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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 11:55 28 Dec 2025
Tymon's defensive game has improved of late maybe at a little expense of his attacking contribution, all about getting the right balance, Tymon's deals better with the ball in the air better, interceptions are better and is not being backwards so often but good wingers will cause problems.
Key has struggled in the same areas and hasn't improved but I think the biggest bug bear has been the inability to link up with the players in front of him on the wing. |
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Reply | Swansea City : Matos at a crossroads with his team still searching
at 10:25 28 Dec 2025
No just remember being frustrated watching live that we didn't exploit the glaring weakness on their left properly. Under Cooper, Bidwell was rarely used as a full back because of his lack of pace but used in front of Manning who did have a better turn of pace. If Bidwell backed off then balls to feet, if he presses on balls on the floor in behind but either way support in the middle to offer Rinald a quick outlet to progress ourselves forward which to be fair in the first half we did . |
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Reply | January Transfer Rumours
at 10:09 28 Dec 2025
You could ask the question why we signed him while Parker had shown good promise when he had previously play in the championship on the wing with us and had creditable displays in the League Cup, unless we were looking at Benson as a loan to buy. Rather try and develop our own young players. |
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Reply | Swansea City : Matos at a crossroads with his team still searching
at 09:49 28 Dec 2025
Thought Ronald did well initially he did have the upper hand on Bidwell we know Bidwell is slow in the turn but he has been around for a long time in the championship but he still neededed to be targeted more,Coventry adapted a bit for the centre halves to cover for him but as Coventry pushed forward there were opportunities I don't think we used Ronald effectively in that second half Galbraith in an attempt to get into the midfield he didn't get the ball to Ronald's feet when we did he was very deep to cover Bidwell's forward runs.
I do think that maybe away from home playing three at the back may be a better option having two defensive midfielders and two attacking midfielders all interchangeable,with wing backs we complained about Martin's style of play but at the time did we have the right players for those wingbacks?
We had players who could score goals in Piroe, Ntcham and Paterson but couldn't get the supply to them quick enough in the space they needed to operate.
The counter argument for the Coventry game would be we played well, restricted the home team to minimal chances created two gilt edged chances but succumbed to another poor set piece goal.
I don't think we exploited that weakness of Coventry we stopped supplying Ronald to feet. We have complained for years about either individual players, managers or style of play. It looked as if we got it almost right against Coventry but our set piece defence let us down. |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 08:38 27 Dec 2025
Really need to sort the situation at rightback to sort the situation in the midfield, namely releasing Galbraith to play in the midfield.
The question then would be where do you play Galbraith in that midfield. We have seen him hit thunderous strikes from the edge of the box but we have also seen him as a playmaker lying deeper enabling him to dictate and control us getting up field in a methodic way as we try and open up defence, speeding up the play with his passing and movement very much in the Leon Britton mode making space and time for himself but Stamenic is in that deep lying role? For me getting either one of them or both forward through the middle is essential while making sure they are covered to keep us sound in defence.
We saw at times Coventry use the inside channel runners to good effect off good wingers like we have seen better organised teams use those channels to open us up to create goal scoring opportunities before, our two centre halves are very able at dealing with the aerial threat but we really need to ensure those inside channels are blocked which we did at times but that means we get pushed back deeper, which is fine as longer as our play out from the back is organised, I thought we got ragged later in the game our clearances not finding the men or the spaces up top, not picking the right options to work the ball, we seemed to become frightened to play the ball to the forwards feet or into space where they can hold the ball up to allow supporting players time to breakout from defence quickly , Vigouroux's clearances seemed poor not picking out any of our players in particular, we were feeding off scrapes instead of well thought out play at times.
Did we become a bit intimidated and revert back to poor play resulting in our forwards being starved of the ball, not being clinical enough taking the chances as they should have been, everyone misses chances but good forwards will put the ball in the back of the net if given enough chances. We all have complained about slow passing across edge of the opponents box rightly so but we have now been making quicker attacks that an extra pass would get us into better scoring positions instead of shots from too far out.
We caused them problems but let ourselves get pushed deeper, became ragged at times which led to the chances to get up field to be reduced. Coventry a good team who caused us problems but for the most part dealt with them. Another set piece not dealt with. [Post edited 27 Dec 9:13]
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 21:31 26 Dec 2025
Mason-Clarke the standout player for them, if you looked at the goal he pulls and spun Vipotnik around off the ball, Cabango attacking the throw in instead of the taller Burgess? They have scored lots of goals from set pieces we have concede too many, they had chances which we managed to defend against, we had chances that should have been seen off.
If we play to our full potential we can be competitive against anyone, a couple of more considered balls instead of shooting from too far out and goals will come, happy to see shots on the edge of the box but not too far out.
Our approach play is improving more to come hopefully, Nice to see Wales getting on the pitch. |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 20:16 26 Dec 2025
So he had space because Bidwell backed off he started running at him getting corners had a poor shot but still he was an outlet then we stopped getting balls to him. Balls over the top with the centre halves doing a good job covering Bidwell. |
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Reply | Dirty Old Clown : Banned
at 09:11 24 Dec 2025
No it should be more than an additional 3 if it is a clear case of intent with the elbow after that kick which was clearly done with intent. How much damage could one instances ike these cause to a player affecting their career, lively hood and family.
There has to be levels of protection within the game, injuries happen often as a consequence of targeted play. How hacking players down with no clear intent of trying to go for the ball isn't a sending off offence is beyond me because of the injuries that could be caused, players do it knowing they will be quietly praised by managers for taking one for the team, they wouldn't be held in such high regard if the offence means down to 10 men and a three match ban. It also spoil the game the dark arts that made Italian football unbearable to watch when whole league games were first televised on Channel 4, or S4C for us are now firmly entrench in so many sports. |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 17:36 23 Dec 2025
Yes Matos did his work well to suss Wrexham out we were comfortable for one point though lucky to get the three, as pointed out we control the game and made them look poor, games swing back and forth against good team but we don't want to throw a points away from good position as we have done.
At some point managers will try and suss Matos thinking out, let's hope he continues to outwit managers while making sure his team is set up to not throw points away and create our own luck by being sensible in the pursuit of the three. |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 10:02 23 Dec 2025
In wasn't just Cabango who marshalled Moore out of the game Galbraith helped and with Burgess dealt well with the balls that Moore did win, very early in the game when Moore had the better of Cabango and typical of his dad Josh Windass was playing off Moore making good runs and like his dad Dean was a threat, Cabango and all the back four eventually got to grips in doing their defensive role, to some extend Galbraith played like Britton did against Crouch ensuring the tall lanky player could not use some of their different skills at their disposal namely getting the ball down to their feet to bring other players into play while ours centrehalves dealt with the aerial threat. We are fortunate that Galbraith is exceptionally good in the air it is a skill that all footballers should have, Tymon and Vipotnik both seem to have up their game in that department.
As for Ronald being physically weak, he is not as we have seen by relatively good defensive displays, the same could be said of Parker when he was played like Ronald in both defensive and attacking roles.
Back to Ronald's weak playing, it is not as a winger he is expecting fullback to let him know they are there and test the winger especially early in the game. Ronald knows challenges are coming in and knows he is going to be fouled from behind and acts accordingly previously getting fullbacks booked for overly strong challenges, Ronald going down under a challenged is part of the game looking for fouls , Eom has , Widell has it is a part of the game that as fans of football no-one likes to see the over done with the theatrics but we know players are taught to try and influence the ref. The Championship is a more physical league in some ways and even in competition on the world stage referee's seem to be letting things go in the earlier stages of games until the initial confrontations settles down. As players and game skill levels of speed , thought and deed are higher , the dark arts of the game can be hard to interpret even with the use of VAR.
We have seen our players who need the tempo to be higher struggled to deal with balls they are expected to deal with instead of the ones that make the best of their undoubted skills, it does seem the ability to change that tempo quickly to go from slow measured play to quick incisive play has been evading us, we have been either been overly cautious or hell bent on getting players forward quickly throwing caution to the wind giving no thought to what the opposition can do.
Under Matos that has seemingly changed Tymon did not get forward as often ensuring the flank was well guarded against Wrexham, I though in that initial part of the game Inoussa needed to drop back quicker to stop the winger cutting back inside getting dangerous crosses in.
I though Stamenic, Widell and Galbraith were able to change that tempo quickly from the middle of the park to create problems which with the right play or control from
forwards should have resulted in more clearcut chances closer to the goals, we had caught Wreham out of position and didn't capitalise.
I'm sure Coventry will try and do the same but be more clinical but if we get parts of our game right which I think we are more than capable of I think the game will be more than a "free hit" |
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Reply | Vipotnik
at 08:50 22 Dec 2025
He is not a Premiership player yet many would say he wasn't a Championship level player last season, me included but you have to give a player a certain amount of time to develop , there were glimpses last season his resounding finish off Allen clever ball an example. Is he a good Championship level forward now you have to say yes his preformances and number of goals scored have improved this season and in the last couple of games the issued raised namely challenges aerially have improved. He is getting balls played into him now which he has taken after good movement from himsel. Players on the ball are looking for that movement. Do all the things he tries come off, they never will because good defences look to combat the problems he causes, it does seem as if the percentage of success in the things he does try is increasing, good movement by him, the players around him, the right balls played into him, the team as a whole getting the ball higher up the pitch quicker as well as players to support him. The first choice forward for the team, it is up to Idah and Wales to show they can add competition up top.
Without a run of games Wales is not going to be able to prove he can get up to standard required, the same can be said of Parker but can we afford to give them those run of games to see what alternatives they can bring to the team when needed?
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Reply | Swansea City v Wrexham : Match day thread UPDATED
at 09:20 21 Dec 2025
He has come on leaps and bounds from his original form at the club, is that down to better service, his desire to improve or better team work to getting him into position that he can be more effective. Last season his aerial challenges for the high ball were woefully bad, that has changed at the very least he is making life harder for good centrehalves and add both Ronald's and Inoussa's as outlets for the aerial balls we seem to be able to get and keep further up the pitch and quicker add Widell movement and skills, which still need improving, we look a handful for defences.
We are creating spaces for playing on the ground by being competitive in more facets of the game, hope that continues to improve, especially cutting out the error mistimed or unnoticed run, poor passing and getting caught with the balls at our feet with no options available. |
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Reply | Burgess
at 09:01 21 Dec 2025
Agree it is a team game and Matos on first impressions seems to appreciate the value of players who he has picked for different situations , can we call players that a selected for the bench as being dropped or can we call it a better use of resources.
Testing time for him and the players over the Christmas period a good if somewhat fortuitous start but sometimes as a team or a manager you have to make your own luck.🤞🏼 |
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Reply | Coventry City v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 08:53 21 Dec 2025
The free hit was the Man City game in which we stunned them with the movement up top and the support given from players coming from deep, then after the goal we dropped off to defend letting them build and build pressure until we had no outlet or play up top. We have seen so many games that we get ahead and then cannot get the balance between attack and defence right at times going all gun ho forsaking any thought of defence and at others times trying to defend deeply with players who are more attack minded inexperienced defensively who often end up making mistakes.
Coventry is not a free hit there are 3 points on offer that we really could do with, would I settle for one maybe but I want us to compete using the goal scoring prowess of Vipotnik while keeping the defensive part of our game tight, which I think Matos is trying to do. Tymon not making as many runs forward ensuring our defence tries to remain solid and similarly with Galbraith on the right but letting them get forward as and when able and needed, no need for them to go dashing forward especially if defensive cover is not in place.
Coventry will be expected to come at us and holes will appear hopefully to be exploited with quick incisive play |
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Reply | Swansea City v Wrexham : Match day thread UPDATED
at 08:26 21 Dec 2025
That would be the goal two games ago away against Stoke, this season Vipotnik has also got across the front post in the six yard box to head home a goal and had one from a tight angle also in the box from a through ball, another to his feet at the penalty spot where he had one touch turned and shot.
Goals often come from getting balls quickly into the box with good movement which catches defend out or puts them in a awkward situation, often it is about the understanding within the team, players knowing where the best place to put the ball to keep pressure on the opposition while suiting the players skills to score goals.
The putting in of slow lofted crosses smacks of desperation but if a team as a whole starts to feel the pressure then anything could and does happen as in the Wrexham game and as has happened in a number against us, obviously quick whipped in balls into the box are preferable as most well organised defences can cope with slowly delivered crosses. |
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Reply | Burgess
at 00:01 21 Dec 2025
I'm rarely wrong? I'll take it you got carried away, we are all often proved wrong usually when we are on a good run. Part of life setting ourselves up to be brought down to earth with a bump.In this case I hope you are right.
Good run of home games for Matos but will be happier to see his winning streaks continues away from home and against teams in the higher positions in the league.
Vitor has come in and with a fresh look at the players at his disposal and picked his team as he see things very much as Sheehan did during his caretaker role it was only when expectations rose Sheehan abilities were called into question given his results. We shall see how Victor's tenure develops as opposition manager sees how he sets his teams up of adjust their teams accordingly as they have previously done to overcome the previous one dimensional tactics of our managers. [Post edited 21 Dec 8:29]
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Reply | Swansea City v Wrexham : Match day thread UPDATED
at 23:29 20 Dec 2025
Crosses such as Widell's which Vipotnik dispatched, on the floor in behind the defence isn't Vipotni's game? We have been outdone by such balls which have kept Burgess goal scoring tally high. |
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