S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Sheffield Wed 0 Swansea City 2 | Att: 19,740 | 3pm, 30/08 | The EFL Championship | Hillsborough Stadium

[Martyn - Derwydd]

Idah know what to say.

The carthorse is dead, long live the carthorse

 

[theallseeingdai]

Will he go? I think he still will. Surely this would be mad now to do this?

He's putting himself in the shop window, that's for sure.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Vip needs to stay and get his deserved run in the side..

I'm good with us bringing a new striker in, but not at the expense of losing Vip. Looks like he's starting to find his feet in his 2nd season; would be crazy to just give all that up.

 

[BLAZE]

I think that's an area not many have discussed. Our fitness levels. They seem to have gone up alot. We have teams going at us only for so long but we seem to be able to match it and keep going right to the end
Inoussa dropped off, but that's to be expected with his first season.

But but but they were slogged too hard in pre-season mun

 

[Martyn - Derwydd]

We are the home team. Thought the rule always was that in a colours clash the away team changes their strip

Yeah, Ok I figured it out.

I did better than the Swans site who were still listing todays game as Sheff UNITED v Swansea for a Video Match Pass until kick off

 

[eteb]

Perfect performance away from home.

Solid at the back, lots of shots, more on target than I can remember for a while, dominated possession.

Great game by all.

Special mention to Vipotnik who has just had his two best games in a Swans shirt. Great goal and better assist.

And Stamenic may well turn into the signing of the summer.

Get this striker in, some cover at left back and we’re looking strong.

Where's Cullen play with two strikers here? Must be in the two midfield places only

 

[bakajack]

The early table has some real surprises

I thought that Sheff Utd might find it tough this season with having to let go a lot of players this summer to comply with PSR but I didn't expect them to be rock bottom with zero points.

Boro top of the pack I didn't expect though I thought they had recruited well and expected them to be there or thereabouts in the playoff pack.

Wrexham took until the 4th game of the season to pick up their first win.

 

[theallseeingdai]

Where's Cullen play with two strikers here? Must be in the two midfield places only

He doesn't, surely? We have better options

 

[bakajack]

He doesn't, surely? We have better options

If anywhere it would be to offer competition in an AM position behind the striker rather than as a lone forward
He has proven quite convincingly that he cannot perform that role

 

[Professor]

Perfect performance away from home.

Solid at the back, lots of shots, more on target than I can remember for a while, dominated possession.

Great game by all.

Special mention to Vipotnik who has just had his two best games in a Swans shirt. Great goal and better assist.

And Stamenic may well turn into the signing of the summer.

Get this striker in, some cover at left back and we’re looking strong.

Early days but Stamenic and Galbraith look our best midfield since the days of Leon and DeGuzman

 

[BLAZE]

Early days but Stamenic and Galbraith look our best midfield since the days of Leon and DeGuzman

I honestly believe this could be the strongest midfield we've had outside of the top flight

 

[IsraJack]

Where's Cullen play with two strikers here? Must be in the two midfield places only

Bring Idah, keep Vipotnik, sell\loan Cullen

 

[magicdaps10]

Galbraith is pure class but Stamenic just seems to up there alongside him.

Midfield needs to be Stamenic,Franco and Galbraith.

 

[IsraJack]

A few ex-swans on the scoresheet today BTW

 

[bakajack]

Galbraith is pure class but Stamenic just seems to up there alongside him.

Midfield needs to be Stamenic,Franco and Galbraith.

I still fear that Franco and Galbraith are too similar to each other in their play style

They clicked better in the second half today but in the first they were both almost in each other's way a lot they were filling the same spaces and looking to make the same offers. I feel like one of them playing with Widell or Yalcouye will be better overall but the strength in depth of our midfield is light years ahead of where its been ever since we got relegated