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I see they've got an Ellis Short v Ashley thread on there, a lot of them saying they'd prefer Ashley as he backs his managers better. Isn't their net spend close to double ours over the last 5 seasons?

Aye I read something on one of the many articles about that game where they were trying to use the sending off as the reason for the loss. I understand the fact they were down to 10 men was a factor in them losing as heavily as 5-0 but they were still losing when he went off. It's also worth bringing up (as I do every week to my own delight) how mint it is to watch Palace be fucking useless again, best performance they've had so far and it was still a comfortable loss to Burnley.

Aye I can too. Lawrenson is and has always been a fucking disaster of a bloke, how he still has a job as a pundit in any capacity is beyond me. Does anyone, of any fanbase, respect his opinion? What bothered me about the coverage was how much they overrate Swansea, I can understand (to a certain degree) them wanking over Sanches since the last time most have seen him play was the Euros where he was young player of the tournament, but they were banging on about Tom Carrolls technical ability ffs .

I think a lot of that is down to the fact all the pundits (at least the ones on Telly) favoured Swansea heavily over us, so when we were comfortably better it showed them up for knowing fuck all. In fact at one point the commentators were bigging Swansea up and including their run from the end of last season despite the fact their two star players from that side are no longer there.

Impressive that Swansea have retained their style of 'all fart and nee shite' through 3 managers now. Fucking bunch of slugs. We need to sign Merino for the quoted amount if players like Sanches cost £10m to loan.

Agreed, he's so wasteful and even though he sometimes finds himself in good positions his awareness is so poor the ball always seems to catch him by surprise. If we do nothing else in January we desperately need a no. 10.

Chuffed with that. Lascelles MOTM imo. Thought we were clearly the better side in both halves, Swansea offered fuck all and got away with murder all game. Big result for us as it boosts the confidence further on the back of the win at home against West Ham. Despite the fact we still don't offer as much as I'd hope going forward Joselu definitely provides threat and is a nuisance for defenders.

Atsu needs to wake up ffs

How the fuck was that not a foul and booking for Clucas??

This ref has been so inconsistent throughout imo.

Agreed, looked competent at the back and put some good balls in when he's got forward. Hope he gets a run of games.

Watch Ritchie on the replay already celebrating before Lascelles even makes contact, quality to see a bloke that can actually aim a ball at a player rather than just blindly hit it in.

Fucking get in!!!! Well deserved

Perez is so frustrating.

Aye gutted to see Sanches come off. Not sure about our sub mind, I'd much rather see Shelvey on or Hayden stay on than bringing Diame on.

Loving Merino completely mugging Sanches off 3 times in a row

Good recovery by Lascelles that after him and Manquillo lost Abraham.

That Abraham is fucking all over the defender anytime the ball comes to him. Sanches is also diving all over the shop 2nd half.

I like watching Merino tbf. He's been head and shoulders above Sanches in this match. His positioning and passing is very good plus he doesn't shirk from a challenge. I hope we do manage to make his move permanent as I think he's a steal for the quoted £5m-£6m when you consider players like Tom Carroll and Fabian Delph are in the £12m+ range now.

Aye, so far he's looked pretty dirty imo and has gotten away with at least one handball. I actually think he meant to kick Joselu there, he surely knew there was no way the ball was going to go there since a persons entire body was in the way. He's also given the ball away nearly every time he has touched it.

Decent half from our lot. Swansea were always going to have the possession stat but I thought we had the better chances, looked more threatening, and went forward with more purpose. I've been impressed again by Joselu, and Murphy isn't panicked in possession which is nice to see. Gamez looks competent as well which makes me wonder why he isn't used more.

Sanches should have been booked there imo, can't just kick a bloke in the dick ffs.

Ayew there man went down like he'd been shot then as soon as the ball come back in the box he was sprinting about.

So close there. Cracking save from the lad.