re: Swansea City 2015/16 Season Long Thread: ***Now an American Takeover Edition****

Huw is in South America meeting with Marcelo Bielsa. This would be a great hire. Especially when you consider the other name that keeps hanging around is Gus Poyet

Another good performance under Curt but only 1 point. That's 2 good games and only 1 point to show from it. Need the goals to start coming and getting the much needed results

Bielsa talk has cooled. Oddsmakers now have Di Matteo even with Bielsa as favorites to get the job

Confirmed Alan Curtis will remain in charge for the rest of the season

No Monk had to go. It was sad to see but we were awful and it wasn't turning around.

Gomis is shite. I've never seen a striker understand the offside rule as much as him. He breaks down so many attacks. Striker in this window is a top priority. Absolutely a must.

Whats up with not starting Montero? I don't get this

hopefully im just getting bad info though

He has been awful for a few months now. Barrow has been pretty good lately

You can say it - we got fricked. Hard.

Been a while.

The unbeaten streak under Guidolin came to an end this weekend. Our defending of set pieces and crosses continues to be a huge problem. Set piece defending cost us 4 points against West Brom and Crystal Palace in games we otherwise dominated.

Paloschi looks sharp and his workrate is excellent. He is really freeing up room for Gylfi who looks revitalized in this attack.

We still more width and Barrow seems the man to best provide it. He has looked excellent every appearance he has made and needs to get the starts ASAP. Scrap the diamond and go back to the 4-2-3-1 with Barrow and Ayew on the wings. Or if you must keep the diamond put Barrow in for Routledge.

Big stretch of games coming up and not getting any points against Southampton hurt:

Sat, Feb 27: Tottenham Hotspur (a)

MARCH
Tue, Mar 1: Arsenal (a)
Sat, Mar 5: Norwich (h)
Sat, Mar 12: Bournemouth (a)
Sat, Mar 19: Aston Villa (h)

2 in a row in north London and points will be tough to come by. Then 3 relegation battles in a row. That 3 game stretch will define the season and likely be the key to survival.

What a huge fricking result yesterday. That lineup was basically us conceding a loss and we come away with 3 points.

Kingsley struggled some but did fine for his first ever league action. Cork was outstanding. Fer looked tidy.

Gomis is still so so bad. The commentators nailed it - he can get into good positions and then just basically shite himself. I wanted to murder him when in the 94th minute or so he had the chance one on one on the sideline at midfield to dribble all the way down to the corner and waste loads of time yet somehow managed to give the ball away leading to an Arsenal counter and eventual corner.

Up comes the most important 3 game stretch of the season. I expect 7 points and if we get that we should be well on our way to safety.

You guys are fine. Im really thinking 36 is gonna be more than safe when it's all said and done. Maybe even 35. We're limping along and Newcastle and Norwich seem to be free falling.