The Swans fell to defeat at the divisions top side this afternoon at Coventry City. The inconsistency and some would say a lot more of referee Sam Allison was shocking - as was the miss towards the end by Liam Cullen.

The officiating at Championship standard is either stricken with cheats or an attempt by the EFL to find the most incompetent clowns available with a whistle. Sam Allison was another circus act introduced to the game today. It’s beyond belief that any of the last five referees to ‘officiate’ a Swans game were given any credit by their assessors it just proves the overall point if they have.

Swans keeper Vigouroux also pulled off a blinding save in the first half. It was a worldy.

The Swans played well, but we still see the poor key passing moments in midfield, the complete lack of quality when presented with decent crosses into the home sides box. In fact the performance was more like a Russell Martin tactical display than something new and exciting. The issue being the lack of positivity at times, cutting back for a safe ball especially. Josh Tymon was clearly under some instruction to be more conservative or he was just having a bad game ? The issues were of the head coach’s making, yes and maybe he was being conservative with Oxford United in mind on Monday evening ? Having said that it’s hardly been a testing fixture list with Wrexham a week ago and today’s game. This game could have been at least a point with the chances not taken by the Swans in the first half, a half they were by far the better side.

Of course the last minute goal at the end of the first forty five minutes wasn’t a surprise, Alan Sheehan couldnt prevent it happening and we have seen it happen again. Whether Matos hasn’t got the ability to mould the players back into a more cohesive unit at the back or it was just a fluke ? We will see. But once again the Swans conceded in the last minute of a half they should have been ahead in. The second half was more Coventry City with outlets again not being found by the Swans with poor balls played out of defence or midfield. Referee Allison dominated the game as well, a good referee is often not seen in games but this one and those who have come before him of late have been totally visible and completely questionable.

It may sound like a one sided complaint but so many opposition fans have mentioned the same to us especially journalists local to games who we have a relationship with over the years. Anyway, what’s done is done.

⚽️ Swans : Vigouroux 7 Ethan Galbraith 6 Ben Cabango (c) 6 Cameron Burgess 7 Josh Tymon 6 Marko Stamenic 6 Goncalo Franco 6 (Jay Fulton 75) 5 Liam Cullen 5 (Bobby Wales 80) 6 Jisung Eom 5 (Zeidane Inoussa 59) 6 Ronald 7 (Malick Yalcouye 75) 7 Zan Vipotnik 5 (Melker Widell 59) 7

Unused Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Josh Key, Ishe Samuels-Smith, Kaelan Casey.

⚽️ Sky Blues: Carl Rushworth, Jack Rudoni (Josh Eccles 68), Matt Grimes (captain), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ellis Simms (Haji Wright 68), Ephron Mason-Clark (Miguel Angel Brau 90), Liam Kitching, Jake Bidwell, Luke Woolfenden, Milan van Ewijk (Kaine Kesler-Hayden 75), Victor Torp.

Unused Substitutes: Ben Wilson, Jamie Allen, Joel Latibeaudiere, Callum Perry, Kai Andrews.

Referee: Sam Allison, absolute con man. 0/10. A pathetic excuse for an unbiased referee.

⚽️ Attendance: 30,139
Away 1,005

⚽️ Here’s what Matos thought.

⚽️ Here’s the highlights. They are only brief but other versions will be available.

We move on to Monday night at Oxford United, again away and now sold out. (7:45pm)

The Indy will be there, rest assured.

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