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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

Palace 0 Swans 2

New season, new shape: Clement’s evolution continues Just a quick one* this time as Saturday’s 2-0 away victory over Crystal Palace was not exactly bursting with incident. Palace were terrible, Swansea were not, and once again Paul Clement’s 3-5-2 looks to be a natural fit

Swans 0 Man Utd 4

Clement’s risky tactical gambit hits Swans hard So Swansea took a classic “looks worse on paper” 4-0 hammering from Man United, of the sort which will have caused undeserved smugness to gush from those people who never watch Swansea play but will have confidently predicted

Saints 0 Swans 0

Soul-less Swans scrape draw as Clement sends message At what point does playing hardball in transfer negotiations start to become an act of self-sabotage? The Gylfi Sigurdsson saga has dragged on longer than a Neil Taylor throw-in and with competitive fixtures now underway, it is