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Can we keep the run going?

Discussion in 'Swansea City' started by ivoralljack, Dec 3, 2012.

  1. Bravo_Win_or_Die

    Bravo_Win_or_Die Active Member

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    Norwich are a lot more conservative than they were last season and will not attack in the numbers you have experienced in the past. We will play the pressing game periodically on your defense, and consistently in midfield, and hit you on the counter attack and from set pieces (look out for Snodgrass delivery). Norwich have been very successful at restricting the better technical teams (Arsenal & Man U for example where we ran out winners in both these games).

    It will be very tough for both teams, and low scoring. Canaries fans will be hoping for a draw - 0:0 or 1:1, perhaps expecting a 1:0 or 2:1 defeat.
     
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  2. swanseaandproud

    swanseaandproud Well-Known Member

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    Footballers as a demographic group are not the sharpest knives in anybody's draw. The numbers don't lie.

    What!!!! are you calling every footballer thick and don't know what they are talking about having played or wrote about the game and if anyone would know i would suspect they would know and most definitely me or you or any other fan wont..<laugh> are you for real???..<laugh>
     
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  3. Rhodthesod

    Rhodthesod Well-Known Member

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    This is the sort of blame we blow, just when the expectations are at the highest! This will need the team to step up again and make sure there is no complacency!

    Not confident yet
     
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  4. Matthew Bound Still Lurks

    Matthew Bound Still Lurks Well-Known Member

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    I'd be happy with win regardless of the score.Norwich are no mugs and shouldn't be seen as such.They've had some good results this season and will finish comfortably above 17th ,
    Houghton is a good manager and that's been shown this season ,nothing outstanding but steady progress .
     
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  5. swans-m

    swans-m Well-Known Member

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    Im praying for a win here. Always hate these types of games after a massive result! A nice dull boring game with the swans running out 1-0 winners will do me nicely. Then on to the big uns :D
     
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  6. swanseaandproud

    swanseaandproud Well-Known Member

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    rod thats the way to think the way the premiership season is panning out.....<ok>
     
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  7. swanseaandproud

    swanseaandproud Well-Known Member

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    like i have always said. treat the teams around and below us with as much respect as the top teams, play them with the same vigor and guts as if we were playing man utd or citeh.....we cannot play them like we played the saints or we will get punished.....It should be a cracking game and we must keep holt quiet and we know we can do that, Im very pleased with the back 5 at the moment they have been superb...
     
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  8. DragonPhilljack

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    Yankee great post mate! Couldn't agree more, joy to read, exactly as I see it!.......... <cheers>
     
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  9. Jager

    Jager Well-Known Member

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    Going to state the obvious here as it appears to have escaped you, its not the fans playing, its the players and Laudrup will keep the players grounded
     
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  10. aswan_dam

    aswan_dam Well-Known Member

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    We have a history of struggling against Norwich...or maybe to be more exact against Paul Lambert.

    With him gone perhaps we will fare better. I haven't seen much of Norwich this season so can't be sure if their style of play is similar to before.
     
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  11. Canary Rob

    Canary Rob Well-Known Member

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    Well, if we're going to be facetious - clearly you've not heard of a twelfth man? And I'm not talking about the ref. Think Delia "Let's be 'avin you".

    Our home form has been great because of the support from the crowd, and we know the same is true of, e.g., Stoke at the Britannia. The crowd has a surprising impact. Here's an example of why I hope it's more than just a minority of Swans fans who expect a win:
    We were on a really good run last season and the next match was Fulham. Fulham have technically very good players, they've been in the Prem for getting on for a decade, they're strong. But for some reason Canary fans just expected that this was a home banker. When Fulham scored within the first 20 mins, the atmosphere was terrible and for the first time since League 1, Norwich fans were obviously unhappy and it rubbed off. We played terribly, but got an equaliser in the last 10 minutes, competely undeservedly.

    I think our best chance of a draw on Saturday, or even a win, is if your fans go flat because it will rub off on your team
     
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  12. DragonPhilljack

    DragonPhilljack Well-Known Member

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    Cannery Bob, read my lipstick, your going to get stuffed sunshine! 3-1 to the Mighty Swans..........<laugh>
     
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  13. stevejack

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    The liberty go flat? :emoticon-0104-surpr
    I reckon a 2-1 Home win but a very close, tough game. Norwich are a very good side and I really rate their gaffer.
    Is Pablo gonna be fit? Anyone know?
     
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  14. aswan_dam

    aswan_dam Well-Known Member

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    Norwich have only scored more than 1 goal in a Premier league game on two occasions this season.

    The first was a 2-5 home defeat to Liverpool and the second was a 2-1 win over Sunderland last weekend.

    And that's a FACT.
     
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  15. swanseaandproud

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    Its another game where if we play like we have in our last two games then we should pick up the 3 points. we must start the game as we mean to finish the game and that is command every position and try to score early goals, we have not lost a match when we score the first goal.....
     
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  16. NewJerseySwan

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    Statistics over the last 8 games reveal
    1st Man U W7 D0 L1 21 points
    2nd Man C W5 D3 L0 18 points
    3rd Norwich W4 D4 L0 16 points
    4th Swansea W4 D3 L1 15 points
    Should be an interesting game
     
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  17. swanseaandproud

    swanseaandproud Well-Known Member

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    home advantage will tell in this match.....4-1 home win
     
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  18. PGFWhite

    PGFWhite Well-Known Member

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    This is going to be a tough old battle with the Swans winning 1-0 <ok>
     
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  19. SA9JACK

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    Sorry, that won't happen. The only time the atmosphere has been flat this season was for the cup game against Barnsley. That was because the stadium was only half full on a week night.
    Saturday is going to be electric friend ;)
     
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