So will we end our abysmal run against in-form high-flying Rovers who are hell bent on promotion this year? All logic and common sense says no but Swans rarely do what we expect do they? We are both in desperate need of the points for vastly different reasons and this is another in a tough run of games for us.
At our best we can beat them but their manager Tony Mowbray has said exactly what we've all been saying that we have to turn our high rate of possession into goals. He maintains that his team were like us last season; lots of possession but nowhere enough goals resulting from it, so he reckons he tweaked things this season and now they're pushing hard towards the top of the table.
So what did he do? I haven't got a clue because obviously I haven't been watching them enough to form an opinion. I would assume from what he says that maybe they've sacrificed some of the ball to go more direct more often in order to score the goals that win matches. He's managed to strike a balance between the two ways of playing and it's evident that it's worked. But would it work for us?
Thing is, there's far more goals in his team than ours but, fortunately for us, it seems that top scorer Gallagher will miss this game. As for our strikers, Piroe has gone off the boil (maybe because he's missed Pato) and Obafemi has yet to show us that he's anything like clinical enough to regularly get on the scoresheet. True there's been plenty of glimpses but we need him to start delivering and tomorrow would be a good time to start.
We have been creating some decent chances but we've been missing them. We need to cross the ball more but crosses without bodies in the box to get on the end of them are just a waste of time and energy. Our midfielders almost suffer a nosebleed when they get in the final third but they have to start contributing a damn sight more than they have been in terms of creating chances and actually scoring goals.
My prediction? We could win this, maybe 2-1, but that comes from the heart more than the head. However, I understand that Blackburn will be missing a few regulars and that might give us a chance. COYS, make us proud for a change!!
At our best we can beat them but their manager Tony Mowbray has said exactly what we've all been saying that we have to turn our high rate of possession into goals. He maintains that his team were like us last season; lots of possession but nowhere enough goals resulting from it, so he reckons he tweaked things this season and now they're pushing hard towards the top of the table.
So what did he do? I haven't got a clue because obviously I haven't been watching them enough to form an opinion. I would assume from what he says that maybe they've sacrificed some of the ball to go more direct more often in order to score the goals that win matches. He's managed to strike a balance between the two ways of playing and it's evident that it's worked. But would it work for us?
Thing is, there's far more goals in his team than ours but, fortunately for us, it seems that top scorer Gallagher will miss this game. As for our strikers, Piroe has gone off the boil (maybe because he's missed Pato) and Obafemi has yet to show us that he's anything like clinical enough to regularly get on the scoresheet. True there's been plenty of glimpses but we need him to start delivering and tomorrow would be a good time to start.
We have been creating some decent chances but we've been missing them. We need to cross the ball more but crosses without bodies in the box to get on the end of them are just a waste of time and energy. Our midfielders almost suffer a nosebleed when they get in the final third but they have to start contributing a damn sight more than they have been in terms of creating chances and actually scoring goals.
My prediction? We could win this, maybe 2-1, but that comes from the heart more than the head. However, I understand that Blackburn will be missing a few regulars and that might give us a chance. COYS, make us proud for a change!!
