S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Swansea 1 Derby 2 | Att: 14,251 | 25/11/25 | The EFL Championship | The Swansea.com Stadium

[Cooperman]

You sure about that?

Yes. Have you got it yet?

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Well Fulton with his experience should be leading the youngsters. His discipline is questionable and his work rate and influence in a game is negligible. He is in his own comfort zone for sure.

I thought his work rate in the first half tonight was good to be fair to him.

 

[Ringwood]

Froze my nuts off watching that.
It is a relatively easy game. One team attacks one way and the other team attacks the opposite way. Why then do we always seem to be playing the same way as the opposition? 70 % of backward and sideways possession whereas Derby just attacked whenever they had the ball.
Some of our players were hopeless today and I hope Vito Matos can see what the crowd sees and isn’t swayed by anybody else.
Another dire performance but Galbraith, Tymon, Vipotnik and, to an extent, Eom can hold their heads high.
Just more disappointment.

I must have been watching Eom's distant cousin..

 

[Londonlisa2001]

I must have been watching Eom's distant cousin..

Eeyore.

 

[Swans Jack]

A fairly encouraging first 30-35 minutes where we played the game at a decent pace and probably deserved to be level at HT. Went to bits after the break, even more so after the subs.

Stamenic offers us nothing that Fulton didn't already and based on tonight is worse at it. Benson was even worse. Franco struggled to get into the game and as a mate of mine pointed out, often does when he doesn't start. Easily Cabango's worst game for us too.

Lots of work for Matos to do. Finding someone to take Cullen on loan should be fairly high up that list.

I hate to keep singling players out but Franco looks average. He has glimpses but nothing special. Benson literally took on the defense once and it lead to the goal. But other than that he shows me nothing. Cullen brought nothing as well. I like Stamenic but agree with what you said. The first half was good to me. But we just didn't have anything in second half.

 

[Copamundial]

Yes. Have you got it yet?

Trans World Airlines

 

[3swan]

I must have been watching Eom's distant cousin..

Not much final result but at least he put in a bit more effort than some.
Just to add I don't think he's up to what we need but the same can be said of many others.

 

[Ringwood]

I thought his work rate in the first half tonight was good to be fair to him.

Derby sat deep.. he didn't need to cover much ground. There just isn't a spark to his game. Most passes are sideways and backwards. Agree he was by far not the worst but you him and Cullen i struggle to see any impact in our game at present.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Derby sat deep.. he didn't need to cover much ground. There just isn't a spark to his game. Most passes are sideways and backwards. Agree he was by far not the worst but you him and Cullen i struggle to see any impact in our game at present.

Me, him and Cullen?

No wonder we’re crap

 

[magicdaps10]

Yeah, this definitely wasn’t done purely on the data, I think Gorringe said the data across his 12 games got him on the initial short list but he impressed in the later rounds of interviews.

Wouldn’t surprise me if it was an initial recommendation because it seems strange that data across 12 games would qualify him for our shortlist.

I don't believe that for one instance.
Someone was guided in the direction of Matos by someone else and that got him on the shortlist.
It's as much truth as Matos was their no 1 choice from the start, I don't expect them to come out and say he wasn't but I didnt expect it to be said that he was when clearly he wasn't.

I got to add that I have nothing against Matos, he has my full backing and can't be judged on tonight's game. Gorringe has put serious questions in my head, he is young and believes he is being clever but it's starting to show that he along with a few others are out of their depth.

 

[PenlanJack]

If you're going to set up like Liverpool, you need two new centre backs who can play a bit, because I can see straight away that Cabango and Burgess will cost us goals playing this way.. because we've seen it before, if you get Cabango in a foot race it's curtains and Bereton Diaz setting traps and targeting his footballing vulnerability at this level will result in the goals conceded column.. this Swansea way rhetoric needs centre backs who can simply pass a football, and we haven't got them.. so just in advance, before other teams exploit them over and over.. you've got to adapt to something that makes them comfortable in a system, tonight, they were a car crash

 

[Ringwood]

Not much final result but at least he put in a bit more effort than some.
Just to add I don't think he's up to what we need but the same can be said of many others.

A wide player with no end product on both wings is a poor watch.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

If you're going to set up like Liverpool, you need two new centre backs who can play a bit, because I can see straight away that Cabango and Burgess will cost us goals playing this way.. because we've seen it before, if you get Cabango in a foot race it's curtains and Bereton Diaz setting traps and targeting his footballing vulnerability at this level will result in the goals conceded column.. this Swansea way rhetoric needs centre backs who can simply pass a football, and we haven't got them.. so just in advance, before other teams exploit them over and over.. you've got to adapt to something that makes them comfortable in a system, tonight, they were a car crash

I was thinking that this evening.

One stopper is fine but we need one who can play.
I’d try Casey instead of Burgess.

 

[Ringwood]

Me, him and Cullen?

No wonder we’re crap

London Lisa the new Eom

 

[Copamundial]

You have no idea - well, obviously you do