All posts tagged "Swansea City"

  • MOTD: Swansea City 2-1 Arsenal – Three Thoughts

    Arsenal in need of a world-class holding midfielder Today, Arsenal played in a 4-4-2, differing from Arsene Wenger’s usual attacking 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1, and they lost for the first time in four matches. Namely because of the...

    • Posted November 9, 2014
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 4-2 Swansea City

    England manager Roy Hodgson was watching from the stands tonight, but by the end he was probably wistfully wishing he could be the manager of the Spanish national team. Just eleven minutes in one of the two...

    • Posted September 13, 2014
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  • MOTD: Manchester United 1-2 Swansea City

    Just the fact that Manchester United started their opening match of the season with a back three of Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Tyler Blackett, who was earning his senior competitive debut today, should have been a...

    • Posted August 16, 2014
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  • 20 teams in 20 days – Swansea City

    Manager: Garry Monk Stadium: Liberty Stadium Nickname: The Swans Finish Last Season: 12th Garry Monk still has a lot to prove. Only in February did he become a manager, after Michael Laudrup was sacked by Swansea. It...

    • Posted August 15, 2014
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  • MOTD- Liverpool 4-3 Swansea City

    Liverpool manager Brendan Rodger’s viewpoint of the match has summed up Liverpool’s season so far.  “We didn’t defend anywhere near well enough but once again the offensive side of our game was very good,” the manager said...

    • Posted February 23, 2014
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  • MOTD- Swansea City 0-0 Napoli

    It is quite unusual for a player-manager to do well in modern football, in no small part due to the difficulty of picking whether the manager himself with be in the starting lineup, but Swansea City’s interim...

    • Posted February 20, 2014
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  • Police called to Swansea after Chico Flores ” brandishes brick” at Gary Monk

    Swansea City defender Chico Flores’ week has gone from bad to worse as it has emerged that police were called to the club’s training ground on Friday after Flores allegedly threatened center-back Gary with a brick. Flores,...

    • Posted January 21, 2014
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  • MOTD- Manchester United 1-2 Swansea City

    The only possible upside that Manchester United can draw from the loss is that they no longer have to face those irksome midweek cup matches that seem to always sneak into a club’s scheduled at the worst...

    • Posted January 5, 2014
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  • MOTD- Swasnea City 2-2 Liverpool

    Jonjo Shelvey, whether he likes it or not, has his face in all the papers as he played a part in all four goals during Swansea’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool at the Stadium of Light.  Swansea’s £5...

    • Posted September 16, 2013
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  • MOTD- Swansea City 1-4 Manchester United

    David Moyes’ Manchester United overcame a shaky start to earn a well-fought 4-1 victory over a surprisingly dominant Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.  Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck both netted doubles for United to seal...

    • Posted August 17, 2013
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