Season 22/23 The Official Swansea v Reading Match Thread

[Ringwood Jack]

Darling redemption

 

[Longlostjack]

My darling boy.

 

[Baron Goblet]

My travel plans are getting in the way, about to board a flight, COYS.

 

[JoshTheJack]

Surely Martin can see how much Lati hinders us going forward,Nothing against the lad he just hasn't got the skill set.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Mid table at best with this defence.

 

[bakajack]

Surely Martin can see how much Lati hinders us going forward,Nothing against the lad he just hasn't got the skill set.

Been saying it since the season started, makes you wonder what Stevens has to do to get a game.

 

[monmouth]

Back to the worst of Martinball imo. Cardiff will cream us. Just sit back and attack down the wings and wait for us to do absolutely nothing except go backwards at glacial pace.

I thought okoflex had pace, well get him on the bastard field then.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Going no where with this manager and players, sick of it now

 

[bakajack]

Half time thoughts:

Referee having an absolute shocker - two optimistic penalty claims turned down and one stonewall penalty ignored and the striker was all over Darling in the buildup to the second goal.

Lati not doing much better than the ref, I can never fault his effort but the lad just isn't an attack minded player and lacks guile and creativity. We absolutely have to bring on Stevens for the second half if we want any joy from this.

Cundle and Cooper have both been quiet, not helped though by Reading camping 8 around the box denying them space.

Their keeper made two top class saves to keep it at 0-0 before they scored - we should have been ahead before then. We need more tempo to get something out of this - Reading are not very good though we can absolutely take the game to them and turn this around.

 

[Pegojack]

TV clearly showed Darling was pulled back around the waist by the forward for their second. Ref wasn't up with play. Lack of experience from Darling, he should have fallen on the ball and held on to it when fouled.
I have to say, apart from the brainfart for their opener, we're playing well.

 

[Ringwood Jack]

There is no real quality at Wingbacks.. Cundle is struggling to link up with Oberfemi and we lack pace and creativity is limited. Throwing the ball in the box in open play isn't working either. Needs to improve greatly against a poor side second half

 

[Captain_Sham]

Reading did the exact same thing to us last season. Nothing has changed from last season. Not a fking thing.

 

[Jak365]

The Russ U-turn, warra plonker. As feared.

Reminiscent of how we 'dominated' the game against Blackburn and got spanked. Pedestrian, boring, predictable.

If Ince tells Ince to stop with the petulance and contribute, we could be Royally fecked. Ince running at Cabango in a double-pronged siege on our flanks would be carnage.

This could get uglier.

 

[lidojack]

We need an impetuous from somewhere, these are awful and there for the taking.

 

[Richard]

Defensively we are hopeless. It's an issue that has not been addressed all season. Individual mistakes are costing us dear and it is happening far too often. Do we have a defensive coach?