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  1. All their chances coming down the left. We basically don't have a left back defensively.
  2. Norwich flying in all over the place here. Dirty team.
  3. Horrible tackle on Edozie. Could easily have been red.
  4. Bit of a worry re Stewart. He looked miles off v Hudds in the time he had but hope it's not a relapse.
  5. Didn't watch the press conference but, if the transcript is accurate and he said Leeds had more preparation time than us, then that's just not true. They appointed Farke weeks after we appointed Martin, had to loan out a lot of their better players (including on deadline day) and only made their significant signings very late in the window. The difference is Leeds made signings that have come in and hit the ground running and given them a boost. We, on the other hand, tried to be clever and signed players like Holgate and Fraser who were low on confidence and/or hadn't played for a long time. The player who could also significantly help us up front is also weeks away from making a meaningful impact (good player but given we are in the entirely predictable down swing from Che after the window closed we really could have done with a Piroe to come straight in). If the comments re prep time were just re Leicester then fair enough but, even then, we knew we were going down weeks before them and so should have had more time but to say we were less prepared for the season than Leeds is just deflection.
  6. I am sure the coaches are spotting it - whether they are able to do anything about it, whilst remaining loyal to the "system", is another matter. I suspect the attitude is that these are individual errors and not flaws in the "system" - they are, of course, individual errors but the kamikaze set up means that a simple mistake can lead to almost a freebie goal for the opposition. My concern with keeping Martin is that he assumes, blindly, that if we "get used to" the system and cut out individual errors then all will be well but that's effectively putting the season on a tightrope. We can't recruit the players we have (a fair few of them Premier League cast offs) and then expect them to execute a highly intricate game plan almost flawlessly. There is a reason other clubs don't play like City do, its because they can't and they have to be pragmatic. It doesn't appear as though RM is willing to be pragmatic. I am also struggling to understand the consistent references to Swansea - as if they are the gold plated example of what RM is trying the achieve here - they finished 9th...when we do the same I suspect we'll be told that all is well for next season and when we struggle we'll be told its because any summer additions aren't used to the system (rinse repeat = mid table obscurity at best).
  7. Agree with this. Jones, at the very least, overachieved with Luton. I suspect Swansea's fans, at best, thought 9th was about par.
  8. I wonder whether RM will last until Ross Stewart's debut for us?
  9. That would require SR to acknowledge this isn't good enough and fix it. They won't do that for my money.
  10. This is the most puzzling thing. The way he was talking the other day you'd have thought Swansea had stormed the Championship with a record points tally. In reality, they finished 9th. At this point we don't even look likely of replicating that.
  11. Fraser is fine as a squad player in this league but not as a starter for a team with any ambition. Not really a surprise that we were publicly told Tella would be replaced and then let down under this ownership.
  12. More to the point, how the hell is he in the team and starting in midfield. It is just beyond belief that we are in this situation.
  13. Yes but earlier in the season they were supplemented by players that were good enough. That's not the case anymore.
  14. Except he isn't a £15m asset as, when push came to shove, no-one wanted to pay that.
  15. Almost all of the quality that could have gotten us promoted was sold off. Selling Tella looks absolutely stupid at this point, that was just completely needless.
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