The Blobster
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2-1 it's been coming .
Sheehan's last stand ? Coventry Away .
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Cooper should come on for Fulton who has been invisible
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Double change coming , Cullen and Allen
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Fulton and Parker pulled .
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Good debut from Parker .
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Walsh pulled , Patino on .
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Wooooohooooo Cullen with a free kick into the net .
Yankee_Jack
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Cullen finishes like a finisher finishes
Fulton has played some rubbish of late and he seems disenchanted with life at the Swans.
Yes, the young man did well for his first game according to radio comms. As for Cullen the comms added their opinion to many others that he's the most natural striker at the club when he came on. Shame his coaches are too stupid to realise that and give him his minutes up front where he belongs. And as I type he scores!!
Brilliant strike cry the comms.
Yankee_Jack
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Allen was buzzing when he came on. Cullen showed yet again that he can put ball into the net
Cullen is so hungry to score and so fed up with life as a substitute winger that he willed his only shot of the game through a wall. Amazing
Yankee_Jack
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Sheehan gains a draw. 8 out of 18 points so far from a majority of away games, 4 out of 6, but we play shit at home so that doesn’t seem to make a difference.
Radio saying that it was good to see the subs having an impact when they came on with Joe Allen also lifting the energy of the team. As for Cullen, they said that, when we were awarded the free kick, he grabbed the ball, had no intention of letting anyone else have it and dispatched it beautifully into the net. Well done, Liam, hopefully it sent a message to those so-called coaches who've been wasting your ability everywhere except where you belong. As for the game itself, they said that Swans played well and fully deserved the draw. Well done to the team for fighting back after the debacle of the last game. It was needed and showed a bit of character.
CroJack
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Young Parker had a good game. Put the ball on the plate for Bolasie to score but the latter fluffed a great chance.
Sheehan replaced Pato, who was one of our better players in the first half, and left Bolasie on the pitch???
Then this donkey Sheehan played Cullen as a right wing-back???
Sheehan replaced Pato, who was one of our better players in the first half, and left Bolasie on the pitch???
Then this donkey Sheehan played Cullen as a right wing-back???
One observation from tonight - You know that "invisible forcefield" effect you get from trying to push two magnets of the same polarity together? Watching Swansea's players defend opponents one-on-one is the same thing. It's like they're physically unable to get close. 3 feet of space at all times for absolutely no good reason.
Sakamoto is clearly a dangerous player and he was allowed to pick out five good crosses tonight. He was unlucky more didn't come of it. I have no idea what the thinking is behind this kind of slack, passive stance. It seems only to provide time and space for the opposition with zero benefit to Swansea.
I wonder how much of this is lack of confidence, which was tangible again tonight. Lacking the confidence to close, in case they get beaten. Most of the team had the look of vegetarian schoolkids on a field trip at an abattoir. Weak, haunted, flapping in the wind. No guts (no glory). Even Rushworth is starting to wane. Those mistakes of his in recent games. There were one or two times again tonight he flapped a little and almost lost it.
These guys need a coach to bring them in from the cold, make them relaxed, make them laugh, give them some hot soup. Tell them the nightmare is over. And then remind them that they are good footballers and make them act like it. Restore the self-respect. Get some filth and fury back under the skin.
Show them how journeymen like Luke Moore and Kemy Agustien played in that 3-1 win over WBA under Laudrup, and that if the likes of Moore and Agustien can raise their game to that level, then this lot can beast most of the Championship.
It's just belief. That and having one of the finest footballing minds ever to grace the game as manager, but mostly belief.
Sakamoto is clearly a dangerous player and he was allowed to pick out five good crosses tonight. He was unlucky more didn't come of it. I have no idea what the thinking is behind this kind of slack, passive stance. It seems only to provide time and space for the opposition with zero benefit to Swansea.
I wonder how much of this is lack of confidence, which was tangible again tonight. Lacking the confidence to close, in case they get beaten. Most of the team had the look of vegetarian schoolkids on a field trip at an abattoir. Weak, haunted, flapping in the wind. No guts (no glory). Even Rushworth is starting to wane. Those mistakes of his in recent games. There were one or two times again tonight he flapped a little and almost lost it.
These guys need a coach to bring them in from the cold, make them relaxed, make them laugh, give them some hot soup. Tell them the nightmare is over. And then remind them that they are good footballers and make them act like it. Restore the self-respect. Get some filth and fury back under the skin.
Show them how journeymen like Luke Moore and Kemy Agustien played in that 3-1 win over WBA under Laudrup, and that if the likes of Moore and Agustien can raise their game to that level, then this lot can beast most of the Championship.
It's just belief. That and having one of the finest footballing minds ever to grace the game as manager, but mostly belief.
Mark Robins now 12 games without a win against us. Battling performance for a well won point. Some stats:
POSSESSION: 49-51 SHOTS: 21-12 OT: 5-4 CORNERS: 12-4 FOULS: 14-11 GOALS: 2-2
The question again has to be asked: how come Coventry, with slightly LESS possession, had almost twice as many shots as us and three times the number of corners? It highlights that opposition teams are far more effective than us at making use of their possession. They get at us where it matters - in and around the box. Surely the stats people at the Liberty can see this? If they do, why the fcuk aren't the coaches doing something about it? Giving Cullen odd minutes anywhere except where he's strongest doesn't help either!!
POSSESSION: 49-51 SHOTS: 21-12 OT: 5-4 CORNERS: 12-4 FOULS: 14-11 GOALS: 2-2
The question again has to be asked: how come Coventry, with slightly LESS possession, had almost twice as many shots as us and three times the number of corners? It highlights that opposition teams are far more effective than us at making use of their possession. They get at us where it matters - in and around the box. Surely the stats people at the Liberty can see this? If they do, why the fcuk aren't the coaches doing something about it? Giving Cullen odd minutes anywhere except where he's strongest doesn't help either!!
Just saw the goals on Sky. Walsh took his very well but that free kick was a fcuking cracker!!
Yankee_Jack
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sickness amongst the squad impacted the selection and form of a number of players. All in all a good point away.