Norway 3 Wales 1 : Report, pics, full stats & Bellamy. Wales have been left with a survival fight after disappointing night in Oslo. A failure to take chances on what was otherwise an historical day in Welsh sport leaves questions over head coach,Craig Bellamy and indeed the ability for Wales as a country to compete at the levels we have come to expect in recent times.
Ton up Swan : Eom-Believable !Yesterday we profiled fan favourite Gonçalo Franco. One of his tattoos is an airplane to symbolise the extensive travel when he was a youngster, thanks to his dad's professional football career. Franco Snr had 14 different spells with Portuguese clubs, but his one foreign club was FC Seoul. This brings me on nicely to today's profile of appearance centurion Eom Ji-Sung.
Swansea City : Franco hits a hundred, it’s all in your head !Amongst the gloom of the fourth loss in five games, it was easy to overlook two positives from the weekend. Goncalo Franco and Ji-Sung Eom reached 100 games for the Swans, with many more to come. Tomorrow we take a look at Eom, but today, we look at the Portuguese cannonball.
Swansea City Review : Lighters, Fights & A Cheat called Laird It never is the best of Sunday mornings when the Swans end up defeated the day before, especially when something could have been taken from the game. Matos sees the character — now Swansea need the points and that is imperative as we have thirteen days off as Swansea fans and Wales becomes the focus.
Blues 2 Swans 1 : Nearly men again but an encouraging performance against the odds You just knew that when Marko Stamenić was sent off for a clumsy challenge on BAFTA award-winning Ethan Laird, today was going to become even harder than it already was. Despite that, the Swans could have been a few goals up before the incident. The bad luck, frustration and overall despondency may well have returned, but that was only part of the story.
Portsmouth 3 Swansea City 1 : That’s eight goals conceded in two away gamesThe expected Portsmouth tactics showed up tonight, coupled with a rank-awful Swansea performance for nigh on seventy minutes, resulting in another away defeat. The time-wasting, fake injuries and targeting of Swansea players, which left Stephen Welsh unable to walk off the pitch, pretty much sorted this game out. Portsmouth, though, had the desire. Swansea did not.
Pompey v Swans : John Mousinho speaks plus do Pompey have a weaknessThe Swans are already in preparation for their trip to Hampshire for tonight’s game against Portsmouth (7:45pm) Head coach, Vitor Matos, who we reported exclusively yesterday will not be joining Portuguese club, Sporting Lisbon will be looking for the same domination and effort that saw his side demolish Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Swansea City : Vitor Matos won’t be going to Sporting Lisbon *ExclusiveIt’s November, and stories of player interest and potential moves are being spouted by people called Alan and Peter. The statement of entitlement goes something like this: “We know what we are talking about,” despite being wholly inaccurate so many times during a transfer window. One in four reports gathers momentum.
Swansea MY Swansea MY City said ISwansea Town and Swansea RFC have played a huge role in the sporting landscape of south-west Wales. With Swansea City set to play Blackburn Rovers tomorrow, Rhys Clayton takes a look at the sporting heritage of the city, and links it back to a famous game against Rovers all the way back in 1915.
Swans v Blackburn News : Plus Key, Walta, Injuries & Ticket NewsThe Swans have one home game left at home before the international break taking on Blackburn Rovers this Saturday (3pm) Theresfter it’s two trips, one to Portsmouth the following Tuesday and then at Birmingham thereafter (3pm) The Birmingham City game has been sold out for Swans fans for three weeks.
Swansea City : Matos gets all confused amid Ross Stewart issue The mainstream media – who have been sitting on their hands, seemingly unaware of the situation surrounding Ross Stewart’s removal from the squad for the West Ham game nine days ago – are a cumbersome and pretty sad collection of so-called journalists.