Match Day Thread Swansea City v. Manchester City (FL Cup)

Its his first full game though so not unexpected as he has done a lot of running

 

But Leon must be the first name on the team sheet. The fact he's playing the full 90 tells me he won't be starting

 

But if you bringing him off, surely you have to put Llorente on?

 

....what ? against their first 11 ? Aguero will have a field day.

 

Diaz - now this is a lad with a future

 

The shirt even has a backward 'J' on the left sleeve. I'm honestly stunned by the tackiness of our new kit suppliers.

 

The passing was a bit better in the first half but lets be realistic here once citeh went up a gear we looked like a team that is in turmoil. Leon tried but again he was muscled off the ball 3 times that i counted but credit must also go to a few players tonight. Taylor made some great passes. Routs played well and van d doom ( what i nick named him ) made some good tackles.....Citeh look as if they can go up another gear if they were in any trouble but it is swansea's best display of the season........MOM Taylor..

 

I just mean in terms of work rate. We're closing the gaps much better than our previous games. It's looked like we've been playing against 13 the last few weeks. Much more competitive tonight.

 

Leon tried? Is that how you sum up his performance tonight? He was superb, as usual.

 

yay

 

Gylfi

Will do wonders for his confidence.

 

GOAL.............................

 

What the **** did I just read? Taylor made some good passes and routs played well? They have been our weak links down the left!
And Leon has been our MOM!

Great goal by siggy. Hopefully gives him some confidence going forward.

 

I wonder what happened to Kompany

 

A very, very good performance tonight.

Our best team now is

------------------------Fab-----------------------------
Naughton------VDH--------Amat----------Kingsley
-----------------Leon------------Cork-------------
Barrow---------------Gylfi-----------------Montero
----------------------Baston----------------

That's the side i want to see on the pitch.

 

Another injury? If so, he's finished at this level which is a shame because he's a great, great CB.

 

I said I would settle for 3 points rather than the cup win

 

This is something we can build on at least........Next up Man citeh....

 

Positives from tonight

VDH, Fulton good to see Baston get an outing. Leon was Leon. The midfield all played well and Fer did well breaking up play.

Cant agree with Dai re Taylor and Routs!

Selection for Saturday
I think Kingsley will come in for Taylor, I would have VDH alongside Amat. I dont think Leon will start.which makes the midfield difficult to predict as I think it will be Llorente with Baston playing off him , so no Monty

I thought Stones looked vulnerable at the back for them although they are a class team and I have them as nailed on favourites to be champions.

Its a shame Baston couldn't put that chance away, I still think they would have won but would have put more pressure on them. Still a much improved performance and if we had played that way against Hull and Soton we might be 4 points better off by now.

 

Well we gave them a good game and the scoreline was respectable, can't ask much more than that against Citeh with so much quality all over the pitch....