Season 24/25 | The Official Match Thread | Swansea City vs Preston North End | The EFL Championship

[Swanjaxs]

Can't critise something I didn't see. The thought of walking back up the stairs to take my seat, stroke standing area was far less appealing than staying in my seat in the newly appointed Mel Nurse bar, completely ignoring what was happening on the pitch.

Only football can do this to a person.

Your lucky Fathy doesn't post much anymore! He'd have had you burnt at the stake for leaving at half time mate

 

[PSumbler]

Swansea City 3 Preston North End 0 - Comfortable for Swans but questions will be asked

On the pitch it was a comfortable afternoon for the Swans this afternoon as they secured a first league win of the season with a 3-0 win over Preston but off th

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Swansea City 3 Preston North End 0 - Your player ratings

The Swans secured a first league win of the season this afternoon with a 3-0 win over Preston at the Swansea.com Stadium. Goals from Matt Grimes, Azeem Abdul

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A good day at the office for Williams as he praises strike duo

Luke Williams was a naturally happy man this evening after watching his side secure a comfortable 3-0 win over Preston at the Swansea.com Stadium, a result that

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[bakajack]

If we fix our negative Nancy over 60s walking football approach then against a team who just ditched their manager I can see this being a strong result with 3-0 written all over it.

My posts often don't age well but this one for once did

 

[PSumbler]

My posts often don't age well but this one for once did

JackArmy.net's very own Mystic Meg!

 

[Captain_Sham]

Didn't we beat Preston convincingly in our first home game , 2nd game of season, after losing away on opening day in the North East (Hull) the season we went up?
Maybe its an omen.

 

[bakajack]

JackArmy.net's very own Mystic Meg!

If I get the result right for next weekend I will look to you for a unique forum title

 

[monmouth]

Didn't we beat Preston convincingly in our first home game , 2nd game of season, after losing away on opening day in the North East (Hull) the season we went up?
Maybe its an omen.

Without looking it up, wasn’t it Burnley 1-0 with Sinclair scoring on his debut? If that’s right I’m a state, as I can remember that but not my anniversary.

 

[Captain_Sham]

Competition	Date		Home		Away	Results
Championship	Sa 07Aug 2010	Hull	2 - 0	Swansea			L
Carling Cup	Tu 10Aug 2010	Swansea	3 - 0	Barnet	W
Championship	Sa 14Aug 2010	Swansea	4 - 0	Preston	W
Championship	Sa 21Aug 2010	Norwich	2 - 0	Swansea			L
Carling Cup	Tu 24Aug 2010	Tranmere	1 - 3	Swansea	W
Championship	Sa 28Aug 2010	Swansea	1 - 0	Burnley	W

 

[Captain_Sham]

Without looking it up, wasn’t it Burnley 1-0 with Sinclair scoring on his debut? If that’s right I’m a state, as I can remember that but not my anniversary.

Both were early. I posted the stats from early that season above. Notice we also won 3-0 at home in the league cup as well. I'm getting excited.
Its also interesting that we lost two out of three of our first league games. Really is not about how you start.

 

[JackSomething]

Competition	Date		Home		Away	Results
Championship	Sa 07Aug 2010	Hull	2 - 0	Swansea			L
Carling Cup	Tu 10Aug 2010	Swansea	3 - 0	Barnet	W
Championship	Sa 14Aug 2010	Swansea	4 - 0	Preston	W
Championship	Sa 21Aug 2010	Norwich	2 - 0	Swansea			L
Carling Cup	Tu 24Aug 2010	Tranmere	1 - 3	Swansea	W
Championship	Sa 28Aug 2010	Swansea	1 - 0	Burnley	W

Let's hope the symmetry ends there, as we lost our next game 2-0 and that's certainly not the result we want next weekend! Although I'd take the result from our next home game that season, a 1-0 win Sunday would be just fine...

 

[Smurph]

Your lucky Fathy doesn't post much anymore! He'd have had you burnt at the stake for leaving at half time mate

Ha ha, I didn't leave the ground

 

[Stopthebus]

Both were early. I posted the stats from early that season above. Notice we also won 3-0 at home in the league cup as well. I'm getting excited.
Its also interesting that we lost two out of three of our first league games. Really is not about how you start.

Our first full season under Martinez (league one champions) I remember going to Oldham opening game and getting beaten. Everyone was so frustrated on the bus home moaning

Shows first few games in season shouldn’t be taken too significantly

 

[T8AD365]

The second half performance yesterday was much better than the first (although the first half was mind numbing once again) but we had some decisions go our way, namely the ball looking like it may have been out of play when Eom crossed for the penalty and the officials somehow missing Darling's handball when it was still 1:0.

Preston were as bad as any team I've seen down here though, even when they were losing they showed very little attacking intent.

A much needed positive result ahead of next weekend but talk of us finishing in the playoffs after a decent 45 minutes yesterday is fantasy stuff, I'm still expecting us to be lower mid-table (12th-16th) at the end of the season

 

[JackSomething]

Our first full season under Martinez (league one champions) I remember going to Oldham opening game and getting beaten. Everyone was so frustrated on the bus home moaning

Shows first few games in season shouldn’t be taken too significantly

I was there too and my memory was that the fans around me in the ground and on Planet Swans after the game were buzzing despite the defeat. That was probably helped by how we'd finished the previous season under Martinez and how good our new players looked.

Scotland scored a beauty, while Rangel and especially Bodde looked immediately like inspired signings. We played brilliant football and were very unlucky to lose.

 

[monmouth]

I was there too and my memory was that the fans around me in the ground and on Planet Swans after the game were buzzing despite the defeat. That was probably helped by how we'd finished the previous season under Martinez and how good our new players looked.

Scotland scored a beauty, while Rangel and especially Bodde looked immediately like inspired signings. We played brilliant football and were very unlucky to lose.

Aye, crappy injury time goal. Things didn’t go smoothly immediately after that for a while if I remember right. It became very sterile and there were boos after a terrible 0-0 with Brighton at home. Then we went on that amazing winning run with football from another planet after getting Paul Anderson on the left wing.