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Reply | Burnley Reflection
at 08:29 4 Nov 2026
If the Burnley keeper hadn’t been bamboozled by Varane making a forward pass, we’d have lost that.
Last night was a microcosm of why every struggling team must desperately look forward to playing us. They come in looking bereft of confidence but 90 minutes later are reborn as a football team. |
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Reply | Cirkin
at 08:11 4 Nov 2026
If Stuart Pearce had Saito playing in front of of him, he’d look a bit ropey.
Cirkin left totally exposed, thought he did a good job under the circumstances. If he does have a fault, it’s standing off his winger when we’re under pressure, but a lot of that probably down to the lack of support if he does dive in.
We’re fortunate to have the likes of Kemper and Cirkin available down that side. |
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Reply | Justin Obikwu
at 23:06 3 Nov 2026
Ok, that shot was awful, kind of what I was expecting but in that build up, he moved proactive, made the right run at the right time and his feet do seem to move like a centre forwards feet should move.
As the saying goes, in the land of the blind the one eyed man is King. Let’s give him a chance. |
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Reply | Lloyd?
at 08:59 1 Nov 2026
If the Championship had a trial season playing walking football I’m convinced we’d still have just as many injuries. |
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Reply | Where we fail - Wingers as back up defenders
at 08:51 1 Nov 2026
Didn’t JS have form on this at previous clubs, a bit ropey at setting up defensively in games where you know you’ll be up against it.
He’s doing a very good job overall, so we might just have to suffer these aberrations once in a while. We know the type of team that will roll us over, have done for some time to be fair, way before JS showed up.
2 points from the top 5 last year, a little better this year although I’m not convinced Swansea will be top five come May, does mean we need 2 points a game from the other 18 clubs, which is still a pretty big ask.
As you mention, injuries aside, we are sound like for like, but we do need something different that’s designed to snuff out problematic opposition players that cause us problems. At the moment it’s too easy to brisk past the likes of Poku, Saito, Dembele, Vale and it’s the poor old full back who bears the brunt. |
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Reply | southampton away...match thread...
at 17:21 31 Oct 2026
Not the end of the world.
Played 6 of the top 8 and 7 of the bottom 15, so 8 of the next 10 should be teams we can compete with. Half way we’ll have a better idea.
We know it’s 6th to 8th we are chasing, heads down and make that the aim.
Six months to get a little bit better, knock out tournament then anything might happen. |
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Reply | southampton away...match thread...
at 15:56 31 Oct 2026
Let’s get that black kit on second half.
Keep wearing this one and it’ll be 2-0 before you can say the words ‘Rodger me senseless’. |
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Reply | Rip Jean Luc Picard. (n/t)
at 07:29 30 Oct 2026
Live long and prosper.
Amazing how so many of the originals have done, way above the average. |
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Reply | Paul Smyth up top
at 11:36 27 Oct 2026
Was it really a 442?
To me, Vale was tucked in, in what is essentially a three across the middle. Poku was dropping back when required but for me, Smyth was part of a three up front and told to run into that 2nd position whenever he could.
It worked brilliantly, but I say it was a 433 that regularly broke out of that.
Whatever, Smyth is a different player when he receives facing the goal. |
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Reply | October
at 19:16 26 Oct 2026
I’d have settled for five from five in October and we’re already seven from four.
Be nice to give Saints a game as they destroyed us last season. |
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Reply | C'était formidable – Report
at 08:38 26 Oct 2026
My trainers are ruined but what a fantastic day out, another great report.
And well done slotting in the intro for Hawaii 5 O for the younger supporters delectation, if they get as far as the credits they’ll notice Kono’ appeared in that too, in the same swashbuckling style he shows at his best, on the pitch. |
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Reply | Ref
at 19:10 25 Oct 2026
One of those rare refs where we’ve won more times than we’ve lost.
Like how he handles games, think he quite enjoys football unlike most of them. |
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Reply | Our Big Jim
at 08:23 25 Oct 2026
Been my favourite since he stepped on against Orient.
A loyal servant who’s carried on regardless in some sides that could stink the place out. He deserves to see some success, ideally a Championship medal and a place in the top league. |
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Reply | Best Performance in years.
at 08:14 25 Oct 2026
Very enjoyable and entertaining game, you don’t get too many sides who come down here to play football and we showed, for first time in many years, if you want to play so can we.
Watched Swansea beat Norwich recently, but their defence looked vulnerable behind their full backs in a game Norwich could have won in the first half. JS clearly set us up perfectly for this game.
Much has been said about 442 yesterday but it felt to me that having three essentially central midfielders out there in Kamara, Varane and Vale was the key. We could drop into a 442 when required with Poku, who had a very good game, transitioning either 442 or 433, but the three midfielders really restricted them moving the ball into space.
At the moment the table suggests 76 points gets you eighth place which is extremely high, it may be that their are eight or nine teams this year who could equally get automatic promotion or miss out entirely on the play offs. |
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