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

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

Big 6 pointer today. The pucker is real

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 difference a week makes. Closer to Southampton in 9th than we are to relegation. Still work to be done over the next 2 games before a brutal run in.

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.

Safety should be all but locked up. This run in of games though...

APRIL
Sat, Apr 2: Stoke City (a)
Sat, April 9: Chelsea (h)
Sat, Apr 16: Newcastle United (a)
Sat, Apr 23: Leicester City (a)
Sat, Apr 30: Liverpool (h)

MAY
Sat, May 7: West Ham (a)
Sun, May 15 Manchester City (h)

GOD DAMN!!! Newcastle are obviously the only crap team there but Rafa will have them playing better as they already looked improved in his short time. These last 7 could be brutal

Good news is Barrow has emerged as a real threat for us. With that said we have somehow become one of the most boring teams in the league to watch. Just awful. If it stays that way to the end of the season I don't think Guidolin will be back

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What happened with Jefferson Montero? I remember watching him last season and early on this season and being really impressed on how dangerous and quick he was on the wing. I've watched a couple of games recently and haven't seen him get any playing time.

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Fell in a patch of awful form during the overall bad run of form in the fall that led to Monk's sacking. Hasn't really played since (not even a lock to be in the 18 anymore)

I think it's a bit unfair to him because Neil Taylor would leave him absolutely isolated out on the left with no support at all so he would basically have 2 defenders to take on by himself at all times. I would like to see what he could do with Kingsley at LB. One negative of his play though is that he doesn't offer much defensive support either

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It hurts me watching Gomis play up top. He's so slow and clumsy.

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And stupid. Don't forget stupid. Still leads the league in offside even though he hasn't played much at all the 2nd half of the season. And against Arsenal and Villa he had the opportunities to run towards the corner flag to kill off the game in each game and failed to do so leading to counter attacks in the last seconds of the game

Forgot to post after the game. Yes Montero changed the game. Provided width and an attacking threat we lacked up to that point. Also he eased the pressure off the defense since we actually posed an attacking threat. Also you could see he has listened to Guidolin's criticism and tracked back and helped on defense. He should get a lot more minutes going forward.

Gylfi and Cork again put in their tireless efforts. Routledge too. It was his best game of the season.

Gomis - I don't know what else to say. He's absolutely worthless. He offers nothing and is almost worse than playing down a man at times. He gets into promising positions and then completely shits the bed every time losing possession. I'm done.

Article about the supporters trust meeting last night about the takeover

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