The press and the passion

[magicdaps10]

Our press was superb today and nice to see the players give some passion to the fans to get behind us.

It's a million miles from the pragmatic approach under Sheehan.

 

[bakajack]

It’s so much easier to get players to buy into a high energy pressing game when you get the results the effort you put in deserves

 

[Swans Jack]

I don't buy into we had a manager bounce, like many said and which we are still riding on. Simply put, Matos has come in and got the team to do basics again and then start working on his own tactics of pressing and being more pro active. With the whole squad playing a part. Today was excellent and by far the best I have seen the team press in years. I do question not having a striker in the first half, but understand the need based on the amount of matches. I'm not sure if it was West Brom subs or Widell coming off, but I said it before Widell is starting to become the player who drives the team to press. When he went off we slightly lost that.

 

[bakajack]

I agree the improvements have come after each game a little at a time

 

[eteb]

I don't buy into we had a manager bounce, like many said and which we are still riding on. Simply put, Matos has come in and got the team to do basics again and then start working on his own tactics of pressing and being more pro active. With the whole squad playing a part. Today was excellent and by far the best I have seen the team press in years. I do question not having a striker in the first half, but understand the need based on the amount of matches. I'm not sure if it was West Brom subs or Widell coming off, but I said it before Widell is starting to become the player who drives the team to press. When he went off we slightly lost that.

Widdel was fantastic. Add stamenic to that. We've got some serious players at this level and I've maintained that all season despite skme saying they're all crap

 

[Swans Jack]

Widdel was fantastic. Add stamenic to that. We've got some serious players at this level and I've maintained that all season despite skme saying they're all crap

Im not one to start being all, we will get promoted and all that stuff, as any team are not far off from being great to poor, but I have been saying it all season, there is a few on here who keep saying we have a poor squad. We really don't. Yes we have Key , and need to strengthen, but Sheehan, we'll O Dea tore up any confidence we had in pre season when the warning signs was there.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

I don't buy into we had a manager bounce, like many said and which we are still riding on. Simply put, Matos has come in and got the team to do basics again and then start working on his own tactics of pressing and being more pro active. With the whole squad playing a part. Today was excellent and by far the best I have seen the team press in years. I do question not having a striker in the first half, but understand the need based on the amount of matches. I'm not sure if it was West Brom subs or Widell coming off, but I said it before Widell is starting to become the player who drives the team to press. When he went off we slightly lost that.

We appointed Matos on 24 November.

Don't get me wrong - agree with everything you've said about the press being much improved etc, I love what he's done so far, and I'm starting to get excited by what we could be capable of. But we are still in prime bounce territory. Don't forget Sheehan had us going for a good 3 months at the end of last season. And the core of this group has proved before that they can go off the boil at the drop of a hat.

Let's enjoy it, let's hope it keeps on going, but let's be wary of anointing him the king of Swansea just yet. Still a long way to go.

 

[Swans Jack]

We appointed Matos on 24 November.

Don't get me wrong - agree with everything you've said about the press being much improved etc, I love what he's done so far, and I'm starting to get excited by what we could be capable of. But we are still in prime bounce territory. Don't forget Sheehan had us going for a good 3 months at the end of last season. And the core of this group has proved before that they can go off the boil at the drop of a hat.

Let's enjoy it, let's hope it keeps on going, but let's be wary of anointing him the king of Swansea just yet. Still a long way to go.

Totally. I am not one to start giving managers the key to the city , but Sheehan was with these players a long time before his appointment. Plus Matos went weeks without his backroom staff. I'm too scared to say he is a special manager. Maybe that's negative? But we are in good form and based on what we are seeing, there seems to be something different with this team than under Sheehan. A desire to fight. Let's all enjoy as you said. And get a result on Sunday