S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Swansea City 1 WBA 0 | Att: 17,416 | NYD 2026 | The EFL Championship | The Swansea.com Stadium

[Rhoshilljacks]

Well they should.

Please do!
Do 5 yellows not make a ban these days? Or has he already served a ban?

 

[eteb]

I was there today and must have watched a different game to some on here.
Starting line up was a shambles, can’t go into a home game without a recognised striker on the pitch.

Agree totally with the comments regarding the effort levels but until we scored their keeper didn’t have a save to make, Vigroux on the other hand was our mom… let’s have a little perspective eh!!

Delighted with our recent results but apart from the closing down I don’t see a great improvement in our performances..,.uppa Swans

absolutely night and day compared to Sheehan ffs

 

[eteb]

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Bit harsh

To be fair I'd be properly fucked
Off if my team played like they did. Didn't touch the ball for 60 minutes and should have had at least one red card. Brummie cloggers

 

[Copamundial]

absolutely night and day compared to Sheehan ffs

Well that’s a pretty low bar isn’t it

 

[eteb]

Well that’s a pretty low bar isn’t it

Not the point though is it. Someone wrong with you if you weren't happy watching that today

 

[bakajack]

Think the owners have got to change their stance on a quiet janaury. ST RW and a 10 (all on loan) has got to be on the shopping list now.

We are not in danger of relegation the way that Matos has us playing
Rather than blocking off the pathways of development for youth products we should be using this safe half season to offer opportunities to the likes of Congreve, Wales, Parker, etc

 

[bakajack]

Please do!
Do 5 yellows not make a ban these days? Or has he already served a ban?

As someone said earlier, the "cutoff" period for 5 yellows getting you a 1 match ban is match week 19
After that you need to receive 10 yellows to get a suspension

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

I didn't think play wise we were particularly good today but the effort and workrate all the players are putting in is unreal. WBA had the best chances and efforts. Viggy kept us in it.

Quick turnaround again, dont fancy our chances with the injuries we have and some must be out on their feet.

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

We are not in danger of relegation the way that Matos has us playing
Rather than blocking off the pathways of development for youth products we should be using this safe half season to offer opportunities to the likes of Congreve, Wales, Parker, etc

I’d edge towards this as well. As much as I like Casey, Samuels-Smith & Yalcouye it would seem a waste to bring another loan player in who’s going to block a pathway for one of our youngsters.

If it’s a starter who’s going to get 8-10 goals or assists, and win us matches it’s a different matter, but if not I’d rather Matos work out what he wants to do with the 20+ senior players under contract for next season so we have a plan in place for the summer.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Contrary to one or two comments on here, I thought the ref was very good. Set his stall out from the start with a yellow for the first foul on Yalcoure after a few minutes. Not many crap Championship refs would have done that. It's not his fault they rotated the foulers so as not to earn a red. Every yellow card was deserved.

He was spot on with the corner in the 94th minute too. Vig was stupid, pushing his luck when the ref was alive to any time wasting, to be as fair as possible to both teams. Just be thankful the old rule wasn't in place, or we'd have been facing an indirect free kick in the penalty area.

A word for Yalcoure, he was outstanding today, his class shone through. Hope we can keep him for the rest of the season.

Apart from being pedantic enough to be the first ref to enforce the 8 second rule all season, failure to send their player off for a second yellow card for a shirt pull in the first half (bottled it), ignoring Inoussa who was down with a head injury which could have been serious in favour of playing on (breach of duty of care), literally changing his mind on one decision in the first half after blowing his whistle (he signalled a coming together, then changed it to a foul to West Brom because their bench protested), not giving Yalcouye a foul after being kneed in the back near the touchline (a guaranteed foul 99.9% of the time), general pettiness, not knowing what a foul was, then yeah he had a fabulous game.

Christ Pego, I know you're refs union and all that but if you think that was an acceptable ref performance then I'm glad you're not an assessor!

He was bloody awful.

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

We are not in danger of relegation the way that Matos has us playing
Rather than blocking off the pathways of development for youth products we should be using this safe half season to offer opportunities to the likes of Congreve, Wales, Parker, etc

Think its better personally if we leave the loan lads where they are. They are playing consistent game there.

As for Parker and Wales I think they'll both go on loan this January aswell think its clear both Matos and Sheehan don't think they are up to the level yet.

 

[bakajack]

Think its better personally if we leave the loan lads where they are. They are playing consistent game there.

As for Parker and Wales I think they'll both go on loan this January aswell think its clear both Matos and Sheehan don't think they are up to the level yet.

Dunno about Parker but on the contrary I thought Wales looked lively and confident when he came on
Absolutely an upgrade on Benson

 

[Swans Jack]

Apart from being pedantic enough to be the first ref to enforce the 8 second rule all season, failure to send their player off for a second yellow card for a shirt pull in the first half (bottled it), ignoring Inoussa who was down with a head injury which could have been serious in favour of playing on (breach of duty of care), literally changing his mind on one decision in the first half after blowing his whistle (he signalled a coming together, then changed it to a foul to West Brom because their bench protested), not giving Yalcouye a foul after being kneed in the back near the touchline (a guaranteed foul 99.9% of the time), general pettiness, not knowing what a foul was, then yeah he had a fabulous game.

Christ Pego, I know you're refs union and all that but if you think that was an acceptable ref performance then I'm glad you're not an assessor!

He was bloody awful.

Inoussa foul was strange one. There was no foul on the West Brom player and suddenly the goal keeper comes running out half way across the pitch to complain and they get the foul. Styles arm across Ronald face, the shirt pull all bad calls. I'm yet to find a match this season where the referee has been compitent.

 

[Pegojack]

Apart from being pedantic enough to be the first ref to enforce the 8 second rule all season, failure to send their player off for a second yellow card for a shirt pull in the first half (bottled it), ignoring Inoussa who was down with a head injury which could have been serious in favour of playing on (breach of duty of care), literally changing his mind on one decision in the first half after blowing his whistle (he signalled a coming together, then changed it to a foul to West Brom because their bench protested), not giving Yalcouye a foul after being kneed in the back near the touchline (a guaranteed foul 99.9% of the time), general pettiness, not knowing what a foul was, then yeah he had a fabulous game.

Christ Pego, I know you're refs union and all that but if you think that was an acceptable ref performance then I'm glad you're not an assessor!

He was bloody awful.

I find ping pong arguements on this site very tedious, so you're not going to drag me into one. However, applying the eight second rule was not pedantic, Vig was timewasting in the last minute. If it was the other way round, we'd have been tamping.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

I find ping pong arguements on this site very tedious, so you're not going to drag me into one. However, applying the eight second rule was not pedantic, Vig was timewasting in the last minute. If it was the other way round, we'd have been tamping.

I've got no issue with a ref being pedantic as long as he's going to be pedantic about everything Pego.

Which includes sending players off for second yellows for shirt pulling to stop a player running away from them which, as a ref you will know, is always a mandatory yellow card.

But picking and choosing when to be pedantic? Nah, not for me.