Great to see Laird and Mellor back, with Max Taylor on the bench.
Swansea v Manchester United (U23)
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Swans 1-0 up
Kovar
Laird
Mengi
Bernard
Devine
Puigmal
Levitt
Traore
Galbraith
Ramazani
Mellor
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Woolston
Taylor
McGhee
Hoogewerf
Laird
Mengi
Bernard
Devine
Puigmal
Levitt
Traore
Galbraith
Ramazani
Mellor
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Woolston
Taylor
McGhee
Hoogewerf
Levitt not started well. Bad pass then committed too much to a lost cause which allowed Swansea open space to drive towards United and get a shot off.
Good start for Laird though
Good start for Laird though
Mengi not had a good start to the game - one awful mistake early on, and a fairly weak shot touched him and went past the keeper.
I didn't see that, i'm going to watch it @23:00
1-1 Ramazani freekick. Gets it into the bottom corner - and the keeper should have saved it.
Mate I'm so sorry for spoiling it for youI didn't see that, i'm going to watch it @23:00
1-1 Ramazani free kick
Nice to see Laird is back fit as well
Mellor with a big miss - Levitt with a supercross and Mellors header from 5 yards is saved.
What a turn and cross from Levitt. Pure sex
Good work from Puigmal and Levitt. Puigmal in the buildup, and Levitt to create the chance with a great cross.
So Garner and Williams have moved up fully to the 1st team, alongside Greenwood and Co.?
Really positive play from us - we really should be ahead
great ball from Puigmal, but Ramazani had a poor touch to get a shot off
Levitt has done well since the opening 6 minutes
No Gomes, Chong, Greenwood, Williams or Garner.
Our U23s got relegated last year.. Is the new batch really good or is there a huge drop off in quality?
Our U23s got relegated last year.. Is the new batch really good or is there a huge drop off in quality?
Got relegated two years ago.
Kovar - great
Laird - great
Mengi - really good
Bernard - ok but filled with mistakes
Devine - pretty good
Levitt- great
Galbraith- good
Puigmal- good
Largie - transitioned really good
Traore- lazy shit
Mellor - good all rounder with great work ethic
And no Sbragia
Mengi looks in a bad way, but not sure with what. Rib? Winded?
Penalty United handball
The stuff about Traore is just crap
1-2 Levitt scores.
Refused to do anything but run in straight lines when he gets the ball. He's physical with nothing else with no work ethic at all except when he gets the ball.
Except it isn't. He's consistently one of the worst players on the pitch and his last performance should have seen him never wearing the shirt again. He's an embarrassment.
Except it is. He has improved a lot this season - and has been good today.
Laird and Mellor are back, with a lovely goal.
Hope getting Martial and Pogba back will similarly lead to some lovely goals.
Hope getting Martial and Pogba back will similarly lead to some lovely goals.
And this is without our 5 best players
Just scored a lovely goal
4-1 from the lazy shit
Should be added that he has been one of our best players. Levitt and Ramazani - probably our 2 best players on the night
So I imagine you were impressed with him last time out?
He hasn't improved at all. He physically outmuscles and powers a shot once every 10 games. While doing nothing the rest of the time and refusing to do his job. He was even called anonymous by Weber.
You consistently excuse his shit performances though so no surprises.
Consistently excusing his shit performances ? I don't think I have ever said anything particularly nice about Traore prior to tonight.
I certainly wasn't singing Traore's praise last season, when my opinion of him certainly wasn't that great. But to call a player a lazy shit is just stupid. Especially when you practically consider every other player in the team good or great. But unlike you - I believe he has improved. His work-ethics is much better - and he actually has an end-product now.
Today - Traore fixed a penalty after a strong run. He scored a goal all by himself, and nearly set-up another goal with a skill that certainly wasn't just physically outmuscling his opponents. Do I Believe he will go as far as Levitt and Garner to name a couple of midfielders ? Nope - but there is a huge difference between being great and being a lazy shit. As for being anonymous ? if Danny Webber feels creating a penalty and scoring a goal like Traore did today is anonymous - let's hope more of our players are anonymous in the future.
If you follow the youth forums much one thing you will quickly notice is the extreme degree to which @limerickcitykid does not rate Aliou Traore!
And that is his right. Last season I would even have agreed with him. I think he has improved a lot - Limerick doesn't! Fair enough.
I'll let you off, it's not your fault I couldn't find a tweet with the teamsheet to post, or that it took me nearly 5 minutes typing out the team with one finger and one thumb
Ethan the Train back on track.
Reece Devine continues to impress, I said a few months ago i'd to see(l-r)Devine - Mengi - Laird - Williams get a run of games together, it would be harsh on Bernard but Teden is a better defender and you'd need that with the kamikaze twins bombing down the wings.
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