Roy's View From... View From Swansea

[AWetFlannel]

Under Martin - and it was the same with him at MK Dons - they actually play like you'd expect a kids team to be coached to play if they were instructed like they are mostly on the continent, where results don't matter and you encourage the children to pass the ball even if they make mistakes in the hope that it will be ingrained in them eventually.

I can't see how that translates to professional football unless you've got exceptional players to begin with. Manchester City don't concede many goals so it works for them, but surely someone has come up with how many Swansea have conceded (or what their Xg is) from simply faffing around at the back compared with how many chances it's created for them?

As football has been data driven for some time now that should be a very easy equation.

It also vindicates the much maligned 80s FA Coach Charles Hughes who always said that the best way to goal is to win the ball as high up the pitch as possible, in other words the high press, which is so effective against Swansea. Their fan was right, they have the "risk-reward" profile of a mug punter.

They have mid table players for the level and get mid table results. It translates perfectly fine to professional football.

 

[Auld Reekie Blade]

Cheers Roy!

 

[Revolution]

Swansea actually make me a bit angry.

They come to the Lane with their purposeless possession plan, and we take the ball off them before they’ve got over the halfway line a good percentage of the time. If they do get past there they faff around like a whole team of Leon Brittons.

What is the point of Matt Grimes? What is he supposed to contribute? How does he help them, going round in little circles?

What did Martin expect to happen playing like that?

You can play like Man City against the press if you have Man City type players. If you don’t, you’re a fool.

 

[Beans]

Swansea actually make me a bit angry.

They come to the Lane with their purposeless possession plan, and we take the ball off them before they’ve got over the halfway line a good percentage of the time. If they do get past there they faff around like a whole team of Leon Brittons.

What is the point of Matt Grimes? What is he supposed to contribute? How does he help them, going round in little circles?

What did Martin expect to happen playing like that?

You can play like Man City against the press if you have Man City type players. If you don’t, you’re a fool.

THANK YOU! I feel like I’m going insane with them. If your goal is to finish midtable in the championship every single year - a league with masses of parity where you can rise up from miles behind and make the playoffs - then what’s the point?

 

[TJB.]

“We had a go in fairness”

If that's their version of having a go then they're fucked. A very flaccid performance.

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

At least they have a more realistic view of "football life", than the weirdos from Wrexham.

 

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

I'm pretty sure they have one of the worst (if not the worst) records in the Champ for shipping goals by giving the ball away in the final 3rd. With Illy the whippet sniffing around your trousers you must be bleedin' stupid to keep inviting it on. Even Osborn's gonna pick your pocket sooner or later, and that's after sprinting up there from defensive midfield duties. I swear I've been trashing this nonsense since day one - even bloody Arsenal couldn't get away with it when they came to the Lane. WHAT % EVEN REACH THE HALFWAY LINE (including super Man Fucking Citteh)?
The perfect goal - The one that involves all 11 players and ends up in the opposition net.
What utter fuckin' nonsense - tell that to Deane and Agana (who both knew a thing or two about perfect goals).

 

[XH536]

Well oiled performance with super goals, Berge's goal rates with the best I've seen at the lane, so well done the players, most enjoyable.
Thank You Roy.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Cheers Roy, always nice to read the view from whilst enjoying my morning ablutions, top work as usual!

Yes we appreciate what you do for us Roy, as you take your own personal morning ablutions in a cold bucket under a bridge…top man