| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread 10:31 - Aug 3 with 45420 views | ModeratorC |
 Swansea City : Leganés, Blues build up & striker on his way to the Swans ? 3rd Aug 2026 12:30The pre-season has come to an end. CD Leganés was our final test, and Matos now has less than a week before the stakes become real. Birmingham City awaits, but first let's take what we can from that friendly at the Swansea.com Stadium. Plus we have news of a striker signing by the Swans rumoured.  0
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:36 - Aug 8 with 2648 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:30 - Aug 8 by Fireboy2 |
Only negativity. |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:40 - Aug 8 with 2636 views | jack_lord |
ffs that was a penalty in front of the ref |  |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:41 - Aug 8 with 2581 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:40 - Aug 8 by jack_lord |
ffs that was a penalty in front of the ref |
Clear shirt tug | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:41 - Aug 8 with 2609 views | jack_lord |
This ref is suspicious at best | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:41 - Aug 8 with 2609 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:40 - Aug 8 by jack_lord |
ffs that was a penalty in front of the ref |
All day long, soft but still a pen. |  | | |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:44 - Aug 8 with 2574 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:40 - Aug 8 by jack_lord |
ffs that was a penalty in front of the ref |
Was tugged but didn’t go down until the tugging stopped.
Should have laid the ball off anyway.
We are trying to be too cute. Playing balls which the feet can’t keep up with and losing possession.
Also, no control of the ball. Seems to be getting stuck under their feet too often. |  |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:46 - Aug 8 with 2532 views | jack_lord |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:44 - Aug 8 by union_jack |
Was tugged but didn’t go down until the tugging stopped.
Should have laid the ball off anyway.
We are trying to be too cute. Playing balls which the feet can’t keep up with and losing possession.
Also, no control of the ball. Seems to be getting stuck under their feet too often. |
it looked like he still had hold of his shirt when he went down | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:47 - Aug 8 with 2523 views | Treforys_Jack |
Despite the likely result, personally I think it's been a performance that has lots of positive signs and we're only going to get better you'd think. | | | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:51 - Aug 8 with 2443 views | Fireboy2 |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:47 - Aug 8 by Treforys_Jack |
Despite the likely result, personally I think it's been a performance that has lots of positive signs and we're only going to get better you'd think. |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:54 - Aug 8 with 2406 views | pete |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:47 - Aug 8 by Treforys_Jack |
Despite the likely result, personally I think it's been a performance that has lots of positive signs and we're only going to get better you'd think. |
to be honest the second half has been very poor and to Treforys jacks point , they will have to , was not impressed early days but can see we need a galbraith replacement someone who can control the game
lots of effort but no patternor plan
know lads need to adjust etc but honestly that was nowhere near good enough | | | |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:55 - Aug 8 with 2394 views | JJBomber |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:47 - Aug 8 by Treforys_Jack |
Despite the likely result, personally I think it's been a performance that has lots of positive signs and we're only going to get better you'd think. |
Lots of good build up work but the final ball has been poor. Defence has been good, restricting them to just one shot on goal. Mixed bag really. | | | |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:55 - Aug 8 with 2390 views | TenbySwan |
Difficult for me to see any positives.
Others may be as well but Burgess definitely at fault, and was poor all game.
Never leave early but would have been sorely tempted today.
We wouldn't have scored if we had played until midnight. |  | | |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:56 - Aug 8 with 2382 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:47 - Aug 8 by Treforys_Jack |
Despite the likely result, personally I think it's been a performance that has lots of positive signs and we're only going to get better you'd think. |
I think it’s been below average, especially the second half.
Yes, some positives with more pace on the flanks but a lot of fancy Dan stuff without an end product. Some maybe happy with that but I’m not.
However, it’s a cup game of less importance than the league and players are still getting to know each other so I’ll hope, expect even that things will get better. But today was disappointing. | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:56 - Aug 8 with 2377 views | pete |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:55 - Aug 8 by TenbySwan |
Difficult for me to see any positives.
Others may be as well but Burgess definitely at fault, and was poor all game.
Never leave early but would have been sorely tempted today.
We wouldn't have scored if we had played until midnight. |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:02 - Aug 8 with 2269 views | onehunglow |
Truth is we looked as we have for long
We’ve had new blood brought in but it’s changed nothing
Positives ?
Yeah , of course
Crowd were really enthused
We have to be honest and quit accepting medicority and stop posting material that is simply for the posters “ positive” image
It’s about the club , the team
Negativity is often the truth and the truth is the primary victim every time
Second half should have seen greater fluidity and drive .It didn’t
Only a cup game Of course it was | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:03 - Aug 8 with 2267 views | max936 |
We were shapeless and clueless in that 2nd half and ended the game with 2 shots on target, its early in the season of course, but it was the same for Birmingham, but they totally controlled that 2nd half, Just had two great chances especially his 2nd chance and he fluffed his lines.
Need to put our chances away, Vipotnik came on, but we never saw him, going through the motions?. [Post edited 8 Aug 17:07]
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:06 - Aug 8 with 2206 views | max936 |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:54 - Aug 8 by pete |
to be honest the second half has been very poor and to Treforys jacks point , they will have to , was not impressed early days but can see we need a galbraith replacement someone who can control the game
lots of effort but no patternor plan
know lads need to adjust etc but honestly that was nowhere near good enough |
Great post Pete and it virtually echo's my view of the game. | | | |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:07 - Aug 8 with 2181 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:02 - Aug 8 by onehunglow |
Truth is we looked as we have for long
We’ve had new blood brought in but it’s changed nothing
Positives ?
Yeah , of course
Crowd were really enthused
We have to be honest and quit accepting medicority and stop posting material that is simply for the posters “ positive” image
It’s about the club , the team
Negativity is often the truth and the truth is the primary victim every time
Second half should have seen greater fluidity and drive .It didn’t
Only a cup game Of course it was |
Sometimes the ostrich effect makes people feel better.
Me, I’d rather say it as I see it which could be very good, very bad or somewhere in between. Today was a mixed bag but we were toothless and they were thinking faster than they could act. That happened last year so I’m not over confident we are going to solve the issue. Sometimes, keeping it simple is the best option. | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:08 - Aug 8 with 2167 views | GVJack |
Poor result. Played ok (ISH) but need to improve significantly if we want to be up there with the best sides in the championship this year.
I thought we looked a little lethargic and unorganised particularly in the second half. Felt like a pre-season friendly not a cup match.
I'll give them a free pass on this week as some new boys are still gelling and finding fitness, but next week needs to be a step up to get anything out of the game. | | | |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:12 - Aug 8 with 2082 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:07 - Aug 8 by union_jack |
Sometimes the ostrich effect makes people feel better.
Me, I’d rather say it as I see it which could be very good, very bad or somewhere in between. Today was a mixed bag but we were toothless and they were thinking faster than they could act. That happened last year so I’m not over confident we are going to solve the issue. Sometimes, keeping it simple is the best option. |
You make great point
We try to be cute
We haven’t the quality MITs like asking our CBs to play pretty
They can’t
Negatives today
Vigsroux distribution no better
Key running into No man’s land
Tymon still a chronic defender
Whole team playing like strangers
Even on extra time , no urgency
Still going sideways
Positives
Lissah looks quality
Vipi still on our books
The sun shone | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:23 - Aug 8 with 1993 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:07 - Aug 8 by union_jack |
Sometimes the ostrich effect makes people feel better.
Me, I’d rather say it as I see it which could be very good, very bad or somewhere in between. Today was a mixed bag but we were toothless and they were thinking faster than they could act. That happened last year so I’m not over confident we are going to solve the issue. Sometimes, keeping it simple is the best option. |
So a different opinion to you = ostrich effect, we all see things differently, I saw a lot of positivity 1st half and even allowing for a much poorer 2nd half where we should have had a nailed on pen, we should have won that game relatively comfortably, we didn't, we lost and rather tamely in the end., which wax the biggest disappointment for me. However I still saw positives in the whole 95mins and looking forward to next week. | | | |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:31 - Aug 8 with 1926 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:23 - Aug 8 by Treforys_Jack |
So a different opinion to you = ostrich effect, we all see things differently, I saw a lot of positivity 1st half and even allowing for a much poorer 2nd half where we should have had a nailed on pen, we should have won that game relatively comfortably, we didn't, we lost and rather tamely in the end., which wax the biggest disappointment for me. However I still saw positives in the whole 95mins and looking forward to next week. |
No, not at all. But some have a habit of only seeing positives and not acknowledging negatives of which there was a fair mix of both on display today.
It’s great to be positive but it’s meaningless if you don’t see the negatives on show. Or refuse to comment on them.
Neither side were brilliant and someone above mentioned it had the feel of a pre-season friendly. I only hope our players are more on the same page next week. And more on the front foot getting the ball into the box early and quickly. Today had many of the signs of games last season. | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:33 - Aug 8 with 1901 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Meh. I remember getting pumped out of the league cup by Shrewsbury when we were in the premier league. Still had a great season and played some superb stuff.
Today was basically a friendly. The real stuff starts next week. |  |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:34 - Aug 8 with 1890 views | Boundy |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 16:51 - Aug 8 by Fireboy2 |
Definitely |
We will improve but then again we'll have to, much much too soon to throw the baby out and imo there's some very positive signs of attacking intent ,certainly in the first half, aand we got into some good positions to shoot but it appeared players were happy to pass that responsibilty onto the next man.Some great interlink play some which worked and some which didn't but all in all I'm not too disappointed other than the lack of chances we created in the second half compared to the first . | |
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| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:35 - Aug 8 with 1877 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Swansea City v Birmingham City : The Indy match thread on 17:31 - Aug 8 by union_jack |
No, not at all. But some have a habit of only seeing positives and not acknowledging negatives of which there was a fair mix of both on display today.
It’s great to be positive but it’s meaningless if you don’t see the negatives on show. Or refuse to comment on them.
Neither side were brilliant and someone above mentioned it had the feel of a pre-season friendly. I only hope our players are more on the same page next week. And more on the front foot getting the ball into the box early and quickly. Today had many of the signs of games last season. |
Fair response, however equally some only see the negatives. | | | |
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