Season 20/21: The Official Swansea City v Nottingham Forest FA Cup 4th Round Match Thread

[sainthelens]

How funny would it be if Cheltenham turned over City tonight...

I just have one of those feelings!

Stop it now, Scum and Citeh crumbling at same time way too much for me take.

 

[A4Jack]

Nice to see a strong Norwich side losing at Barnsley too

 

[Manselton Jack]

Impressive all round performance

This the thing "all round", every single player does their job efficiently and thoroughly and that's what makes a good team, no weak links. Said exactly that after the Watford & Barnsley wins.

Including those off the bench

 

[monmouth]

Would create a little bit of a dilemma for me as i've a soft spot for Cheltenham, as it was my Uni town. Would back the Swans ultimately obviously.

I wouldn't be worrying too much. It would be lovely mind you. Then Barnsley in the quarters, Brizzle in the Semi, and Sheff Weds at Wembley. Or a Cardiff cup run, as it's also known. Then their goalie to chuck the ball in his own net because he supports us and the circle is squared.

 

[swan65split]

Based on that team I would wholeheartedly disagree

Ayew needs a rest desperately and outside of that its a very strong team

Hopefully Cullen has a stormer, I do feel he needs to go out on loan now we have Morris.

Took his 2 chances like an old Pro, the boy done well, shows how he can cope with the right service, send him out on loan?! like we did with Oli , nah we need all we can from now on in.

 

[monmouth]

Manchester City making 10 changes from the side that beat Aston Villa bringing in the reserves like Laporte, Foden and Jesus :lol: :lol:

Maybe we are heading to a third quarter final in four years... :lol:

I'm still convinced had we beaten City as we deserved to last time we would have gone onto win the cup that year

I felt that too. Or at least that we had as good as shout as anyone the way that team could play with James on fire and Celina hitting his straps at the time. Potter was really going for it that year.

 

[Humpty]

Fantastic performance today, well done everyone involved.

Never a bloody pen though.

 

[swansnews]

View attachment Oli Scores.jpg

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Superb performance from the team today, brilliant stuff.

 

[swan65split]

Oli Scores.jpg

He did well wasnt it his drive on that led to a goal ?

 

[PSumbler]

Oli Scores.jpg

He did well wasnt it his drive on that led to a goal ?

Yes just after he came on

 

[Official Site News]

STEVE COOPER | WE SCORED SOME GREAT GOALS, IT WAS REALLY PLEASING

Source: Swansea Official Site

Steve Cooper praised the quality of Swansea City’s attacking display as they romped into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 5-1 thumping of Nottingham Forest at the Liberty Stadium.

First-half goals from Liam Cullen and Matt Grimes put the hosts in control, before Forest pulled one back early in the second half through Anthony Knockaert.

But Grimes quickly responded from the spot, before Cullen and Oliver Cooper completed the scoring to send the Swans into the last 16.

And head coach Cooper was delighted with some of the football on display from his side.

“It’s a fantastic scoreline, we are through to the next round, which was the main objective of the day,” he said.

“We had players making their debut, young players scoring and loads of loads of pluses from the game.

I didn’t love our start to the second half, we took too long to get back into our rhythm.

“But I don’t want to dwell on that, there were too many positives in the game and things for us to be really pleased about.

“We scored some great goals today, they were not just good finishes, some of our build-up play and tactical moves were really good.

“I have not seen them all back but the first goal in particular, starting with Freddie and working our way down the sides, with the quality to cross and finish was really pleasing.

“We scored four really good goals today, and showed good play to get into the situation for the penalty.”

 

[Official Site News]

COOPER DELIGHTED FOR YOUNG SWANS DUO

Source: Swansea Official Site

Steve Cooper could not hide his delight for academy products Liam Cullen and Oliver Cooper after the pair got on the scoresheet in the FA Cup win over Nottingham Forest.

Cullen scored his second and third senior goals with a pair of excellent left-footed finishes at the Liberty, before midfielder Cooper opened his senior account by firing a shot under the keeper from an excellent Swansea counter.

Cooper was also heavily involved in the lead-up to Cullen’s fourth – and Swansea’s second – when he drove forward after the hosts had won back possession.

And the Swansea head coach was so pleased to see the pair get their rewards for the hard work they have put in on the training pitch.

“Liam has deserved that. I said to him not so long ago that it’s just a case of those chances dropping for him, because we know he can take those chances,” said Steve Cooper.

“You local guys have seen him do that for years in the academy, especially the under-23s recently, and we see him do it every day in training.

“He is a really good finisher and, although he made the finishes look comfortable today, they were not easy.

“That does not surprise us, but we were really pleased they fell for him as he is a great player, a great lad and part of what we are doing.

“We are made up for Oliver too, he did brilliant for the fourth goal, scored the fifth, but his all-round play was excellent.

“We played with 10 men the last 10 minutes or so and he did the other side of the game really well too.

“He is a good player who we have been waiting to give an opportunity to, he took it today.”

Cullen was forced off late on with an ankle injury, while the Swans also lost Wayne Routledge in the first half to a calf injury.

But head coach Cooper hopes neither injury is too serious.

"We don’t know the extent of Liam's injury yet, he just said he felt his ankle a little bit, and he might have made it worse carrying on. Fingers crossed for him," he said.

"With Wayne, he hopes it was just a kick on his calf and we also have our fingers crossed for him."

 

[swansnews]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T-NhuqappQ

 

[swansnews]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAp0Po9Atow