Wasn't it great to see Lily Savage and crew come unstuck last night against Reading? Derby's main keeper went off injured, and their substitute keeper brought Jay Tabb down in the area to earn a red card. Who had to take the keeper's jersey but Lily Savage. They eventually ended up taking a 4-1 hammering.

Lovely jubilee! Derby - probably my least favourite club in the Championship, along with our little cousins. And they're not out of the mire, either, with only 42 points, no recognised keepers available for the next couple of games, and seven teams below them with games in hand.

Rob Banx,

Where was the second oops? and are you going for third time lucky.

The Ritz has obviously left it's legacy!!!

To Team Sousa

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Mork
Yeah mate! condolences to Chester City, very sad day indeed.
I'm sure that goes for all swans fans.

"And in our game of plenty
we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world
at Football time

But say a prayer,
pray for the other ones
At Football time it's hard,
but when you're having fun
There's a game outside your window,
and it's a game of dread and fear..."

I have three good friends who are Chester City fans and I can't imagine how they must feel today.

...So, Ian and Sue in Southampton. Graham in Newport... Best Wishes folks!

Stu 1912
He's a scummer, so is Kevin Cooze.

taff stuart, why oh why are we going over this? martinez has come and gone! he did what he did for the club and for that i for that very greatful!
I will never forgive him though for the way he left!!

Why are we going over this? Its gone!
We are in prime position for the playoffs and with alot of luck we can still sneak into the top two!!

OUR MANAGER IS PAULO SOUZA! HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND THE WHOLE SQUAD ARE UNITED!

SO INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THE PAST LETS GET BEHIND THE SWANS IN THE PRESENT!

my mistake- Cardiff tickets are sold out.

I think I am having a conversation with myself- so - goodnight. night , see you in the morning. its getting really worrying now .

Sad news for football - Chester City FC has today been wound up, the club have confirmed.

When I read stories like this it does make me wonder if we hadn't beaten Hull on that fateful / great day - where would we be now ?

I didn't think we had sold out of Cardiff away tickets yet- the official site still has all the deatils of how to buy them!!( luckily I have my ticket and cannot wait - lego land is falling down falling down,falling down - build it up with stickle brix , stickle brix- nah it doesn't work).

happy days to be a jack. which reminds me- someone posted ' Happy Jack' link by the Who earlier- what about a blast of this down the liberty now and again- make a pleasant change- and very apt.

Gloucester Jack
Do you think Jack Jones has a split personality problem?
If he has, Taff Stuart's got one as well.
There's a lot of it about, you know!

right with ya Kev [?] and i must say i think that i'm glad Martinez left, because now we have Sousa and the club has grown. So i for one, am over it.

Taff Stuart, London.

Why are you calling yourself Jack Jones , Merthyr ?

Hi guys,went to Watford last night,thought Dyer had one of hus better games of late!

22250) Roy Wells

Thanx for that roy, I feel really good now , by the way did I sign your book for you lol

Rob2Banx,

The Ritz in Skewen? You're showing your age now!!! I was also there that night, but I was a little kid outside and got their autographs.

CHRIS POST 22241.

I Believe that ALL tickets for the Cardiff game have now sold out mate.

22209) Jacque

thanx for that Jac, took me back to when I saw then do that at a gig in thr ritz in skewen

22202) Duncan


here we go, just for you

Just had a text off Stuart, Derby keeper off injured, sub keeper sent off and Savage in goals!!!

First task to face a penalty, but it was put over!!

Let's hope he gets a battering. (fairly of course!!!)

Well spotted Roy. Nice to see somebody is on the ball.

Taff-


You will need a bigger boat

Jack Jones,

I'm sorry but time has not healed me yet.

It's a bit like the Northampton re-taken free kick in the play off final at Wembley....it's just stuck there.

I don't doubt that every fan expected him to leave us one day but never in that way.


Saying he'd have to be thrown out of the Cloob.

Slagging off Robbo for going for the money, then doing the same!

Taking his whole backroom staff and two best players. I know we got money for him and JS but not Gomez or Reeves etc.

I respected Martinez more than anyone in football when he was with us and fell for EVERY singe word.

Maybe part of my desire for him to fail is part due to my embarrassment of being tricked by him, I'm not sure.

I still find myself watching a Wigan game from time-to-time but I am so so so so glad that my team is Swansea City.

Paulo might not have the "Martinez Factor" or maybe we just don't know him well enough yet, but I would take him over Martinez every single time.

Btw - before anyone says "but Martinez did this or that for us"....yes he did. He did well. He was the highest paid person in the Club and should have done well.

He brought in sexy football and took us as far as he could. Maybe he knew it and that's one reason (not forgetting the £30k a week full of reasons) he left.

Paulo's going to take us to the next level - whatever/wherever that may end up being!

Jack Jones 22234

You said like it or not Martinez will one day go onto manage a bigger club than wigan.

Well he already has Swansea City.
Wigan had a crowd of 17427 against Liverpool on Monday night how many were Liverpool fans I wonder.

So why dont you toddle off and watch the Bluebirds they may not be there for much longer

I know its a long shot, but does anyone have a spare away stub so i can buy a cardiff away ticket, ive got 2 stubs but need another. Thanks in advance.

Perhaps one important question we should be asking Jack Jones is how he gets from London to Merthyr in about 10 minutes!!!

I don't think you are on your Jack Jones, Jack Jones, but I don't think many of us will find it easy to forget his blatant promises of honour and loyalty.

This is also our forum for slagging off this outstanding, progressive young manager. I hope he goes far... away, and stays there. Sweep him under his 'carpet' if you want

some info regarding the Peterborough midfielder who was linked with the Swans last week.

[www.sportsecho.co.uk]

"...a man without honour will never go far in life"

Martinez left Swansea in the close season to take advantage of a bigger and better opportunity. Managers do it all the time - off the top of my head I can think of Owen Coyle, Harry Redknapp, Steve Bruce, Alex McLeish, and of late, Neil Warnock who have done the same thing. Professional football is a business first and a sport second - like it or not - and managers and players will always take what is the best career options for them and their families, and so they should - it's their livelihood.

All I can say is thank God he didn't do what Owen Coyle did - leave in the middle of the season while his club were fighting relegation!

You need to get over it guys.

Jack Jones,

I think every Swans fan belived our previous manager would go on and manage a big club and do well. We just didn't expect him to take Wigan as a stepping stone.

I think you're probably right regards Whelan. Certain other chairmen would probably have ditched him before now, and yes he will have learned by this season.

It will be interesting to see what he does next season if his undying loyalty to Wigan isn't tested by his undyling loyalt to whoever else might come in for him.

However on his showing so far I doubt he will be in the same demand as he ws when with us.

Problem is Jack Jones that a man without honour will never go far in life. These things have a nasty habit of catching up with people.

"Anybody hear Dave Whelan on Sky Sports News last night say he thought our ex manager is going to be one of the best in the Premiership, and Europe. "

Whelan always impresses me as a man who has his head screwed on. I find it very hard to dislike him. His comments on Liverpool were accurate and pertinent. Martinez is lucky to have an owner like that who is willing to allow him to make mistakes and gain experience in managing at that level. If Wigan survive - and I think they will - then next season he will have more say in the players that are brought in and will be able to be in more control of his own destiny. I agree with Whelan that Martinez in time will manage a bigger club - like it or not.

I agree with the posts below that the Beattie-Kuqi combination looked pretty useful - it's the best I have seen Beattie play. He looked pretty classy. And Kuqi looked like he wanted to prove a point and had an excellent game although he looked shot with 20 minutes to go and I was surprised that Trundle didn't come on. I just hope that Paulo repeats the 4-4-2 formation against Wednesday on Saturday (if that makes sense), because it definitely looked dynamic.

I hope the Tusi transfer goes through - he sounds Premiership quality - and he could help relieve some of the pressure that the defence has been under - they were certainly busy last night. Williams looks like he could do with a rest on last night's performance. I've never been a great fan of Tate, because of his distribution but he was tremendous last night - solid and dependable, Rangel was his usual classy presence and Jazz recovered from a torrid first half to do exceptionally well in the second half. With Monk, Bessone and hopefully Tusi, we'd be looking good to close out the season.

Onward and upward.

Taff

DGW,

Please stop trying to confuse me I'm working nights!!!

Perhaps I should have said 'previous' instead of 'ex' manager. You know, he who cannot be named!!

I was at Watford last night & thoroughly enjoyed the performance, the game & the whole evening.

Full credit to Sousa. Even if injuries did dictate the formation & starting XI he got it spot on. Kuqi & Beattie were superb for an hour & caused all sorts of problems for their back four.

Last night's "over the trenches" attitude was superb & the result underlined just how good our squad is.

Extremely encouraging.

humble pies perhaps?
and does the Riddler get the guillotine?

post22224 ROW- I think perhaps a more apt response would have been "Let them eat cake!"

I was at Watford last night & thoroughly enjoyed the performance, the game & the whole evening.

Full credit to Sousa. Even if injuries did dictate the formation & starting XI he got it spot on. Kuqi & Beattie were superb for an hour & caused all sorts of problems for their back four.

Last night's "over the trenches" attitude was superb & the result underlined just how good our squad is.

Extremely encouraging.

There's a great interview with Kuqi on Swans World/Player.

He's such a calm and even quiet guy which doesn't really match his appearance.

His words about Sousa and the players really impressed me and I really hope he succeeds with us.

No. Those are Porky Pies. I'm sure these were Claarks Pies

Roy - I know King Kenny has done a splendid job in turning Millwall round and they are currently in a play-off place, but even so..... Who is this Whelan fellow?

ROW - not Peter's Pies are they?

Is it true that, when the Commercial Manager ran into The Riddler's office screaming "They're towing away the Burger Bars, Mr Ridsdale, because we haven't paid the bills. What are the fans going to eat?" his response, after a moments pause for thought was "Let them eat pies!"

22221) Nigel Gigg

They probably can't afford anyone to update the website

The fact that they have lead with the 'players available for Saturday's game' story also hides the other negative... Chopra suspended for next two games!

ROW,

Thanks for the response. Certainly shows our current manager thinks a lot more about each game than our previous one.

Anybody hear Dave Whelan on Sky Sports News last night say he thought our ex manager is going to be one of the best in the Premiership, and Europe.

Those of us old enough will remember the old Soviet Union newspaper Pravda that was, it seems, used solely as a mouthpiece for the state. If there were crop failures or natural disasters these just weren't reported. All news it seemed was good news.

Twenty years on and with Cardiff City's very existence now hanging by a thread after the Revenue have heard just one or two stories too many, the Official Club website leads with the story that three players may be back from injury for Saturday's game. No mention anywhere that the club may not even be there in two months time.

Heads in the clouds, in the sand or up their a###'

Oh come on Richard, I told you my advice last night:

"Practise safer tax. Use a non-dom."

Well, funny old game isn't it. Saturday we definitely got less than we deserved, yesterday, perhaps we got more. I would have been quite satisfied with 2 draws but we got 3 points instead of 2. Still smiling.

That chant would have panicked all those sat to our left in the Non-Dom Stand

From memory I think Martinez first used 4-5-1 (aka 4-3-3) in home games, whilst using 4-4-2 away from home.

Value Jack on SEALS board has reminded me of last night's "chant of the night":

"What's that coming over the hill...........is it the Taxman, is it the Taxman???!"