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Player Focus: Gylfi Sigurdsson Rejuvenated in Familiar Swansea Surroundings

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Sep 2 2014 15:50
Player Focus: Gylfi Sigurdsson Rejuvenated in Familiar Swansea Surroundings Tottenham’s spending spree last summer had a number of players fearing for their future at White Hart Lane. The money brought in from the sales of Gareth Bale, Clint Dempsey and Tom Huddlestone was re-invested back into the squad as Spurs secured the signatures of Roberto Soldado, Nacer Chadli...
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Player Focus: Not the Next Bale but Davies Would be a Snip for Spurs

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Jul 18 2014 13:49
Player Focus: Not the Next Bale but Davies Would be a Snip for Spurs Tottenham have previous when it comes to signing young, highly-rated, Welsh left-backs from teams with a name beginning with 'S'. Is it any wonder then, after the success Gareth Bale enjoyed at White Hart Lane, that Daniel Levy is now reportedly looking to bring Swansea's Ben Davies to north Lo...
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Team Focus: Swansea's Pleasing Passing Won't Guarantee Survival

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Mar 17 2014 17:15
Team Focus: Swansea's Pleasing Passing Won't Guarantee Survival Since Swansea City were promoted to the Premier League, it's become customary to praise them for the way they've gone about their business after narrowly escaping relegation to the Conference in 2003. This, it seemed, was how to run a club: setting a philosophy, buying players to fit that and then a...
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League Focus: The Battle to Avoid Relegation in the Premier League

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Mar 17 2014 15:00
League Focus: The Battle to Avoid Relegation in the Premier League The Premier League title race took another twist at the weekend, but a win for table footers Fulham closed the gap between themselves and 14th placed Swansea. Just 5 points separate 7 teams at the bottom of England’s top tier, with the battle to stave off relegation expected to go down to the ...
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Team Focus: Unlucky Laudrup Deserved More Time at Swansea

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Feb 6 2014 17:05
Team Focus: Unlucky Laudrup Deserved More Time at Swansea There were, generally speaking, three different reactions amongst to Michael Laudrup's sacking on Tuesday night. The first was one we hear nearly every time a manager is dismissed - one of indignation at how harsh an industry it is these days. Secondly, those who believed he deserved it, with the Sw...

Team Focus: Pretty Passing but Little Creativity at Swansea

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Jan 8 2014 12:10
Team Focus: Pretty Passing but Little Creativity at Swansea Pep's Barcelona approached the game in an ideological way. The old adage oft uttered at Sunday league level that 'they can't hurt you if they don't have the ball' seemed to have a surprisingly apt relevance to the greatest football team of the modern era. The aim was to grind down opponents by retai...
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Team Focus: Stopping Swansea's Build-Up Play at Source

by Jonathan Wilson at Tuesday, Nov 5 2013 14:42
Team Focus: Stopping Swansea's Build-Up Play at Source Marcelo Bielsa spends hours watching videos of football. When he was appointed manager of Velez Sarsfield in 1997, he made only one demand: that a television and video recorder be installed in his office. He was asked once what he had planned for Christmas: he was going back to his parents’ ho...
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Team Focus: How Swansea City Can Improve On Their End Of Season Form

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Aug 21 2013 15:30
Team Focus: How Swansea City Can Improve On Their End Of Season Form Back in February, Swansea City secured their first piece of major silverware in their 101-year history, comfortably overcoming Bradford City to land the Capital One Cup. Their fans, understandably ecstatic, expected big things following the result at Wembley and with European qualification secured, ...
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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 9 - Swansea and Tottenham

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Aug 13 2013 17:20
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 9 - Swansea and Tottenham Swansea continue to impress in the top flight since their promotion only two years ago and with their success, the reputation of manager Michael Laudrup grows more and more. Having followed up an 11th placed finish in their debut season in the Premier League with 9th and a victorious Capital One Cup...
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Player Focus: Premier League Interest in Héctor Moreno is Little Surprise

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Aug 5 2013 15:45
Player Focus: Premier League Interest in Héctor Moreno is Little Surprise As the likes of Gareth Bale, Cesc Fàbregas and Luis Suárez dominate every gaping inch of the gossip columns this summer, the second and even third tier level of signings is often cruelly overlooked by the groundbreaking news that ‘a man has turned up to work’. While such st...
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