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Player Focus: Tactical Tweaks Helping Sigurdsson Return to Form

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jan 25 2016 15:10
Player Focus: Tactical Tweaks Helping Sigurdsson Return to Form Despite their lacklustre away record, Swansea will have been confident of upsetting the odds when they travelled to Goodison Park on Sunday. Coming into the encounter, Everton had conceded the most goals at home in the Premier League and when the full time whistle blew, that record still stood. A 2-...
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Match Report: Resolute Swansea Hold Frustrated Palace at Selhurst Park

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Dec 28 2015 17:30
Match Report: Resolute Swansea Hold Frustrated Palace at Selhurst Park Crystal Palace welcomed Swansea to Selhurst Park on bank holiday Monday hoping to maintain their pursuit of an unlikely European finish. However, they were left to wonder what might have been after drawing a blank against a resolute Swans defence, hellbent on shutting out the Eagles and carrying out...
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Team Focus: Monk Sacking Harsh but Understandable Given Swans' Slide

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Dec 10 2015 15:19
Team Focus: Monk Sacking Harsh but Understandable Given Swans' Slide The dismissal of Garry Monk from his post as Swansea manager has been widely criticised. The majority of the media and football fans in general think that the decision is a harsh one, despite seeming inevitable for a matter of weeks.There is, however, no hiding the fact that the Swans have been pret...
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Team Focus: Swansea's Dip in Form Cause for Concern

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Oct 5 2015 15:20
Team Focus: Swansea's Dip in Form Cause for Concern At the end of August, confidence was soaring at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea City had just secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Manchester United in Wales and expectations were high that a European place could be secured through the league. However, fast-forward to the present day and the Autumnal sun...
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Player Focus: Is Jack Cork Deserving of an England Call Up?

by Josh Wright at Thursday, Sep 17 2015 17:37
Player Focus: Is Jack Cork Deserving of an England Call Up? “I was surprised a little bit he was available,” Garry Monk confessed after Swansea wrapped up a £3m deal to sign Jack Cork from Southampton at the end of January. The 25-year-old had an offer on the table from Saints to extend his stay at the club and Ronald Koeman even requested ...
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Player Focus: Swansea & Gomis the Main Beneficiaries of Bony's January Exit

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Aug 25 2015 17:40
Player Focus: Swansea & Gomis the Main Beneficiaries of Bony's January Exit For any team, losing their star man comes as a blow, no matter how established a side they may be. Tottenham struggled in the wake of Gareth Bale’s world record move to Real Madrid, while 12 months later; Luis Suarez departed for Barcelona, with Liverpool suffering as a result. Similarly, Swan...
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Player Focus: Can Shelvey Build on Strong Start to Fulfil Potential at Swansea?

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 19 2015 13:31
Player Focus: Can Shelvey Build on Strong Start to Fulfil Potential at Swansea? Gradually, as Jonjo Shelvey continues to pick more and more of the brilliantly incisive passes that so broke Newcastle United on Saturday, you can understand why both Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard spent so long trying to convince the Londoner to stay at Liverpool in the summer of 2013.You can a...
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Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Aug 10 2015 17:10
Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach Amid all the scratching of heads about how poorly Chelsea played on Saturday, all Jose Mourinho’s diversionary tactics about his physios and faux-controversy over the penalty and red card for Thibaut Courtois, just how well Swansea City played was rather overlooked.What was particularly impres...
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Team Focus: Ayew & Tabanou Captures Signal Swans Intent

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Jun 19 2015 13:45
Team Focus: Ayew & Tabanou Captures Signal Swans Intent It’s already been something of a hectic summer for Swansea. Garry Monk’s side secured the services of the highly rated André Ayew from Marseille on a free transfer earlier this month and have since bolstered their ranks further through sought after target Franck Tabanou. After the...
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Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, May 19 2015 17:30
Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared Signing for a new team in January is always tough. Managers largely have their best team in place and, if a side has gained a head of steam following the hectic festive period, a starting XI is unlikely to change. However, the lack of activity in the January transfer window meant that the few new ad...
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