Our defence

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Awful again yesterday but let's be honest, it's been our main problem for at least the last two seasons, the club know it so when is it going to get addressed because if the defence stayd as it is we are going nowhere again this season.
Those three goals were embarrassing.

 

[3swan]

Awful again yesterday but let's be honest, it's been our main problem for at least the last two seasons, the club know it so when is it going to get addressed because if the defence stayd as it is we are going nowhere again this season.
Those three goals were embarrassing.

The 3 CH's are all a bit lightweight when pressure is on and slow to react, no way are we relaxed and confident.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

The 3 CH's are all a bit lightweight when pressure is on and slow to react, no way are we relaxed and confident.

Look at our first goal handed away yesterday, scorer totally unmarked although 2/3 swans players stood near him doing nothing, second goal, wood chests it into his own goal like what the actual fuck and the third goal speaks for itself. Those three examples are nothing to do with being lightweight and everything to do with being really rubbish at football.

 

[jasper_T]

Just 7 goals conceded in our last 9 games of last season. 5 clean sheets. Massive improvement after we changed our shape, even with Fisher and Latibeaudiere in the team. It can't just be useless players.

 

[Deleted member 1454]

Just 7 goals conceded in our last 9 games of last season. 5 clean sheets. Massive improvement after we changed our shape, even with Fisher and Latibeaudiere in the team. It can't just be useless players.

Martin - belatedly - found that a back 4 was the best setup to mask a very weak pool of CB options. It stopped the ball coming at them so often, so we conceded fewer goals. It doesn't mean they improved as individuals, it's just they were exposed less. Yet even on the final day against West Brom they were still making clangers, evidenced in particular by WBA's first goal, which our CBs handed to them on a plate.

The other thing about end of season games is they need to be taken with a pinch of salt. Half the teams we played were on the beach, and we also knew we were safe with 10 games to go, there was no pressure. End of season can be a funny time, I'm always wary of reading too much into it.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Our three centre backs are too similar to play alongside each other, they are all equally poor defensively...