Season 20/21: Luton Town v Swansea City Match Thread

[JA News]

Meet The Ref

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Saturday's Referee is Darren Bond

Darren Bond will take charge of the Swans for the second time this season having been the man with the whistle for our 2-1 win over Watford at the Liberty at the start of January.

Bond issued 5 yellow cards in that game and in 20 Championship games this season he has issued 63 yellow cards and 4 reds.

Bond was appointed to the EFL Referee list in 2012 and more recently added to the Select Group 2 referees list in 2016. He has refereed more than 200 times in the EFL

As ever on Planet Swans we like to do our research on the referee and found a facebook group dedicated to Bond (Darren Bond is the worst football league referee - click here) although with just 21 people "liking" the page it never really became a campaign!

Then QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink once described a game taken charge of by Bond as being like the 'Wild Wild West' telling the BBC after the game "If the referee is going to give those kind of decisions then I don't think he is fit enough to whistle in the Championship. Certain decisions were ridiculous. It was like the Wild Wild West out there.

"We are all saying we need to protect the referee and players are not allowed to surround them

"It is because of referees like this that it happens. He makes it bad for other referees - the good ones.

"I am sorry for the fans that we had to lose in this manner. It wasn't meant to be for us to get the three points because of two referee's decisions."

Bond will be assisted by Mark Russell and Robert Hyde whilst Andy Woolmer is the fourth official.

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[Swans Cast]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZzugcUpWA8

 

[Badlands]

Not paying to watch us again this season.
Use my ST paid matches and that's it.

 

[PSumbler]

Not paying to watch us again this season.
Use my ST paid matches and that's it.

That's the spirit

Stick in there to the end

 

[Swansea93]

Bennett is back, from SC press conference Bennett will start and Guehi will be rested.

 

[thefranchise]

With Ayew potentially going on international duty soon, it's definitely time to give Lowe a rest for a bit. Start Ayew, bring Lowe on later.

 

[Darran]

Meet The Ref

Darren Bond.jpg

Saturday's Referee is Darren Bond

Darren Bond will take charge of the Swans for the second time this season having been the man with the whistle for our 2-1 win over Watford at the Liberty at the start of January.

Bond issued 5 yellow cards in that game and in 20 Championship games this season he has issued 63 yellow cards and 4 reds.

Bond was appointed to the EFL Referee list in 2012 and more recently added to the Select Group 2 referees list in 2016. He has refereed more than 200 times in the EFL

As ever on Planet Swans we like to do our research on the referee and found a facebook group dedicated to Bond (Darren Bond is the worst football league referee - click here) although with just 21 people "liking" the page it never really became a campaign!

Then QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink once described a game taken charge of by Bond as being like the 'Wild Wild West' telling the BBC after the game "If the referee is going to give those kind of decisions then I don't think he is fit enough to whistle in the Championship. Certain decisions were ridiculous. It was like the Wild Wild West out there.

"We are all saying we need to protect the referee and players are not allowed to surround them

"It is because of referees like this that it happens. He makes it bad for other referees - the good ones.

"I am sorry for the fans that we had to lose in this manner. It wasn't meant to be for us to get the three points because of two referee's decisions."

Bond will be assisted by Mark Russell and Robert Hyde whilst Andy Woolmer is the fourth official.

Darren Bond 2.jpg

I used to go out with Mr Bonds friend.

 

[AlarchAlmaenig]

2-0 Swans I think.

Luton town are nothing special. Probably one of the games you'd handpick

 

[JA News]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ys0bzFjO3w

 

[oldjack]

My God, have I got to sit through another 90 minutes of this sh*t again?

It ain't entertainment that's for sure.

Get back to fast football and boot this hoooooooooofffffff shit into touch asap

 

[JA News]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCkkaLCshVc

 

[Captain_Sham]

2-0 Swans I think.

Luton town are nothing special. Probably one of the games you'd handpick

Its Nathan Jones though. He was like Kryptonite for a while.

 

[sainthelens]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCkkaLCshVc

WTF is he on about? The pen at Blackburn was nailed on.

 

[Blackpooljack]

2-0 Swans I think.

Luton town are nothing special. Probably one of the games you'd handpick

none of the last 6 teams we played were anything special but we made most of em look like vintage Barca,

 

[Badlands]

Bennett is back, from SC press conference Bennett will start and Guehi will be rested.

Guehi must be feeling the injury.
Not sure playing Cabango and Bennett are the best balance in a back three .. one or other.
Naughton, Cabango, Bennett, Manning as a back 4?