Just like Luton, Sheff Wed, Watford, Coventry, Swansea.....Nothing changes. 4 points from a possible 15....It doesn't make good reading.
Match Day Thread Swansea v Hull City
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Seen a lot of people on Twitter calling the players spineless. I’ve been critical of a lot of the squad this season and spineless is a word I’ve used even when they downed tools under Walter. Today I don’t even think it was that. They were just ****. Maybe it’s a mix of both. Nobody seems to want to take responsibility. With Alzate, at least you get someone dropping deep asking for the ball under pressure, which is something Seri did a lot too. Without him, it was up to Slater or Puerta to do that job but neither seemed confident to provide a passing option to Pandur or the two centre-halves.
With nobody willing to link play between the lines, we just had to knock it long or try to work it to Gelhardt for him to dribble and create space. Is that the tactic, give it to Gelhardt and hope he can take on two or three players on his own? It seemed like it. Knocking it long when we don’t have a traditional target man is just daft. We don’t have a striker like Morris or Adebayo at Luton to win the ball in the air and hold it up. That’s not Pedro’s strength, so why do it?
Think Sellés got it completely wrong today with his tactics (if you can call it that) and lineup but the players were just awful to a man.
With nobody willing to link play between the lines, we just had to knock it long or try to work it to Gelhardt for him to dribble and create space. Is that the tactic, give it to Gelhardt and hope he can take on two or three players on his own? It seemed like it. Knocking it long when we don’t have a traditional target man is just daft. We don’t have a striker like Morris or Adebayo at Luton to win the ball in the air and hold it up. That’s not Pedro’s strength, so why do it?
Think Sellés got it completely wrong today with his tactics (if you can call it that) and lineup but the players were just awful to a man.
Post-match reaction
Swansea caretaker head coach Alan Sheehan:
"I like winning. The feeling of a sell-out crowd, people are watching their team giving 100% in every action and isn't that what we all want from our teams?
"The game could have been done at half-time if we were more clinical but these are a difficult team to play against.
"We scored and tried to get the second and because we didn't, we had to defend for the last 15 minutes and our defensive structure as a team is incredibly pleasing."
On the penalty: "I didn't really see it now to be honest. I saw the players appeal for it. Either way I think we deserved to win the game."
Hull defender John Egan:
"It's hard to speak because it's so raw. They were on top first half and then obviously the penalty in the second half has decided the game. The ball has hit my face so I don't know how they've given the penalty.
"I don't think the ref gave it, I think the linesman gave it. I asked him to speak to the linesman because the ball hit my face so he can't be 100% sure. They didn't want to do that. It's a tough one to take.
"To lose a game in that manner is frustrating. It's a tough loss to take. We've three huge games left now, we've got to dust ourselves down and go again."
"Ron thought - we need to start games with the players we end the games with recently and then sub them with the the ones we start with when they're farked..."
Swansea caretaker head coach Alan Sheehan:
"I like winning. The feeling of a sell-out crowd, people are watching their team giving 100% in every action and isn't that what we all want from our teams?
"The game could have been done at half-time if we were more clinical but these are a difficult team to play against.
"We scored and tried to get the second and because we didn't, we had to defend for the last 15 minutes and our defensive structure as a team is incredibly pleasing."
On the penalty: "I didn't really see it now to be honest. I saw the players appeal for it. Either way I think we deserved to win the game."
Hull defender John Egan:
"It's hard to speak because it's so raw. They were on top first half and then obviously the penalty in the second half has decided the game. The ball has hit my face so I don't know how they've given the penalty.
"I don't think the ref gave it, I think the linesman gave it. I asked him to speak to the linesman because the ball hit my face so he can't be 100% sure. They didn't want to do that. It's a tough one to take.
"To lose a game in that manner is frustrating. It's a tough loss to take. We've three huge games left now, we've got to dust ourselves down and go again."
"Ron thought - we need to start games with the players we end the games with recently and then sub them with the the ones we start with when they're farked..."
Yep he did. He can’t do it again Monday
Every manager gets things wrong
Every single one
Some of this selles bashing is seriously pathetic though
Get a grip
Every single one
Some of this selles bashing is seriously pathetic though
Get a grip
Preston play a back three with wingbacks. We need someone with pace at left-back, Alzate in midfield and two up front. We cannot afford to be bullied, we need to fight for every loose ball and the players need to show some bravery in possession.
Jacob at least is a left back. McL needs taking out the firing line. It’s bad enough on the other side without him having a bad game too
Brady your positivity and enthusiasm is to be applauded. BUT to quote you he has done an 'amazing job'.. FACT he hasn't. or we would now be talking summer signings. to quote you Alex Neil has done an amazing job... FACT he has.... Lampard took over with Coventry in 17th. he's done an amazing job. Robbins took over a Stoke side in free fall, he's done an amazing job getting them out of it. Rowett took over Oxford primed for relegation, promptly won about 5 games and has kept them going, he's done an amazing job. even QPR manager has done an amazing job. Time to wake up to the fact that Selles is not what you think he is im afraid., But its all a matter of opinion and even if he won the last 3 games I wouldn't change my mind.
Very true but you cant deny he has got a lot wrong in the last 5 or 6 games.
I watched the game in a pub on my phone as they failed to find it for the big screen I missed the first couple of minutes ie the teams line up and i drank a few pints . but it wasn’t until I got home and discussed the game with my daughter that I became aware that Slater had even played !!!!!!
Selles was the only manager that joined a team at the bottom
Its silly to evem compare to lampard
Coventrys players are night and day to ours
Selles has taken us from bottom to 3 points clear with 3 to go
In our own hands
Almost all our attackers are injured
But i suppose another manager would have us scoring 3 goals a game
So harass the linesman and delay the kick as long as possible, question the referee, how can the linesman see it when he cannot? create doubt, create confusion, all done to put pressure on the penalty taker and cause a delay. Its what most team do, except us.
A goal a game night be a good start....
Is that the international break when Acun offered Sellles a training camp in Turkey aka as a holiday and he decided to keep the players at Millhouse Woods Lane in Cottingham instead?
There’s a real lack of character with this group. It’s almost as bad as the McCann team that lost 8-0 to Wigan in terms of attitude. There’s a lot of moping, heads down, arms wide apart as if it’s not their fault but someone else’s.
Wasnt hughes one of them though
And hes meant to be the best leader of men since caesar crossed the rubicon