Dark Munster

Yeah but it's not much of punishment. They are only 2 points from safety with the bulk of the season still to go, and with 4 terrible teams around them.

Yes. Next question?

That's what I was thinking, and felt bad for them. But then I remembered about 20 years ago Leicester screwed many clubs and businesses over with their unpunished administration (in fact that egregious act instigated the now standard points penalties for going into administration). And we all know how well it went for them going unpunished when they went back up and won the league and cup. So screw Leicester. Karma's a bitch.

Agreed, but I don't think that's being greedy. With injuries and suspensions, not to mention fatigue, we do need good back ups in those two areas.

He certainly would have to approve the choice.

Just to recap, I didn't make any shit up, the "source" doesn't quote him as saying he was the one who originally chose RM.

“We are thinking of Russell Martin. What do you think?” - Ankersen ”Yes I approve. He plays and thinks the same way as me.” - Wilcox Now I’m not saying that’s how it happened but it’s another interpretation.

That doesn't mean he instigated the recruitment, just that he approved the choice.

Really? Do you have a source for that?

But doesn't that sort of contradict the sentence before it?

"Good riddance to my ex-girlfriend who just dumped me for someone richer and better looking, she was an ugly cow who I didn't fancy anyway."

We were scouting RM about 6 months before Wilcox joined us.

4th with 30 points from 16 matches is one heluva achievement. If we were in the PL. But we're in a massively inferior league, so there is no comparison.

I'll "give it a rest" when/if we go up at the end of this season, thank you very much. And if we don't I'll ratchet it up, not against RM, but the plonker (Ankersen) who selected him.

How many goals did he score when he was there?

In fairness he may have a point. Niemi is 51 and Shilton is 74.

He does seem like a top quality manager. I wonder where we’d be in the league if Ankersen chose him instead of RM?

Skates actually deliberately lost to WBA, but anyway that result was irrelevant to us. We would’ve gone down regardless of what happened in that match.

But then he won’t be able to score 95th minute winners.

Not really. We shouldn’t be 9 points behind Ipswich given the disparity in resources.

The concern is that we can't expect to keep winning by the skin of our teeth. Today was an example where we won but could've easily drawn or lost. Ditto many of our other wins and draws. Yes it's admirable that we keep going until the end, and I'm delighted with those wins, but if we're serious about challenging for the top two we need to start winning most matches more comfortably (annihilations not required!) We've got the squad that should be able to do this against most of the dross in this division. 1-0 wins are fine if we create lots of chances and the other team doesn't look like they'd score in a month of Sundays. Basically like what Ipswich did to us earlier.

Not sure why you'd think that. We were crap under his coaching before he became manager.

I think there are plenty of Swansea fans who would disagree with that. After the diabolical 4 match losing run we have indeed improved (it couldn't be any worse), but as others have said most of the wins have been by the odd goal (some almost the last kick). It's been a fine line between success and failure since Leeds, and fortunately we've been on the right side of that line so far. Hopefully he can get the full potential from the strong squad he has at his disposal, and we can catch Ipswich (who have far less resources).

Under garbage managers. Also against PL defenses. AArmstrong was also garbage as well. I reckon Tall Paul C'veDAJFU in this league.

Did he give a PowerPoint presentation to the kids?