Season 25/26 | The official Match Thread | Swansea City vs FC Lorient | Preseason Friendly | The Swansea.com Stadium | 3pm, Saturday 2nd August 2025

[Swansea93]

Galbraith and Widell both outstanding but seem to only want to pass to each other.

Still no goals scored in pre-season, apart from the 2 x 60 minute games against Stevenage.

The style of play is still far too negative, has Cullen had a touch yet?

Hopefully we'll improve as the new players settle in but I fully expect people to be calling for Sheehan to go before Christmas

2 of our goals in pre season have been own goals as well

 

[Stopthebus]

We’ll win this

 

[Swans Jack]

That was awful bloody hell, every game we’ve looked shocking in pre season.

I really think we are gonna struggle in first part of the season and pick up after that. Do everything in their power to get defense sorted and striker. Leaving it to last minute is gonna kill us. Usually I see glimpses of things I like. Non this pre season. Seems injuries have massive part to play.

 

[T8AD365]

2 of our goals in pre season have been own goals as well

Yeah, that's why I didn’t count the 1 against Cheltenham.

The opposition today are very good, they won the French second division last season, so a loss isn't too surprising (although it would be good to avoid a hammering).

More concerning for me is the fact we've played games against sides from League One and League Two and lost both, without scoring a goal and hardly creating anything

 

[Swansea93]

I really think we are gonna struggle in first part of the season and pick up after that. Do everything in their power to get defense sorted and striker. Leaving it to last minute is gonna kill us. Usually I see glimpses of things I like. Non this pre season. Seems injuries have massive part to play.

Even without injury VP hasn’t been used he should have been starting every game this pre season.

 

[monmouth]

Can't put much of it on him at the moment, injuries during training being the only one for me.
We have signed a few decent players who are 1st team ready.......it's been poor.
Hopefully work is in progress for a CH,LB,DM and Striker.

We have our CBs they just need to get fit and Burgess needs to play to his reputation. Elsewhere, I doubt we’ll be buying 3 first teamers..maybe loans.

Unfortunately nothing will mask the fact that Cullen and Ronald are League 1 players and so are Key and Tymon defensively. Fulton is just total gash and the new players are untried. Somehow Sheehan has to select and structure the team to try and compensate, at least for Key and Tymon, and Fulton, Cullen and Ronald need to be dropped and, better, sold. Franco needs a rocket up his arse before next week too.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

Maybe it's me, but there usually is at least some positive things in pre season I can go, we look better. But we actually looks like we have gotten worse. Dare I say it. Sheehan better start showing some promising signs other wise come Xmas be will be under pressure. Over reaction?

I don’t think that’s an overreaction because that’s how football works these days. He did really well last season with a poor squad, so deserved his chance imo. The squad’s not got much better, and it’s even thinner which is killing us. We’ll see but it’s looking like it’ll be a slog again and then he’ll be under pressure. There’s been too much shit for too long for people to have any patience, so people will vote with their feet and turn ugly pretty quickly if we don’t do well.

 

[Birchgrovejack]

How many players left how many brought in
The early transfer movement gave a bit of hope but it hasn’t expanded on
Injuries haven’t helped but the squad is thin and our failings are still there
Preseason has been woeful with the hint that things will improve.
Their performance has been light years ahead of our pondering play
What style and tactics are we trying.

Its like Luke williams football atm

 

[Menston4128]

Surely Parker is only playing due to the lack of CB options, even if Cabango and Santos (who I have grave doubts about) are fit that still isn't enough players at that position.

Silver lining has to be that it spells out how weak our defensive ranks truly are.

The FB"s can't defend very well (espically Key) and beyond Cabango and Burgess we have nothing that is Championship tested (or seemingly Championship ready)

 

[Birchgrovejack]

Or are we a bad team? Nothing to show we are good in pre season.

Its certainly possible.

 

[Swans Jack]

Even without injury VP hasn’t been used he should have been starting every game this pre season.

Im gonna be super harsh now. Sheehan clearly love Cullen and it might come back to bite Sheehan. Let's hope we get a striker in who can take Cullen position. I fear Cullen will be always ahead of VP. Everyone saying Vp doesn't do anything
Well does Cullen??

 

[3swan]

Its like Luke williams football atm

It is that bad

 

[Captain_Sham]

I was a figure of fun a few weeks back for suggesting we may be in for a rough ride. My post literally drew ROFL emojis when I said we could go down this season. I will offer my services again by suggesting we all wait and see how next week goes before getting too despondent. It is, after all, a funny old game.

 

[Neath_Jack]

While the team may disappoint, you can guarantee a match day thread on planet swans never does

 

[monmouth]

How many players left how many brought in
The early transfer movement gave a bit of hope but it hasn’t expanded on
Injuries haven’t helped but the squad is thin and our failings are still there
Preseason has been woeful with the hint that things will improve.
Their performance has been light years ahead of our pondering play
What style and tactics are we trying.

I hate to say this but with Fulton channelling his inner grimes (backwards, deepest player), he must have been told to…it looks like a shit version of Willyball.