| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread 21:21 - Feb 20 with 7407 views | ModeratorC |
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Refereed 7 times
Swansea City Won 2 Drawn 3 Lost 2
For 8 Against 11
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REFEREE: DAVID WEBB: Has been Referee 7 times & 4th Official 7 times once at the Stadium
ASSISTANT: DANIEL LEACH: Has been an Assistant 15 times at the Stadium
ASSISTANT: ALISTAIR NELSON : Has been an Assistant once at the Stadium
4th OFFICIAL: STEPHEN MARTIN : Has been Referee 11 times, Assistant 4 times & 4th Official 9 times at the Stadium
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 07:06 - Feb 25 with 1285 views | Whiterockin |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 07:02 - Feb 25 by GixerJack |
I still can’t decide whether that was a point gained or two dropped |
We should have been three down at halftime and definitely would have been 2-0 down just before Cullen scored if it wasn't for Vigouroux. After the shocking first half definitely a point gained for me. |  | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 07:55 - Feb 25 with 1167 views | swancity |
A strange game. After the razzmatazz before the game the atmosphere was unusually flat in the first half and we looked terrible on the pitch too. Preston were much the better side but the second half was a different story helped by the three half time changes there was a better balance to the team wifh more urgency intensity and movement. A superb Cullen header to rescue a point from an outstanding delivery to send everyone home ( reasonably ) happy. Disappointing from Ronald and Walta you’d think that Yalcouye deserves a start too. He’s a live wire who can spark things for us and wasnt Nunes good too. 👏🏻 | |
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 08:34 - Feb 25 with 1086 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 22:23 - Feb 24 by Dr_Winston |
That first half performance left us with too much to do.
Yalcouye and Nunes need to be starting. Key at RB too. Galbraith is wasted and a borderline risk there. Not sure what we wanted Walta to do and he didn't appear to know either. Wasn't nearly advanced enough if he was supposed to be the AM.
Much better second half though and just about deserved a draw overall. |
I get we rate Walta very highly and he’ll only get up to speed by playing games, but he shouldn’t be anywhere near the starting line up yet. I’m all for it last couple of games if we’ve got nothing to play for
It just passed him by. He didn’t appear to know where he was supposed to be, shied away from tackles and both of those things hurt our pressing game | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 08:43 - Feb 25 with 1047 views | Whiterockin |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 07:55 - Feb 25 by swancity |
A strange game. After the razzmatazz before the game the atmosphere was unusually flat in the first half and we looked terrible on the pitch too. Preston were much the better side but the second half was a different story helped by the three half time changes there was a better balance to the team wifh more urgency intensity and movement. A superb Cullen header to rescue a point from an outstanding delivery to send everyone home ( reasonably ) happy. Disappointing from Ronald and Walta you’d think that Yalcouye deserves a start too. He’s a live wire who can spark things for us and wasnt Nunes good too. 👏🏻 |
Ronald was shocking last night and I normally defend him, Walta in my opinion is not up to speed and shouldn't start yet. Fulton was out muscled in midfield and not quick enough with the tempo to move the game forward, not helped by poor distribution from Cabango and Burgess. Galbraith who I think is a terrific player was continually caught out of position and not for the first time this season, but changed the game when he went into midfield. Yalcouye who I have criticised for getting knocked off the ball too easily and being inconsistent was excellent as was Nunes and should start now. Key has shown enough in the last couple of games to regain his RB place, but the crowd need to back him not slag him off if he makes a mistake. Matos has a selection problem now and has to pick his best team to start matches, not necessarily his best individuals, its not easy. | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 09:43 - Feb 25 with 910 views | RichardO |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 08:43 - Feb 25 by Whiterockin |
Ronald was shocking last night and I normally defend him, Walta in my opinion is not up to speed and shouldn't start yet. Fulton was out muscled in midfield and not quick enough with the tempo to move the game forward, not helped by poor distribution from Cabango and Burgess. Galbraith who I think is a terrific player was continually caught out of position and not for the first time this season, but changed the game when he went into midfield. Yalcouye who I have criticised for getting knocked off the ball too easily and being inconsistent was excellent as was Nunes and should start now. Key has shown enough in the last couple of games to regain his RB place, but the crowd need to back him not slag him off if he makes a mistake. Matos has a selection problem now and has to pick his best team to start matches, not necessarily his best individuals, its not easy. |
Galbraith, Yalcouye, Nunes, Tymon, Key and Widell have enough pace, movement and skills to keep us on the front foot and it was a pleasure to see us moving the ball quickly and with purpose to get the ball in and around the opposition box but Preston had gone into defensive mode with an eye to catch us on the counter act. We did get the ball into dangerous areas with some nice play and mixed it up with some crosses either from open play and set pieces which eventually got us the reward we deserved.
Matos did mention that if we had scored earlier in that second half the game would change, would Preston crumble or come out fighting,if they came out of that defensive mode would we have been able to cope defensively or be more able to hurt them.
Different games present different problems could we start with the team that finished and play teams off the park or would we be kicked off the park which in the end of last nights game seemed to be Preston's intent. We have seen in a couple of away games against the so called better teams we have run out of steam, only losing by the odd goal. We have seen both Fulton and Stamenic used to good effect in games but we have seen them suffer against teams who play at a high tempo. Would the players mentioned at the top of the quote be able to start and keep the high tempo set in that second half for the whole game, I think not but if that high tempo results in early goals for us we have seen we are capable of keeping thing relatively tight at the back with substitutions if needed.
As you say Matos has a selection problem now but we have seen teams playing at a high tempo cause us problems so I think those players starting could cause teams problems but we must appreciate that at times a game needs to have changes in tempo to catch teams off guard, have those relatively young amd inexperienced players, if in the starting eleven, now learnt enough about Championship football to remain focused and effective for the 90 minutes or whatever time the manager thinks we need to get positive results.
The manager seems to be able for the most part to change games with a positive outcome, long may that continue. | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:00 - Feb 25 with 866 views | johnlangy |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 20:41 - Feb 24 by JACKMANANDBOY |
Awful first half, against a team that will play one way. Ball retention and skill are the key. Yalcoure needs to be on at half time for Walta who has not been aggressive enough. |
Ball retention. Yes.
Second half you could count the long balls out of defence on one hand. So much better. | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:05 - Feb 25 with 859 views | Legend83 |
Agree with the consensus on here - Matos got it all wrong in the 1st half putting Walta on from the start against a physical and fast team. He clearly has ability and I'm sure will come good, but Fulton and Franco were disjointed because Walta seemed to have no clue where to be or when to press (and when he did it was ineffective).
I felt for EOM - how many brilliant set piece deliveries that put it on a plate for someone?!
Nunes - we have to accept that sometimes his trickery won't come off (losing the ball doing a double stepover makes anyone look like a plum), but this boy can play right? Two great crosses in two games led to two goals.
Great to see Key looking sharp and his pace and athleticism really gave their left back something to think about (which was not the case with Ronald).
Finishing on a downer, Tymon must have had his worst match of the season but I am sure he will bounce back.
The ref was an absolute calamity - 17 fouls to our 5 but both teams with 2 yellow cards. | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:09 - Feb 25 with 842 views | sw02sea |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 08:43 - Feb 25 by Whiterockin |
Ronald was shocking last night and I normally defend him, Walta in my opinion is not up to speed and shouldn't start yet. Fulton was out muscled in midfield and not quick enough with the tempo to move the game forward, not helped by poor distribution from Cabango and Burgess. Galbraith who I think is a terrific player was continually caught out of position and not for the first time this season, but changed the game when he went into midfield. Yalcouye who I have criticised for getting knocked off the ball too easily and being inconsistent was excellent as was Nunes and should start now. Key has shown enough in the last couple of games to regain his RB place, but the crowd need to back him not slag him off if he makes a mistake. Matos has a selection problem now and has to pick his best team to start matches, not necessarily his best individuals, its not easy. |
Let’s cut to the chase. Ronald Pereira Martins is a liability as a winger. If we had an up and coming youngster who played out wide, I’d play him for the rest of the season for experience. Dropping 2 points last night has more or less ended any faint hope of the top six. I honestly think if we had two decent, reliable wide men,we would be a much better, more rounded team. Eom for me is too inconsistent, but a better prospect than Ronald. | | | |
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:10 - Feb 25 with 839 views | Dr_Winston |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:05 - Feb 25 by Legend83 |
Agree with the consensus on here - Matos got it all wrong in the 1st half putting Walta on from the start against a physical and fast team. He clearly has ability and I'm sure will come good, but Fulton and Franco were disjointed because Walta seemed to have no clue where to be or when to press (and when he did it was ineffective).
I felt for EOM - how many brilliant set piece deliveries that put it on a plate for someone?!
Nunes - we have to accept that sometimes his trickery won't come off (losing the ball doing a double stepover makes anyone look like a plum), but this boy can play right? Two great crosses in two games led to two goals.
Great to see Key looking sharp and his pace and athleticism really gave their left back something to think about (which was not the case with Ronald).
Finishing on a downer, Tymon must have had his worst match of the season but I am sure he will bounce back.
The ref was an absolute calamity - 17 fouls to our 5 but both teams with 2 yellow cards. |
Agree on Eom's set pieces. Put several lovely balls over.
The stats are doing him a disservice. |  |
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:20 - Feb 25 with 818 views | wwcigne |
I thought last night in the stadium from where I was sitting that Vigaroux could have done better with the Preston goal , looking at the highlights it confirms what I saw , he let the cross into the box run across in front of him within easy reach , he’s a brilliant snap saver but doesn’t sense danger and seems reluctant to come off his line ,appearing to be glued to it , how many times has it happened this season
Yes he’s saved us many times as well but how many goals have we conceded because he ball watches and doesn’t react and won’t come off the line | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:53 - Feb 25 with 757 views | RichardO |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:10 - Feb 25 by Dr_Winston |
Agree on Eom's set pieces. Put several lovely balls over.
The stats are doing him a disservice. |
Couple of points with regards to our set pieces why at corners do we very rarely see Cabango or Burgess make runs in front of the players at the front post it would drag big defenders out and as we know it is going to be whipping in it would only need the slightest touch, we have seen Cullen and Vipotnik do it surely it makes sense that the bigger men also as an alternative at the front post.
How many times have we got ourselves caught offside from free kicks by holding a line beyond their back line set up it seems crazy to me static forward expecting to out jump static defenders, even worse our tall players have to take a step back to get onside as the kick is being taken, I didn't think Preston's defence was particularly good defensively in an aerial sense borne out one by Cullen's goal but the number of chances missed but how many times did our big boys get under the ball unable to head downward was that a result of the dropping back to stay onside leaving them unable to get a good run and jump to get on top of the ball to drive home the advantage of being able to get higher than a static defender holding the line.I think our movement is very poor at set pieces. Quite a few of our goals have come from the fallout around set pieces but I do think we are not maximising the use of Burgess and Cabango at set pieces. [Post edited 25 Feb 12:41]
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 11:26 - Feb 25 with 688 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:20 - Feb 25 by wwcigne |
I thought last night in the stadium from where I was sitting that Vigaroux could have done better with the Preston goal , looking at the highlights it confirms what I saw , he let the cross into the box run across in front of him within easy reach , he’s a brilliant snap saver but doesn’t sense danger and seems reluctant to come off his line ,appearing to be glued to it , how many times has it happened this season
Yes he’s saved us many times as well but how many goals have we conceded because he ball watches and doesn’t react and won’t come off the line |
Partially agree with that.
However, I don’t blame him for the goal at all. It was a perfect ball across goal which possibly Tymon could have dealt with better but it went Preston’s way. A good move from them with a fair amount if luck with the the run of the ball. But they deserved it and really should have scored more.
There was an incident in the first half where he was stuck to his line but thought about coming for a very high ball but left it to Cabango. He should be commanding that part of his area better for a big man. That said, I wouldn’t swap him for any other keeper in the league. That save at the end ultimately got us a point. |  |
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 11:47 - Feb 25 with 629 views | Dr_Winston |
Like most players at this level Viggy has weaknesses that mean he's not likely to be top level. As good as most people thought DeVries was the last time we went up there were weaknesses in his game that made him someone we'd have probably upgraded on whether he'd stayed or not. LV is in a similar category for me.
Good enough for us at the moment though. His attributes outweigh his weaknesses by some distance. | |
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 12:50 - Feb 25 with 563 views | KeithHaynes |
 Cullen saves the Swans in a world class moment 25th Feb 2026 12:00The Swans most certainly flattered to deceive last night at the Swansea.com. In a game where all the focus was on investor Snoop Dogg the pre match build up made the game itself feel secondary. After all the glitz and the glamour that turned out to be the highlight of the night - there was little of that on the pitch. 0
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 12:53 - Feb 25 with 560 views | RichardO |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 11:47 - Feb 25 by Dr_Winston |
Like most players at this level Viggy has weaknesses that mean he's not likely to be top level. As good as most people thought DeVries was the last time we went up there were weaknesses in his game that made him someone we'd have probably upgraded on whether he'd stayed or not. LV is in a similar category for me.
Good enough for us at the moment though. His attributes outweigh his weaknesses by some distance. |
Just watched the highlights Cabango and Burgess did have clear chances from our set pieces as did Vipotnik but the offside flag did go up for one of those chances.
And was their goal offside, the player who played the ball in the challenged with Tymon looked offside when the cross from the opposite side was played and before when the ball was played to the player on the opposite side.
Anybody seen the televised game and have they any opinions on the various clashes in the box which saw the Swans players hit the deck. | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 13:16 - Feb 25 with 508 views | streetlyjack |
A wasted opportunity last night but a point gained I think.
If we are to seriously challenge for promotion we need to make a few changes / additions to the squad, the key ones for me would be:
- A big gnarly centre half who can add value at both ends and doesnt get bullied or knocked off the ball easily. Our current pairing just isnt good enough to get us promoted...too slow, weak at set pieces and unable to get the ball through the press into central midfield...this side to side stuff is too easy to set up against and we must find a way to get the ball forward quicker.
- Dynamic wingers who can hit the bylines and actually cross a ball - imagine how many Vip could score with this service. Ronald is just not good enough and Eom is not consistent enough to create lots of chances.
- Build the core around Vig, Tymon, Galbraith and Vipotnik if we can hold onto them.
- Extend loans of Yalcouye and possibly Nunes if they continue to add value this season.
Lots of work for Matos and the coaches still required to build a team capable and consistent enough to challenge at the top.
IMO we have a squad with perhaps 6 players good enough to build a successful team around, we also have a lot of very average similar style mid table level players that needs to be addressed either via coaching or exit. | |
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 14:49 - Feb 25 with 422 views | Whiterockin |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 13:16 - Feb 25 by streetlyjack |
A wasted opportunity last night but a point gained I think.
If we are to seriously challenge for promotion we need to make a few changes / additions to the squad, the key ones for me would be:
- A big gnarly centre half who can add value at both ends and doesnt get bullied or knocked off the ball easily. Our current pairing just isnt good enough to get us promoted...too slow, weak at set pieces and unable to get the ball through the press into central midfield...this side to side stuff is too easy to set up against and we must find a way to get the ball forward quicker.
- Dynamic wingers who can hit the bylines and actually cross a ball - imagine how many Vip could score with this service. Ronald is just not good enough and Eom is not consistent enough to create lots of chances.
- Build the core around Vig, Tymon, Galbraith and Vipotnik if we can hold onto them.
- Extend loans of Yalcouye and possibly Nunes if they continue to add value this season.
Lots of work for Matos and the coaches still required to build a team capable and consistent enough to challenge at the top.
IMO we have a squad with perhaps 6 players good enough to build a successful team around, we also have a lot of very average similar style mid table level players that needs to be addressed either via coaching or exit. |
"Build the core around Vig, Tymon, Galbraith and Vipotnik"
Two of those will be gone in the summer and the funds will be used to build for a promotion challenge. Along the same lines as Coventry have done. | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 19:36 - Feb 25 with 300 views | JJBomber |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 10:20 - Feb 25 by wwcigne |
I thought last night in the stadium from where I was sitting that Vigaroux could have done better with the Preston goal , looking at the highlights it confirms what I saw , he let the cross into the box run across in front of him within easy reach , he’s a brilliant snap saver but doesn’t sense danger and seems reluctant to come off his line ,appearing to be glued to it , how many times has it happened this season
Yes he’s saved us many times as well but how many goals have we conceded because he ball watches and doesn’t react and won’t come off the line |
My favourite comment of the season was against Bristol City, when Vigs went down clutching his foot and the trainer came sprinting on. ''They're bringing some new nails for his boots!'' said the local wit sitting next to me. Indeed, nailed to the goal-line every game. [Post edited 25 Feb 22:01]
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 19:43 - Feb 25 with 285 views | wwcigne |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 20:41 - Feb 24 by JACKMANANDBOY |
Awful first half, against a team that will play one way. Ball retention and skill are the key. Yalcoure needs to be on at half time for Walta who has not been aggressive enough. |
Preston just pumped long balls forward ,either in the wide channels or straight down the middle and whichever of their players were closest,chased after the ball and others ran to the edge of the 18 yard box waiting for cutbacks to shoot at goal
The way we set up 1st half and gave their widemen so much time and space played into their hands , second half was a different story we looked better,played faster and they didn’t like it and we really should have scored more
Lesson learnt hopefully | | | |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 20:09 - Feb 25 with 252 views | Dr_Winston |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 08:34 - Feb 25 by jack247 |
I get we rate Walta very highly and he’ll only get up to speed by playing games, but he shouldn’t be anywhere near the starting line up yet. I’m all for it last couple of games if we’ve got nothing to play for
It just passed him by. He didn’t appear to know where he was supposed to be, shied away from tackles and both of those things hurt our pressing game |
I just think we got the midfield mix wrong. Fulton and Franco are both very good at what they do, but neither of them are really the kind of player to drive things forward. That left us with a massive gap between the midfield and the forward three (four if you include Walta) so he kept dropping deep to try and get some possession, which meant for the most part he wasn't where he needed to be when we actually did get forward.
I'd like to see him teamed up with Galbraith and Yalcouye. Second half we might have seen more from him. | |
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| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 20:25 - Feb 25 with 224 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v Preston North End : Match day thread on 20:09 - Feb 25 by Dr_Winston |
I just think we got the midfield mix wrong. Fulton and Franco are both very good at what they do, but neither of them are really the kind of player to drive things forward. That left us with a massive gap between the midfield and the forward three (four if you include Walta) so he kept dropping deep to try and get some possession, which meant for the most part he wasn't where he needed to be when we actually did get forward.
I'd like to see him teamed up with Galbraith and Yalcouye. Second half we might have seen more from him. |
I don’t think he’s ready. You wouldn’t expect him to be match fit, but he was all over the shop positionally and seemed a bit tentative of the physical side of it. It’s easy to pass around our press if we have one player not in synch with his teammates.
He’s clearly very highly rated and you can see he’s got quality. I think it’s going to take him a while to adjust. When he does, he may well be the player we’ve been missing for years. I just think we’re rushing him.
In fairness to Matos, the triple change was perfect. Two midfielders pressing hard alongside Vipotnik and Widell and Cullen in reserve for when Franco ran himself into the ground.
Had Yalcouye put that chance away early second half, I think we would have overwhelmed them. We were easily the better team when we imposed our game on them. | | | |
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