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Monthly Archives: September 2017

West Ham 1 Swans 0

Swans need to swap crosses and slow play for speed and short passes Remember that song? Pass and move (it’s the Liverpool groove)? How about Pass and stand far away (it’s the Swansea way)? In fairness, Swansea’s team movement showed improvement in Saturday’s annoying 1-0

Swans 1 Watford 2

Individual errors cost Swansea as Mesa shines despite mistake 3-5-2 is not a purely defensive formation. Three men at the back is one fewer than the four of a 4-4-2 diamond, a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. Yes, the wing backs can drop back into defensive

Reading 0 Swans 2

Swansea strolled to the kind of functional 2-0 victory over lower league opposition a Premier League team should expect on Tuesday, with a 2-0 away victory over Reading in the Carabao (League) Cup. That’s not to say these things have always been routine for Swansea,

Spurs 0 Swans 0

Swans defensive display suggests superior coaching When I was a kid, Swansea were in the lower divisions (mostly 3 and 4 in old money). It was customary for fans of small town teams to also have a favourite “first division” side, because it would give

Swans 0 Toon 1

Swans struggle as Clement switches system again Swansea have an awful record in Premier League games following the season’s first international break. They’ve never won, drawing twice and losing the other four. That trend continued on Sunday with a weak 1-0 defeat to an even