Not My Cup Of Tea

I know some go wild
About the new ´style´
That Swans have now brought to the Prem,
The latest, old ´Arry
Whose vocabulary
Was most ardent in praise of them

But watching Swansea
Is not my cup of tea
Despite winning plaudits this year,
For their style, so-called
Of total football
Although pretty, doesn´t get anywhere

Possession´s okay
But when on the day
They´re one or two goals in arrears,
Without a plan B
Where they do actually
Try to score, would drive me to tears

In their latest game
It was all much the same
When Newcastle visited Wales,
Played at walking pace
With a defence in place
What they did was just to no avail

Now it seems to me
Quite extraordinary
In such circumstances as those,
Not to try, or do
Something slightly new
Before the game comes to a close

That we have PL
Who by no means dwells
On one system or mode of play,
I´m so thankful for
And pleases me more
Than a one-system-man any day

And though there´s no right
Or wrong way, we might
Find more success his way, at that,
For a system switch
Five times on the pitch
In one game, is hard to combat. OTBC

 

A good point very well made RBF, pretty to watch for a while, but once worked out, it's very easy to overcome! I still wish them every success, their fans are a credit and welcome on our board any time they choose!

Another 'masterpiece' from your good self, sir!

 

I happen to think that they are already being sussed out, and next year, if they still can´t mix it up a bit, I fear that they might struggle. Yesterday they were hit by two bits of clinical counter-attacking, and the rest of the time Newcastle were quite happy to let them have the ball and fiddle faddle around with it, it´s alright trying to emulate Real Madrid, but when you haven´t got the players they have, it may not bring the same sort of success.

 

You are right sir, but I fear you may have just upset them! They prefer to be compared to Barcelona than Real Madrid!

 

Oh well, fair enough , got a way to go yet though

 

As usual great, RBF!

Saw in the paper this morning that Newcastle had 32% possession. Proves that possession isn't everything!

 

Absolutely wonky, it´s what you do with it, not how much you have

 

I remember last season, we played them at Carrow Road about a week after the media took notice of Swansea's passing play saying how great it was and how they had made 800 passes in one game. This made me worry, but then I saw them and the reason they had managed to get so many passes was because they weren't going anywhere and passing it between their full back and centre back at least three times before doing anything worthwhile with it!

Only three defeats at home though which is impressive!

 

Yes, I've always been told it's only 9/10 of the law.

 

I think Swansea will learn from this for next season and develop a plan b. not sure about them being found out though, the high tempo passing will still get them enough points at home especially

 

You may be right max, but I tend to think that they overdo it a bit, they certainly did yesterday.

 

I'll take your wise word for that rbf

 

Great poem RBF but you have it all wrong Swansea are the best footballing side in the Premiership and they have the best young manager who will be nicked if any of the big teams dump thiers, our Lambo does not have a clue and we play rubbish football, please ensure this meaasge gets put out then the only person predicting the end of the Lambo reign will be Columike FACT LOL

still cant believe how good yesterdays game was really entertaining would have been so much better with a good ref and linos.