Swansea Match Thread

[Mem]

Fair play to the manager, coaching team and of course the team. Wasn’t expecting that level of performance or result. Well done. Special praise to Ball and Lumley - both could easily be sulking because of lack of game time but were outstanding. Really proud of my club!

[MYU]

We looked a class above them, it was so good to watch and never wanted it to end.

[LoftusRoadLad]

Another Great Picture

[LoftusRoadLad]

Lips a bit close tho

[72bus]

Well done to warbs and the boys . Would be easy to just go through the motions now we're safe

[dave58]

What was most pleasing was our energy levels, and stayed it the game right to the end with 5 to go could've settled for a draw but kept up the pressure on them and went for it, for a team that was 3rd in the league i thought they were very ordinary, cant remember them creating a chance in the 2nd half, a few scare in the 1st mainly of our own doing, Willock & Johansen who makes things looks easy & Lumley exceptional, Dykes putting in a big shift, Thomas very good and a really good all round team performance. and could we have ever had a better Sub than Austin to bring of the bench, This team with the current loanee' s would be a very good side next year, if unable to keep the loan players, the club must try to recruit similar players with the same amount of ability & Class, or we'll be back to where we were, the loan players have really took the team up a level all very good, and made the current crop up their game massively

[ale62]

Cannot see us winning that one but who knows.

We have never won at the Liberty Stadium in eight attempts; our last victory away at Swansea was at the Vetch Field in 1981.

Swans need the points to keep up with Watford.

Hope we mess em up.

See?
You have to have faith!
After 20 years.
Finally!!!

[ale62]

Congrats to all for winning!!!

[stanistheman]

Another game where our passing was slick, we beat a posession team at their own game on their pitch in a match that was much more important for them, thoroughly entertaining!

Agreed. Well done Rangers.

Pleased to see that Dykes is looking like a real striker now and will pose a big threat to opponents next season. A good, assured game from Lumley too.

Adomah and Austin subs were good calls from MW and made a huge difference to the game in the end.

The less said about Kakay and Hamalainen the better. We kept a clean sheet somehow, but it was not down to how well those two played.

Those recent defeats at Birmingham Huddersfield & Rotherham have proved to be really costly now.

[stainrodisalegend]

Agreed. Well done Rangers.

Pleased to see that Dykes is looking like a real striker now and will pose a big threat to opponents next season. A good, assured game from Lumley too.

Adomah and Austin subs were good calls from MW and made a huge difference to the game in the end.

The less said about Kakay and Hamalainen the better. We kept a clean sheet somehow, but it was not down to how well those two played.

Those recent defeats at Birmingham Huddersfield & Rotherham have proved to be really costly now.

We have to accept we are not Barcelona, at Christmas we were looking in serious danger of relegation. Yes we let slip some games but that's surely balanced out by others we won at the death like Swansea, Millwall and Brentford (which is always a sign of a good team). We are not the finished article and are going to lose some games. I know what you mean in that there is an element of "if only" but given how our season has turned round think its much better to focus on the positives and try to carry that momentum into next season.

[Stainrod]

We have to accept we are not Barcelona, at Christmas we were looking in serious danger of relegation. Yes we let slip some games but that's surely balanced out by others we won at the death like Swansea, Millwall and Brentford (which is always a sign of a good team). We are not the finished article and are going to lose some games. I know what you mean in that there is an element of "if only" but given how our season has turned round think its much better to focus on the positives and try to carry that momentum into next season.

Totally agree , bemoaning defeats to lower opposition is pointless , by that standing we had no right to be beating Watford , Swansea , Brentford Bournemouth etc. This league is unpredictable from one week to the next .

[stainrodisalegend]

Exactly. Another night, another season that Swansea player would have powered over Field (who did brilliantly btw to deny an otherwise certain goal) to head into an open goal at the death. But we left with three points. The positive is that bar Forest away and Barnsley at home (maybe a couple of others but can't really think of them) we have looked the better team or at the very least held our own in just about every match in 2021.

[Stainrod]

Exactly. Another night, another season that Swansea player would have powered over Field (who did brilliantly btw to deny an otherwise certain goal) to head into an open goal at the death. But we left with three points. The positive is that bar Forest away and Barnsley at home (maybe a couple of others but can't really think of them) we have looked the better team or at the very least held our own in just about every match in 2021.

I think even from the start of the season we were in every game bar Huddersfield away where we didn’t turn up . The difference was we didn’t have the quality that the loan players brought to kill teams off . Also the likes of Wallace , Willock and Dykes were nowhere near as effective as they are now .

[gator]

Even though we are in mid to upper table with no realistic shot of the play offs for some time and no worries of relegation the games have become fun to watch again, we can actually dominate good teams! The last time we had a team this good in the Championship was when NW managed us to the title, I didn't get to watch as many games as I can now, I have only missed a couple this season! Although the EPL has to be our goal and when were were there recently it wasn't a fun watch most of the time and all of the matches were televised!

[stanistheman]

We have to accept we are not Barcelona, at Christmas we were looking in serious danger of relegation. Yes we let slip some games but that's surely balanced out by others we won at the death like Swansea, Millwall and Brentford (which is always a sign of a good team). We are not the finished article and are going to lose some games. I know what you mean in that there is an element of "if only" but given how our season has turned round think its much better to focus on the positives and try to carry that momentum into next season.

I agree and my comment wasn’t meant as a criticism. We have done extremely well in 2021. Hopefully it will continue into next season.