v Swansea City (a) - 22/2/25

[Upside Down]

7 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

Conspiracy Theory,: Swag/Pasha/Gestede told DL to pick the starting line up they specified, with an option to try and catch up on 70 mins?

Wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened at this club.

[Gav]

55 minutes ago, Ricky said:

You still up for giving it Lowe for the rest of the season mate? 

Yes, 6 points from 3 games, it’s playoff form. 
 

Edited 14 hours ago by Gav

[Ricky]

9 minutes ago, Gav said:

Yes, 6 points from 3 games, it’s playoff form. 
 

Nowhere near good enough to be the top man. Showed that today.

[Plastics]

Just did the player ratings and saw that Pears had 16 out of 32 pass completion rate. So 16 out of 32 misplaced passes or kick outs (I presume). And that's before considering the first goal. Hope his confidence doesn't go through the floor as he has picked up compared to last season.

 

As a team, worst performance of the season. Glad we have a week on the training pitch to try to set things straight 

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1 minute ago, Plastics said:

Just did the player ratings and saw that Pears had 16 out of 32 pass completion rate. So 16 out of 32 misplaced passes or kick outs (I presume). And that's before considering the first goal. Hope his confidence doesn't go through the floor as he has picked up compared to last season.

 

As a team, worst performance of the season. Glad we have a week on the training pitch to try to set things straight 

We erm.. just had a week ....

[superniko]

1 hour ago, ... said:

apparently we bully teams 🤷‍♂️

 

 

This bloke acted like a complete weapon on the sideline all game.

His Wikipedia reads like a whose who of clubs rivalling Bonnie Blues blokes.

And to wrap it up when I typed his name on google it tried correcting me to Alan Shearer. 

Edited 13 hours ago by superniko

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1 minute ago, superniko said:

This bloke acted like a complete weapon on the sideline all game.

His Wikipedia reads like a whose who of clubs rivalling Bonnie Blues blokes.

And to wrap it up when I typed his name on google tried correcting me to Alan Shearer. 

Haha admittedly made the same connection everytime I heard his name. Watched a swans feed was incredibly bias as expected 

[superniko]

Bottom line is, we can’t be starting Sanderson, Hedges, Forshaw, Weimann if we want to come top 6. I’ll add Pears too in the hope that Toth has less than the 10+ horrors that Pears does each season.

Thats 5 players alone who should be in L1 - perhaps harsh on Weimann but he’s so slow. If half your team has L1 ability and your owners don’t like to invest then you’re only heading one way.

Carter/Batth, Kargbo, Tronstad, Dennis should make that 11 a lot better - just need a manager to pick them / keep fitness 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Lost too many Games against lower placed sides,the truth is we're not consistent enough.

Too many of our Players blow Hot and Cold for my liking..Dolan being a prime example.

Just feel we will fall short,I think many fans expect the same now.

[Gav]

34 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Nowhere near good enough to be the top man. Showed that today.

6 points from 3 games says different, but if you’re right, who is coming in to get 2 wins every 3 games? 

Hope you are well my friend 👍

[yeti-dog]

4 hours ago, Bethnal said:

John Buckley sprints like he’s got a hamstring injury.

It was such a mussed opportunity today, that's what's so infuriating.

2 wins 2 great performances followed by that shit-show.

Lowe, took the cheap and easy option, picked all his homies rather than the best team we could put out.

Time to get a fucking manager in!

[Plastics]

23 minutes ago, ... said:

We erm.. just had a week ....

We had a week after success. Hopefully a week of back to basics will help

[DE.]

17 minutes ago, superniko said:

Thats 5 players alone who should be in L1 - perhaps harsh on Weimann but he’s so slow. If half your team has L1 ability and your owners don’t like to invest then you’re only heading one way.

Weimann is a decent option to come off the bench, particularly if we need a goal as he has that in his locker. Shouldn't be starting though. 

[superniko]

11 minutes ago, Gav said:

6 points from 3 games says different, but if you’re right, who is coming in to get 2 wins every 3 games? 

Hope you are well my friend 👍

You’re surely being sarcastic and don’t believe that logic? Or do you really believe Damien Johnson would win us the Champions League in an invisible season?

[NeilInBristol]

3 hours ago, DE. said:

At this point I would put Toth in because, well, why not? Pears' purple patch is over, confidence clearly gone and he's back to his usual self. Doing nothing will cost us points as he continues to sabotage us in goal, so we've got nothing to lose by trying something different, even if it seems unlikely to significantly change anything. 

We need a proper manager in place to actually make these bloody decisions though, not an interim repeatedly picking insipid lineups. 

Pears?! He's more like a plumb.

What is he doing 

[wilsdenrover]

9 minutes ago, superniko said:

You’re surely being sarcastic and don’t believe that logic? Or do you really believe Damien Johnson would win us the Champions League in an invisible season?

Cant see it myself. 

[OnionBalaji]

Totally wrong selection today and blunted us from the off 

Out of those playing thought Travis, Ribiero and Gueye played well enough, Dolan, Hedges and Weimann had a couple of opportunities being too slow to balls across from Gueye and we need to have players anticipating these knock downs, heads across the box or touches and be fast enough physically and mentally to be there. 
 

Buckley an improvement on Forshaw when he came on but still don’t think he is championship quality - nothing against players letting fly from outside the box, but he had a clear forward pass on and took a very poor crack at it and doesn’t really have it in his locker bar that one goal four years ago or so in extra time - this season he has hit a few pants shots out the box 

 

frustrated, disappointed and want to see some intent and going at it - we set up to fail

 

just wanted to moan 

[BlackburnEnd75]

4 minutes ago, DE. said:

Weimann is a decent option to come off the bench, particularly if we need a goal as he has that in his locker. Shouldn't be starting though. 

The problem with the starting lineup was their was no pace and mobility in the side. Dolan as we know is deceptively slow, weimann and hedges aren't quick. Dolan often picks the wrong options as we know but Hedges and weimann create little from open play. Weimann is in because he can finish but he didn't take either of his chances today.

Forshaw was fine in possesion but his mobility is poor and was of the main reasons why we dropped so deep in midfield today.

So many times Gueye would get the ball back to goal and there was no option moving off him to lay it off too. When he did drop him, nobody had any pace to exploit the space in behind. 

We lacked energy, pace and running power. Part of that is the players dropping their levels but it's mostly not picking the right team.

 

 

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, DeeCee said:

Conspiracy Theory,: Swag/Pasha/Gestede told DL to pick the starting line up they specified, with an option to try and catch up on 70 mins?

Honestly my initial thought at 2-00 pm was “ Who’s actually picking this team ? “ Is it Lowe or is it somebody else ?

Given the players we had to choose from who apart from Chaddy would have started with that 11 ? Especially the Dolan, Weimann, Hedges bit of it ?

Edited 13 hours ago by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Ricky]

28 minutes ago, Gav said:

6 points from 3 games says different, but if you’re right, who is coming in to get 2 wins every 3 games? 

Hope you are well my friend 👍

I’m good mate. I think the 6 from 3 games could quickly become a 6 from 4 and then a 6 from 5. Really can’t see Lowe being a motivator of people and the strong head coach that is needed to get us over the line. 

[DeeCee]

24 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Pears?! He's more like a plumb.

What is he doing 

Would have been a nutmeg if he hadn't back-heeled it in 😞

[Andy]

He could have stood still and it would have stopped at his feet.

So, literally, a cardboard cutout would have been more use.

[yankfan]

29 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Honestly my initial thought at 2-00 pm was “ Who’s actually picking this team ? “ Is it Lowe or is it somebody else ?

Given the players we had to choose from who apart from Chaddy would have started with that 11 ? Especially the Dolan, Weimann, Hedges bit of it ?

Don’t know why the guys responsible for bringing in the new players would make the caretaker leave them on the bench?  

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, yankfan said:

Don’t know why the guys responsible for bringing in the new players would make the caretaker leave them on the bench?  

If the chicken chokers were picking the team thst would probably be their team.

[DeeCee]

1 minute ago, yankfan said:

Don’t know why the guys responsible for bringing in the new players would make the caretaker leave them on the bench?  

Scared of potential success?