Season 24/25 | The Official Match Thread | Swansea City 1 Middlesbrough FC 0 | Att: 13,986 | The EFL Championship

[Swanjaxs]

Have a day off, mate!

No, fuck off

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

No, fuck off

**Narrator**

Swanjaxs did not have a day off, after all.

 

[LaJollaJack]

Just back.

A massive well done to Sheezy and the Quorum - where winning is the aim.

Entertaining, effective, efficient winning footy - a blast from the past . Playing the best players in their best positions, who'd have thought it. The .com was rocking again.

What a massive contrast to the twp, self-indulgent, fraudy Martin-Willy ways.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Ah so it wasn't the players after all?

Lisa has been silent for a while

Of course it’s the players.

What has happened is O’Brien has been an absolutely enormous upgrade on Grimes (who was one of those that was always an issue with our ‘style’), and also Sheehan has done a great job of insisting on a much quicker press and getting them to put in some effort. We could have been caught out with it a few times today but thankfully were not and it was an excellent three points. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

If you listen to his interview today Sheehan himself has alluded to the lack of quality in the squad but has said he’s set up to get the best out of it. And I think he’s done pretty well with that. We are very short of attacking threat but at least today we had a go. We were awful last week though. Never looked like scoring.

The way we played today and in the last couple of weeks isn’t the way forward if we have any ambition to progress. I mean you recognise that surely? Once the inevitable honeymoon wears off and the players feel safer from the threat of relegation we will do ok but no more than that.

If people are happy with flirting with relegation and ending up in mid table every year then great, the squad is fine. Albeit half are leaving this summer. If you want to achieve more than that and at least challenge for the playoffs then the squad is simply not good enough. Whoever manages it.

And as I’ve said many times, the biggest issue was never LW. It was at the top. We may have changed that now, too soon to tell whether the new people will work out, but at least it’s an attempt to change things. The cancelling of this weeks forum though suggests that there are still real issues.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Of course it’s the players.

What has happened is O’Brien has been an absolutely enormous upgrade on Grimes (who was one of those that was always an issue with our ‘style’), and also Sheehan has done a great job of insisting on a much quicker press and getting them to put in some effort. We could have been caught out with it a few times today but thankfully were not and it was an excellent three points. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

If you listen to his interview today Sheehan himself has alluded to the lack of quality in the squad but has said he’s set up to get the best out of it. And I think he’s done pretty well with that. We are very short of attacking threat but at least today we had a go. We were awful last week though. Never looked like scoring.

The way we played today and in the last couple of weeks isn’t the way forward if we have any ambition to progress. I mean you recognise that surely? Once the inevitable honeymoon wears off and the players feel safer from the threat of relegation we will do ok but no more than that.

If people are happy with flirting with relegation and ending up in mid table every year then great, the squad is fine. Albeit half are leaving this summer. If you want to achieve more than that and at least challenge for the playoffs then the squad is simply not good enough. Whoever manages it.

And as I’ve said many times, the biggest issue was never LW. It was at the top. We may have changed that now, too soon to tell whether the new people will work out, but at least it’s an attempt to change things. The cancelling of this weeks forum though suggests that there are still real issues.

Agree with pretty much most of that.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Just back.

A massive well done to Sheezy and the Quorum - where winning is the aim.

Entertaining, effective, efficient winning footy - a blast from the past . Playing the best players in their best positions, who'd have thought it. The .com was rocking again.

What a massive contrast to the twp, self-indulgent, fraudy Martin-Willy ways.

The turn around in fortune has been there for all to see, our press at times has been absolutely fantastic.

 

[Pegojack]

I'm at Valencia airport with a neighbour picking up her daughter on a visit.
We're all hungry so going to take them to a Chinese buffet on the way back, it's the nearest I can get to S. Korean! Well done Eom! Oytstandin!

 

[LaJollaJack]

Ah so it wasn't the players after all?

Lisa has been silent for a while

Excellent post, and ofc it's not the richly assembled playing squad, after all.

We have spent record amounts.

We have an abundance of richly assembled latent talent and with the right manager will blossom - just like Eom did today in spectacular fashion.

Eom's goal today was the statement of fact and intent - we have the talent.

But we've been hamstrung by a batch of shite mangers in MArtin-Willy

Let's now kick on and unleash this massive latent talent

 

[Gors Buster]

Hopefully it’s clicked for Eom. Cracking goal, loads of movement and some nice touches.
He’s a number 10 IMO.
Can see it clicking for big Vip soon, he’s always feeding of scraps and isolated but got a feeling he may be class.

I’d like to see Eom at 10 and Bianchini on the right.

 

[LaJollaJack]

Of course it’s the players.

What has happened is O’Brien has been an absolutely enormous upgrade on Grimes (who was one of those that was always an issue with our ‘style’), and also Sheehan has done a great job of insisting on a much quicker press and getting them to put in some effort. We could have been caught out with it a few times today but thankfully were not and it was an excellent three points. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

If you listen to his interview today Sheehan himself has alluded to the lack of quality in the squad but has said he’s set up to get the best out of it. And I think he’s done pretty well with that. We are very short of attacking threat but at least today we had a go. We were awful last week though. Never looked like scoring.

The way we played today and in the last couple of weeks isn’t the way forward if we have any ambition to progress. I mean you recognise that surely? Once the inevitable honeymoon wears off and the players feel safer from the threat of relegation we will do ok but no more than that.

If people are happy with flirting with relegation and ending up in mid table every year then great, the squad is fine. Albeit half are leaving this summer. If you want to achieve more than that and at least challenge for the playoffs then the squad is simply not good enough. Whoever manages it.

And as I’ve said many times, the biggest issue was never LW. It was at the top. We may have changed that now, too soon to tell whether the new people will work out, but at least it’s an attempt to change things. The cancelling of this weeks forum though suggests that there are still real issues.

Twpest post of the year, in so many ways.

'The way we played today and in the last couple of weeks isn’t the way forward if we have any ambition to progress'

I'm not expecting anything, nothing, nada - but give it yer best shot, Lis .......how would you set-up and play any differently to achieve similar results ? Dear me.....

 

[magicdaps10]

Just watched the highlights and my wife said that it looks much faster and it's probably because that man Grimes isn't there anymore

She didn't go today for reference.

 

[LaJollaJack]

Hopefully it’s clicked for Eom. Cracking goal, loads of movement and some nice touches.
He’s a number 10 IMO.
Can see it clicking for big Vip soon, he’s always feeding of scraps and isolated but got a feeling he may be class.

I’d like to see Eom at 10 and Bianchini on the right.

He is a 10 isn't he.
As Vip is a proper 9.

Ron on left and Culls on left - both cutting inside to link and feed and shoot.

Bianchini as super sub to fill 9/7/11

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

I really liked that performance.

It was aggressive, it was played at a much higher tempo than Williams, the ball was played forwards a lot more (important!!), every player worked hard off the ball, and a winning goal that was so good it would not have been out of place in Premier League football.

The ref was odd. Not awful. Just odd. Didn't seem to know what was or wasn't a foul. But I've seen a lot worse. The Luton home game at Christmas being one.

I think we're safe now. Which is the main thing.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

The turn around in fortune has been there for all to see, our press at times has been absolutely fantastic.

Yep. And the desire’s back. We want to win our one-on-ones again. It’s miles away from the mess under Williams. He’d completely lost them.

Great to have some atmosphere back in the ground and hopefully those who are staying away will start to come back, as there are still far too many empty seats.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

I really liked that performance.

It was aggressive, it was played at a much higher tempo than Williams, the ball was played forwards a lot more (important!!), every player worked hard off the ball, and a winning goal that was so good it would not have been out of place in Premier League football.

The ref was odd. Not awful. Just odd. Didn't seem to know what was or wasn't a foul. But I've seen a lot worse. The Luton home game at Christmas being one.

I think we're safe now. Which is the main thing.

Ref was utterly bizarre, wasn’t he. I reckon he was deciding by using a coin toss.

I enjoyed most of that. Too sloppy in possession at times, but a much higher tempo again.