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Swansea City : Matos arrives with new staff & focus on Derby County 24th Nov 2025 06:23
Swansea City enter a new era under the guidance of Vitor Matos who has now finalised all his own personal terms officially, and is all ready to be announced as the new Swansea City head coach. 0



Andrew Kitchen will be the referee. Tomorrow he will be joined by Conor Brown and Hristo Karaivanov. Stephen Martin will be the fourth official.


Derby tonight as Vitor walks into the fire 25th Nov 2025 15:56
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. 0






Swans 1 Rams 2 : Second half shocker as nothing changes, Vitor comments 25th Nov 2025 22:44
There seemed to be promise, then there was frustration, poor passing, bad defending and a failure to take control of goalscoring opportunities. Basically welcome to Swansea City football. 1




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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 08:52 - Nov 26 with 1254 viewsGardelino

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 06:21 - Nov 26 by Dr_Winston

People slag Fulton off as an automatic response at this point. It has very little to do with how he's actually played.

Certainly last night he looked like one of the few who actually understood the brief.
[Post edited 26 Nov 6:23]


If you watch Fulton for the entire time he's on the pitch his first instinct is to play the easy pass which 95% of the time is backwards or sideways. He never turns with the ball to see what's ahead of him but I do agree that there were several others that were equally as bad. Cullen simply isn't & never has been good enough for this level. I have no axe to grind with either player but just call it as I see it.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:10 - Nov 26 with 1204 viewsonehunglow

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 23:37 - Nov 25 by swansjack84

Anyone else feel flat and depressed after that? His post match was honest and didn't hide from anything. He has had 48 hours and we saw glimpses of what he wants. It's gonna take time and more pain before anything changes.

However much the above is true. I still feel mega depressed lol


Emotions running high,as they should.Its a pity this pitiful collection of waifs and strays didnt have some.
Nobody expected Matos to change years of bad coaching in one day. He has inherited an effete collection of players who simply lack guts and pride.We have players selected because theyve been with us for 12yrs and clearly selected by their former colleagues ,just like a schoolground selection for a kick around in the yard.
Matos might have plans but his first should be to ensure they do the basics,like full backs not having their backs to their opponent ,like having players taking a throw in in injury time throwing it directly to the opposition instead of a quick throw gto keeper to belt it down field. This is how bad our mindset is.
sideways in the 92nd minute of a game when 1-2 down .Indefensible
You can have all the pretty passing footy plans in the world but it blows up in your face when the basics are so ignored.
Commentators from every angle comment as to these basic errors and how futile it is even contemplate a possession game when the ball passed is so slow.

it was absolutely depressing and Im buggered as to how anyone can have a good time after watching that garbage .

We are in relegation form and Matos simply has to keep us up as relegation will be truly grim. Its about results .

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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:11 - Nov 26 with 1207 viewswwcigne

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 08:52 - Nov 26 by Gardelino

If you watch Fulton for the entire time he's on the pitch his first instinct is to play the easy pass which 95% of the time is backwards or sideways. He never turns with the ball to see what's ahead of him but I do agree that there were several others that were equally as bad. Cullen simply isn't & never has been good enough for this level. I have no axe to grind with either player but just call it as I see it.


Cullen ,Fulton ,Key ,Benson and probably Ronald are not good enough
We need Fullbacks who can defend and wingers who can beat players and cross the ball ,a midfield who turn and play forward,Widell has to start
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:12 - Nov 26 with 1204 viewsjack247

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 08:46 - Nov 26 by sons_of_omri

Eom hardly delivers anything either. I’d start with him on the right, Inoussa on the left and Widdell at 10. God knows what he’s done to deserve not being picked in front of the entitled pointer Cullen.

Franco is awful so get Yalcouye in - it might make for a lightweight midfield but when your heavyweight (Stamenic) goes backwards and doesn’t make one single forward pass it’s definitely worth a try. Burgess and Cabango - not working so play Casey with burgess for a few games and if it works keep it. Burgess to be captain in this period.

January’s shopping list must include a very good right back, CB and possibly a dynamic 8 .


A team with Widdell, Innousa and Yalcouye will get picked apart, they are all rash on the ball and positionally undisciplined.

At the same time, they all make things happen and we had next to none of that last night.

Joe and Leon went too conservative IMO. There has to be a reasonable balance between selecting all of those three and none of them. We need at least one game changer on the pitch at all times.

Yes, Vipotnik is with his shooting, but I mean someone to drive at defenders and cause them to lose shape
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:27 - Nov 26 with 1158 viewsLegend83

I am going to go a little against the grain here and say that I thought there were some green shoots.

Up to their first goal I thought we were really good and trying to clearly execute "Matos-ball" which seemed to ask firstly to play with more urgency, secondly to not be afraid to play a forward pass! It was great to see us finally take throw-ins and free-kicks quickly, see LV release the ball quicker rather than wait for their 11 all to get back and set before pumping it long. I was nervous seeing Key and Tymon so high but again they were clearly instructed to get forward at pace and Tymon did this really well by dribbling long distances himself and getting crosses in (even if they didn't hit their mark).

I also noticed Burgess and Cabango taking more risks with passes through the middle channel into the feet of Vipotnik (who was invariably fouled in the process) or into Cullen (who then lost the ball on most occasions).

The first Derby goal was a sucker punch against the run of play (but everyone could see it coming with the gaps we were leaving) which really seemed to take the wind out of the Matos-ball sails. The energy really dropped and genuinely perhaps they were fatigued from the intensity (never really an issue with Sheehan when the play was so slow). The initial positivity was gone and heads clearly dropped.

Second half was stilted and you got the vibe no-one wanted to make a mistake so it went back to safe play again. Their second was what we needed but never seemed to get (until the 89th minute) - a defensive clearance that dropped straight to an unmarked attacker.

In terms of individual performances, the defensive unit as a whole was poor but not helped by LV who has been really bad the last couple of games - he still has significant credit in the bank, but his confidence is shot. How many crosses in the 6 yard box will he fail to deal with between now and the end of the season!!

JF did what JF does - nothing really wrong but nothing really right. LC was very ineffective but that is no surprise to us fans. EOM was very bright in those first 30 but again faded. Controversial opinion but I don't get the fuss over Inoussa - seems like a poorer version of Mo Barrow to me. Also don't get the criticism of Benson who has hardly had a look-in, is expected to conjure up some magic with his limited minutes (and to be fair he did tonight) and suffered in the same way Ronald did with slow passes into feet with the full-back breathing down his neck. Not once did he have the ball played into him facing the goal.

As stated by others, lots and lots to do to get us out of this mire. The good news is Matos was clearly not content with what he saw, whereas previous managers may well have praised the team for "giving it 100%"...
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:30 - Nov 26 with 1147 viewsLandore_Jack

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 07:23 - Nov 26 by Dr_Winston

Cabango is getting off very lightly for his performance.


He needs to give the captaincy to somebody else.

#backtojack

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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:38 - Nov 26 with 1131 viewspete

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:30 - Nov 26 by Landore_Jack

He needs to give the captaincy to somebody else.


well after just watching his after match comments think he now has a slight idea on how big a job he has, lets be honest and let the guy sort things himself then as it is only he who will carry the can.
For me his comments hit the nail on the head but as we know words are cheap its actions on the field that at this time that count, and i think these guys could be in for a culture shock over the next few weeks and they , one and all have to buy into his methods or the slide will unfortunatly continue, no looking back only forwards and hopefully upwards
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:13 - Nov 26 with 1043 viewsWhiterockin

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 08:52 - Nov 26 by wwcigne

Only Galbraith and Franco when he came on looked to go forward from midfield ,Fulton ,who wasn’t the worst player on the night ,granted,still plays those pointless ‘to me to you ‘passes back and forth with the centre half and Stamenic did the same when he came on,at one point the crowd started screaming at him to go forward and stop arsing around going nowhere ,both he and Cullen are far too static in the middle , not moving around at all and making themselves available for the ball,it’s almost like they mark themselves out of the game ,not wanting to have the ball
We have to play quicker passes forward before the opposition can mark our boys out of the game
Widell has to start games and we need to defend our flanks a lot better,our fullbacks are too far away from the opponents constantly inviting them to receive the ball,which invariably leads to crosses into ou box ,Derby had over 30 touches in our box , twice what we achieved
A full week ago with squad next week should give Matos a better idea of his best 11 and hopefully he can turn it around, because the longer this rubbish continues the worse it gets


There must be an underlying reason why Widell is continually being overlooked, he was on the bench again last night and unused.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:31 - Nov 26 with 985 viewsJJBomber

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 01:14 - Nov 26 by Landore_Jack

I want to know what Joey and Leon were thinking with that starting eleven. Will this manager be allowed to bring in his own coaches?


Still waiting for the work permits. The board are fully backing him.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:33 - Nov 26 with 982 viewsJJBomber

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 06:21 - Nov 26 by Dr_Winston

People slag Fulton off as an automatic response at this point. It has very little to do with how he's actually played.

Certainly last night he looked like one of the few who actually understood the brief.
[Post edited 26 Nov 6:23]


It was his 300th game for the Swans apparently. Maybe that was why?
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:42 - Nov 26 with 944 viewsJJBomber

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:27 - Nov 26 by Legend83

I am going to go a little against the grain here and say that I thought there were some green shoots.

Up to their first goal I thought we were really good and trying to clearly execute "Matos-ball" which seemed to ask firstly to play with more urgency, secondly to not be afraid to play a forward pass! It was great to see us finally take throw-ins and free-kicks quickly, see LV release the ball quicker rather than wait for their 11 all to get back and set before pumping it long. I was nervous seeing Key and Tymon so high but again they were clearly instructed to get forward at pace and Tymon did this really well by dribbling long distances himself and getting crosses in (even if they didn't hit their mark).

I also noticed Burgess and Cabango taking more risks with passes through the middle channel into the feet of Vipotnik (who was invariably fouled in the process) or into Cullen (who then lost the ball on most occasions).

The first Derby goal was a sucker punch against the run of play (but everyone could see it coming with the gaps we were leaving) which really seemed to take the wind out of the Matos-ball sails. The energy really dropped and genuinely perhaps they were fatigued from the intensity (never really an issue with Sheehan when the play was so slow). The initial positivity was gone and heads clearly dropped.

Second half was stilted and you got the vibe no-one wanted to make a mistake so it went back to safe play again. Their second was what we needed but never seemed to get (until the 89th minute) - a defensive clearance that dropped straight to an unmarked attacker.

In terms of individual performances, the defensive unit as a whole was poor but not helped by LV who has been really bad the last couple of games - he still has significant credit in the bank, but his confidence is shot. How many crosses in the 6 yard box will he fail to deal with between now and the end of the season!!

JF did what JF does - nothing really wrong but nothing really right. LC was very ineffective but that is no surprise to us fans. EOM was very bright in those first 30 but again faded. Controversial opinion but I don't get the fuss over Inoussa - seems like a poorer version of Mo Barrow to me. Also don't get the criticism of Benson who has hardly had a look-in, is expected to conjure up some magic with his limited minutes (and to be fair he did tonight) and suffered in the same way Ronald did with slow passes into feet with the full-back breathing down his neck. Not once did he have the ball played into him facing the goal.

As stated by others, lots and lots to do to get us out of this mire. The good news is Matos was clearly not content with what he saw, whereas previous managers may well have praised the team for "giving it 100%"...


Exactly with Vigouroux. The example is at 57 minutes. A long ball through where LV has a 15 yard advantage on the forward. He comes a few steps, dithers, can't make his mind up, then goes back to the goal line to wait for the shot. great stop as he parries it for the corner. That corner then sails through the 6 yard box and we were lucky that Derby didn't get a head on it, but again the keeper fails to come for the cross. It's frustrating.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:43 - Nov 26 with 934 viewsonehunglow

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 08:52 - Nov 26 by Gardelino

If you watch Fulton for the entire time he's on the pitch his first instinct is to play the easy pass which 95% of the time is backwards or sideways. He never turns with the ball to see what's ahead of him but I do agree that there were several others that were equally as bad. Cullen simply isn't & never has been good enough for this level. I have no axe to grind with either player but just call it as I see it.


Exactly
He does nothing of note and never has
It’s simply pointing out the obvious
The fact he’s been given longer contracts indicates just how poor our decision making has been over the years

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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:43 - Nov 26 with 937 viewsunion_jack

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 06:21 - Nov 26 by Dr_Winston

People slag Fulton off as an automatic response at this point. It has very little to do with how he's actually played.

Certainly last night he looked like one of the few who actually understood the brief.
[Post edited 26 Nov 6:23]


Even though he played ok it was still the wrong choice because he is not a member of the normal starting XI. The strongest side in paper should have started. Fulton has an important role and that is to come on and protect a lead or a point in the latter stages of games, something he is quite effective at though it usually comes at a cost through a yellow card.

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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:48 - Nov 26 with 920 viewsonehunglow

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:43 - Nov 26 by union_jack

Even though he played ok it was still the wrong choice because he is not a member of the normal starting XI. The strongest side in paper should have started. Fulton has an important role and that is to come on and protect a lead or a point in the latter stages of games, something he is quite effective at though it usually comes at a cost through a yellow card.


OK is not enough however
Fulton does not pass forward , it is always safe and backwards
It’s percentage
I only positive last night was the hsgnificent Galbraith getting his reward
He’s a lad with massive ability and skill yet our fans seem to be rather reticent to praise his work preferring to defend those who are not up to the job
Our full backs are the worst defenders in this league

That has to change

I think and hope Matos will see this

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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:52 - Nov 26 with 914 viewsJJBomber

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:27 - Nov 26 by Legend83

I am going to go a little against the grain here and say that I thought there were some green shoots.

Up to their first goal I thought we were really good and trying to clearly execute "Matos-ball" which seemed to ask firstly to play with more urgency, secondly to not be afraid to play a forward pass! It was great to see us finally take throw-ins and free-kicks quickly, see LV release the ball quicker rather than wait for their 11 all to get back and set before pumping it long. I was nervous seeing Key and Tymon so high but again they were clearly instructed to get forward at pace and Tymon did this really well by dribbling long distances himself and getting crosses in (even if they didn't hit their mark).

I also noticed Burgess and Cabango taking more risks with passes through the middle channel into the feet of Vipotnik (who was invariably fouled in the process) or into Cullen (who then lost the ball on most occasions).

The first Derby goal was a sucker punch against the run of play (but everyone could see it coming with the gaps we were leaving) which really seemed to take the wind out of the Matos-ball sails. The energy really dropped and genuinely perhaps they were fatigued from the intensity (never really an issue with Sheehan when the play was so slow). The initial positivity was gone and heads clearly dropped.

Second half was stilted and you got the vibe no-one wanted to make a mistake so it went back to safe play again. Their second was what we needed but never seemed to get (until the 89th minute) - a defensive clearance that dropped straight to an unmarked attacker.

In terms of individual performances, the defensive unit as a whole was poor but not helped by LV who has been really bad the last couple of games - he still has significant credit in the bank, but his confidence is shot. How many crosses in the 6 yard box will he fail to deal with between now and the end of the season!!

JF did what JF does - nothing really wrong but nothing really right. LC was very ineffective but that is no surprise to us fans. EOM was very bright in those first 30 but again faded. Controversial opinion but I don't get the fuss over Inoussa - seems like a poorer version of Mo Barrow to me. Also don't get the criticism of Benson who has hardly had a look-in, is expected to conjure up some magic with his limited minutes (and to be fair he did tonight) and suffered in the same way Ronald did with slow passes into feet with the full-back breathing down his neck. Not once did he have the ball played into him facing the goal.

As stated by others, lots and lots to do to get us out of this mire. The good news is Matos was clearly not content with what he saw, whereas previous managers may well have praised the team for "giving it 100%"...


The green shoots being the first 30 minutes. It was always going to be a case of who scores first, wins. That first 30 minutes was total dominance without really troubling their keeper. Derby then have a good 2 minute spell and score. Our final ball into the box was very poor, but their cross was spot on. Fine margins and we are on the wrong end of them at the moment.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:05 - Nov 26 with 873 viewsLegend83

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:52 - Nov 26 by JJBomber

The green shoots being the first 30 minutes. It was always going to be a case of who scores first, wins. That first 30 minutes was total dominance without really troubling their keeper. Derby then have a good 2 minute spell and score. Our final ball into the box was very poor, but their cross was spot on. Fine margins and we are on the wrong end of them at the moment.


Yes, if Eom's shot had nestled in the corner instead of being too close to the keeper (good save mind unsighted), it would have been a different game, different atmosphere.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:10 - Nov 26 with 863 viewsunion_jack

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 10:42 - Nov 26 by JJBomber

Exactly with Vigouroux. The example is at 57 minutes. A long ball through where LV has a 15 yard advantage on the forward. He comes a few steps, dithers, can't make his mind up, then goes back to the goal line to wait for the shot. great stop as he parries it for the corner. That corner then sails through the 6 yard box and we were lucky that Derby didn't get a head on it, but again the keeper fails to come for the cross. It's frustrating.


I remember that incident and was screaming at him to come for the ball. Then I saw it from behind the goal and realised that the Derby player was closer to the ball than him and would have got there. Quicker. The live shot camera angle was a bit deceiving.

That said, there have been other examples where he should be more commanding and come out quicker just not that time in my opinion.

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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:12 - Nov 26 with 857 viewsJJBomber

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:05 - Nov 26 by Legend83

Yes, if Eom's shot had nestled in the corner instead of being too close to the keeper (good save mind unsighted), it would have been a different game, different atmosphere.


Indeed, the atmosphere around the ground was very nervy last night. An opening goal and the crowd would have come alive. Hopefully we'll score first against Oxford and Portsmouth.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:24 - Nov 26 with 822 viewsunion_jack

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:12 - Nov 26 by JJBomber

Indeed, the atmosphere around the ground was very nervy last night. An opening goal and the crowd would have come alive. Hopefully we'll score first against Oxford and Portsmouth.


Matos has said that the crowd play a big part but that has to start from the pitch. You can’t expect a crowd to be positive and supportive when the on field performances have been as bad as they have.

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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:52 - Nov 26 with 735 viewssons_of_omri

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 09:12 - Nov 26 by jack247

A team with Widdell, Innousa and Yalcouye will get picked apart, they are all rash on the ball and positionally undisciplined.

At the same time, they all make things happen and we had next to none of that last night.

Joe and Leon went too conservative IMO. There has to be a reasonable balance between selecting all of those three and none of them. We need at least one game changer on the pitch at all times.

Yes, Vipotnik is with his shooting, but I mean someone to drive at defenders and cause them to lose shape


How the hell do you know, they’ve hardly had any chances to play?

And if that’s the case you must prefer the utter dog poo that was on display last night.

The reason we get overrun is because we overplay in midfield , get turned over and our weak as per defence is not fast of skilful enough to prevent us leaking goals. If we were constantly threatening the opposition we wouldn’t have to defend so much.

Widdell at 10 has strength and ability and in my opinion is our missing link. Yalcouye is full of energy and at least goes forward and he would make himself available unlike Cullen. Inoussa is one of our best ball players and simply needs a good run of games . Eom, Ronald and Cullen have had totally undeserved runs in the team for no good reason. It’s tile to give the new guys a chance and be patient with them - we don’t really have any other choice.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 12:23 - Nov 26 with 668 viewsWhiterockin

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:52 - Nov 26 by sons_of_omri

How the hell do you know, they’ve hardly had any chances to play?

And if that’s the case you must prefer the utter dog poo that was on display last night.

The reason we get overrun is because we overplay in midfield , get turned over and our weak as per defence is not fast of skilful enough to prevent us leaking goals. If we were constantly threatening the opposition we wouldn’t have to defend so much.

Widdell at 10 has strength and ability and in my opinion is our missing link. Yalcouye is full of energy and at least goes forward and he would make himself available unlike Cullen. Inoussa is one of our best ball players and simply needs a good run of games . Eom, Ronald and Cullen have had totally undeserved runs in the team for no good reason. It’s tile to give the new guys a chance and be patient with them - we don’t really have any other choice.


Personally I think if we played Widell, Yalcouye and Inoussa we would be too fragile and I think they flatter to decieve. If they play and improve under Matos you can blame the previous coach if they don't you need to look at the players, only time will tell.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 12:53 - Nov 26 with 604 viewsjack247

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:52 - Nov 26 by sons_of_omri

How the hell do you know, they’ve hardly had any chances to play?

And if that’s the case you must prefer the utter dog poo that was on display last night.

The reason we get overrun is because we overplay in midfield , get turned over and our weak as per defence is not fast of skilful enough to prevent us leaking goals. If we were constantly threatening the opposition we wouldn’t have to defend so much.

Widdell at 10 has strength and ability and in my opinion is our missing link. Yalcouye is full of energy and at least goes forward and he would make himself available unlike Cullen. Inoussa is one of our best ball players and simply needs a good run of games . Eom, Ronald and Cullen have had totally undeserved runs in the team for no good reason. It’s tile to give the new guys a chance and be patient with them - we don’t really have any other choice.


Because I’ve seen them all play and they are all positionally very suspect. If I could only see what players do, in possession, going forward, then yes I’d want them all to start too.

I can almost guarantee that if we started the three of them, we’d get rinsed on the break and people would blame our fullbacks.

As for your second line, you couldn’t have read my whole post. Of course we need players like that, they are the players who make things happen. There has to be a sensible balance between the ultra negative set up we had last night and a 10 year old playing championship manager picking his favourite players.

All of those players have a strong case to be starting games IMO. Just not at the same time.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 13:00 - Nov 26 with 589 viewsjack247

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 12:23 - Nov 26 by Whiterockin

Personally I think if we played Widell, Yalcouye and Inoussa we would be too fragile and I think they flatter to decieve. If they play and improve under Matos you can blame the previous coach if they don't you need to look at the players, only time will tell.


Yalcouye almost needs to be given a free role. He can nick possession anywhere and burst past defenders. He’s not going to cover teammates though and we need to be prepared for him losing possession anywhere.

Innousa would be perfect with someone like Naughton behind him. Less defensive responsibility and more freedom to go run at people. He’s not going to get that from Tymon.

Widdell, is the one who I think is unluckiest to have had the limited opportunity he’s had so far. There’s room for a player like that if he’s got Galbraith and Franco/Stamenic behind him.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 13:39 - Nov 26 with 501 viewsWhiterockin

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 13:00 - Nov 26 by jack247

Yalcouye almost needs to be given a free role. He can nick possession anywhere and burst past defenders. He’s not going to cover teammates though and we need to be prepared for him losing possession anywhere.

Innousa would be perfect with someone like Naughton behind him. Less defensive responsibility and more freedom to go run at people. He’s not going to get that from Tymon.

Widdell, is the one who I think is unluckiest to have had the limited opportunity he’s had so far. There’s room for a player like that if he’s got Galbraith and Franco/Stamenic behind him.


True but not all at the same time.
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Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 13:41 - Nov 26 with 488 viewsonehunglow

Swansea City v Derby County : Match day thread on 11:52 - Nov 26 by sons_of_omri

How the hell do you know, they’ve hardly had any chances to play?

And if that’s the case you must prefer the utter dog poo that was on display last night.

The reason we get overrun is because we overplay in midfield , get turned over and our weak as per defence is not fast of skilful enough to prevent us leaking goals. If we were constantly threatening the opposition we wouldn’t have to defend so much.

Widdell at 10 has strength and ability and in my opinion is our missing link. Yalcouye is full of energy and at least goes forward and he would make himself available unlike Cullen. Inoussa is one of our best ball players and simply needs a good run of games . Eom, Ronald and Cullen have had totally undeserved runs in the team for no good reason. It’s tile to give the new guys a chance and be patient with them - we don’t really have any other choice.


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Widdell has not been on the field long enough to judge

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