Best wishes to Darren Way

Swansea City boss Roberto Martinez carried the good wishes of the club and the fans to former midfielder Darren Way today. The popular player, who is now at Yeovil, was involved in a serious road traffic accident yesterday afternoon and had to be cut out of his vehicle and flown to hospital in Dorset. Darren …

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Spanish Spice – Mikel Alonso

Swansea City’s training sessions had extra Spanish spice this week with the arrival of midfielder Mikel Alonso. The 28-year-old midfielder, brother of Liverpool’s Champions League winning star Xabi, linked up with the Swans after becoming a free agent following his release from Real Sociedad. The former La Liga playmaker started last season on loan at …

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Are you looking up or are you looking down?

At the time of the first International break we had accumulated 7 points and were sitting in a very comfortable 7th place in the league. I suggested then that the next six games (seven with the Carling) leading up to the next International break might reveal more clearly where we sit in the pecking order …

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Early Term Report

The two-week International break is in some way unwelcome because it calls a temporary halt to the promising start we have made. But, it does give the chance to draw breath, take stock and review the earliest stages of our return to this level after such an agonisingly long time away. What have we seen …

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Part of a Young Professional’s Education

In recent years when finances have dictated that football clubs have been forced to reduce their playing staff, quite a number of clubs have resorted to the loan system as a means of strengthening their squad at the start of the season, usually signing young professionals who have yet to make their mark at clubs, …

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Pre-season Review

Got back from the tour yesterday evening and I’ve been reflecting on it this morning, so here are my thoughts. It was the first time for me in this area of Spain and I was highly impressed. There’s talk that the club will be going again next summer – if they do, try and go, …

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Our Championship Return

I again appreciate that it’s been a long time since I last wrote this column so apologies to those of you who enjoy reading it and who look forward to the rare occasions when I update it. Work and family commitments leave me with precious little time but I’m proud to say that I’ve missed …

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What a season that was!

I again appreciate that it’s been a long time since I last wrote this column so apologies to those of you who enjoy reading it and who look forward to the rare occasions when I update it. Work and family commitments leave me with precious little time but I’m proud to say that I’ve missed …

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Brighton Rocks

I’ve had some marvellous away trips following the Swans this season. I’ve been to fourteen of the matches and, as Sod’s Law would have it, I’ve managed to take in the three defeats we’ve suffered on the road! To be fair, though, I’ve also been privileged to see us put away one bogey team after …

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