Swansea City : Jack Butty sails again with his cannons primed The vultures were circling overhead. The bleached bones of the dead lay all around. Wait…a movement…a moving hand. A hen peckered face turns to the light and screams out, ‘Jack Butty here. I’m back with my latest missive from the defiles of dreadful duplicity.’ The cheers of voices were raised. Jack Butty looked around, ‘You lot can pipe down. You’re all gonners and gooners.’ And so, it came to pass…
Swans collapse in a disastrous seventy five minutes of football A brilliant start from Swansea City this afternoon dived into another order from the menu of disastrous football. Starters of no idea after fifteen minutes, with a main course of incompetence and a big desert of stupidity. They are now equal third bottom with Portsmouth who the Swans play at home on Tuesday 9th December (7:45pm) after a home game next Saturday against Oxford United (3pm)
Big game weekend : Players, Focus, Mason v Matos & a reality check Swansea City travel to the midlands today with one focus, do not lose the game and begin to rebuild the fans confidence in the team. By all accounts Vitor Matos has identified two glaring errors in the Swans training processes prior to his arrival, the more astute will have picked them up in this weeks public conversations.
Vitor Matos : Counter press, counter press, counter pressVitor Matos took his first full training session today prior to the West Bromwich Albion game at the Hawthorns on Saturday (3pm) With tickets still on sale for the fixture at generous prices the Swans can again expect a noisy supoort for this game.
Swansea City : The glaringly obvious and Matos agrees Vitor Matos saw a determined Swansea side for the first half an hour of last nights defeat against Derby County. The Rams made it their third win away from home for the first time in five years. Thereafter we saw a tepid display of poor control and a lack of endeavour which is creeping into the Swans play in recent games.
Derby tonight as Vitor walks into the fire Swansea City kick off against Derby County this evening at 7:45pm under new management on the touchline and new coaches on the horizon. They have almost completed their discussions with the club which were held up yesterday for personal terms and work permits.
Vitor Matos : The challenge is clear and it’s all here on the Indy As the Swans capitulated yesterday at Bristol City new head coach Vitor Matos watched on from the stands as a display was put on by Swansea City that summed up the season to date. Vitor will be bringing in a coaching team which will be squared off today with Vitor taking training prior to the Derby County game this Tuesday (7:45pm)
Swans travel to Bristol City, Matos talks continue todayDarren O’Dea leads the Swans into a Championship fixture at Bristol City tomorrow (12:30pm) with all of his players returning by the end of today. We are yet to hear any form of news from Darren on the state of play as we move into this fixture, so info is scarce.
Swansea City : Matos deal not yet agreed but it will happen …As of this morning Maritímo are still fighting to retain the services of Vitor Matos amidst speculation he is close to signing for Swansea City as head coach. There has also been a bizarre report that it will cost the Swans €1,000,000 to release Matos from his contract.
Wales v North Macedonia: World Cup Qualifier : Team News Wales need a win, as do North Macedonia. Simple as that to get a home draw in the semi final play offs in March. Lose and it’s away. But hang on, if Liechtenstein beat Belgium and Wales win this evening they win the group !
Matos on the brink for big Swansea job ? He has come out of the blue some may think, but Vitor Matos, currently the head coach at CS Marítimo has been spoken to over a number of weeks. A late contender he is not. In fact as this progresses the full facts we are sure will come out.
Big ask from Craig : Wales v North Macedonia It’s the day of a very important game for Wales as they face a World Cup Qualifier against North Macedonia in Cardiff. (7:45pm) This a game they will dearly want to win this evening, if they don’t then it’s an away tie in March in the play offs. If they do it’s a home tie. Thats just the way this group has worked out.
Kim Hellberg : The money factor means new Boro link HammarbyIF head coach, Kim Hellberg has taken a late turn in his decision as to which club to choose from his available suitors. And money it seems may have sealed the deal. Michael Carrick believed to have been on a million pounds a year was Boro head coach. He was sacked recently.