S22/23 The Official Swansea City v Burnley FC Championship Match Thread

[Blackpooljack]

The subs havent improved is one bit

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Ucking hell

 

[bakajack]

Fantastic work from Congreve and Ntcham with no composure.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Meh just not enough in us today to beat the to team, good effort though

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Piroe poor again today

 

[bakajack]

This formation suits Allen down to a T.
Incredibly important player when we are operating as a 4-5-1 / 4-4-2

 

[MrSwerve]

I'll take that. Less Martinball, more attacking intent, a narrow loss against the runaway league leaders.

On top of that, I actually enjoyed it. It's not all about winning.

 

[Pegojack]

Yes, a lot of positives to take from that. Shame Olivier couldn't show a bit more composure with his late chance, but the boys should keep their heads up, they will win more than they lose playing like that.

 

[monmouth]

Allen and especially Fulton off for two flaky players was a mistake I think, but it probably made no difference. A bit disappointed we couldn’t put it together second half but Burnley seem streetwise. They still are a million miles away from Prem class. This league is very ordinary.

Let’s hope we keep trying to play positively.

 

[CygnusX1]

Ran out of steam and ideas in the end. Decent performance against the top side in the league though

 

[bakajack]

I'll take that. Less Martinball, more attacking intent, a narrow loss against the runaway league leaders.

On top of that, I actually enjoyed it. It's not all about winning.

If we play like that the rest of the season we will beat a lot more teams than not.

For me Allen and Fulton both occupy a vital "box to box" role and playing them both at the same time or subbing them both off at the same time was the only real tactical mistake RM made, we lost all control in midfield after that with no one biting into tackles and harrying them with the ball into mistakes.

Based on that performance we definitely need a RWB and a CF to replace Stevens and Obafemi and we should recall Whittaker to replace Paterson. Do that and we have a pretty strong side who will be in a shout of the playoffs.

 

[lidojack]

Played well all in all; two mistakes killed us.

What today has shown is that we desperately need reinforcements. Competition for Piroe is a must and a right back as threatening as Manning would be a dream.

As an aside, this system could really bring the best out of Congreve. He always felt a bit of a square peg earlier in the season but he's one of out only players who can beat a man and out "wide" he'd have a lot of space to use it.

 

[Magic_Michu]

Great performance - game changed when Allen went off, and to be fair to Burnley they took the sting out of the game very well. Great game management.

Burnley are the best team in the league by a country mile and we didn’t look far off them today.

Allen best play of the pitch - just a shame we can’t get 90 mins out of him yet.

 

[CygnusX1]

Shout out for Manning today. Especially in the first half.

 

[Risc]

Piroe poor again today

Carried him.