Norwich City are by no means promoted yet, but they took another small step closer to the Premier League on Friday night thanks to Emi Buendia’s second half strike, which gave them a 1-0 victory over Swansea City. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Norwich City Tim Krul – the seasoned stopper made good… Read more →
Norwich City are by no means promoted yet, but they took another small step closer to the Premier League on Friday night thanks to Emi Buendia’s second half strike, which gave them a 1-0 victory over Swansea City. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Swansea’s courage The term bravery in football is commonly meant… Read more →
A spirited second half performance at Swansea City looked to have earned a surprised victory for 10-man Birmingham City, but Oliver McBurnie’s strike 15 seconds from the final whistle denied Garry Monk a winning return to the Liberty Stadium in a 3-3 draw. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Smooth Swansea Graham Potter… Read more →
Joe Allen struck against his former club to give underachieving Stoke City a 1-0 win over fast-starters Swansea City. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Stoke City Jack Butland – the goalkeeper has had a mixed start to his Championship season and needs to improve on many things if he is to get into… Read more →
Swansea City and Leeds United continued their unbeaten starts to the Championship campaign with a 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Swansea City Erwin Mulder – with Kristoffer Nordfeldt out injured, Swansea had to lean on the 6’4″ goalkeeper and he has so far proved… Read more →
Swansea City and Leeds United continued their unbeaten starts to the Championship campaign with a 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night. Superbly structured Swansea When Swansea drew 0-0 at Birmingham on Friday night, they were often caught trying to play out from the back. The question here was whether they would stay… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Swansea City fan Steven Carroll ( @StevenSOS1987 ) from the SOS Fanzine. It feels like when you’ve been at your best as a club, you’ve had a consistent way of playing and a clear long-term strategy. After relegation from the Premier League last… Read more →
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s 64th-minute winner against his former club proved the decisive moment as Everton defeated relegation strugglers Swansea City 3-1 at Goodison Park. Here’s seven things from the game. Disciplined wide men It was a cagey first half in which both teams looked well-structured without the ball. Swansea wide men Luciano Narsingh and Nathan Dyer… Read more →
Jesse Lingard’s brace saw reigning League Cup winners Manchester United move into the last eight of the competition with a 2-0 win over Swansea. Here’s our player ratings from the match. Swansea City Kristoffer Nordtfeldt – ironically, he looked perhaps more suspect when United didn’t score than when they did. Could not do too much… Read more →
Swansea City’s last two seasons have seen them finish 12th and 15th, but that only tells half the story. On both occasions the Welsh club were second-bottom at Christmas, requiring a change of manager to climb out of the mire. Supporter Steven Carroll from the SOS Fanzine discusses whether the club has become the top flight’s perennial escapologists. Not sure about that. Last… Read more →