| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread 17:58 - Mar 1 with 8647 views | ModeratorC |
 Swans looking to get revenge on typical Stoke tactics 3rd Mar 2026 08:00The Swans are back on home turf this coming weekend (Saturday 3pm) with a game against Stoke City which Josh Tymon is most eager to take part in. To say he was kicked continuously in the reverse fixture at Stoke in December is an understatement.  0
 Swansea City v Stoke City ‘Kopfkino’ football in mind 6th Mar 2026 17:00Our Friday evening pre match comes from Rhys Clayton out in Austria but a regular in the stands home and away watching the Swans in the Championship. Like Olle Söderholm a Swans fan in colder climbs he offers another astute take on all things Swansea City. 0
 Swans deservedly beat Stoke as Cullen scores another wonder goal 7th Mar 2026 18:15This game did have its usual frustrations as the Swans huffed and puffed at times to seal this encounter. That said two great goals were the difference between these two sides. You can look back on our reports this week to see just how we felt this game would go, and it surely did. 0
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 19:05 - Mar 1 with 3633 views | swansjack84 |
Early score Predictions. Its 2-0 win.
Vig
Ward - Cabango - Burgess - Tymon
Stamenic - Galbraith - Franco
Widell - Eom
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 19:42 - Mar 1 with 3585 views | KeithHaynes |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 20:54 - Mar 1 with 3536 views | wwcigne |
I think if we play like we did vs Preston second half we will win ,if we push them back and make them defend we’ll have chances but we can’t give them the ball cheeply
Cut out the slow stuff and move the ball forward quickly Eom and Nunes wide for me feeding Zan
We need to mark Sorba closely,much of their play goes through him if we can keep him quiet it’ll help
We have to control the midfield and give them no time or space on the ball ,they like to make late runs outside the box to try and get on the end of cutbacks so our midfield needs to track back and give them nothing | | | |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 21:27 - Mar 1 with 3509 views | AguycalledJack |
Cant make this one. Will be cheering the team on from madrid with 20 other jacks. Atletico in the evening. [Post edited 1 Mar 21:30]
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 21:49 - Mar 1 with 3483 views | howenjack |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 20:54 - Mar 1 by wwcigne |
I think if we play like we did vs Preston second half we will win ,if we push them back and make them defend we’ll have chances but we can’t give them the ball cheeply
Cut out the slow stuff and move the ball forward quickly Eom and Nunes wide for me feeding Zan
We need to mark Sorba closely,much of their play goes through him if we can keep him quiet it’ll help
We have to control the midfield and give them no time or space on the ball ,they like to make late runs outside the box to try and get on the end of cutbacks so our midfield needs to track back and give them nothing |
Agree with your views on Thomas . I would also say that Million Manhoef is a very dangerous player for them and certainly needs close marking. | | | |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 22:04 - Mar 1 with 3470 views | JJBomber |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 19:42 - Mar 1 by KeithHaynes |
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3-1 (Vipi2 and Ronald)
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 10:55 - Mar 2 with 3294 views | union_jack |
We will need to improve greatly on the Ipswich game and Preston first half to get something from this game even though it’s at home. I’d say a draw at best but it will say a lot about Matos in the way they approach it. |  |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:13 - Mar 2 with 3280 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 10:55 - Mar 2 by union_jack |
We will need to improve greatly on the Ipswich game and Preston first half to get something from this game even though it’s at home. I’d say a draw at best but it will say a lot about Matos in the way they approach it. |
Seven wins and two draws from the last ten at home | | | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:45 - Mar 2 with 3252 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:13 - Mar 2 by jack247 |
Seven wins and two draws from the last ten at home |
Indeed. All very well and good but we have to be honest that the performance against PNE was only good for half the game when they sat back and also the Bristol City game where arguably they were the better side. | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:47 - Mar 2 with 3228 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:45 - Mar 2 by union_jack |
Indeed. All very well and good but we have to be honest that the performance against PNE was only good for half the game when they sat back and also the Bristol City game where arguably they were the better side. |
A time to get back on track
We can do this | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:49 - Mar 2 with 3246 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:47 - Mar 2 by onehunglow |
A time to get back on track
We can do this |
We can and as I said it will be a sign as to how good Matos’s man-management is. Stoke are no fools. | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:53 - Mar 2 with 3231 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:45 - Mar 2 by union_jack |
Indeed. All very well and good but we have to be honest that the performance against PNE was only good for half the game when they sat back and also the Bristol City game where arguably they were the better side. |
Yes and we still took four points from those two games.
‘A draw at best’ is an extremely pessimistic view given our home form and the fact that Stoke are only a point ahead of us | | | |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:06 - Mar 2 with 3226 views | wwcigne |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:49 - Mar 2 by union_jack |
We can and as I said it will be a sign as to how good Matos’s man-management is. Stoke are no fools. |
We can do it,most definitely,
Vitor needs to pick our best side ,no resting players and play with speed and purpose,stop the slow,stupid ,pointless goal kick nonsense and move the ball forward quicker and go at them
,don’t give them time to mark our boys up ,stop the sideways and back rubbish and mark their widemen and midfielders up ,don’t give them time and space to come at us
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:32 - Mar 2 with 3200 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:53 - Mar 2 by jack247 |
Yes and we still took four points from those two games.
‘A draw at best’ is an extremely pessimistic view given our home form and the fact that Stoke are only a point ahead of us |
And you can’t go on playing poorly and expect to pick up points. That won’t happen.
As I’ve said, if Matos gets them playing the way we can such as the second half against Preston then we will be hard to beat. But the last three games have shown some weaknesses I’m sure you’ll agree😉.
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:33 - Mar 2 with 3179 views | onehunglow |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:06 - Mar 2 by wwcigne |
We can do it,most definitely,
Vitor needs to pick our best side ,no resting players and play with speed and purpose,stop the slow,stupid ,pointless goal kick nonsense and move the ball forward quicker and go at them
,don’t give them time to mark our boys up ,stop the sideways and back rubbish and mark their widemen and midfielders up ,don’t give them time and space to come at us
COYS |
Maybe a radical approach
Vig
Ward Cabango Burghess SS
Galbraith Stamenic Franco
Nunez VIP Widdell | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:56 - Mar 2 with 3168 views | Azzuriswan |
Play our strongest team from the off including Vipotnik and at pace...a win hereb will be handy with 2 upcoming away games unlikely to be wins.... | | | |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 13:38 - Mar 2 with 3134 views | jack247 |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:32 - Mar 2 by union_jack |
And you can’t go on playing poorly and expect to pick up points. That won’t happen.
As I’ve said, if Matos gets them playing the way we can such as the second half against Preston then we will be hard to beat. But the last three games have shown some weaknesses I’m sure you’ll agree😉.
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Matos got it wrong against Preston. I’m sure Walta will go on to be a real asset for us, but it was like playing with ten men. The press doesn’t work if you have an attacking player not committing to it.
He put it right at half time and I’m sure he learnt from it.
We didn’t play badly against Bristol, they were one of the best teams to come down here and one of the very few that’s matched us at home under Matos.
Our away form is very different and will stop us challenging the top six.
This is very much a ‘win at best’ game. | | | |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 14:16 - Mar 2 with 3111 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 13:38 - Mar 2 by jack247 |
Matos got it wrong against Preston. I’m sure Walta will go on to be a real asset for us, but it was like playing with ten men. The press doesn’t work if you have an attacking player not committing to it.
He put it right at half time and I’m sure he learnt from it.
We didn’t play badly against Bristol, they were one of the best teams to come down here and one of the very few that’s matched us at home under Matos.
Our away form is very different and will stop us challenging the top six.
This is very much a ‘win at best’ game. |
Yes agree with that and winning is always best😁 | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 18:02 - Mar 2 with 3002 views | johnlangy |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:45 - Mar 2 by union_jack |
Indeed. All very well and good but we have to be honest that the performance against PNE was only good for half the game when they sat back and also the Bristol City game where arguably they were the better side. |
There have been other games where some people would say the Swans were the better team and others would say what's the point if they are the ones that scored and not the Swans.
The Swans scored more than Bristol City and scored as many as PNE so we deserved the four points. | | | |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 11:27 - Mar 3 with 2775 views | KeithHaynes |
Swans looking to get revenge on typical Stoke tactics 3rd Mar 2026 08:00The Swans are back on home turf this coming weekend (Saturday 3pm) with a game against Stoke City which Josh Tymon is most eager to take part in. To say he was kicked continuously in the reverse fixture at Stoke in December is an understatement. 0
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:55 - Mar 4 with 2397 views | streetlyjack |
It would be great to start to see a progression in getting the ball past the press or forward quicker over the remaining games so we have a plan B in place for next season. When you analyse the sideways and backwards stuff it nearly always ends with an aimless punt from Vig that gives possession back to the opposition anyway - very rarely do we benefit from this approach which makes me wonder why we do it so often with all the tactical expertise we must have on the backroom team??
Progress for me over the remaining games would be:
- Be less predictable, play the ball through the middle more.
- Speed up our passing, play more passes in front of the player rather than to feet when he's facing his goal which is a nightmare if the pass is underhit and puts us under unnecessary pressure.
- Quick throw ins before the oppo are set, dont wait for them to get organised.
- Put our big players vs the oppos big guys at free kicks and corners to give us a chance.
- Get vig to come off his line when the defence needs his support, better to cut off supply and take a foul than try to save a shot or header from 6 yards out.
- Take more gambles when attacking instead of always looking backwards for a safe pass which takes us back to the aimless punt from Vig.
- Get to the byline more - cut backs are really difficult to defend against, far worse than an inswinger.
- Put all or a combination of the above together for the full 90 minutes, we cant be lethargic and then burst into life in the second half as we have been doing lately.
- be more positive away from home, we are almost safe and will not make the play offs so why not adopt a more positive approach, little point in going through the motions and hoping for the best. The away fans 100% deserve much more than they are getting this season.
Its not all bad by the way and I could list another 50 points for improvement, to be honest I would be delighted to witness just a few of these to give some confidence that we can evolve into something more dynamic.
The Championship next season will be tougher than this year IMO so its important we recognise the need to evolve and improve over the remaining games rather than plod our way sideways and backwards to 50 points. | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 14:25 - Mar 4 with 2347 views | KeithHaynes |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:55 - Mar 4 by streetlyjack |
It would be great to start to see a progression in getting the ball past the press or forward quicker over the remaining games so we have a plan B in place for next season. When you analyse the sideways and backwards stuff it nearly always ends with an aimless punt from Vig that gives possession back to the opposition anyway - very rarely do we benefit from this approach which makes me wonder why we do it so often with all the tactical expertise we must have on the backroom team??
Progress for me over the remaining games would be:
- Be less predictable, play the ball through the middle more.
- Speed up our passing, play more passes in front of the player rather than to feet when he's facing his goal which is a nightmare if the pass is underhit and puts us under unnecessary pressure.
- Quick throw ins before the oppo are set, dont wait for them to get organised.
- Put our big players vs the oppos big guys at free kicks and corners to give us a chance.
- Get vig to come off his line when the defence needs his support, better to cut off supply and take a foul than try to save a shot or header from 6 yards out.
- Take more gambles when attacking instead of always looking backwards for a safe pass which takes us back to the aimless punt from Vig.
- Get to the byline more - cut backs are really difficult to defend against, far worse than an inswinger.
- Put all or a combination of the above together for the full 90 minutes, we cant be lethargic and then burst into life in the second half as we have been doing lately.
- be more positive away from home, we are almost safe and will not make the play offs so why not adopt a more positive approach, little point in going through the motions and hoping for the best. The away fans 100% deserve much more than they are getting this season.
Its not all bad by the way and I could list another 50 points for improvement, to be honest I would be delighted to witness just a few of these to give some confidence that we can evolve into something more dynamic.
The Championship next season will be tougher than this year IMO so its important we recognise the need to evolve and improve over the remaining games rather than plod our way sideways and backwards to 50 points. |
An excellent post. | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 14:43 - Mar 4 with 2334 views | union_jack |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:55 - Mar 4 by streetlyjack |
It would be great to start to see a progression in getting the ball past the press or forward quicker over the remaining games so we have a plan B in place for next season. When you analyse the sideways and backwards stuff it nearly always ends with an aimless punt from Vig that gives possession back to the opposition anyway - very rarely do we benefit from this approach which makes me wonder why we do it so often with all the tactical expertise we must have on the backroom team??
Progress for me over the remaining games would be:
- Be less predictable, play the ball through the middle more.
- Speed up our passing, play more passes in front of the player rather than to feet when he's facing his goal which is a nightmare if the pass is underhit and puts us under unnecessary pressure.
- Quick throw ins before the oppo are set, dont wait for them to get organised.
- Put our big players vs the oppos big guys at free kicks and corners to give us a chance.
- Get vig to come off his line when the defence needs his support, better to cut off supply and take a foul than try to save a shot or header from 6 yards out.
- Take more gambles when attacking instead of always looking backwards for a safe pass which takes us back to the aimless punt from Vig.
- Get to the byline more - cut backs are really difficult to defend against, far worse than an inswinger.
- Put all or a combination of the above together for the full 90 minutes, we cant be lethargic and then burst into life in the second half as we have been doing lately.
- be more positive away from home, we are almost safe and will not make the play offs so why not adopt a more positive approach, little point in going through the motions and hoping for the best. The away fans 100% deserve much more than they are getting this season.
Its not all bad by the way and I could list another 50 points for improvement, to be honest I would be delighted to witness just a few of these to give some confidence that we can evolve into something more dynamic.
The Championship next season will be tougher than this year IMO so its important we recognise the need to evolve and improve over the remaining games rather than plod our way sideways and backwards to 50 points. |
I’ve been making these exact same points for sometime now but great to see it in one excellent post like this one. | |
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| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 14:56 - Mar 4 with 2325 views | wwcigne |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 14:43 - Mar 4 by union_jack |
I’ve been making these exact same points for sometime now but great to see it in one excellent post like this one. |
Hit the nail on the head,it’s what we all see, now it’s up to Vitor to implement | | | |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 14:59 - Mar 4 with 2322 views | Whiterockin |
| Swansea City v Stoke City : Match day thread on 12:55 - Mar 4 by streetlyjack |
It would be great to start to see a progression in getting the ball past the press or forward quicker over the remaining games so we have a plan B in place for next season. When you analyse the sideways and backwards stuff it nearly always ends with an aimless punt from Vig that gives possession back to the opposition anyway - very rarely do we benefit from this approach which makes me wonder why we do it so often with all the tactical expertise we must have on the backroom team??
Progress for me over the remaining games would be:
- Be less predictable, play the ball through the middle more.
- Speed up our passing, play more passes in front of the player rather than to feet when he's facing his goal which is a nightmare if the pass is underhit and puts us under unnecessary pressure.
- Quick throw ins before the oppo are set, dont wait for them to get organised.
- Put our big players vs the oppos big guys at free kicks and corners to give us a chance.
- Get vig to come off his line when the defence needs his support, better to cut off supply and take a foul than try to save a shot or header from 6 yards out.
- Take more gambles when attacking instead of always looking backwards for a safe pass which takes us back to the aimless punt from Vig.
- Get to the byline more - cut backs are really difficult to defend against, far worse than an inswinger.
- Put all or a combination of the above together for the full 90 minutes, we cant be lethargic and then burst into life in the second half as we have been doing lately.
- be more positive away from home, we are almost safe and will not make the play offs so why not adopt a more positive approach, little point in going through the motions and hoping for the best. The away fans 100% deserve much more than they are getting this season.
Its not all bad by the way and I could list another 50 points for improvement, to be honest I would be delighted to witness just a few of these to give some confidence that we can evolve into something more dynamic.
The Championship next season will be tougher than this year IMO so its important we recognise the need to evolve and improve over the remaining games rather than plod our way sideways and backwards to 50 points. |
You are quickly becoming one of the best posters on the site, well done and keep it up. |  | | |
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