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Mara so nearly on the end of that. Nice work from Manning.

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Adams part of a structure press that results in an unforced error form them. 1) Yet another example of how much better we do that. 2) That Adams and Fraser can do a 2 man press 3) That we are still putting the work in. AA off for Mara. A quierter game for AA. Partly because of the way we've set up today. But he was dilligently working his socks off all game. Glad to see him get a breather though, with so many fixtures.

KWP goes on a mazy run, as we're 3 up. However, Adams who started in the midfield in that move linking up with Alcaraz was the man waiting in the middle for a decent delivery. There's a lot of that in our game, where Adams takes up good positions.

Smallbone watch: A good tackle wins us the ball back. He passes it to Fraser then makes the run for the return. Unusually, Fraser goes back. We then pass it around, because we need Smallbone back in midfield. Where he does pick up the ball. That all ends up with us keeping the ball all the way to Fraser blazing it in for a third! Super stuff.

Fraser's first touch. Good control, takes on defender looking for a cross. Hopefully more of that, with Adams and Aribo strong enough to take advantage.

Fraser on for Edozie Adams on for Stephens

Ah. No power in Aribo;s shot there. Clever from him and KWP to link up.

Oh, that bounced waiting for someone to get on the end of it. We left plenty of space there. Martin was already on the sideline trying to get our intensity back up.

Crumbs! That was Aribo chasing around like a hare to get the ball back. Meanwhile, it was Smallbone effortless not bothering to close the play down as he was covering the space for their out ball.

Now we shall punish you Swansea! Enter Will Smallbone, Man of A Thousand Passes! They are going to have to work hard to get past that kind of movement and passing.

5-0 win. 3 points Minus 10 points for all the failed drugs testing. 😞

Great work from Stephens. Part of defending, links up well with Aribo, surging run and a very good delivery that we just don;t have anyone on the end of (and often won;t have as that's the tough bit of our system, getting in psychic players)

We chose not to pass it to Smallbone! Stephens offering more space further up. Stephens could be a very handy player since he can play in a number of roles.

Smallbone for Downes Alcaraz for Stu Both the outgoing players have done very well today. Ket's see how their replacements get on.

SOmething different for that attack. Stephens strong physically in defending. But not quite as sharp so telegraphs the pass to Aribo. However, Aribo's our most strongest forward player, keeps control and his increasing fitness gets him away to set up the attack. Edozie's shot hiot the defender. There was a runner, but is was well worth him taking the effort on that occassion. As I type, Aribo popping up in the middle of the box. Adams really can;t compete with Aribo's all round contributions of late.

And there we go. Baz had to do some quick work there. But coll as you like he makes the decisions and we pass it out from the back.

Now did that cross the line... yes...yes it definitely did. Quick thinking. Now if that wasour defense, there would be no way Baz would have done that. Just a nod to our relative strength in those situations.

Edozie!!!!

Ah Edozie. Did well to keep it in and control it. Should have passed it and gave it away. Lots of decision making to develop, which you'd expect at his age.

-Interesting set up -57% possession, but we were more dominant with it than higher %s in other games -Excellently worked goal. -We created lots of build up play, but use up all our players doing it, so there's noone waiting for a final pass. So, not many actual shots. -Swansea, who obviously know how we play really well, had a couple of early opportunities. But one at least is form an area we seem more comfortable giving opponents opportunities from. The other was from a set piece. -They tried a couple of long cross field passes to catch us out, but haven't landed any of them. - The interchanging and movement of our team is causign them all sorts of problems. - Stephens might not be quite as sharp as some of the others due to his time out, but looks very keen to get us moving forward, while providing that bit of extra support at the back. - Aribo offers more physicality than Adams, and has become so much mor emobile as the season has gone on. He's done well again, even though some of our style may not be the best fit for him sometimes.

Stu and Edozie nearly linking up there.

Although AA was playing for it. I thought that challenge was a booking, as he would have been away.

Our spell of pressure for a second was a little while ago. Manning taken down. Ref not giving a second booking. We don;t do anything from the free kick.

Interesting passing out form the back from us. Swansea obviosuly knwo what we're doing there. But we played to the next man up on the wing, rhather than the obvious pass, looking to unlock them quicker and catch them out.