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Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:47 pm
by IanMcL
Unless they score shedloads on Sunday, the Welsh clubs exchange places.
Alfie Mawson coming our way?
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:48 pm
by KRBFC
Hopefully, he would be a good signing, I still think Clucas would fit us nicely with Arfield leaving, similar workhorse versatile players.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:50 pm
by martin_p
Isn’t that two relegations in a row for Clucas?
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:51 pm
by Cubanclaret
Well chuffed for Huddersfield.
Swansea was a pretty crap hunting ground for us, 3 defeats out of three and 5 out of 6 defeats in total.
A long haul too.
Give me the Magic Rock brewery any day !
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:52 pm
by Diesel
Replaced by Cardiff, great.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:54 pm
by claretspice
Agree with that Clucas shout, and theres a decent player in Tom Carroll too. Mawson might be one who needs to play alongside a Mee type rather than replace him. Needs a talker I suspect.
Sad to see Swansea go, in a sense. Been a great advert for what a small club can achieve for many years. But now a reminder that for smaller clubs, gravity catches up eventually - what we have to do is learn from Swansea went wrong and we might just be able to cheat gravity a little bit longer.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:57 pm
by claretspice
martin_p wrote:Isn’t that two relegations in a row for Clucas?
Yes, but he's still a decent player.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:59 pm
by boatshed bill
claretspice wrote:Yes, but he's still a decent player.
On the bench, yes.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:02 pm
by gandhisflipflop
Really happy to see Swansea go down just because of Olsen and his antics at their place this season against us.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:06 pm
by evensteadiereddie
Small club but bankrolled to buggery.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:07 pm
by Longside4evr
Land of their fathers won't help them now, but all for clubs our size keeping a foot hold and giving it a good shot.
We do need to learn from mistakes and where it went wrong for Swansea and take in as many pointers and build our own armour to try and avoid this fate. If we manage it right and go the way we are going we could grace this division for quite some time yet.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:10 pm
by starting_11
Relegation party at the Marriott?
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:13 pm
by claret10
Swansea replaced by Cardiff, West Brom replaced by Wolves.....good job them lot in Shadsworth have been so crap last few years or else we could have been in trouble after their promotion "heroics" this year

Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:13 pm
by Noble Peter
Does that mean the b4stards will be playing in Europe as well
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:18 pm
by claretfern
Been very lucky Huddersfield, imo...playing both Man City and Chelsea when both of those clubs had nothing to play for. Any other time would have been a different story.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:21 pm
by claret10
To be fair Chelsea still needed a win to put the pressure on for 4th.....Brighton have proved they are no pushovers and could quite conceivably get a point at Anfield on Sunday.
FWIW we have got to be happy that all 3 promoted clubs have stayed up......3 "established" Prem teams have gone....2 of which have been somewhat of bogey teams to us over the years
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:24 pm
by dsr
claretfern wrote:Been very lucky Huddersfield, imo...playing both Man City and Chelsea when both of those clubs had nothing to play for. Any other time would have been a different story.
Chelsea would have been level on points with Liverpool and potentially above Tottenham if they'd won. Champions League qualification is something to play for.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:25 pm
by Vegas Claret
zero luck, Hudders battled like we do, superb
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:39 pm
by agreenwood
claretspice wrote:Yes, but he's still a decent player.
Swansea fans appear to detest Clucas.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:43 pm
by conyoviejo
claretfern wrote:Been very lucky Huddersfield, imo...playing both Man City and Chelsea when both of those clubs had nothing to play for. Any other time would have been a different story.
Bullschite.

Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:48 pm
by tim_noone
claretfern wrote:Been very lucky Huddersfield, imo...playing both Man City and Chelsea when both of those clubs had nothing to play for. Any other time would have been a different story.
Arsenal had nothing to play for ...and spanked us!
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:51 pm
by Ashingtonclaret46
tim_noone wrote:Arsenal had nothing to play for ...and spanked us!
Not true. Arsene resigned because of the discontent of the fans ---not the players, therefore, the players wanted to give him a proper send off on his last home game after 22 years and even those fans who had been boycotting the games recently turned up to see it happen.
On the other hand ---we had nothing to play for.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:55 pm
by tim_noone
Should have been a draw....
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 11:28 pm
by BennyD
It was.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 11:34 pm
by KRBFC
martin_p wrote:Isn’t that two relegations in a row for Clucas?
Must be crap then
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 11:35 pm
by KRBFC
claretfern wrote:Been very lucky Huddersfield, imo...playing both Man City and Chelsea when both of those clubs had nothing to play for. Any other time would have been a different story.
Yeah right, very lucky to play Chelsea away who were playing for top 4.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 11:37 pm
by mdd2
Bet Jack is pleased he left the Swans
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:24 am
by rincon
Pleased for Huddersfield, they've played with enthusiasm and spririt and managed what we didn't do, the first time, stay up.
Real backs to the wall defending, the last two games and exiting to watch.
It means a shorter trip for us next season, so what's not to like? let's just leather the Yorkshire gits next season

Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:42 am
by KeighleyClaret
Ashingtonclaret46 wrote:
On the other hand ---we had nothing to play for.
We did - 6th place could have been ours with a win, we would be level on points now with a home game left, and Arsenal an away game having won no points whatever away in 2018. So it definitely wasn't a dead match. 6th would have sent us straight to the Group Stages.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 4:24 am
by IanMcL
It was just too hot and we got sucked into the occasion.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 7:20 am
by Chobulous
evensteadiereddie wrote:Small club but bankrolled to buggery.
Thought that was Brighton
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 7:44 am
by TheOriginalLongsider
Huddersfield same spirit as Burnley. Well done, that was great stuff last night!
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 7:45 am
by Woodleyclaret
A real shame great fans and a proper town team.Also it was an easy away trip down the M4.Unlike the slog up to West Yorkshire.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 7:59 am
by nil_desperandum
Woodleyclaret wrote:A real shame great fans and a proper town team.Also it was an easy away trip down the M4.Unlike the slog up to West Yorkshire.
You mean Swansea City?
Some on here calling it small perhaps not aware what a big place Swansea is. With a quarter of a million inhabitants it's larger (by population ) than 7 other PL clubs, has quite a lot of urban areas nearby, and is 40 miles away from the next League club. There's no reason why its shouldn't be able to sustain top-flight football - especially with the financial backing it has.
Well done Huddersfield - though it's still twice as "big" as Burnley in terms of population.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 8:19 am
by Spijed
Aren't Huddersfield bankrolled by their chairman as well?
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 8:25 am
by claretspice
agreenwood wrote:Swansea fans appear to detest Clucas.
Wouldn't be the first player to make a bad move, and find that it doesn't work out. Only a year ago his stock was as high - perhaps higher - than Harry Maguire's, and he was under serious consideration for an England call up.
You can make a decent argument that that's exactly the sort of story which we've been good at exploiting to get good value in the last couple of years. Westwood and Cork decent examples of something similar.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 8:34 am
by RocketLawnChair
What is the obsession with us signing players from the relegated teams it doesn’t make them cheap their contracts dictate that. We didn’t sign anybody from last seasons relegated teams although the year before we did JBG and Pope who had been relegated to league one.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 8:35 am
by TVC15
Ashingtonclaret46 wrote:Not true. Arsene resigned because of the discontent of the fans ---not the players, therefore, the players wanted to give him a proper send off on his last home game after 22 years and even those fans who had been boycotting the games recently turned up to see it happen.
On the other hand ---we had nothing to play for.
SD and the players have been brilliant this season but this “nothing to play for” stuff seems lame. Before the game SD was saying it was an important game and that if we beat Arsenal we had a chance of 6th place.
We just played awful in very difficult hot conditions against a team who were up for the game and have a brilliant home record this season - we’ve not been great in last few games and were due a bit of a thrashing
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 9:07 am
by Top Claret
Good riddance Swansea after the dirty tricks you played on Southampton and well done Huddersfield Town
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 11:54 am
by MiltonKeynesClaret93
Top Claret wrote:Good riddance Swansea after the dirty tricks you played on Southampton and well done Huddersfield Town
All that happened was the sun came out over the bank holiday weekend and people phoned in sick to spend time in the sun rather than work. Because they work in a hotel around food they claim diarrhea and legally cannot work for 24/48 hrs. They hotel was then forced to cancel large groups bookings as they didn't have the staff.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:02 pm
by Chobulous
The whole affair was Mark Hughes getting his excuses in early in case he needed them.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:05 pm
by Lancasterclaret
Carlos Soundbiteo leaving at the end of the season.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:14 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
Lancasterclaret wrote:Carlos Soundbiteo leaving at the end of the season.
Good to see someone has turned the dickheads BBQ off. Hopefully he treats everyone to a funny analogy on his sacking at the weekend.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 1:47 pm
by tiger76
RocketLawnChair wrote:What is the obsession with us signing players from the relegated teams it doesn’t make them cheap their contracts dictate that. We didn’t sign anybody from last seasons relegated teams although the year before we did JBG and Pope who had been relegated to league one.
Andrew Robertson was in a relegated team at Hull he's not done too badly at Liverpool.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 3:11 pm
by tiger76
Lancasterclaret wrote:Carlos Soundbiteo leaving at the end of the season.
Being linked with Coleman,couldn't cut the mustard at Sunderland doubt he'll cope in the valleys.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 4:47 pm
by Guich
mdd2 wrote:Bet Jack is pleased he left the Swans
They'd probably have stayed up if he hadn't. And we'd have been about 10th.
What a deal

Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 4:53 pm
by Dejavu
Wouldn't mind either of the Ayew brothers.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 5:01 pm
by RocketLawnChair
tiger76 wrote:Andrew Robertson was in a relegated team at Hull he's not done too badly at Liverpool.
So approx 75 players got relegated and one as done well in a team that cost about £300 million to assemble
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 5:29 pm
by Stan Tastic
Dejavu wrote:Wouldn't mind either of the Ayew brothers.
A Swansea fan said yesterday that if you added them both together you still wouldn't get one decent player.
Re: Bye bye Swansea!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 5:36 pm
by Blackrod
Can't think of one Swans player I would want. Different with Stoke and WBA.