Match Day Thread Hull City v. Swansea City

Could be Norfolk, he looks a real chunk of a player and the rare glimpses I've seen of him he looks like a good prospect. Maybe too early to throw him in at the deep end but he's someone we should be looking to for the future. Be good if he can get some time on the bench and a few substitutions.

 

Fer has been one of the stand out players that we have got right this season who will definitely be with us next season which we cant say about Gylfi & Llorente who I feel will be too difficult to keep once the big boys start to wave contracts that we cant match in front of their faces.

 

It's early days but the same could be said for Carroll

 

Early days for carroll imo. Clubs will want to see how he does over a full season before paying what we will want for him....We may have trouble in keeping the super stars but we should have no trouble is saying no for the rest of the squad...

 

Usual 2-1 Swans @ 9/1
Head bet 3-0 Swans @ 28/1
Alfie score anytime @ 9/2

The times they are a changing.

 

I see Lawro's going for a 1-1 draw and if you twisted my arm that would be what I would go for too.

 

Be great if we could keep all three and it could happen too imo Dai.

Agree re Fer, he's played out of his skin since Clement arrived and has contributed all season.

Re: Llorente. He'll be 33 next year so it could be his last hurrah. If he decided to go then it would have to be top 6, or top Euro but then he'll be playing off the bench most weeks, at best and would he want that in what could be his final fling? Here he's guaranteed to play every week because Clements game is taylor made for him and fits him like a Saville Row suit.

Siggy is Swansea City imo, since his first appearance as a loanee he's been ours. He's the best we've got, our most valuable player but he's reached his maximum potential now. If he went anywhere else, top 4 or top Euro, then he'd be just be another horse running around with the herd and at best he'd be the same as most of them. He wouldn't stand out s he does here so again he'd be swapping game time for the risk of the bench.

 

I bet he gets slated by the commentators if he does it, but I love this sort of thing - nice engagement with the fans. Alfie is becoming a true Jack B@stard!

Let's hope he can unveil it tomorrow!

 

I think for Siggy he has his fingers burnt before at Spurs, but he would probably just want to put things right if offered the chance of a big club again to show he is good enough for a top 4 side and lets not forget I would doubt the yanks would turn down a mega bucks offer. As for Llorente, I would love him to stay and we could get another 2 good years out of him is used right. Again if a Chelsea came calling he would be gone, having played for major clubs in the past I think again the lure would be to much even if he was a bit part player. I want every thing you have said to be right and I hope we can keep all the players we want to, but I fear if the biggies come calling Llorente and Siggy will be gone.

 

The difference between Carroll on loan to us and us owning him is like night and day . Can see him playing an important role for us for quite a spell , , especially under Clement ...the same way Laudrup was able to bring the best out of Routledge and Davies . Only 4 games this weekend , 3 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday ... the right results could see us pull into 14th.

 

Being reported that Everton are going to offer 25 million in the summer for Siggy , I got a bad feeling he's will go . Frankly , I think we were one bad performance against Liverpool ( our turn around game that we won with 11 days left in the window ) from losing him in January .
For this game , both clubs are weak on the right and will have a berring on the game .

 

We didn't accept an offer of 30 ,000,000 but will accept a lower offer I'm not sure about that

 

I will never forget sitting there when we were beaten 0-2 and Baston was sitting in the stands wondering what the hell he had signed for. That for me was the worst game of the season so far. And with that in mind and with the form we are in and the pride of the players i am going for a Swans win.

 

Siggy is too good for Everton. If he leaves the Swans he will only go to a Champions league team. If not he will stay. Its been a very long time but i can see a bright future under Paul Clements ( if he is backed) and the signs are good.

 

I think Sigurdsson and Llorente will probably go in the summer.
I'd be stunned if any Gylfi goes to Everton unless by some sort of miracle they end up in the Champions League. However, I think if Liverpool are interested (I haven't heard anything mentioned to say they are) he would possibly go - simply because Liverpool are a more likely prospect for CL than Everton.
As for Llorente, if Chelsea are still interested then I still think he'd go even if it meant not starting most matches - CL football, PL Champions etc plus much more money. We can only offer him a starting position. It would be nice to think that's enough, but it never is.

 

Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Cork, Fer, Carroll, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Llorente

There's no fun anymore in waiting for the team sheet, its always the same old predictable bleeding line up.

I really miss Bob............there was never any second guessing what that guy was gonna put out.

 

tipping 2-2, hope we win obviously but as Mr Clement has been quoted, if we do not win, we need a point.

 

Routledge should have scored that.

 

Feed Stereo? Anyone? Fire Stick not playing.

 

OK think I've got one.