Now let us look back some of the memorable highlights of the season.
The striker transfer policy in winter worked well and created many goals for Swansea. The number of losses has been reduced from 6 games lost in 2 months (Nov-Dec) to 6 games lost in 5 months (Jan-May). Unfortunately, There is still a problem with defense with the team conceded stupid goals.
Swansea's first win since the winter transfer window had been against Newcastle in the league. Alberto Bueno made a splendid start on his debut by scoring in on the 3rd minute. Matteo Ferrari then extended lead with a 8th minute header. We would have kept a clean sheet if Ashley Williams didn't give away a penalty in the 39th minute. But to his credit, Ashley William had provided pretty much consistent performances and this mistake was just a notch on the line. Another interesting note is that Swansea had played with Newcastle 3 TIMES consecutively; having 1 draw, 1win, 1 loss. I can am glad to say we managed to get the win on the most important match. I would rather win 3 points in the league than proceed a round into a cup anytime.
The match against Chelsea is another interesting match. It's not everyday where you can dominate the field against a team like Chelsea but Swansea did just that during this match. Using a 4-3-3 formation with Danny Graham, Lucas Viatri and Alberto Bueno leading the front, Alberto Bueno is again instrumental to this spirited draw by providing an assist to Danny Graham's goal. Lucas Viatri also scored a debut goal in this match.
Swansea's top crowning achievement had to be this 2-0 home match against Liverpool. This is evident by the clean sheet kept by Swansea against a team which contains the premier league's top scorer of the season in the form of Luis Suarez. With Matteo Ferrari holding the back line and Alberto Bueno being lethal upfront, this game will remain in the memories of Swansea's fans many years to come. The only downside is that Lucas Viatri had been sidelined till the end of the season from an injury.
In my next post, I will go through a season review and plot a new direction for season 2's summer transfer!
P.S. does anyone know how to change the font size in wordpress?
Great story. Following this with interest as I am a Swansea fan.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. I am glad you are enjoying this as much as I do and I hope Swansea will be just as successful in real life =)
ReplyDeleteFor your first season in charge of Swansea is a great position to finish up. You should be able to push on next season and hopefully claim a Europa League place at least.
ReplyDeleteIn real life, all 3 of the newly promoted teams look like they have possibility of staying up, which would be some story. As a QPR fan, I'd like to think so, but a lot of tough matches to go yet.
Not quite sure on the font size, as it'll be hidden somewhere in the CSS files, and probably in quite a few sections. One plugin I would recommend you installing is something like "FancyBox Plus" as your pictures will then appear on an overlay, rather than going to a separate page.
You should buy an upgrade from wordpress.com store to change your fonts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments. :) I hope you are right!
ReplyDeleteQPR did a good job a getting 3 points from Chelsea the other night so you might be in for a good surprise. :)
Is that a widget because I can't find that inside the widgets tab. Sorry but I am really noob at this haha.
I should finish up my next post by the end of the day so stay tuned ^^
I need to pay to change fonts? That kinda sucks. Maybe I will do it when I get a more consistent readership. Thanks for the info. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat story, looking forward to starting one with Swansea myself.
ReplyDeleteYou need to go to the "plugins" section and add it from there.
ReplyDeletehmm I don't see any "plugins" section on the sidebar...
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