Swansea: More than just passing through

As he pressed the flesh of pretty much everyone in sight at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, there was a sense that Brendan Rodgers was a little more bothered about his return to Swansea City than his old club were. Already faced with the embarrassment of seeing his Liverpool side lower in the table than …

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Still the Underdogs?

If you look for the word underdogs in the dictionary then you will probably see Swansea City listed in the description, but surely this is no longer true. The Swans seem to always be the underdogs, always the team tipped for defeat and relegation, yet always defying the odds and surprising everyone. When you look …

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City to Liverpool to Chelsea – are we in Dreamland or is just the company we keep nowadays

After our narrow defeat to last year’s Champions, Manchester City at the Etihad last Saturday, and our fizzing meeting against the iconic Liverpool FC at Anfield on Wednesday night, at which we came out victorious, and with a degree of style at 3-1, in a tie made bitter/sweet against our previous Manager BR, this Saturday …

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Nobody said it was easy

Very recently, Guillem Balague, one of my and many people’s favourite Sky Sports pundit, spent some time with our estimable Manager Michael Laudrup, in South Wales. The interview confirmed, for us Jacks, that ML is both aware of our Club’s history, and it’s need to develop without selling out its past. Don’cha just love it …

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Aston Villa v Swansea City

On the back of two disappointing performances from the national side against Belgium and Serbia, we can now turn our attention back to Swansea City, and the Premier League. This Saturday sees Michael Laudrup’s men travel to Aston Villa. Last season Swansea arrived at Villa Park still looking for their first away win of the …

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The day after deadline day

Just in case you werent aware of the quality of our new record signing yesterday then take a look at this video! So in this window, we sell (not because we had to) Joe and Scott for £21m and we bring in international/champions league replacements for under £20m in fees. Players who have played for …

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Kyle Bartley – The Interview

Swansea City have snapped up Arsenal youngster Kyle Bartley for an estimated one million pounds. The former England under 17 international arrives in South Wales during a period where multi million pound potential signings Ki Seung Yeung and Pablo Hernandez have dominated the headlines, and his signing may have passed under the radar for some …

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Streamlined Squad Will Benefit Swans

With a pre-season tour of the United States now complete, Swansea City return to South Wales with manager Michael Laudrup declaring himself ‘pleased’ with what he’s seen from his squad. Aside from the main objective of increasing fitness levels for a gruelling premier league campaign (T minus 15 days as I write this!) The Dane …

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