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Allison is a fire fighter and former footballer with Swindon, Bristol City and Exeter who became just the second ever black referee in the top flight, following Uriah Rennie, when he joined the list last season. Further reading here and here. Allison joined the League One and Two list in 2020/21 starting off with 102 yellows and one red in 35 games, followed by 126 and seven in 31 games the year after. His first Championship games came in 2022/23 when he finished up with 119 yellows and four reds in 35 games and he’s part of a select group of younger officials being fast tracked through to try and freshen up the Premier League list with Luton’s 3-2 win at Sheff Utd and 4-3 loss at Bournemouth his first two games at that level. So far this season he’s on 102 yellows and one red in 27 games. Swansea lost 3-1 at Leeds and 1-0 at home to Plymouth in their two games with him so far this term. The Swans are 1-0-2 from three, while QPR are yet to have this official.
 Swansea Independent Morning Brief : In depth on today’s big game 1st Apr 2024 08:00Today’s game at home to Queens Park Rangers is actually between two of the better sides in form in the Championship. Both sides have performed above their seasonal average of late and recent form is a far better gauge than results in November as an example.  0
 Swans v QPR : Pre match interviews with Loft for Words : Indy v JA.net 31st Mar 2024 12:21We had a chat with QPR site ‘Loft for Words’, a fansnetwork site. It gave us a chance to review what we had seen overall this season. It hasn’t been enjoyable a lot of the time, and the decision making pretty poor. There have though been some good signings, not all, but some plus money has been spent. 0
 TEAM NEWS : Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers ‘Ticket News’ 1st Apr 2024 13:40The Indy dedicate today’s game to Marcus Howells, lead singer of Foreign Legion and avid QPR fan from Merthyr who died in June 2023. Marcus was one of those totally positive people who embraced life to the full. Those that knew him will know why. 0
 Swans lack of determination loses the game at the Swansea.com 1st Apr 2024 19:27Swansea City again displayed a lack of commitment to win a game of football in front a large crowd at the Swansea.com today. So much so the chances that were made, and there were a few were met with the same desire shown throughout this game. It wasn’t ill discipline but a lack of desire that lost this game. 0
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:31 - Apr 1 with 2800 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:27 - Apr 1 by Thrasher6 |
Our manager needs to take some stick here. It's a load of cr#p atm....and if this is the future...then we are going nowhere. They are not playing for him already...and I can't see that changing next season.
I really have the feeling he's a dud....I really do. |
I’m not going to agree with you because I don’t want to adopt that train of thought just yet, BUT his job consists of tactics and motivation, neither of which he has excelled at this season so far (bar one game maybe). |  |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:36 - Apr 1 with 2767 views | Thrasher6 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:31 - Apr 1 by union_jack |
I’m not going to agree with you because I don’t want to adopt that train of thought just yet, BUT his job consists of tactics and motivation, neither of which he has excelled at this season so far (bar one game maybe). |
Fair enough about not agreeing with me. I hope I'm wrong. [Post edited 1 Apr 2024 17:39]
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:37 - Apr 1 with 2750 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:36 - Apr 1 by Thrasher6 |
Fair enough about not agreeing with me. I hope I'm wrong. [Post edited 1 Apr 2024 17:39]
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Well in a way I sort of was but I’m going to give him a close season and see what happens next year, hopefully in The Championship. | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:40 - Apr 1 with 2733 views | Dr_Winston |
Wood 108 touches.
Grimes 137 touches.
Yates/Cullen combined 14 touches
If this is the new "process" then it needs to go in the bin the same as the old one.
We should also be long past the point where Oli Cooper is used for anything other than coming on to hassle tired defenders because he's nowhere near good enough to carry out the role he was given today.
And that's without WIlliams bottling the substitution when Allen got injured. We had four or five other options to go for but no. Cowardice first. |  |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:50 - Apr 1 with 2662 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:40 - Apr 1 by Dr_Winston |
Wood 108 touches.
Grimes 137 touches.
Yates/Cullen combined 14 touches
If this is the new "process" then it needs to go in the bin the same as the old one.
We should also be long past the point where Oli Cooper is used for anything other than coming on to hassle tired defenders because he's nowhere near good enough to carry out the role he was given today.
And that's without WIlliams bottling the substitution when Allen got injured. We had four or five other options to go for but no. Cowardice first. |
Good post. I’d say Oli needs another club as he just hasn’t / doesn’t show he’s got it. Poor today.
And if touches are the current metric of choice then I’m going to follow another sport. Grimes again was negative for much of the game as there was no speed of thought from him or others. This is training ground stuff (see my comment re LW and tactics elsewhere). | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:56 - Apr 1 with 2602 views | Dr_Winston |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:50 - Apr 1 by union_jack |
Good post. I’d say Oli needs another club as he just hasn’t / doesn’t show he’s got it. Poor today.
And if touches are the current metric of choice then I’m going to follow another sport. Grimes again was negative for much of the game as there was no speed of thought from him or others. This is training ground stuff (see my comment re LW and tactics elsewhere). |
This is so, so familiar to a lot of the stuff we saw under Martin, only we're a little bit less defensively naive, or at least against lower teams we are.
As per usual people are pointing the finger at the forwards, but if all we're going to do is sling in hopeful crosses to a 6'6" goalkeeper or move the ball through midfield slower than continental drift then what the hell do they have to work with? Ronald and Lowe found themselves having to drop deeper and deeper to get the ball and fight their way back to where they were stood in the first place.
Midfield is such a critical component for any team wishing to play passing football and for most of the last three years we've been getting it badly wrong. | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:57 - Apr 1 with 2589 views | Boundy |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:50 - Apr 1 by union_jack |
Good post. I’d say Oli needs another club as he just hasn’t / doesn’t show he’s got it. Poor today.
And if touches are the current metric of choice then I’m going to follow another sport. Grimes again was negative for much of the game as there was no speed of thought from him or others. This is training ground stuff (see my comment re LW and tactics elsewhere). |
All I see is a squad going through the motions ,why is it that we set up defensively at home ,play like a team playing away then decide with the clock ticking down decide to try a bit of pace in their play , I'm really getting tired of watching this week in week out with the exception of one recent game its all very much the same old same old | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:59 - Apr 1 with 2562 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:56 - Apr 1 by Dr_Winston |
This is so, so familiar to a lot of the stuff we saw under Martin, only we're a little bit less defensively naive, or at least against lower teams we are.
As per usual people are pointing the finger at the forwards, but if all we're going to do is sling in hopeful crosses to a 6'6" goalkeeper or move the ball through midfield slower than continental drift then what the hell do they have to work with? Ronald and Lowe found themselves having to drop deeper and deeper to get the ball and fight their way back to where they were stood in the first place.
Midfield is such a critical component for any team wishing to play passing football and for most of the last three years we've been getting it badly wrong. |
Of course, it’s a shame we didn’t have a tall athletic striker who could have given Begovic a few problems. 😉 | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:06 - Apr 1 with 2514 views | Just_Dave |
Can't really understand the tactics or selection today. Why bring Fulton on when we are at home with over half a game to go against 1 of the few teams below us in the league. Lumping crosses into the box against a basketball team ffs! We are crying out for guile and craft in the middle of the field. We've finally got some width but no one capable of getting the wide players into areas where we can hurt the opposition. We really miss a Ntcham type player. Not everyone's cup of tea I know but could definitely open a team up | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:06 - Apr 1 with 2509 views | Whiterockin |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:57 - Apr 1 by Boundy |
All I see is a squad going through the motions ,why is it that we set up defensively at home ,play like a team playing away then decide with the clock ticking down decide to try a bit of pace in their play , I'm really getting tired of watching this week in week out with the exception of one recent game its all very much the same old same old |
We were shocking again, no skill, passion, flair or energy. The team really didn't have any idea's about how to break QPR down. The sight of the players sitting on the pitch after the final whistle just shaking their heads spoke a thousand words. My god we need a massive shake up in the summer. |  | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:07 - Apr 1 with 2493 views | dobjack2 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:00 - Apr 1 by jackrmee |
We defo lacking upfront . |
I agree. Whilst there are other issues, we would be in a much better position if we had central strikers that could hold the ball up and stick it in the net.
Yates does not fit into this team and as for the invisible Ukrainian???
We apparently spent £4.5 million on those two and should have got a lot more for that money. | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:11 - Apr 1 with 2443 views | Dr_Winston |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:06 - Apr 1 by Just_Dave |
Can't really understand the tactics or selection today. Why bring Fulton on when we are at home with over half a game to go against 1 of the few teams below us in the league. Lumping crosses into the box against a basketball team ffs! We are crying out for guile and craft in the middle of the field. We've finally got some width but no one capable of getting the wide players into areas where we can hurt the opposition. We really miss a Ntcham type player. Not everyone's cup of tea I know but could definitely open a team up |
Ntcham had the potential to be one of if not the best central/attacking midfielders in the division. For the most part he was either on the bench or on the flanks.
A tremendous waste of talent and symptomatic of the problems at the club at the time. | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:13 - Apr 1 with 2436 views | OptimisticJack |
50 crosses today, many not beating the first man - only 6 successful.
There was a similar statistic in a match at home recently ( think it was the one before Cardiff).
There is something wrong with our tactics judging by these stats. | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:18 - Apr 1 with 2373 views | Treforys_Jack |
Should have won that at a canter. As swn as Joe went off and was replaced by Fulton it was game over. Gutless substitution, so many other options available. Cannot believe that Patino can't get a game when we have Yates, Cooper, Fulton and Cullen all regularly wearing the shirt. |  | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:21 - Apr 1 with 2340 views | Just_Dave |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:11 - Apr 1 by Dr_Winston |
Ntcham had the potential to be one of if not the best central/attacking midfielders in the division. For the most part he was either on the bench or on the flanks.
A tremendous waste of talent and symptomatic of the problems at the club at the time. |
We were very lucky to have him and then criminally under used him while he was here. Type of player you could build a team around.
On the plus side the kit looked nice today | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:23 - Apr 1 with 2319 views | max936 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:07 - Apr 1 by dobjack2 |
I agree. Whilst there are other issues, we would be in a much better position if we had central strikers that could hold the ball up and stick it in the net.
Yates does not fit into this team and as for the invisible Ukrainian???
We apparently spent £4.5 million on those two and should have got a lot more for that money. |
That's what happens when you base your signings on data and stats, seems likely as to why we signed those two, yet Yates had a cracking season last season for Blackpool something is clearly missing for him not performing like he did last season, probably because we are to slow in thought and deed in the middle of the park. |  | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:25 - Apr 1 with 2304 views | max936 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:13 - Apr 1 by OptimisticJack |
50 crosses today, many not beating the first man - only 6 successful.
There was a similar statistic in a match at home recently ( think it was the one before Cardiff).
There is something wrong with our tactics judging by these stats. |
What's our set piece coach doing in the training sessions, I wonder  | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:28 - Apr 1 with 2278 views | max936 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:18 - Apr 1 by Treforys_Jack |
Should have won that at a canter. As swn as Joe went off and was replaced by Fulton it was game over. Gutless substitution, so many other options available. Cannot believe that Patino can't get a game when we have Yates, Cooper, Fulton and Cullen all regularly wearing the shirt. |
I thought the same when Joe went off, its a sad state of affairs that we have to rely on Joe at 33, he's played a hell of a lot of football and his body is showing it with the injuries he's getting. | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:48 - Apr 1 with 2155 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 17:27 - Apr 1 by Thrasher6 |
Our manager needs to take some stick here. It's a load of cr#p atm....and if this is the future...then we are going nowhere. They are not playing for him already...and I can't see that changing next season.
I really have the feeling he's a dud....I really do. |
Williams looks lost
The players too
And yes , he is another dud | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:51 - Apr 1 with 2145 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 16:47 - Apr 1 by vetchonian |
we are OK jack247 said so |
And I’ll be proved right before long.
Genuinely, if you think there’s any chance of relegation, chuck a tenner on it. | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:56 - Apr 1 with 2119 views | Whiterockin |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:51 - Apr 1 by jack247 |
And I’ll be proved right before long.
Genuinely, if you think there’s any chance of relegation, chuck a tenner on it. |
Personally I think Rotherham are down and its two from the four immediately above them. | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:58 - Apr 1 with 2099 views | onehunglow |
Why would any fan bet on his side being relegated
We play Huddersfield soon
Confident ?
Think this shower will doom when it gets dirty
Can we rely on Jerry
Will Walsh's stay fit
I read Wood was a sprinter at school
He's either had a terrible life since or it's another Nathan Wood
We need a goalkeeper of our own
Centre Back
Captain
Striker
And Yates off the books of for no other reason than he insults fans | |
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| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 19:22 - Apr 1 with 1987 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:58 - Apr 1 by onehunglow |
Why would any fan bet on his side being relegated
We play Huddersfield soon
Confident ?
Think this shower will doom when it gets dirty
Can we rely on Jerry
Will Walsh's stay fit
I read Wood was a sprinter at school
He's either had a terrible life since or it's another Nathan Wood
We need a goalkeeper of our own
Centre Back
Captain
Striker
And Yates off the books of for no other reason than he insults fans |
Why would any fan spend twenty years bitching about his team? At least your perpetual negativity may earn you some money.
Confident of what? Beating Huddersfield or staying up? | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 19:27 - Apr 1 with 1966 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 18:56 - Apr 1 by Whiterockin |
Personally I think Rotherham are down and its two from the four immediately above them. |
I’d agree. I’m not convinced Plymouth will get to where we are now.
I’d guess we’ll end up in the mid 50s | | | |
| Swansea City v QPR : Match day thread **Game Day ! on 19:35 - Apr 1 with 1905 views | swancity |
I’d give QPR credit. There are powerful athletic side with an experienced goalkeeper who defended superbly and were difficult to break down. They got the goal and then sat back even more only looking to counter attack which they did effectively several times.
We huffed and puffed. 15 goal attempts to their 10 means we didn’t deserve to lose but there were few real openings for either side. It looked like a 0-0.
Grimes free kick on another day goes in but we didn’t have enough up front and that’s a weakness at the moment.
The usual over reaction from the same jerks isn’t really helpful. You know who you are. You’d think that they enjoy it when we lose. Surely not. | |
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