S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Ipswich Town 3 Swansea City 0 | Att: 27,594 | 28/02/26 | The EFL Championship | Portman Road

[Ringwood]

Will we concede the first 15 mins of the second half

 

[Smurph]

In which case you are not running one of Yalcouye or Widell. Same problem, four midfielders and only three spots

And that’s not counting Walta

I think we either play 2 in the middle with a ten or play three across the middle.

Sure we can squeeze Stam and two from Walta, Galbraith, Widdle, Franco and Yac in the same side.

46 games, they'll all going to get game time at some point

 

[T8AD365]

Midfield covers 3 positions, 6/8/10.

Of the 4 positions he regularly plays, RB is the highest, give or take a handful either way.

65 appearances as an 8, 51 as a 6, 46 as a 10 and 58 as a RB.

You keep saying he's a RB rather than a midfielder, that's not true

 

[sit_down_jack]

So what are the consequences long-term if that is the case? i.e. the fundamentals of the coaches style of play doesn't work over a prolonged period of time? I'm not saying that is the case, but the logical conclusion of that point of discussion isn't' good, is it?

I think implementing this particular style of play midseason is a very tough ask. I remember Liverpool when they did it under Klopp had some very shaky results and performances when he came in at a not too dissimilar time to Matos this season. It took them time to get it right as it will with us. It will work long term but we’re going to need a full preseason for proper fitness and conditioning along with the right profiles which we lack at the moment.

In the grand scheme of things, we’ve gotten better under Matos but he has only been here a few months.

 

[Smurph]

He’s not going to shag you mate.

He might do, if he wears him down enough. He seems quite persistent

 

[mrploppy]

Take Eom off now.

 

[TruckerJack]

65 appearances as an 8, 51 as a 6, 46 as a 10 and 58 as a RB.

You keep saying he's a RB rather than a midfielder, that's not true

I don’t, I say he’s both. In 6 games time he will have a played RB more than any single position in his career.

This myth that he’s being shoehorned is just wrong. His teams have seen a notable upturn in results when he plays RB vs any of the CM
positions.

 

[TruckerJack]

He might do, if he wears him down enough. He seems quite persistent

As do you of course, which you ignore.

 

[Swans Jack]

Yalcouye best player for us today and sub. That makes 0 sense

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Just about to post about Yalcouye being our best player today, and then he goes off

 

[Flash]

Please not another Rb thread about Galbraith. He doesn’t enjoy playing there he’s said so himself it’s obviously not somewhere he’s going to thrive he wants to be in midfield

 

[T8AD365]

I don’t, I say he’s both. In 6 games time he will have a played RB more than any single position in his career.

This myth that he’s being shoehorned is just wrong. His teams have seen a notable upturn in results when he plays RB vs any of the CM
positions.

You literally said he's "an actual RB" and "he's played there more than any position in his career".

What if he's moved back into midfield after today and keeps racking up the numbers in midfield? I'm not sure he'll play many more games at RB, at least he shouldn't anyway as it's a waste of his capabilities and exposes his defensive weaknesses

 

[TruckerJack]

Please not another Rb thread about Galbraith. He doesn’t enjoy playing there he’s said so himself it’s obviously not somewhere he’s going to thrive he wants to be in midfield

He’s never said he doesn’t enjoy playing there, again that’s totally false.

 

[Swans Jack]

Eom did his best today doing his magic act such a odd player. Hot and Cold

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

Damn.

Good right back though.

This is the beauty of football. Everyone has opinions. Personally I’d say he’s a very average right back at Championship level.

It’s been discussed at length on the other thread about the benefits of having him as an extra midfielder when we have the ball, but I’d be interested to see what actual impact that’s had in terms of chances created/attacking output.

You compared him to Alexander-Arnold and I get that in terms of the idea in terms of team shape, but TAA’s assists and pre-assists were off the chart for a right back and massively outweighed any defensive deficiencies 1v1 or positional. What are Galbraith’s numbers like?

This is not a criticism of Galbraith btw, I think he’s a very good footballer and I think we’ll make a very good profit on him this summer or next.