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i can tell you for a fact there were two arsenal fans in front of me. Lots of people bringing neutral friends too because of the Wednesday night KO.
Third time at the Emirates and second at White hart lane, both of which are the quietest i have heard the Swans.
I think some of it is down to our current situation. I can say towards the end when our tails were up the noise was back to what it has been in the past. Nerves perhaps
either way everyone was bouncing when that 2nd goal went in and when the whistle went
After watching recent games it appears a larger problem than strikers being in bad form although this does look to be a contributing factor.
The team seem to be working hard, although it has to be said the individual quality we are so used to has recently been lacking. Possession retention looks difficult for us, something in the past that has been our bread and butter, when teams press us high the defensive players seem to be getting pinned then flustered. I think some of this comes from having options early and partly down to confidence.
This in turn leads us to lumping things forward, which i saw a lot of yesterday. In turn this makes it very difficult for the frontmen to get the ball down and allow other players to play off.
We have had the most success when we try to play through teams with 1/2 touch passing,
See video of Bradford Penalty, came from the 1 touch passing and movement between Michu, Leon and Dyer
We seem now to be looking to push the ball down the wings and get crosses in rather than look for balls back inside or move it quickly through the middle and to some degree i understand why.
Gomis and Ayew are generally good in the air but with the lack of confidence and quality on delivery recently no crosses are getting into the box, when they do they are often dealt with.
In order to rectify this i think we need to re-evaluate the formation and tactics being used, look to get players like Montero, Routs etc to run into channels rather than hugging the touchline, this would allow us to get in behind teams rather than looking for the long whipped cross.
The disadvantages of this is it is likely the CM will have less space, however these players should have the quality and intelligence to find the time between the lines and look for the killer ball between the CB and Full back.
The positives we have to take from yesterday is the desire of the players, it looks to me that they want to play for Garry although results have been going badly. With a bit of good luck i believe we can get this season back on track.
The hour of crisis is upon PS. Everyone talking about getting rid of Garry.
My question is why is no one looking at Jamies Beattie. The problem we are having is scoring goals, we retain possession well enough just cannot find that clinical edge. Then one mistake and we loose the game. James has been brought in as attacking coach and that seems to be where our issues are.
OK, in that case should i not support Swansea as I was born in the West Country ?
Surely we as a club should be encouraging people to support the club not pushing them away. The city has a population of 239k which is one of the smallest catchment areas of any premier league side (on a par with my local side swindon)
The logic on this post is ridiculous. By saying these things you are inhibiting how far Swansea can grow as a club in terms of a fanbase. We have plenty of fans from all over the world, should all of them stop supporting the Swans because they are not there local club.
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but that only applied to people in Swansea or the surrounding areas. Overlooks so many fans following from outside the city. Seems an instance of small club mentality. If we are to truly grow overseas this seems like a lost opportunity
Does anyone know the reason why the Swans don't broadcast these things, friendly's etc. I know now they are starting to put more content into SwansTV youtube channel, which is great for us to follow. However surely its an opportunity for someone in Digital Marketing to use to work on Building out brand internationally. They forget that not all fans live in Swansea. Does anyone know why they don't do it ?
Could it be down to rights or something, some insight would be good.
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