Swansea City are in dire straits says Jack reporter
Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:47 am
A mess on the pitch, anger in the stands and no real identity - Swansea City are in dire straits
Swansea have lost to United in the past, but it's doubtful they have been beaten with the kind of meek and mild surrender offered up by those in white as they were here
Players strolling, players arguing with others, players pointing fingers elsewhere – it seems the blame game is as much at play off the pitch as it is on it.
Jack reporter Chris Wathan
Mon 7 Nov 2016
A few seasons back, Swansea City proudly boasted how they were not just another football club.
Not any more.
A mess on the pitch, anger and blame thrown anywhere it can off it, and no identity to fall back on now the going is tougher than ever before, for Swansea City read any number of clubs that have fallen and fallen hard.
No players to be proud of, little hope to cling to and no real sense of clue of how to get out of this without the sense of throwing money at the problem come January, it's amazing how things have changed.
When Manchester United have come to the Liberty and been sent back to Old Trafford with Red Devil tails between their legs, there was always the idea of the club doing it differently, overcoming the odds and over-spending to achieve their dreams.
What United found on this trip to South Wales was a club like so many others they have beaten in the past, just another opponent overcome as Paul Pogba and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic brace inside 45 minutes made it this the simplest of Special One victories.
Swansea have lost to United in the past, but it's doubtful they have been beaten with the kind of meek and mild surrender offered up by those in white as they were here
Players strolling, players arguing with others, players pointing fingers elsewhere – it seems the blame game is as much at play off the pitch as it is on it.
Jack reporter Chris Wathan
Mon 7 Nov 2016
A few seasons back, Swansea City proudly boasted how they were not just another football club.
Not any more.
A mess on the pitch, anger and blame thrown anywhere it can off it, and no identity to fall back on now the going is tougher than ever before, for Swansea City read any number of clubs that have fallen and fallen hard.
No players to be proud of, little hope to cling to and no real sense of clue of how to get out of this without the sense of throwing money at the problem come January, it's amazing how things have changed.
When Manchester United have come to the Liberty and been sent back to Old Trafford with Red Devil tails between their legs, there was always the idea of the club doing it differently, overcoming the odds and over-spending to achieve their dreams.
What United found on this trip to South Wales was a club like so many others they have beaten in the past, just another opponent overcome as Paul Pogba and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic brace inside 45 minutes made it this the simplest of Special One victories.
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Re: Swansea City are in dire straits says Jack reporter
Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:05 am
Swansea City slumped further into crisis as another comprehensive defeat saw them stay six points from safety – and prompt angry reaction from fans.
Supporters chanted “We want out club back” and hit out at chairman Huw Jenkins as their winless stretch extended to ten after a diabolical first-half performance.
Supporters chanted “We want out club back” and hit out at chairman Huw Jenkins as their winless stretch extended to ten after a diabolical first-half performance.
Re: Swansea City are in dire straits says Jack reporter
Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:07 pm
Were on the up and they are going down, what a difference a season can make!
We may well cross over in the middle and Swansea might have to give up claiming they are the biggest club in Wales by the end of next season. They could pull things back but it seems with every game they are getting deeper and deeper into trouble!
3 or 4 more bad games and they could be virtually cut adrift and could have a mountain to climb! Can they stop the rot? They are running out of time and their fans know it! Battling with Swansea for league position next season could be the catylist for our promotion.
We may well cross over in the middle and Swansea might have to give up claiming they are the biggest club in Wales by the end of next season. They could pull things back but it seems with every game they are getting deeper and deeper into trouble!
3 or 4 more bad games and they could be virtually cut adrift and could have a mountain to climb! Can they stop the rot? They are running out of time and their fans know it! Battling with Swansea for league position next season could be the catylist for our promotion.
Re: Swansea City are in dire straits says Jack reporter
Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:09 pm
Swansea City's performance against Manchester United has been torn to shreds as abject and embarrassing.
Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer held nothing back as he ripped into the efforts of Bob Bradley's side, saying the opening half was one of the worst he has seen “for a long, long time” from any side.
Swansea went down 3-1 to Jose Mourinho's men, with the first 45 minutes seeing Swansea ship three goals as the fans turned their anger on the directors' box.
And former England international Shearer, speaking on the BBC's Match of the Day, hit out at the lack of effort from the Liberty players, saying: “This was a Swansea team supposedly trying to impress a new manager in his fourth game. It was a team playing against United, who are meant to be in crisis after a poor result in the week. So you would think they would actually go after them – but they didn't.
Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer held nothing back as he ripped into the efforts of Bob Bradley's side, saying the opening half was one of the worst he has seen “for a long, long time” from any side.
Swansea went down 3-1 to Jose Mourinho's men, with the first 45 minutes seeing Swansea ship three goals as the fans turned their anger on the directors' box.
And former England international Shearer, speaking on the BBC's Match of the Day, hit out at the lack of effort from the Liberty players, saying: “This was a Swansea team supposedly trying to impress a new manager in his fourth game. It was a team playing against United, who are meant to be in crisis after a poor result in the week. So you would think they would actually go after them – but they didn't.