The Swansea City all-time tier list

[JesusJack]

I've recently become obsessed with tier lists. I love a tier list. You should too. So I thought about compiling an all-time Swans player tier list to determine who is at the top and who is a flop.

For those of you who don't know how a tier list works - firstly, where have you been? - it's simple. Each player is put into a tier that best reflects their contribution to the Swans in their time at the Vetch/Liberty. From the middle of the road in 'BANG AVERAGE' ; 'HEAD SLAPPER' for the worst players to pull on a white shirt and 'YOU JACK BASTARD' being reserved for the best of the best.

Each round I will put forward 4 players; 1 goalkeeper; 1 defender; 1 midfielder; and 1 forward, all from different eras of the Swans history (might be tricky for younger viewers) for you to rank, discuss, debate and (presumably) argue over. General consensus will determine where each player will be placed in the tier list with any contentious decisions to be decided by me (because it's my ball and if I don't play, nobody gets to play.)

I have compiled a list of Swans players from available online sources to include as many as possible and will select players at (sort of) random, so be patient if you're waiting for your favorite (or pet hate) to pop up. Feel free to suggest player(s) to feature in the next round (if we get that far) and I will try to get them in or add them to the list if I've missed them off.

The tiers are as follows:
1. YOU JACK BASTARD - For the best of the best, club legends
2. First Team Player - played well but that's about it
3. Bang Average - they were just sort of there, nothing special, nothing disasterous
4. Who Are Ya? - if you have to squint at the name and try to remember
5. Head Slapper - for the absolute worst players to pull on a Swans shirt

The first candidates;
GK - Ryan Harrison
DEF - Reuben Agboola
MID - Pablo Hernandez
FWD - Lee Trundle

Go...

 

[PSumbler]

The tiers are as follows:
1. YOU JACK BASTARD - For the best of the best, club legends
2. First Team Player - played well but that's about it
3. Bang Average - they were just sort of there, nothing special, nothing disasterous
4. Who Are Ya? - if you have to squint at the name and try to remember
5. Head Slapper - for the absolute worst players to pull on a Swans shirt

The first candidates;
GK - Ryan Harrison
DEF - Reuben Agboola
MID - Pablo Hernandez
FWD - Lee Trundle

Go...

Ryan Harrison - Who are Ya? Quite simply I cant do anything else
Reuben Agboola - Bang Average, remember him playing, never thought he was any more than average
Pablo Hernandez - First team player. Should have been better, too many injuries and could have done more.
Lee Trundle - You Jack Bastard. Not sure he can be anything else. Not just for what he did on the pitch but the fact he got us regular media coverage in the lower leagues and continues to drive the club presence off the pitch. One of the very all time greats

 

[GixerJack]

Head slapper- that Greek keeper we sent to Cardiff - he qualifies on both counts

 

[JesusJack]

The tiers are as follows:
1. YOU JACK BASTARD - For the best of the best, club legends
2. First Team Player - played well but that's about it
3. Bang Average - they were just sort of there, nothing special, nothing disasterous
4. Who Are Ya? - if you have to squint at the name and try to remember
5. Head Slapper - for the absolute worst players to pull on a Swans shirt

The first candidates;
GK - Ryan Harrison
DEF - Reuben Agboola
MID - Pablo Hernandez
FWD - Lee Trundle

Go...

Ryan Harrison - Who are Ya? Quite simply I cant do anything else
Reuben Agboola - Bang Average, remember him playing, never thought he was any more than average
Pablo Hernandez - First team player. Should have been better, too many injuries and could have done more.
Lee Trundle - You Jack Bastard. Not sure he can be anything else. Not just for what he did on the pitch but the fact he got us regular media coverage in the lower leagues and continues to drive the club presence off the pitch. One of the very all time greats

Cheers Phil. Just what I was looking for. These 4 were selected pretty much for the reasons you mentioned to allow people to get the gist of it. Future inclusions would be a bit more debatable...

Was hoping for a better response from others. :-/ Anyone else?

 

[K23]

One quick question. When did 'bang average' replace 'average' and does it mean anything other than umm,......... 'average'? If not, why does it exist at all? Sorry, that's 2 quick questions!

 

[JesusJack]

One quick question. When did 'bang average' replace 'average' and does it mean anything other than umm,......... 'average'? If not, why does it exist at all? Sorry, that's 2 quick questions!

If you're asking for the etymology of the phrase, I believe it means that something is disappointly average, rather than just your run of the mill average.
Why did I use it in this list? Nothing more than a choice of quirk. :lol:

 

[K23]

One quick question. When did 'bang average' replace 'average' and does it mean anything other than umm,......... 'average'? If not, why does it exist at all? Sorry, that's 2 quick questions!

If you're asking for the etymology of the phrase, I believe it means that something is disappointingly average, rather than just your run of the mill average.
Why did I use it in this list? Nothing more than a choice of quirk. :lol:

Ok, thanks JJ. I am genuinely interested because I've never come across the phrase anywhere other than on here so wondered if it had a more football slanted meaning that I was missing or was just another in list of meaningless expressions, like 'very unique or, indeed, 'very average'. Can you give me examples of some Swans players who you consider were average and some who you consider were bang average? I would guess that players from other clubs could never be described as 'bang average' then because we couldn't care less about them to find them disappointingly average!