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jacklad Swansea 03 Mar 14 9.02pm | |
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Just wanted to know what you guys thought of us yesterday? How did you find the atmosphere compared to other PL grounds you've been to? How did you think we played and where we'll finish? I thought 1st half you were very well organised and were very hard to play against even though you didn't get a kick. 2nd half there was an expectancy for Palace to score and it didn't come as a surprise. In fact I thought you were going to nick a winner a thankful of the final whistle. Your away support was by far the best we've had down in South Wales. I think you'll be fine and stay up, you've transformed under Pulis and have a become a decent team who aren't easy to play against and No where near as bad as other relegation rivals like CARDIFF SCUM!!!
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paulose17 Sutton 03 Mar 14 9.03pm | |
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We've got an away section for this Edited by paulose17 (03 Mar 2014 9.05pm)
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crystal-purley Purley 03 Mar 14 9.07pm | |
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I think you'll finish 12th
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jacklad Swansea 03 Mar 14 9.08pm | |
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Sorry mate I'll stick it in now
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Mapletree Croydon 03 Mar 14 9.13pm | |
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Quote paulose17 at 03 Mar 2014 9.03pm
We've got an away section for this Edited by paulose17 (03 Mar 2014 9.05pm)
On the telly it sounded like you guys made a decent noise, not something we get at too many prem grounds these days. You are right, TP set us out to absorb pressure first half then have at you when you had worn yourselves out. Very nearly worked, although we should have got at you a bit more in the first half IMO. Not sure how much TP saying he got it wrong first half was just gamesmanship. Dodgy pen but deserved nevertheless. All a bit different from last time we played you! Good luck for the rest of the season, reckon you will be fine.
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croftonglazier Orpington 03 Mar 14 9.43pm | |
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When you guys sang Land of our Fathers at the start that was some noise - the ground was rocking. Funny watching the swimming actions when Joe Ledley took the corners and throw ins. If I was Welsh I would be a Swan. Enjoyed the trip but typical Welsh weather! Love the way you played in the first half - neat football to the feet. We played hoofball and nicked a point. Hopefully we'll stay up and give you a proper game next year with more open flowing football. Good luck.
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collier row eagle romford essex via another galaxy 03 Mar 14 9.53pm | |
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I thought toshack had a good game.
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paulose17 Sutton 03 Mar 14 10.20pm | |
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By far the best home fans this season
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Southampton_Eagle At the after party 03 Mar 14 10.27pm | |
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Against any other team than us I really like Swansea's way of playing & sticking to it regardless of the opposition. A flair team on a budget. Good set of fans and Twin Town is a great film.
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Southampton_Eagle At the after party 03 Mar 14 10.29pm | |
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Quote paulose17 at 03 Mar 2014 9.03pm
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EverybodyDannsNow SE19 03 Mar 14 10.39pm | |
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In the politest way possible, I found your style of play very dull. Plenty of possession, but next to no penetration. Your fans continually applaud backwards and sideways passes, and there seems to be very few players in your side capable of penetrating a defence, particularly when Hernandez went off. Bony and Chico (penalty incident aside) were your most impressive players IMO. Dyer had Parr squared up 1 on 1 numerous times, and each time Dyer would turn and go back. I find it bizarre that any winger at this level doesn't thrive on running at his man (see Bolasie). The whole performance just stunk of passing for the sake of passing. I believe that possession football really is quite an ineffective way of playing, without the calibre of players Barcelona et al. posess. To try and build a penetrative possession based side requires world class players, and on Swansea's budget, that's not possible. Furthermore, I feel this insistence on playing said way is the reason your league position is as poor as it is, it's simply too easy to defend against. Absolutely nothing against Swansea, just some views I have on football in general, which were certainly reinforced on Sunday.
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jacklad Swansea 03 Mar 14 10.46pm | |
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Quote EverybodyDannsNow at 03 Mar 2014 10.39pm
In the politest way possible, I found your style of play very dull. Plenty of possession, but next to no penetration. Your fans continually applaud backwards and sideways passes, and there seems to be very few players in your side capable of penetrating a defence, particularly when Hernandez went off. Bony and Chico (penalty incident aside) were your most impressive players IMO. Dyer had Parr squared up 1 on 1 numerous times, and each time Dyer would turn and go back. I find it bizarre that any winger at this level doesn't thrive on running at his man (see Bolasie). The whole performance just stunk of passing for the sake of passing. I believe that possession football really is quite an ineffective way of playing, without the calibre of players Barcelona et al. posess. To try and build a penetrative possession based side requires world class players, and on Swansea's budget, that's not possible. Furthermore, I feel this insistence on playing said way is the reason your league position is as poor as it is, it's simply too easy to defend against. Absolutely nothing against Swansea, just some views I have on football in general, which were certainly reinforced on Sunday. I respect your comments and agree with points especially about the lack of penetration which is frustrating at times. But we have torn apart many teams playing this way and it isn't going to change anytime soon. I do however feel we need another element to our game
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