The betting shows we're unlikely to finish top 6 or get relegated. It just shows there's more chance of top 6 than relegation. It doesn't mean either is likely. We're about 50-50 to finish top 10. I think we'll finish 7th or 8th. I would be disappointed with finish bottom half of table.
I don't agree. You repeatedly make excuses for our wins. It's always something like... great effort but weak opposition. Your support is always qualified by how bad the opposition are. You just won't admit that we won because we're a good team.
Yes, we should get carried away. That's what it's all about. All together now... We're gonna win the league.
Were Man Utd poor? Were we poor 2nd half v Burnley? Were West Brom poor? The answer to all 3 was yes, granted West Brom were made to look even worse by how we played, but lets not get ahead of ourselves, the best test we have had so far was Burnley who were pretty good apart from the goal they conceded. Chelsea will be the big test for us I feel, I hope we can get something from it, but being realistic, they are doing very well, they put 6 past Everton at Goodison park, so its not going to be easy. Win there and then we can say we are doing really well. But so far, its hard to judge properly. And being honest in ones opinion is better than over hyping the situation and getting ahead of yourself, just to please those who like to think overly positive.As getting ahead of yourself will only see you be more disappointed if it was to go a bit downhill. Monk has done fantastic so far and I am happy for the bloke, but I am hopeful he realises that so far we have yet to be really tested, and will know deep down that Man Utd and West Brom were poor against us. Lets not forget we will have bad days too, and it will not always be down to the opposition, so lets not pretend it doesn't happen to other teams too, show some respect for us and other teams. So yes I prefer to keep my feet planted firmly on the ground with Dragon than to over-hype the situation. Because I would bet that Monk will be noticing it too so that he can make us better as a club too, and thats what we need, a bit of realism IMO.
You're stating the obvious. Relatively few (if any) are getting seriously carried away and think we're suddenly a top of the table side. No one's being overly positive or over hyping (that I've read), simply living in the moment and enjoying our position. It won't last. It'll be very short lived. But right now we are second in the Premier League! Some should just enjoy it as it's a rarity. It could be a long time before we can enjoy a little limelight again. I will be disappointed soon enough, for now I'm relishing it
We've made a great start but I favour realism... United - Nobody knew what to expect but we all suspected we would lose because we usually do away to massive clubs. We showed good discipline, a good team ethic and a clinical side. We were all pleased with the boys' performance but.....it's undeniable now that this is an exceptionally poor United team. Monk will have expected - 0 points Got - 3pts Burnley - A newly promoted team we will have targeted 3 points against at home. They were a proper team, a team that has taken seasons to build, a team that had got used to winning at home and nabbing points away from home over the course of their promotion season. A team that knew how to stifle us and worked their bollocks off to achieve that. We were good in the 1st half but lost control of the game in midfield in the second half. We showed good concentration and that work ethic (again) to ride the storm and keep Burnley out, but ultimately a fairer result would have been a draw. A lot of fans felt pleased at the way the boys' ground out the result but were not encouraged by the performance. Monk will have expected - 3 points Got - 3 points W.B.A. - We've beaten both home and away on a consistent basis (when we've played well) in the Prem. In many ways it is strange that they don't learn their lessons against us. I certainly was expecting them to put men behind the ball, show discipline regarding their shape and put pressure on the ball this time. They didn't learn their lessons and stood off us way too much, maybe the early goal had a big effect. We played very well. Our movement off the ball was better than it has been for a while. We were back to moving the ball quick (rarely taking more than 2 touches) and have the pace, firepower and creativity up front to really take it to a team like W.B.A. First time I've been encouraged by a Monk team since Napoli (which I always saw as the Laudrup team's last hurrah myself). Monk will have expected - 3 points Got - 3 points Overall We've done very well indeed. Clinical with our finishing, defended resolutely and found ways to win in the first 2 games....back to our best in the 3rd game. However, the United game is skewing things....the victory there has given us the perfect start. We will have targeted the other 2 games as 2 home wins and 6 points. We did excellent to achieve that, but nonetheless we would have hoped for 6 points by this stage. We have 9 points because of our very good performance, and United's very poor performance, at Old Trafford. As plenty have stated the test of how our season is going to go will be the next 7 games or so....but regardless of what happens we couldn't have made a better start. In our next game there can be little doubt that we will be playing an excellent in form team....I don't expect anything from Chelsea but would be encouraged by a good performance. Then we have a couple more teams who are direct rivals for mid table spots home and away....we'll know where we are much better after these games.
Thanks guys - looks like we're singing from the same hymnsheet and plastic is, well, the name says it all. Any hint at realism is wrongly construed as criticism or disloyalty and that's bollocks. Couldn't agree more with swanselona and Terror on this. Spot on the pair of you. The mantra should be "We've been great but let's keep our feet on the ground and simply look to the next game". I can guarantee that's what Monk is saying.
"expected" does not equal "gets" We expected to beat WBA last season. We lost 2-1. We expected to beat Palace last season. We drew 1-1. ManU expected to beat us this season. They got spanked ManC expected to beat Stoke. They lost. So when a team wins a game they expected to win, they still DO deserve credit. Games are there to be won, but you still have to deliver. So far we've delivered everything we could hope for. Who cares if we had a poor 2nd half against Burnley. Look at the Points column in the table, that's all that matters. There are people on here who are downplaying our achievements. Take a step back and read the comments above, then remember we're SWANSEA not Barcelona. We deserve all the credit we can get so far. Enjoy it!
Makes me laugh that we are all arguing the same point.... 1) enjoy where we are as we don't know how long it will last. 2) no one ...even us loyal Jacks... expects us to win the league 3) no one ...even us loyal Jacks... expects us to qualify for Europe 4) majority of us 'hope' we can finish between 8th and 12th 5)Relegation is always a concern for any club until they get to that 40 point mark 6) majority of us think we should get to 40 points at least this season ' barring a disaster'. 7)no one thinks our displays have been 100% perfect in the matches this season so far 8)no one thinks the opposition were 100% perfect in the matches played so far and finally (mainly a recap of point one, but worth repeating) 9) there is Nothing wrong with being happy about where we are, enjoy the moment
I totally agree, but tell that to plastic who is a "happy fan" having a pop at Dragon who had the audacity to point out that the opposition were poor. We hate it when teams say they lost to us because they played badly and don't accept our good play, and this is the complete opposite, we will beat teams playing well, and we should also be able to acknowledge that other teams have off days too. Im merely standing up for Dragon against plastic, I am not saying that everyone who is happy is behaving the same.
I've taken a step back, read through my comments and have concluded that I am both enjoying it and giving credit.... - "We've made a great start" - "We showed good discipline, a good team ethic and a clinical side." - "We were good in the 1st half" - "We showed good concentration and that work ethic (again)" - "We played very well. Our movement off the ball was better than it has been for a while. We were back to moving the ball quick (rarely taking more than 2 touches) and have the pace, firepower and creativity up front to really take it to a team like W.B.A." - "First time I've been encouraged by a Monk team since Napoli" - "We've done very well indeed. Clinical with our finishing, defended resolutely and found ways to win in the first 2 games....back to our best in the 3rd game." - "the victory there has given us the perfect start." - "We have 9 points because of our very good performance" - "regardless of what happens we couldn't have made a better start." I believe it is I that remembers that "we are Swansea and not Barcelona" because my post contains realism as well as praise.
It's our best start for 91 years. That's not hype, it's fact. I just can't see how that isn't good enough for some people.
Now that is DEFINATELY stating the obvious... Swanselona, Dragonborn & Terrorwit....3 of a kind. Using the 'we must keep our feet on the ground' approach to avoid future disappointment! There's nothing wrong with that if it works for you - and no disrespect to any of you either. It's just a bit of a boring approach imo.
Agree with that, What gets me though is that the usual suspects change things after the event. Before the Utd game, Utd were overwhelming favorites to win and even most Swans fans that they would win. Utd had such a great pre-season that they were being tipped for the top, while we were being tipped for the bottom. Before the match, none of the usual suspects mentioned Utd being in disarray and us being in with a chance. We beat an in-form team because we outplayed them. But then the usual suspects claimed Utd were in disarray and that was why we beat them. They claim that Utd's subsequent games prove this, but it doesn't. We beat them and they suddenly lost confidence. That's it. So ten the usual suspects said, let's wait and see how we do against Burnley and WBA. So we beat them and beat Rotherham as well. So now they want us to wait for Chelsea. This will go on and on until we lose. The first time we lose they will say... I told you so. Nothing wrong with mentioning that we played weak opposition, but we haven't really. Man U were in great form and Burnley gave us a good game. Neither was a weak team. WBA weren't so good, but we still beat them. Cheer up you guys and stop expecting us to fail. Enjoy the ride. These are the best of times and you don't seem happy.
Well I don't recognise how any of that could apply too me. 1) I didn't big Utd up before the game 2) When we won I praised the team and Monk (for seemingly getting the work ethic back) 3) I didn't say "wait for the next 2 games" I always said I will reach some conclusions on where our team is going after 10 games. 4) I would never judge any Swansea manager on how we do away at Chelsea. 5) "The first time we lose" could be Chelsea away, could be later...if we lost to Chelsea not a single soul would claim that equals a disaster and give it the "I told you so"....if we lost later that would mean we will have started off the season with victory at Old Trafford, at least a point at Chelsea and nearly maximum points on the board, so, once again...there is no chance of anyone stating "I told you so". You and the "usual suspects" are only saying that because you have an agenda, an agenda to say "I told you so...Monk is the second coming!" over and over again Re: weakness of opposition We stay up every year by targeting winning at home against the likely bottom half clubs and drawing away from home. Points against the top teams and wins away from home always come but can't be predicted and are a bonus which make up for the disappointment of points dropped in games we have targeted. That goes for us and the rest of the clubs who aren't loaded. So we will have targeted 6 points from 3 games (Just to get these 6 would have been a job well done) and actually have 9 points which is way beyond everybody's expectations and rightfully praise has been heaped down upon the team by everyone.....I get the impression that no amount of praise would ever be enough. Just remember that when, inevitably, we hit a rough patch.
With the best defence in the league, and Bony not on form atm, we are going to break into the top 4 when Bony clicks, don't forget, we've beaten Chelsea away before We are currently in the top 4, let's enjoy it while it lasts
I was under the impression that we targeted every match, home and away, for a a win. Why would we only try to win the easier matches? You are wrong about the praise. Read my previous post again. No-one claimed United were in disarray before that match, but after we won some were saying we won only because they were in disarray. If they were really in disarray, these people should have mentioned it beforehand, not made it up after the match. Anyway, end of debate for me. You lot carry on if you want. I'm more than happy with out fantastic start. Especially as we started against an in-form team.
Quite right Plastic, the proof is in the vile reply you received for daring to disagree with the clown. We've had a great start, no if's, no but's, and the proof is we are joint top of the league. Regardless of what the usual suspects say. Our position has been achieved through 3 solid wins from 3 solid games (and don't forget our kids winning in the cup too). It wont last, we will lose games, I know that, you know that, most intelligent people know that. When we do I expect a barrage of abuse from the special ones who are desperate for our failure. They have flown their true colours yet again, long may they continue to stress over our success.
