S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Swans 2 Stoke 0 | Attendance: 16,147 | 7th March 2026 | The EFL Championship | The Swansea.com Stadium

[Swans Jack]

It may not be my final say, but I'm gonna enjoy this. Sometimes against 10 men it can be so much more difficult. We have struggled alot this season to break down teams who sit back, but we did it well today. There will always be areas to improve and I'm Josh Keys biggest critic, but have to give the lad praise. He was immense today. Anyone who thinks we was poor or dreadful, get your heads checked. Bring on Tuesday.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Galbraith and Stamenic with Walta as the creative 10 or similar.......it's looking quite clear now.

A RB who plays on the right offers more balance. Galbraith at RB is just a square peg in a round hole in this team.

Might not have been the perfect performance but encouragingly the shape of the team looked better today.

Key had a great game. And we looked so much more balanced.

 

[magicdaps10]

Key had a great game. And we looked so much more balanced.

100%.

If Key didn't have that drop of form earlier in the season then he stays at RB.
It's as simple as that.

He played well today and like many others, I am pleased for him.

 

[Swans Jack]

100%.

If Key didn't have that drop of form earlier in the season then he stays at RB.
It's as simple as that.

He played well today and like many others, I am pleased for him.

It's the headband! He has brought it back. Its got magic powers

 

[monmouth]

Agree on upgrade. But I thought we played well. When it's 10 men and them sitting back, and an experienced manager. We did really well. Let's enjoy the result

I think that was a great result. I hate that bunch, and we’ve been on the wrong end of refs against them often enough. Fabulous win. Loving it.

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

I’m sure others have mentioned earlier in the thread but 8 wins and 26 points from the last 10 games must be as good a run as we’ve had at the Liberty in 21 seasons. Kudos to the management team and players.

Be great if we can nick a couple of away wins before the end of the season to increase confidence on the road as well - this coming week would be nice!

 

[Treehuggerjack]

I really disagree.

I think we were a bit wasteful and we were sloppy with some passing and decision making but for me that’s the first time I thought we have the beginning of a formation and style that could go in to be a genuine force for next season.

Please God they stick to that as a shape - it works so much better and allows the space to let the energy shine through.

A few games of that and we could really start to look good.

I thought Key was fantastic today btw. What a difference with him there and Galbraith in the midfield. Galbraith and Stamenic was great together which they weren’t earlier in the season. Rather than get in each others way they created space for each other. I think Franco with those two is a bit samey but those two with Cullen or Widell could really work. And Eom did well as well together with Tymon on the left. Wish we could get some end product out of Ronald.

Really enjoyed today. And Cullen’s Jonjo / trunds impersonation was the icing on the cake.

Agree with all this, just think it’s hard to from Franco as he’s an absolute menace to teams

 

[Mamaswan]

What a game. A few shaky segments but we did it. Vigs made some cracking saves yet again. Josh Key is clearly back on form.
Two beautiful goals. Its going to take a few hours for me to thaw out but that was worth every goosebump.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Agree with all this, just think it’s hard to from Franco as he’s an absolute menace to teams

He is, but he’s probably the one that has to go of the three.

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

I gave Matos his flowers for his changes against Preston but my god his changes today was atrocious. He tried throwing that match away.

 

[Smurph]

I gave Matos his flowers for his changes against Preston but my god his changes today was atrocious. He tried throwing that match away.

Top post, almost as good as blaming todays goal scorer for our lack of creativity all season.

I'm sure appreciated his flowers, though.

 

[Malaga]

Missed the first 20 odd minutes, just in time for sorba Thomas red (not sure what for), controlled the game, yes not perfect but great goal Cullen to ensure the 3 points, and yes Key looked tidy

 

[Swanjaxs]

Great to see Key looking confident again, a bit rusty but the signs are good. It will take Galbraith a couple of games to settle into midfield again. Stamenic is an absolute machine, a midfield enforcer in the Bodde mold. Vipotnik keeps on banging them in, and Vigouroux keeps on keeping them out. Right, that's my one post on this thread, over to you, the naysayers.

 

[Pegojack]

Remind me of the score?

Praise where it's due, enough players had a good game to earn the win, but we were dreadful for periods against ten men, and did our best to gift them an equaliser. Cullen's goal was lipstick on a pig to be honest. We need to play better against Hollywood or it'll be another away massacre.

 

[Flash]

I gave Matos his flowers for his changes against Preston but my god his changes today was atrocious. He tried throwing that match away.

At least put some effort in to your negative comments. This one couldn’t be further from the truth