{"id":83848,"date":"2023-07-15T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T13:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=83848"},"modified":"2023-07-15T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T13:40:19","slug":"five-star-swans-brush-aside-swindon-town-in-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/15\/five-star-swans-brush-aside-swindon-town-in-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Five star Swans brush aside Swindon Town in friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea City were comprehensive 5-0 winners in their latest pre-season friendly with Josh Thomas (2), Liam Cullen, Joel Piroe and Nathan Wood the scorers as Michael Duff&#8217;s side made it look easy against their League Two opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Add to the result and there was a first outing for new signing Jerry Yates who was given 30 minutes in the first half and a return for Ben Cabango which should put aside any doubt that his absence on Tuesday was for precautionary reasons only.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Duff again took the chance to field many of his squad with a host of changes in the second half as the goals kept flowing after Wood opened the scoring shortly before the break when he finished a pull back from Josh Key.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='q885IxL2TQtky3GFstOWOQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1249941492' 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:'q885IxL2TQtky3GFstOWOQ',sig:'PIamlb6i8AuKoz4sRNj1is_6Xe9L_jY0MZ4DIwHUiKM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1249941492',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Piroe made it two early in the second half when he found the corner of the net after being played in by Paterson whilst Thomas added a third shortly after after running onto a Fulton pass.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas turned provider to Cullen before he finished the scoring and add the 5th for the Swans on what would have been a pleasing afternoon for Michael Duff with the new season now just three weeks away from the season opener.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swansea City Starting XI: <\/strong>Fisher, Key(Joe Thomas 45), Wood, Naughton, B. Cooper, Abdulai, Grimes, Fulton, Paterson, Piroe, Yates (Josh Thomas 30)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swans line up (60 minutes): <\/strong>Webb, Joe Thomas, Darling, Cabango, Lissah, Lloyd, Cotterill, O. Cooper, Ntcham, Josh Thomas, Cullen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83850\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Swindon-Result-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea City were comprehensive 5-0 winners in their latest pre-season friendly with Josh Thomas (2), Liam Cullen, Joel Piroe and Nathan Wood the scorers as Michael Duff&#8217;s side made it look easy against their League Two opponents. 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