Swansea (A) FA Cup | Pre-Match Thread

[Ban-jani]

I normally work until 5. And I live about 90 seconds' drive from the job. So I would be good. As it happens, I'm laid off at the moment, thanks to the Covid lockdown. So, no excuses for me this evening. Though I do have to finish that red and white crocheted duvet cover to try to finish. So I might do that instead. Catch the Everton/Spurs game later on.

Isn’t a 90 second drive a walk?

 

[jimharri]

Isn’t a 90 second drive a walk?

No; at my age, it's a 90 second drive!

 

[jamesha]

I like to go and have a look at the opposition's forum before a match to see what they're saying ahead of the game.

God I'm grateful for Bluemoon. So many of the others are just a mess. The pre-match thread on PlanetSwans is 80% throwbacks to irrelevant games of years ago and 20% discussion of the actual match. Then there's places like RedCafé where swearing is censored to make everyone sound Irish, or RAWK where negative posts are deleted. We don't know how good we have it.

Here's an excerpt from a Swansea fan post:

"Man City, now have a womens team, they are called Woman City, this keeps them in tune morally and genderly with todays millennial chipmunks. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton) which is a stupid name they changed it to Manchester City after that. When you think the club formed four years after the death of General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer after being surrounded by Sue and her mates it makes you realise how old the club is. In 1956 they had a fisherman goalkeeper called Bert Trautmann, a Jerry, who has to put up with some tremendous abuse in professional football in the fifties.Whilst the people of Manchester were still putting their windows back in after years of trying to buy windows after the war ended, there was much hostility. However Bert won their hearts in the 1956 final which Man City won. During the game he broke his neck but continued playing. It was later revealed he also played with two broken legs, a broken wrist, multiple bum lacerations from the then spiked stud and a slight graze to his elbow. The latter was treated with beer, Trautmann refused all treatment and the next day ran home to his house in Berlin, which also had no windows. So, a lovely story there from history." [sic]

This is the level we're dealing with here. There can be some shite on Bluemoon but this? Ho. Ly. Shit.

That is a lot more insightful than most of what is posted on Rawk and Sad Cafe. I found it mildly entertaining - better than the normal "Oil Money" crap.

 

[jimharri]

Hopefully, it won't be as, er, "interesting" as the Cheltenham game! Though I'd gladly trade this evening for the CL.

Both would be nice, mind.

 

[Hoghead]

His agent is the Lone Arranger

I can't like this! So groan......

 

[cityboy2602]

BT Sport 1

Well done that man! I looked on the fixture list on the OS and it doesnt have BT Sport against this match but I just looked on BT Sport listings and it's there. Coverage starts at 5pm.
BTW before this on the same channel is a programme about the Wimbledon crazy gang which is well worth watching. Fash the bash comes across as an absolute psycho!

 

[lionheart]

Let us all hope that Pep has been having penalty taking sessions with the squad. We may need them for this evening.

 

[chesterbells]

At his age with foden you could see it. With him you cant

Yeah, agreed.
I mean I think there are a number of levels in between Foden and a career as a championship player, not least getting a regular starting berth with a bottom half Prem club maybe.

 

[Hoghead]

I like to go and have a look at the opposition's forum before a match to see what they're saying ahead of the game.

God I'm grateful for Bluemoon. So many of the others are just a mess. The pre-match thread on PlanetSwans is 80% throwbacks to irrelevant games of years ago and 20% discussion of the actual match. Then there's places like RedCafé where swearing is censored to make everyone sound Irish, or RAWK where negative posts are deleted. We don't know how good we have it.

Here's an excerpt from a Swansea fan post:

"Man City, now have a womens team, they are called Woman City, this keeps them in tune morally and genderly with todays millennial chipmunks. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton) which is a stupid name they changed it to Manchester City after that. When you think the club formed four years after the death of General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer after being surrounded by Sue and her mates it makes you realise how old the club is. In 1956 they had a fisherman goalkeeper called Bert Trautmann, a Jerry, who has to put up with some tremendous abuse in professional football in the fifties.Whilst the people of Manchester were still putting their windows back in after years of trying to buy windows after the war ended, there was much hostility. However Bert won their hearts in the 1956 final which Man City won. During the game he broke his neck but continued playing. It was later revealed he also played with two broken legs, a broken wrist, multiple bum lacerations from the then spiked stud and a slight graze to his elbow. The latter was treated with beer, Trautmann refused all treatment and the next day ran home to his house in Berlin, which also had no windows. So, a lovely story there from history." [sic]

This is the level we're dealing with here. There can be some shite on Bluemoon but this? Ho. Ly. Shit.

That made me chuckle, nothing wrong in that from an opposition forum.

 

[citymad]

Let us all hope that Pep has been having penalty taking sessions with the squad. We may need them for this evening.

We need an unlike button for your post. It's a horrible thought.