame for our woes in the heat of battle on the pitch at the moment, one can only conclude that it is a collective responsibility, top to bottom.

As for us as Swansea City supporters, the best approach for us all to adopt that I can see, would be to keep the faith and stay the course with the new ownership who, to be fair, have improved a number of things since taking charge at the club.

I myself have relaxed my grip on the fanciful notion of finding ourselves in a playoff position come the end of the season.

That’s not to say it may not happen, but it’s getting ever more doubtful as the fixtures are ticked off one by one and we near the month of May.

As for the manager and squad, I would hope and expect that they subscribe to a different approach to this, and that is for them to fight tooth and nail to win as many games and as many of the remaining points up until the final whistle of the final game of the season.

In other words, let’s see more endeavour, drive and determination, like what was seen in the 2nd half performance against Preston NE, and less of what we saw in the 1st half of that match.

 

[swan65split]

It’s looking ever more likely as we get ever closer to running out of Championship runway to reach the top flight of football.

There are signs since Matos took over as manager, that next season could be more productive, and a rise up to the top end of the league table would be a much more achievable prospect.

I can understand the frustration that is felt by the fans, due to our being so tantalisingly close to the playoffs, and this being translated into major criticisms of this that and the other on the forum.

Lord knows I experienced it when, having witnessed the arrival of Snoop Dogg pitch side and felt the carnival vibe that arrived with him, plus the confidence the win against Bristol City on the weekend gave me, I saw an abysmal 1st half performance not worthy of any team in any league at anytime across the country.

Frustrating isn’t the word, as I looked on in disbelief at what was on show before the fans and our illustrious guest.

The 2nd half to my relief, was a massive improvement, but although we did actually equalise to gain a point rather than losing all 3, that moment in time whilst playing against Preston NE felt like it was an opportunity missed to gain ground on a playoff position.

Fast forward to yesterday, and that same nagging feeling came to the fore again as we were royally beaten by Ipswich.

Matos has worked wonders with the squad since his arrival, so much so that even Fulton has been praised for his efforts on the field of play of late.

However, as a work in progress there will be limitations, both with the players that can be called upon and vice versa with the manager.

As to who’s to blame for our woes in the heat of battle on the pitch at the moment, one can only conclude that it is a collective responsibility, top to bottom.

As for us as Swansea City supporters, the best approach for us all to adopt that I can see, would be to keep the faith and stay the course with the new ownership who, to be fair, have improved a number of things since taking charge at the club.

I myself have relaxed my grip on the fanciful notion of finding ourselves in a playoff position come the end of the season.

That’s not to say it may not happen, but it’s getting ever more doubtful as the fixtures are ticked off one by one and we near the month of May.

As for the manager and squad, I would hope and expect that they subscribe to a different approach to this, and that is for them to fight tooth and nail to win as many games and as many of the remaining points up until the final whistle of the final game of the season.

In other words, let’s see more endeavour, drive and determination, like what was seen in the 2nd half performance against Preston NE, and less of what we saw in the 1st half of that match.

yep, i sometimes think where we would be if je hadnt come, and in my mind the team nect year would show a a few changes if only Matos had his way.

just saying like.