Match Day Thread West Bromwich Albion v. Swansea City

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West Brom vs Swansea City

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Barclays Premier League
Venue - The Hawthorns
Date - 14 December 2016
Kick off - 20:00

Four days after their "6 pointer" against fellow relegation candidates Sunderland, the Swans travel to the Midlands to face Tony Pulis' West Brom.

The visit to The Hawthorns is viewed as one of the matches in December where the Swans could and must collect (at least) a point.

Swansea and West Brom have faced each other on 37 occasions, with the Swans winning 16, drawing 8 and losing 13.

In the corresponding match last season, Salomon Rondon's injury-time goal rescued a point for West Brom and denied Francesco Guidolin a second Premier League win as Swansea boss.

Gylfi Sigurdsson's second-half strike from 12 yards looked to have secured victory for the visitors.

Irrespective of the result against Sunderland, the Swans need to get something out of the visit to the Midlands, and I'm hopeful of picking up a point in another 1-1 draw.

 

a draw would be more than acceptable , they're doing the opposite to us atm , well

 

We will also lose this game!..............

 

Six points in 5 days. Happy days (that's the second bottle Phil )

 

Just don't wake up!................

 

Same line up as Sunderland except Montero for Routs and Naughton for Rangel ....and I hope we never start another game without a striker , preferably Llotente

 

If we play like we did today we can most definitely get something from this game.

A point would be fantastic.

 

We have had some good wins at WBA over the years when we were underdogs and we can get all 3 points this time too. We must keep the same team and not change a winning side or that will spoil the momentum, If we need to change for some reason then we can but when you score 3 goals and more importantly keep a clean sheet then i would not change a thing....

 

Yep, same team for Wednesday!!

 

Didn't have a chance to watch the game today but it'll be madness to change the system.

We've had success against WBA away but to beat a Pulis side is difficult. I predict it'll be a low scoring game where one goal will decide the game.

0-1 Swans

 

2-2 with Pullis passing the bucket round to pay his Palace bill

 

Play the same team and we might well get a result!...........................

 

Can Leon play 3 games in 8 days - or Rangel for that matter?

Both matches are important, yet on current form Boro would seem the more likely winnable of the 2 .....

Thoughts?

 

Rangel was one of our best players today , his link up play between himself ,Routledge Leon and Fulton gave stability and an attacking threat from both wings .

 

A point would be immense, in our current predicament. Just going in the right direction, keeping the points tally ticking over. Follow it up with 1 at the Boro & that sets us up very nicely to attack the fvck out of the Christmas home double-header against those 'Hammers' & 'Cherries' boys'...

Let Monty run rampage at em...

 

2-1 Swans @ 11/1 thankyou.

 

That is a good question.....and if i was them would be wanting to play and as they have not had that much game time i would definitely keep the same team and make sure we have the correct players on the bench to use when needed....

 

Both are playing well. WBA seem to have more power and are good on the counter attack, while Boro seem to be playing better football. Tactically it's going to be a tough few days for Bob. I always say an away Premiership point is priceless so I'd have to take two points from the next two games with anything else being a bonus.

 

Another must win or were back to square 1
1-0 to us a Gilfi pen or free lick.

 

A nice xmas with 6 points in the bag is what i want......I have sent Santa my wish list so he had better convince me he exists like i have always thought....I will be gutted if he does not exist as my wife has always told me not to come in the bed room as Santa is there and he dont want to spoil my surprise....