We are less than a week away from the start of a new season and you can live every moment of it here on Planet Swans with a host of stories, features and competitions that we will bring you during the course of the season - there really is only one place to keep your eyes on happenings and views from Swansea City.

As we prepare for our fourth season in the top flight, the one thing that we know people want is to hear the opinions of Swansea fans. Planet Swans has been around (in either this guise of the previous name of jackarmy.net) since 2001 and since that time has given you the news and views over what is the most exciting period ever to have been a Swans fan.

And this season we don't view it to be any different so we thought we would give you a taste of what you can expect as we set off on yet another journey as Wales only Premier League football team.

Match Reports

There are endless match reports on the Swans these days. One thing that changed dramatically when we moved into the Premier League is the amount of media coverage. We aim to make our match reports just more than factual reports of what happens - they will be littered with the views of a fan and written by a fan for a fan to read. You can also get involved in match reports by submitting your own views via our 'Your report' feature that will appear after every game has finished.

Match Previews

Again, you will read endless previews on a game so you don't want to read the same all over again somewhere else. As with the reports these will be written by a fan for a fan to read. Where did we go wrong in the last game and where do we need to get it right this time around. Just something different not a re-hash of your traditional match report that the BBC would bring you

Player Ratings

For 24-48 hours after each match we will open our player ratings feature for you to make your ratings on how you saw the Swans players perform on that day. From the good to the bad you can rate each player out of 10 and we can see how the votes compare to give us an overall man of the match for that game. As the votes come in over the course of the season we will work towards a Planet Swans player of the season voted for by the fans with their reactions after each game.

Prediction League

We all have our views of how the Swans will get in in their forthcoming games so why not make your views known by entering our free prediction league? All you have to do is submit the score for the next match together with who you think will score the Swans first goal and see how you stack up against your fellow Swans fans over the course of the season. You can enter our Prediction League here

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Fan Views

We all have opinions on events at the club both on and off the pitch and here on Planet Swans we give you an opportunity to share those views. You can join our quickly expanding Blogging team and effectively have your own little corner of the site to share your views. All you need to be is a registered member of the site and drop an email to phil@planetswans.co.uk with your email address and we will do the rest to activate your blogging section. Blog as often or as little as you like with as many words as you see fit to submit.

You can also share your views via our forums which you can find by clicking the Forum link just under the site logo at the top of the page. To read you do not need to be registered but you do need to register to share your views via this outlet. You can submit your registration here - as well as the Prediction League, registering with the site will allow you to vote in polls, submit player ratings and match reports as well as of course take part in the debates on our forums. Registration takes a minute and as with other features on the site is completely free of charge.

Social Media

And for those that are Twitter or Facebook users you can follow us on both these forms of social media. Joint our 10,000+ followers on Twitter by following us @swansnews or the 6,800 people that like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/swansnews

It promises to be a busy season ahead here on Planet Swans and we want as many of you to be part of it as possible so please share your views on here as frequently as possible whether it be via a blog, ratings, forum post, team selector, short report or a pre-match score prediction.

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