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At least we are trying something different, whatever it may be !
Sheehan's last stand ? Coventry Away .
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Yankee_Jack
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Darling as #9
Yankee_Jack
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Swansea City: Carl Rushworth, Jay Fulton, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Matt Grimes (captain), Jamie Paterson, Josh Tymon, Yannick Bolasie, Liam Walsh, Bashir Humphreys, Sam Parker.
Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Kristian Pedersen, Joe Allen, Jerry Yates, Jamal Lowe, Charlie Patino, Liam Cullen, Nathan Wood, Kyle Naughton.
Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Kristian Pedersen, Joe Allen, Jerry Yates, Jamal Lowe, Charlie Patino, Liam Cullen, Nathan Wood, Kyle Naughton.
Yankee_Jack
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Strange line-up. What’s driving these selections. Fitness and recovery? Performance? Attitude?
I’m guessing Bolasie is #9
Sheehan’s preferred midfield is starting: Grimes, Fulton, Walsh, Pato.
Tymon and probably Darling as WB. Parker, Cabango, Hump as CB
I’m guessing Bolasie is #9
Sheehan’s preferred midfield is starting: Grimes, Fulton, Walsh, Pato.
Tymon and probably Darling as WB. Parker, Cabango, Hump as CB
Yankee_Jack
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I’m not getting any video on the Swans App. Is anybody else
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Wooooohooooo Walsh gets us in front
Yankee_Jack
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In USA it’s on ESPN+
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Bollox 1-1
Yankee_Jack
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Too easy that
Yankee_Jack
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Parker is RWB
Our rock solid defence strikes again!
Strange line-up - not a dedicated striker in sight. I can understand benching Yates who had a total nightmare against Soton and Cullen was a bit better playing as usual out of position before, as usual, being hooked. The man must have a burning desire to headbutt some sense into his so-called coaches! Never mind, Liam, young Tosh will play you in your proper position when he becomes manager. In my dreams!!
Yankee_Jack
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Haven’t been able to watch anything past minute 10.
what’s the word
what’s the word
CroJack
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Our passing is awful, especially in transitions. We get dispossessed in the final third too often. Sloppy with the ball. Bolasie is poor and should be replaced.
Also, when we put crosses in then they go into the hands of the Coventry keeper. We simply lack quality up front.
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Paterson subbed , Lowe replaces him .
I managed to find a dodgy stream of the ESPN+ feed. Nice to watch for a change. I agree with Crojack's analysis, and I'll add that Swansea often don't have enough support for the attacking players when they move into the final third. It's often Walsh playing Pato in with a lovely pass, Pato trying to beat 3 defenders alone because he has no passing options, and Bolasie somewhere in the distance doing very little.
There are fullbacks out wide, but by the time the ball comes into the middle, you don't want to push it back out again, you want midfielders making runs into the box to keep the defenders honest and create possibilities, and that just isn't coming from Fulton or Grimes the way it could be.
By the way, Walsh is good. I can understand why Swansea wanted to take a chance on him. He can pass, he's involved, he wants the ball, he gives as good as he gets physically, and he put in a perfect deliberate yellow-card foul on Palmer to break up a counter attack. It's a dark art but absolutely necessary, and Walsh gets it. He'd be ideal for a Jimmy Thelin team, if we're dreaming.
There are fullbacks out wide, but by the time the ball comes into the middle, you don't want to push it back out again, you want midfielders making runs into the box to keep the defenders honest and create possibilities, and that just isn't coming from Fulton or Grimes the way it could be.
By the way, Walsh is good. I can understand why Swansea wanted to take a chance on him. He can pass, he's involved, he wants the ball, he gives as good as he gets physically, and he put in a perfect deliberate yellow-card foul on Palmer to break up a counter attack. It's a dark art but absolutely necessary, and Walsh gets it. He'd be ideal for a Jimmy Thelin team, if we're dreaming.
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Yates on for Bolasie
Yankee_Jack
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Cullen contemplating a transfer request