Despite the loss of striking tandem Jason Scotland and Jordi Gomez in the Summer and a second long term injury to their star midfielder, Ferrie Bodde in September, Paulo Sousa has kept Swansea simmering like a good pot of Portuguese cozido. Wisely deciding to let Roberto Martinez’s fluid, 4-5-1 brew grow to maturity, the benefits of a light touch have been exemplified by a steady sweep into the play off placings and a record of just five defeats at today’s official half way point.At Reading today, the Swans took the game to the Royals in the first half, with Leon…
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Places Three to Six in the Championship
Places Three to Six in the Championship have had an amorphous look all season and while the occupants of the automatic spots have an ominous aspect, few would bet on the four currently browsing the magazines in the promotion foyer to be the exact same four come May. We said this about Burnley last year of course, but what are the chances of the current quartet hanging on to those lofty perches? Leicester CityThe Foxes have ground out many a good result this season, not least in Saturday’s late show 1-0 triumph over Plymouth– but they keep on defying us…
Good Luck Swansea
Like many, I had Swansea down as relegation fodder this year, and until very recently I still expected them to drop down the league. Yet, on a quietly impressive nine-game unbeaten run which has included no less than 7 clean sheets, the Jacks must go into tomorrow’s Welsh derby against their Big City cousins as slight favourites. Hyperbolic the media may be, but this meeting is one of the few that actually warrants such relentless amplification.Besides having the better of last season’s three games, the Swans go into the contest with a near-fully fit squad, whereas Cardiff’s well publicized problems…
An Injury to Mind and Bodde
The news that Ferrie Bodde will miss practically a second full season of Championship sparring will be sickening to all bar the most one-eyed of Cardiff City fans. That it is the very same knee that put paid to his afternoon after just eight minutes of Saturday’s fine win over Sheffield United bodes badly and although Joe Allen shone as Bodde’s deputy last term, he is also currently missing in action.The grim tidings provide a decidedly ragged aspect to the Swans’ plumage. Departures and additional injuries to Darren Pratley and Leon Britton have provided their squad with an entirely new…
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