I'll tell you what was crap!

[PSumbler]

18 years ago tonight, one of the worst performances I have ever seen from a Swans side

Swansea 0 Kidderminster 4

And that flattered us

https://www.planetswans.co.uk/2002/10/29/kiddie-fans-views/

 

[MrSwerve]

Yeah it was utter pants. I’ll still never forget that night though, more so than some of our big victories, to be honest!

 

[PSumbler]

Yeah it was utter pants. I’ll still never forget that night though, more so than some of our big victories, to be honest!

Agree, I think it sits there like a reality check of how bad things can get

Interestingly on the same day in 2005 it was totally different, I agree with you on some big victories but this was one I remember as Chesterfield came here to try and play football against us and we tore them apart

https://www.planetswans.co.uk/2005/10/29/swansea-5-chesterfield-1/

 

[MrSwerve]

Also, it’s madness to think that we were promoted to the Premier League 8 years later! Standing on the north bank that night with the rain pissing down, the PL was another World. Hearing half time scores of the Man Utds, Liverpools, etc...crazy that we were there not long after.

 

[PSumbler]

Also, it’s madness to think that we were promoted to the Premier League 8 years later! Standing on the north bank that night with the rain pissing down, the PL was another World. Hearing half time scores of the Man Utds, Liverpools, etc...crazy that we were there not long after.

I've said many times at events that if someone had said to me when we beat Hull that it would be 8 years to the top flight, 10 years to Europe, major trophy in the cabinet I would have happily carted them off and sought help for their ongoing wellbeing.

It's also mad to think that this season is our 13th successive one in the top two divisions - each of them finishing 10th or above in the second tier

We have had a longer post war run in this division but we were always in the bottom half (bar a couple of seasons)

 

[Swanjaxs]

The problem is we've all been a little bit spoilt.
If someone had said after that game what the next 18 years would bring us you'd have been carried off to the Cockett Lighthouse.

 

[PSumbler]

The problem is we've all been a little bit spoilt.
If someone had said after that game what the next 18 years would bring us you'd have been carried off to the Cockett Lighthouse.

Football can also go so quickly in cycles, we've done well given where we are financially to remain in the divisions top 10

 

[Vetchonian]

The problem is we've all been a little bit spoilt.
If someone had said after that game what the next 18 years would bring us you'd have been carried off to the Cockett Lighthouse.

Football can also go so quickly in cycles, we've done well given where we are financially to remain in the divisions top 10

This is why I get so frustrated with so called fans rubbishing our manager, saying how things are bad!!!
We have ben in far worse situations with worse performances brands of football and results. We are currently again in reset mode following ownership change, leadership change and relegation. The last time we fell from the top tier we dropped through the leagues like a stone here we are in our 3rd season follwoing dropping out of the PL competing at the top of the Acjampionship. It is imperative we do not drop to L! so OI can understand that the managers priority is results over style.....but I beleive as was demonstrated on Tuesday and at other times over the last 12 months syle ( the Swansea way) is key too but given the level of player turnover we have seen since relegation the manager has had a lot to get to grips with especailly as a league clum management rookie. COmpare that as many do with Martinez ;s arrival here as a rookie where he knew the majority of the squad their capalities inline with his vision and we were in L1 so little to lose all to gain.

We have no divine right to be a top team we had some grrest years a s we rose from the ashes we need to ensure the heghts we need to scale to return to the top flight are less this time and be patieint

 

[PSumbler]

https://twitter.com/LMScreamer/status/1321749796772859909

It's true!

 

[PSumbler]

Football can also go so quickly in cycles, we've done well given where we are financially to remain in the divisions top 10

This is why I get so frustrated with so called fans rubbishing our manager, saying how things are bad!!!
We have ben in far worse situations with worse performances brands of football and results. We are currently again in reset mode following ownership change, leadership change and relegation. The last time we fell from the top tier we dropped through the leagues like a stone here we are in our 3rd season follwoing dropping out of the PL competing at the top of the Acjampionship. It is imperative we do not drop to L! so OI can understand that the managers priority is results over style.....but I beleive as was demonstrated on Tuesday and at other times over the last 12 months syle ( the Swansea way) is key too but given the level of player turnover we have seen since relegation the manager has had a lot to get to grips with especailly as a league clum management rookie. COmpare that as many do with Martinez ;s arrival here as a rookie where he knew the majority of the squad their capalities inline with his vision and we were in L1 so little to lose all to gain.

We have no divine right to be a top team we had some grrest years a s we rose from the ashes we need to ensure the heghts we need to scale to return to the top flight are less this time and be patieint

The key would be if we did get promoted - and this will never be a widely popular opinion - is not to try and compete financially to stay there. We did OK in the early seasons by not doing that, in the latter seasons we wasted money under some pressure (and with the well documented heads turned) which is still costing us on the cashflow and balance sheet.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Standing on the North Bank watching that shower of sh1te, brought back nightmares of watching this, all in the space of a month...


03/09/1965. Shrewsbury 5 v 0 Swansea

14/09/1965. Swansea 1 v 6 Workington

04/10/1965. Workington 7 v 0 Swansea

... And in between on 01/10/1965 we lost 5-1 at York!!

It was our first season in the old Division 3 after relegation from Div 2 (Championship). I saw them all live, bar the York result ...



Imagine what our fans would be like if Cooper had those results??

 

[Jacket]

Brian Flynn was a fraud stealing a living and any other phrases you never used to hear uttered before 2014.

When you look back, after the hissy fits myself and many others threw after Coventry, really look back you realise that the kind of drabness we saw in Coventry wasn't in the top 500 of poor performances over the past 40 odd years.

I'll put my hands up, the reaction to Coventry wasn't warranted. Don't blame me, blame modern football and the entitled supporters it creates. It sucks you right in and spits you right out again.

Covid, and not being there, seems to amplify everything that's bad and subdues everything that's good. Compared to this current situation I'd take standing on a cold terrace, fingers freezing and feet numb, watching a crap performance with open arms. With open bleeding arms.

 

[PSumbler]

Brian Flynn was a fraud stealing a living and any other phrases you never used to hear uttered before 2014.

When you look back, after the hissy fits myself and many others threw after Coventry, really look back you realise that the kind of drabness we saw in Coventry wasn't in the top 500 of poor performances over the past 40 odd years.

I'll put my hands up, the reaction to Coventry wasn't warranted. Don't blame me, blame modern football and the entitled supporters it creates. It sucks you right in and spits you right out again.

Covid, and not being there, seems to amplify everything that's bad and subdues everything that's good. Compared to this current situation I'd take standing on a cold terrace, fingers freezing and feet numb, watching a crap performance with open arms. With open bleeding arms.

I'm not sure I agree - everyone is entitled to a viewpoint straight after a game and, if the archives were available, imagine the reactions of the Kidderminster game straight after that game - moreso maybe had we all watched it on TV with the benefit of replays and an input from commentators as well

Each of us is capable of a reaction after a game - its what makes us football fans :lol:

 

[MrSwerve]

Also, it’s madness to think that we were promoted to the Premier League 8 years later! Standing on the north bank that night with the rain pissing down, the PL was another World. Hearing half time scores of the Man Utds, Liverpools, etc...crazy that we were there not long after.

I've said many times at events that if someone had said to me when we beat Hull that it would be 8 years to the top flight, 10 years to Europe, major trophy in the cabinet I would have happily carted them off and sought help for their ongoing wellbeing.

It's also mad to think that this season is our 13th successive one in the top two divisions - each of them finishing 10th or above in the second tier

We have had a longer post war run in this division but we were always in the bottom half (bar a couple of seasons)

Yep, I do have a bit of a chuckle when people moan about finishing 10th in the Championship...we’ve really been spoilt lately. It shows how far we’ve come, the fact that 10th in this division feels like a disappointment.

In a way, I’m glad that my first 15-20 years of watching The Swans were in the lower divisions. It makes our current success (and it is still current) seem all the more sweeter. The old division 2 (league one) seemed like a dream at the time to me!

 

[J_B]

When I got home my wife said “You’re back early”

In over 50 years of watching the Swans I’m struggling to recall another occasion when I left with 15 minutes to go.