and for the record, before we beat Wigan we drew 0-0 with Man City, lost to European Champions Chelsea 2-0 (A) and drew with Southampton (H) and Norwich (A). So eight defeats on the trot is A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS!
As pointed out, it is hardly time to panic, but I admit that 9 points from the last 42 was surprising! I understand you were assured safety and you had the cup in the bag, but wouldn't the players still be giving it their best out on the park, so is that really an excuse because if they weren't that would be more of an issue than form! The start this season is understandable. United and Spurs away - tough games. I watch the Swans when the matches don't clash, and I must admit I thought you had been doing better than the points shown above state.
We have 0 points from 6. And that's it. Nothing more nothing less. You can make of that what you will but fact is we are 1 point less than last season. If we lose to WBA we are still only 1 point down from last season. Stop bitching people, we are doing fine. Finally, can people please stop quoting dai. Some of us have him on ignore due to obvious reasons and would rather not see his comments. Have a little faith, we have the best squad we have ever had. We will finish top 10 with ease.
I expect us to be able to string three passes together. I expect us to have more than a couple of shots at goal. I expect us to play a striker upfront instead of a midfielder. None of which we've done much of since Wembley.
it seems obvious that Bony is still not at 100% fitness however why a second striker was not bought astounds me.
Why we released one proven to work well with Michu equally so. Laudrup seems to have a big blind spot when it comes to strikers.
Other than the fact that both Huw and Laudrup have said they want another striker and the transfer window closes at the end of the week? Real shot in the dark there.
Is Michu all of a sudden not good enough for that role, he played it well last season, why would ML change it when it often worked in our favour.
Michu is not a striker. Michu hates playing as a striker. Michu is far less effective and scores less goals when he's being used as a striker. It's got nothing to do with not being good enough. It's about playing people in their correct positions. Putting him upfront isolates one of our best goal threats, takes one of our most creative influences out of midfield and plays right into opposing teams hands. We've played him upfront almost exclusively since Graham left, and results have suffered as previously covered. It's blindingly f*cking obvious that we shouldn't be doing it if at all possible, yet Laudrup does it game after game as one of his default tactical choices.
So you would have preferred Michu on the bench and Bony on the pitch? Because I don't know if it was at all obvious to you, but we didn't play with an attacking midfielder yesterday. As a counter attacking setup, Bony wouldn't have the pace for that role.
