S25/26 | The Official Match Day Thread | Swansea City 1 Millwall 1 | Att: 14,942 (810 Away) | 27/09 | The EFL Championship | The Swansea.com Stadium

[NWJack]

I thought Benson was poor when he came on, hopefully it will improve with his fitness

 

[magicdaps10]

I think you’re right about formation. I thought that’s what we were doing today, but Yalcoule or however he’s spelt, kept dropping back and no one seemed to be running beyond him. Is that what was happening ‘in the flesh’.?

We play the holder in Stamenic and then 2 ahead of him and today that was Galbraith and Yalcouye.
The 2 ahead of the holder are just asked to run, run, run and run.....they are used to press the opposition and then link up when we go forward.
The system can work but can look an absolute mess and out of control when it's not working.

I am all for Cullen in that role of no 10 now, he can link up play, he has a good engine on him and can get goals.

 

[magicdaps10]

I thought Benson was poor when he came on, hopefully it will improve with his fitness

He didn't look great, agreed.

 

[Gors Buster]

We needed to get Inoussa on the ball more.
He’s really impressing me.
We should be beating those dirty bastards at home.

 

[bakajack]

We needed to get Inoussa on the ball more.
He’s really impressing me.
We should be beating those dirty bastards at home.

We were tearing them to shreds in the first 25 mins of the game, and so much of that came from how quickly we were getting the ball out to Ronald and Inoussa on the flanks. Then suddenly after that we stopped doing that for almost the entirety of the game

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Same old problem, really. No creativity in midfield. And this is by design, it's not as if Sheehan and the coaching staff don't also see this - we set up with the midfielders being 'busy' players and have creativity come from out wide or from counter attacks brought about by pressing. I just think it limits your team and makes you easier to defend against. If you can lock us out down the flanks, we're toothless. We need more strings to our attacking bow.

 

[magicdaps10]

We were tearing them to shreds in the first 25 mins of the game, and so much of that came from how quickly we were getting the ball out to Ronald and Inoussa on the flanks. Then suddenly after that we stopped doing that for almost the entirety of the game

Because the game plan changed to being pragmatic and not carrying on with playing on the front foot.
We allowed Millwall into the game due to our "let's be hard to breakdown" attitude after we went 1-0 up.

 

[Malaga]

I thought Benson was poor when he came on, hopefully it will improve with his fitness

Looks very 1 footed, predictable which way he's going to go

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

Because the game plan changed to being pragmatic and not carrying on with playing on the front foot.
We allowed Millwall into the game due to our "let's be hard to breakdown" attitude after we went 1-0 up.

Definitely need to be more positive after we go ahead. It’s partly by design based on the personnel Sheehan is picking but the players need to take some responsibility and ‘play what they see’ as well.

Numerous opportunities to try and kill the game off at 1-0 today but individuals were far too cautious in their decision making.

The opposition is always going to have chances/periods of pressure in the Championship but we seem too content to let the game drift so far this season.

 

[cmajack]

Because the game plan changed to being pragmatic and not carrying on with playing on the front foot.
We allowed Millwall into the game due to our "let's be hard to breakdown" attitude after we went 1-0 up.

That's right, and once they managed to stifle our wingers we had no plan B to fall back on.

 

[sit_down_jack]

We play the holder in Stamenic and then 2 ahead of him and today that was Galbraith and Yalcouye.
The 2 ahead of the holder are just asked to run, run, run and run.....they are used to press the opposition and then link up when we go forward.
The system can work but can look an absolute mess and out of control when it's not working.

I am all for Cullen in that role of no 10 now, he can link up play, he has a good engine on him and can get goals.

What you say about the two pressing midfielders is spot on. Last season when we had O’Brien and Franco we had far more success winning the ball in higher areas, it worked for the most part. I don’t see that with Yalcouye and Galbraith. In fact I think both are wasted in our current system. What stood out about them in videos was their ability in possession for me. I think today’s midfield works if our intent is to keep the ball but it’s not geared for the pressing tactics that we saw end of last season.

 

[magicdaps10]

That's right, and once they managed to stifle our wingers we had no plan B to fall back on.

Doesn't help when Key is playing atrocious and teams are now clearly targeting him this forcing Ronaldo to really track back to help out.

 

[Swansea93]

Doesn't help when Key is playing atrocious and teams are now clearly targeting him this forcing Ronaldo to really track back to help out.

Noticed Cabango going mad with Key a few times today

 

[cmajack]

Doesn't help when Key is playing atrocious and teams are now clearly targeting him this forcing Ronaldo to really track back to help out.

Could always put Galbraith at right back and bring Widell into midfield.

 

[eteb]

Cardiff are looking good

We'd look like Barca in league 1 too, levels