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I enjoy putting this magazine together but if we keep losing each week then this match day version will have to make way. 2 game and 2 losses. Their a top side and they will do well but we did ourselves no justice today. We have a full report for you in the magazine but here is what a couple of Toffee fans thought of the game:1 What did you make of the game today? I thought it was very entertaining and very open. Lots of needless fouls from Swansea broke up our play a little, but no complaints.
2) Was it a fair result? I'd have to say that despite Swansea having chances, Everton were deserving of the win. It would be disrespectful to say we could have scored a hat ful, but I think it would be true. Swansea had chances to change the outcome at the end of the first half, but missed their opportunity, and Moyes gave our defence a kicking at half time no doubt. 3) Who impressed you for the Swans? Williams. Looked a good player. 4) Where do you think the Swans will finish this year? Lower mid table. Too many strong teams to suggest they'll get higher. 1)What did you make of the game today? The first 30 mins we were excellent and should of put the game to bed. The rest was great for a neutral. 2) Was it a fair result? The result is fair, however the score could of been a silly one.
3) Who impressed you for the Swans? I was surprised to see Routledge start ahead of Dyer, but he was good in spells. 4) Where do you think the Swans will finish this year? bove Liverpool. The game came as no surprise to our optimistic Swans fans whose pre-match predictions was this on planet Swans:Swans to go 1-0 up but then Everton draw level just before half time, Everton score another 2 in second half. Result 1-3 sadly Everton are the perfect example of how to succeed in this leauge,throw in the skill factor plus their work work work policy is relentless , we match that and the game will be ours 2-0 1-3 ... Everton win. Been right thus far, cant keep it up forever, so hoping for a wrong prediction today. andy1300, oldjack Vermin hater and Danielsan2000 respectfully. I hope you enjoy the review more than the game.
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Sw�n�e� 0 - 3 E��rt�� By Matthew Jacob “Last goal wins!” shouted a supporter sat in the row behind me on Saturday in the East Stand, the kind of ‘gallows’ humour which brought a couple of half smiles to a gaggle of miserable faces around me as John De Guzman stepped up to take a free kick in the ninetieth minute of a woeful performance by Swansea City. I have to give full credit to Everton who were absolutely brilliant throughout and will be knocking very hard on the door of a top six finish this season in my opinion. David Moyes has spent over a decade constructing his Everton side, and has always been praised for operating on a shoe string budget, but delivering extraordinary results for the Toffees. Some very shrewd transfer dealings have paid dividends for the Merseyside club, particularly after the Scot masterminded a return to the club for South African maestro Steven Pienaar, and they have made a fantastic start this season in the premier league. I will not use the clichéd phrase ‘we won’t play a side of that quality every week’ because this is the premier league, but we may not face a side that functions as well as Everton do every week. From back to front they are strong, physical and technically gifted. English international defender Phil Jagielka offers a composed and organised presence at the back in front of the ever reliable Tim Howard, while further forward the attacking talents of Pienaar and Mirallas work hard in the forward positions to support the striker, usually Jelavic, although he
missed out yesterday through injury. There are two players however that I would single out in David Moyes’s side who really make the difference for Everton; Marouane Fellaini, and Leighton Baines. It is unfortunate for Baines that he has someone like Ashley Cole in front of him in the England set-up, defensively solid and brilliant in dead ball situations he operates as a second winger sometimes when he makes overlapping runs to support and get crosses in. Belgian international Fellaini on the other hand is another prospect altogether, it seemed to me that Moyes almost gives him a free role in the middle of the park to express himself at both ends of the pitch. One moment he operates as a classy holding midfielder, winning back possession and making his presence felt in the tackle, the next he bombs forward to offer support as another striker, small wonder then that both court the attentions of big clubs during each transfer window. The visitors took their chances very well, they had thirty attempts on goal during the game, and three made the difference. Everton started by far the brighter and pressed us high up the pitch immediately from the kickoff. The first goal was laced with controversy as Fellaini appeared to handle the ball as he laid a cutback for Victor Anichebe to fire home after some good build up play, but given the pressure they had put the Swans under, it had been coming. The second was a sweeping counter attack from the visitors half as Phil Neville dealt with a long ball towards Ki before finding Fellaini who in turn fed Pienaar to cross for Mirallas to bury a rebound after his initial effort came back off the crossbar. Fellaini had been brilliant
throughout Baines always a danger ing, but ing,not butfatal not to fatal our hopes throughout with with Baines always a danger ourtohopes for hefor he onoverlap the overlap and from set pieces. season. Thetime real time for concern would on the and from set pieces. The The season. The real for concern would two combined brilliantly for Everton’s be if we be ifwere we were creating no chances whatsotwo combined brilliantly for Everton’s creating no chances whatsothe Belgian reacted first and even at two-nil yesterday third third as theasBelgian reacted first to a to a ever, ever, and even at two-nil yesterday we we whipped inkick freefrom kick from Baines to guidecontinued continued to create. Had Danny Graham whipped in free Baines to guide to create. Had Danny Graham a header past Michel The final connected with Rangel’s centre it could a header past Michel Vorm.Vorm. 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Laudrup For Swansea, it is difficult to criticise the the into the but tobut noto avail. Laudrup selection we were left with has imposed has imposed a more and attacking teamteam selection whenwhen we were left with a more openopen and attacking few options through injury, suspension style style onteam the team this season, few options through injury, suspension on the this season, whichwhich will will and illness. yesterday showed is how inevitably foropposition the opposition and illness. WhatWhat yesterday showed is how inevitably leaveleave spacespace for the we miss the good to exploit, was cruelly exposed muchmuch we miss all theallgood workwork LeonLeon to exploit, and itand wasitcruelly exposed Britton onoff and offball thewhen ball when during Everton’s counter for the Britton does does on and the he is he is during Everton’s counter attackattack for the absent, and while Ki shows nice touch second second I believe this mentality absent, and while Ki shows a nicea touch goal, goal, but I but believe this mentality and anfor eyea for a pass, I wonder his workcan bear can bear fruit us. With little more and an eye pass, I wonder if his ifwork fruit for us.for With a littlea more luck luck rateever will match ever match the levels in front of goal, we would a rate will the levels of theof the in front of goal, we would have have seen seen a diminutive Londoner in centre midfield. muchmuch score-line. diminutive Londoner in centre midfield. closercloser score-line. The sending of Nathan late The sending off ofoff Nathan Dyer Dyer late on foron for twoyellows silly yellows is disappointing, very disappointing, I would Swansea fans to remain two silly is very yet yetI would urge urge Swansea fans to remain the return of Chico theteam first team positive, the Premier league is a marathon the return of Chico to thetofirst once once positive, the Premier league is a marathon, the match final match his suspension a sprint, and there are more the final of hisofsuspension (away(away to tonot anot sprint, and there are more Crawley on Tuesday) is served will give challenges challenges to face. A testing Crawley on Tuesday) is served will give yet toyet face. 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Pl���� Ra��ng� � E��rt�� Vorm: 8/10 Says it all that he was our best player. Very unlucky with the second goal after pulling off an outstanding save. Not to blame for any of the others and pulled off a couple of good saves early on to keep us in the game. Back to his best after a couple of poor games by his standards..
Davies: 5/10 Should have got a lot closer to Piennar for the second goal and failed to offer too much going forward. Played against the best side he’d faced in his career and at times it showed. Still doing well and deserves a good run in first team. I hope he doesn’t get disheartened .
Rangel: 6/10 Missed our best two chances of the game at a vital time in the match but its great to see our right back with that positive attitude to get forward. No tragic errors at the back, by far the best player in the back four at the moment.
Williams: 5/10 Pressure builds pressure and at the minute, for the first time in years, questions are being asked of the Welsh international. Not a great performance once again but played against a quality player today. Never great to see your centre half lose a header to a chest even if that chest is 6 foot 4.
Tate: 4/10 I get quite annoyed with peoples opinion of Tate. The boy was Completely out of his depth but I think Fellaini and Everton will do this to a few centre backs this season. He just looked shaken and he struggled from early on, faked being disappointed to be taken off but I think he must have been relieved it was over. Not as bad as people like to think so
Ki: 7/10 The best outfield Swans player on the pitch and the player who looked like making something happen. Ending the game at centre back, which was a waste and a real kick in the teeth to both he and Tate. Done enough for a start v Stoke.
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De Guzman: 5/10 Another on an off game for the Dutchman, his delivery from corners was outstanding and for the first time in years I got excited when we won them. We lost the whole midfield battle and he never really looked up for a fight in there
Michu: 6/10 He looks a real handful. A nightmare. Not the greatest game hell ever play but he still looked like he could score at any minute. Strong, clever and will be too good to stay with us for another season. Enjoy him while he’s here.
Dyer: 5/10 Played a ball to an imaginary man early on when a good break happened and never excited too much. He never got good ball and tried too much when he did. He put in a great ball at the end of the first half which deserved a finish.
Routledge: 6/10 The ball he played for Rangel was as good as Beckham at his prime but he struggled to have too much an impact on the game. Rightfully picked above Dyer and will inevitably get another run out at Stoke but ill need to do better.
Graham: 5/10 Its not happening for him at the moment, worked hard as ever but we need a bit more and I think its time to give one of the contenders a go. 1 goal in 5 is better than how he started last season but he looked more lively last term. No harm in being dropped from time to time
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Britton: We really missed him, he mopped up well when he cam on but it was too late. Schakter: Won a free-kick late on but never got involved before then. No idea why Moore didn’t come on and 20 minutes earlier too. Dyer: Ummm. Unlucky, I suppose, frustrating 2 games, banned for next, the impressive start has become less so.
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The game at Goodison was largely a case of sitting back and hoping for a draw as happened a few days earlier against Newcastle. The game at the Liberty was more even but Everton were professional and took their chances. Watching Everton's game against Newcastle on Monday night was a frightening experience for a Swans fan, in particular the way Everton played in the first half, regularly taking Newcastle apart, in particular down the left hand side. Baines, Pienaar and Osman in particular were players who caught my eye with Baines involved in all 6 of the top passing combinations: From the stats it was also noticeable the comparison in successful takeons past players for both sides: www.wearepremierleague.com Twitter: @we_r_pl http://www.twitter.com/we_r_pl Match Stats: Created using Statszone Chalkboards: Created using Statszone http://fourfourtwo.com/statszone
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Yeovil first and had a good look around and had a good chat with Gary Johnson. Myself and my agent left Yeovil and drove straight to Swansea and from the moment I met Huw Jenkins and Kenny Jackett my mind was made up. Their characters and vision for what they wanted to do long and short term for the club made me realise quite quickly this was the place I wanted to be and I genuinely feel I made the right decision. ESV: What are you best memories of your time with Swansea? My best memories must be the atmosphere at the Vetch and of course scoring two rather important goals. The last league goal at the Vetch and the promotion clinching goal a week later. ESV: What do you make of the progress of the club in recent years? The progress the club has made in recent years is amazing but no real shock to me. As I said in my previous answer, I knew the vision the club had several years ago and to see them achieve it is superb and now the next vision must be to become an established premier league club for several years to come. ESV: Was there a feeling that Swansea could reach the top during your time there? I also felt the club was going places with the building of the Liberty stadium and just missing out to Barnsley at the Millennium stadium to stop back to back promotions, but you just knew the club was going to continue to rise and grow and I believe the rest of the squad felt that way as well. We weren’t wrong. ESV: You scored the last league goal at the Vetch (V Shrewsbury Town) and against future England goalkeeper Joe Hart. What are your memories of that day? I’ve got great memories of the day I scored the last league goal at the Vetch. It was a must win game for us to stay in contention for automatic promotion so the pressure was really on, that coupled with what was obviously going to be a very emotional day for everyone watching made for a truly amazing afternoon. To get a goal at a packed Vetch was always amazing but to score a goal like that past the future England number one and on such a special occasion was just magnificent ESV: Following promotion at Bury where you again stole the headlines with another winning goal, what was the mood like in the club at that time? A new stadium, promotion, the club must have been a great place to be at that time? After winning promotion up at Bury in front of 5000+ crazy jacks/ Willy getting arrested and what can only be described as the most amazing /hilarious trip back to Swansea just made life at the club amazing. We knew the club would be playing league one football in the beautiful Liberty stadium in front of 20000 people each week. The city as a whole was a superb place to be, as the success on the pitch seemed to lift everyone. Confidence and belief was certainly high going into that season. ESV: Many of the players you played alongside are still at the club, the likes of Gary Monk, Alan Tate, and Leon Britton. Did you ever imagine you’d see them lining up against the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool at the top of English football?
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To see Britts/Monks and Tatey playing in the premier league is brilliant. Would I have loved to still be alongside them?well yes of course. To see them playing against the best players in the world at some of the best grounds in the world is a pleasure and I couldn’t be happier for them. They are a credit to themselves and the club that they are still there from league two to the premier league. So serious dreams have come true there. ESV: Who was the best player you ever played alongside at Swansea? I was very fortunate to play alongside several superb players in my time at Swansea. Andy Robinson, Leon Britton, Sam Ricketts, Gary Monk, and Alan Tate to name but a few. I have to say Lee Trundle was superb. His ability on the ball was just outstanding and some of the things he could do with a football were just ridiculous. I’m sure many a defender went home and had sleepless nights after playing against Trunds! ESV: You scored around eleven goals for Swansea, two of which were very important. Is there one that sticks out in your memory in particular? And why? Obviously the goals against Shrewsbury and Bury speak for themselves and nothing gets close to those two for importance and timing, but a goal I scored against Nottingham Forest away is also very memorable. I was playing out on the right wing and made a run in field between their two centre backs. Roberto Martinez played a perfect pass over all the defenders I then jumped and met the ball in mid air to lob the keeper from just outside the area. The Jack army went mad. To score a goal like that at a ground like that was amazing. ESV: The 05-06 season was to be your last at the club, and it ended with playoff defeat to Barnsley. Following your release, you said at the time that it left ‘a bitter taste in the mouth’. What was the most disappointing aspect about not being kept on at the club, despite being a firm fans favourite? The most disappointment thing about leaving Swansea was purely the fact that I loved all aspects of my time there. The club was a great play to play and the fans were amazing and a joy to play in front of and I was never really given the chance to say a proper goodbye to them all. I also had my two young boys settled and going to school in Killay and we all loved living there. I was offered a new contract at the club and everything was agreed and it just needed to be signed, however every time I asked for it so I could sign it and different excuse was made ESV: Where do you think Swansea can realistically finish this season? What can the club achieve with a football legend in Michael Laudrup as manager? The start Swansea have made this season has been a dream but we are only a month into the season and there’s a lot of hard work ahead. The clubs first thought must be to retain Premier league status for next season. With a manager like Michael Laudrup in charge they will hopefully improve on last season’s finishing spot, which would be a superb achievement. ESV: Finally, what plans do you have for the future? I am currently coaching at Norwich City and loving being back where it all started for me. It’s the perfect start on the coaching ladder for me with superb facilities and other very good coaches for me to learn from. My long term plan is to become a coach in the premier league as I never had the chance to play there and I intend to work my socks off to hopefully someday achieve that. Could that happen at Swansea I wonder?? Well I would love the opportunity to one day be back at the Liberty in a coaching capacity and pick up where I left off, especially as I feel that I have unfinished business there. Time will tell whether I’m fortunate enough to have that dream come true. At the moment I’m very fortunate to be working with some superb players at a superb club. Adrian Forbes ensured his name will forever be remembered in the annuls of Swansea City with his contribution to this football club. He is a true Swansea legend in every sense of the word. And for those who were not fortunate enough to be at Bury seven years ago? Have a look at this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul3s6QbVYjI
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Channel 5’s ‘The Wright Stuff’ had a discussion on chants this week and one viewer who phoned in was cut short while singing ‘Park, Park wherever you may be, you eat dogs in your own country, well it could be worst, you could be a Scouse, eating a rat in your council house’. Now for me that is a good chant, it’s amusing. Matthew Wright stated that cannot be right and brought up the Hillsborough disaster. Now this is unmentioned, any referral to the Hillsborough disaster or the Munich air disaster or anywhere where there is a loss of life or a major accident has taken place is without doubt wrong and MILES over the line but that doesn’t mean that you can’t chant anything towards that team. Over the last decade the Swans and football as a whole has become more, let’s say, middle classed. And generally I don’t like it. Football and the Swans are not for the working classes anymore which is detrimental to both the game and society BUT (and I never thought I’d ever say this) I do prefer our ‘more mature’ and ‘more respectful’ relationship with our main enemy and visitors to South Wales. I don’t think the majority of fans would sing that to
Target Aerials Joe Kinnear now, which if I’m honest is probably a good thing. I’m not saying that poor, working class people have less morels, (I hope not anyway because I certainly lie in that bracket) but I think its blatantly obvious that there are ‘different’ fans in the Liberty than there were at the North bank and they generally have more money, are less drunk, swear less and do have a slightly greater interest in the game rather than the away fans (much to footballs loss I must add).
(but then who would want a lego stadium? a accident waiting to happen). But with these growing new Cardiff fans I would hope that we don’t have to tolerate horse riding action referring to the tragic death of Terry Coles next time we play the boys in Blue (I mean red, or whatever they are playing in by then, lets face it, we wont be playing them for a fe years yet). That is also MILES over the line an a complete disgraceful.
Our Customer claims handler in the printers is a Cardiff fan and we naturally have a lot of banter. He says that their going through the same changes as we have but a few years behind. Their new stadium, like ours, has attracted more families, more affluent, well behaved fans. We both agree that we would happily go back in time: give me the Vetch everyday of the week (where we had no money, drank more, swore more and had a slightly greater interest in the away fans than the football) and he wants Ninium Park back
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Joe Kinnear now, which if I’m honest is probably a good thing. I’m not saying that poor, working class people have less morels, (I hope not anyway because I certainly lie in that bracket) but I think its blatantly obvious that there are ‘different’ fans in the Liberty than there were at the North bank and they generally have more money, are less drunk, swear less and do have a slightly greater interest in the game rather than the away fans (much to footballs loss I must add). Our Customer claims handler in the printers is a Cardiff fan and we naturally have a lot of banter. He says that their going through the same changes as we have but a few years behind. Their new stadium, like ours, has attracted more families, more affluent, well behaved fans. We both agree that we would happily go back in time: give me the Vetch everyday of the week (where we had no money, drank more, swore more and had a slightly greater interest in the away fans than the football) and he wants Ninium Park back
(but then who would want a lego stadium? an accident waiting to happen). But with these growing new Cardiff fans I would hope that we don’t have to tolerate horse riding actions referring to the tragic death of Terry Coles next time we play the boys in Blue (I mean red, or whatever they are playing in by then, lets face it, we wont be playing them for a few years yet). That is also MILES over the line and a complete disgraceful. Now I hope clubs leave the Liberty thinking that we have an intimidating environment but we’re good humoured and a friendly club and I think most do. I think we know where that line is here and we represent ourselves well. Proud to be a Jack!! (in our nancy pancy stadium with sober judges) Is calling Michael Chopra a rat this side of the line? lets face it, I was being kind. Below: Some of the new Swans fans pose before entering the stadium.
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