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Currently 5th in the Premier League on 23:25 - Sep 28 by Liberty
Are you happy with Swans start to the season?
Yes or no
I'd use the word happy, yes.
It hasn't been brilliant but it certainly hasn't been poor.
Some of the tactics employed have been questionable though and judging by yesterdays matchday thread it seem that my early assessment of Gomis which nearly everybody disagreed with and many even attacked me over is now considered the popular opinion.
It seems to be a pattern, I post something that most believe is rubbish, it turns out to be correct and I get no apologies.
It hasn't been brilliant but it certainly hasn't been poor.
Some of the tactics employed have been questionable though and judging by yesterdays matchday thread it seem that my early assessment of Gomis which nearly everybody disagreed with and many even attacked me over is now considered the popular opinion.
It seems to be a pattern, I post something that most believe is rubbish, it turns out to be correct and I get no apologies.
Gomis needs game time, bit too early to write him off.
Snag is , with only 1 up front and Bony having done well for us.
Currently 5th in the Premier League on 23:56 - Sep 28 by Liberty
Gomis needs game time, bit too early to write him off.
Snag is , with only 1 up front and Bony having done well for us.
Keep with Bony for now, for me.
I agree.
I never wrote him off, I just simply stated he struggles to hold up the ball and repeatedly looks for the eye of the needle pass or the over the top high ball instead of finding space, holding it up and bringing the wingers and midfielders into play.
When he does go looking for space he reminds me of Bauza running around tirelessly but struggling to get a touch. That may have cut it in League 1 but Gomis is probably earning a month close to what Bauza got every 6.
He better step it up and he'd better do it quick. He wasn't brought in to be a poor mans Bony, he was brought in to improve on him.
I never wrote him off, I just simply stated he struggles to hold up the ball and repeatedly looks for the eye of the needle pass or the over the top high ball instead of finding space, holding it up and bringing the wingers and midfielders into play.
When he does go looking for space he reminds me of Bauza running around tirelessly but struggling to get a touch. That may have cut it in League 1 but Gomis is probably earning a month close to what Bauza got every 6.
He better step it up and he'd better do it quick. He wasn't brought in to be a poor mans Bony, he was brought in to improve on him.
And this time last year people were on here saying Bony was S#%t so lets give the boy a chance is it?
I'm very pleased, but in my opinion we also have to look at who we've played.
My system, which I've bored you with before, is to split the Premier League up into three groups. There are the top five who compete for the Champions League spots (Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U), there are the next two who compete for the Europa league spots (Spurs, Everton), then there is our league with 12 rival clubs.
On average, I expect to get no points from the top 5, 1 point home and away from the next two, and four points from each of the 12 teams in our league (a win at home, a draw away).
If we can meet that target, we will end up with 52 points, which is a good mid table finish.
As it stands, we are spot on course, which is very good. Picked up three points on the first day of the season when we were expected to get none, but then lost at home to a team in 'our' league. All the other games went as required.
Next three games - we need minimum seven points from Newcastle and Leicester at home, and Stoke away.
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Currently 5th in the Premier League on 08:54 - Sep 29 with 1054 views
Currently 5th in the Premier League on 08:50 - Sep 29 by Pegojack
I'm very pleased, but in my opinion we also have to look at who we've played.
My system, which I've bored you with before, is to split the Premier League up into three groups. There are the top five who compete for the Champions League spots (Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U), there are the next two who compete for the Europa league spots (Spurs, Everton), then there is our league with 12 rival clubs.
On average, I expect to get no points from the top 5, 1 point home and away from the next two, and four points from each of the 12 teams in our league (a win at home, a draw away).
If we can meet that target, we will end up with 52 points, which is a good mid table finish.
As it stands, we are spot on course, which is very good. Picked up three points on the first day of the season when we were expected to get none, but then lost at home to a team in 'our' league. All the other games went as required.
Next three games - we need minimum seven points from Newcastle and Leicester at home, and Stoke away.
4 points or less would be disappointing, 5 or 6 acceptable, 7 or 9 spectacular.
No complaints a good start to the season for me. Sunderland away wasn't an easy game,why people thought it would be I have no idea, they have only lost one game this season and were gonna come out all guns blazing to try and beat us as we are a team they would have targeted for 3 pts.
Monk has done well and the players are playing for him which for me is vital at this level.
It's going to be tough this season like it was previous seasons but we don't have anything to complain about with our first 5/6 games.
Losing to Southampton was a shame as we were all over them until the sending off, Chelsea away was a great game for 60 minutes and we will be one of the only teams to go there and stand toe to toe with a world class team, a team which we dominated for a long spell.
It's all good at the moment, 3 pts against Newcastle will make it an awesome first few weeks.
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Currently 5th in the Premier League on 09:44 - Sep 29 with 978 views
Currently 5th in the Premier League on 09:38 - Sep 29 by icecoldjack
No complaints a good start to the season for me. Sunderland away wasn't an easy game,why people thought it would be I have no idea, they have only lost one game this season and were gonna come out all guns blazing to try and beat us as we are a team they would have targeted for 3 pts.
Monk has done well and the players are playing for him which for me is vital at this level.
It's going to be tough this season like it was previous seasons but we don't have anything to complain about with our first 5/6 games.
Losing to Southampton was a shame as we were all over them until the sending off, Chelsea away was a great game for 60 minutes and we will be one of the only teams to go there and stand toe to toe with a world class team, a team which we dominated for a long spell.
It's all good at the moment, 3 pts against Newcastle will make it an awesome first few weeks.
Excellent post, sums up my feelings perfectly
You give it out, you take it back it`s all part of the game
We weren't likely to get more than a point at Sunderland before the second booking. Gomis isn't Bony and we can't expect him to be. Seemed to me we were playing to Bonys strengths not Gomis' and he was having a tough time of it. The sending off just forced us to shut up shop and we coped reasonably comfortably.
Southampton was another matter, first half was fairly even but we were starting to get on top and it looked like a goal was coming before Bony went.
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Currently 5th in the Premier League on 10:11 - Sep 29 with 935 views
Yes, very pleased with the good start to the season. If we can get a couple of wins in the next 3 games, then we will be well placed to ride out the next few games against more difficult opponents. We are currently a mid table team punching above our weight, while the likes of Man Ure, Liverpool and Everton are not ;)
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