Swansea City V Notts Forest.

[Jackflash]

Steve Cooper brings his Forest team to the Liberty ,Hmmm!! Swansea. Com Stadium, his first visit back since leaving the club. lets hope we can make it a memorable occasion for him for all the wrong reasons. He's done quite well with them, getting them out of the relegation zone and now even a point above us in the league table. I hope Martin sees this game as he has something to prove.
I've always considered Forest to be good formidable opposition, think we well may be looking at a draw.

 

[Behindthegoal]

As our ex-manager said, Forest are a big club. They are inextricably woven into the folk lore at our club. Usually we get the better of them. May today be another example.

 

[ivoralljack]

This will be a hard game. It's about time that RM gave a rocket to his team and demand that they start translating possession into chances. AND THEN TAKING THEM!! This is too tight to call for me. If we fanny around playing pointless passes just to build our stats then we won't get anything. The team needs to be reminded that goals win matches and that goals are scored from frequent and accurate shots.

 

[CroJack]

think we well may be looking at a draw.

That's probably all we can hope for. I've lost my faith in Martin and the squad.

These are some of the questions I can't find the answer for.

Why do we have so many defenders in the starting XI?

How many months does Ntcham need to get match fit?

Is there only one formation in football?

Etc., etc.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

Swansea City: Ben Hamer, Ethan Laird, Ben Cabango, Ryan Bennett, Ryan Manning, Matt Grimes (capt), Flynn Downes, Korey Smith, Olivier Ntcham, Jamie Paterson, Joel Piroe.

Subs: Steven Benda, Rhys Williams, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jake Bidwell, Liam Walsh, Michael Obafemi, Liam Cullen.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

Martin has bottled it. Abandons 3 at the back. Unless he’s playing yet another player out of position and dropped a midfield player into Naughton’s role, it’s 4-3-3 or some variant but 4 at the back. Laird and Manning are now going to have to show their defensive chops.

I would have played Bidwell instead of Manning.

 

[KVetch]

It's better than having Rhys start.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

It's better than having Rhys start.

Cooper should be the automatic replacement for Naughton in that role.

We are going to be playing too narrow today. We don’t have natural width up top. If the FBs are going to be sprinting down the touch line then Downes (most likely) is going to be dropping into the Naughton slot.

 

[The Blobster]

Naughton isolating due to covid in his family

 

[The Blobster]

Afternoon all

COYJB

 

[CroJack]

Good formation, wrong starting XI. Still too defensive.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

Downes is playing the Naughton role

 

[Yankee_Jack]

I like this setup with one midfield player rotating into the sweeper role

 

[CroJack]

Great low cross but nobody attacking it. If Cullen and Whittaker were playing one of them would've been there.

 

[ivoralljack]

Great move say the comms but came to nothing because THERE WERE TOO FEW BODIES IN THE BOX. How the fcuk does this team expect to score if no bugger is attacking???????????????

 

[CroJack]

Laird so poor. Again.

 

[CroJack]

35 minutes and we created nothing.

 

[ivoralljack]

35 minutes and we created nothing.

As usual.

 

[The Blobster]

Ntcham blazes over with a volley from a great ball

 

[The Blobster]

Piroe puts it over the bar with the keeper out of position . No party this time .