{"id":76430,"date":"2023-02-12T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T07:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=76430"},"modified":"2023-02-11T22:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T22:03:33","slug":"ifs-buts-and-maybes-hollow-words-on-another-poor-day-for-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/02\/12\/ifs-buts-and-maybes-hollow-words-on-another-poor-day-for-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ifs, buts and maybes&#8221; &#8211; hollow words on another poor day for Swans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You could almost start a game of managerial bingo when you listen to post match interviews and yesterday was no different as Russell Martin scratched around for positives after a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United saw the Swans plunge further down the league.<\/p>\n<p>These are worrying times for the Swans boss as his side made it just two wins in sixteen games which is a run of form that has finished off the managerial reigns of better managers than Russ and his words and actions are now becoming the signs of a manager under increasing pressure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='xHEiIFcPR7l4h3siNmH8Bw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1246870000' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xHEiIFcPR7l4h3siNmH8Bw',sig:'N_nfw4RL9y0_GriCUWLLQ-7kBMXDdV9myq2QMY4qFhw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1246870000',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>He picked up a yellow card in yesterday&#8217;s game for protesting against a decision that went against his team and desperately tried to point to the Swans starting the game better before capitulating with some soft defending (again) poor pass choices (again) and a general inability to compete on the pitch (again)<\/p>\n<p>The truth is the better start lasted minutes rather than any decent period of time and the Swans continue to make the same mistakes.\u00a0 In other words we are not able to learn from the mistakes that we make and whilst the manager talks about what &#8220;we spoke about at half time&#8221; it makes little difference to the outcome of games as the former manager presides over a defence that is the joint second weakest in the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe make a good start and then we concede a poor goal. The ball is in the air on the touchline with their player facing away from our goal&#8221;, said Martin in his post match press conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='N42JWDTcTJNcEBn6NyIZvQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1247028055' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'N42JWDTcTJNcEBn6NyIZvQ',sig:'NCRg2ARgPkAI0BtWLNAWxXEM051er9Gu1ryvPbObwaI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1247028055',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Somehow, we don\u2019t deal with it, and they have a moment of quality with a player they spent a lot of money on.\u00a0 Up to that point we had started well, we had been brave with the ball and quietened the crowd. Maybe we could have had a bit more belief early on, but I felt we were playing our way into it nicely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult, it was a tough day for us and it was always going to be a tough game because you have to respect where they are in the league, the run of form they have been on. They are going to get promoted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt confident with how we started, but we concede a rubbish goal and then a free-kick comes back off the bar, we have a load of bodies in there and they score.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat probably sums up where both teams are at in terms of that reaction. They are on the front foot and aggressive. We slip, make a mistake, and the ball goes in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In some ways there is little to argue with when you consider the words of the manager but in other ways they are the same words and excuses that we hear too often.\u00a0 And, frankly, if we hear them again after Wednesday night then it would not be beyond the realms of possibility that we hear them for the last time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Russell Martin on Sheffield United | Press Conference\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_k3kgjtTgJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='ln-ZncKTSAhBZPnqUVcTkA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1463100760' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ln-ZncKTSAhBZPnqUVcTkA',sig:'6bGnFQm_VsFZKmpEMLthz7xaiHjuIsx8Dqx3FN7qeKU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1463100760',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You could almost start a game of managerial bingo when you listen to post match interviews and yesterday was no different as Russell Martin scratched around for positives after a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United saw the Swans plunge further down the league. 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