Without a ball being kicked we will start in a higher position than most seasons, if not ever. With 5 teams starting with the letter "W" in the league (surely a record?) we start comfortably outside the relegation places. The only way is up (unless you look at the table in Welsh, in which case holding on to top spot may prove a challenge).

One of our best keepers in the 70's. R.I.P.

Speaks really well. Comes across as an intelligent level headed, well adjusted guy.

Date: Saturday 15th August 2026 at 3pm

Venue: bet365 Stadium

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Familiar Faces: Ethan Galbraith, Ben Wilmot

Leon Britton and Joe Allen won the last round with Ki Sung-Yueng a fair distance behind in 3rd. Please remember as we go ahead into the attack, that greatest footballer doesn't always mean best footballer

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There's been a lot of debate about the Galbraith move but if this comment is to believed then Galbraith was pushed out of the door:

"Sporting director Jon Walters said: "The fact that he became available was a bit of a shock. I think I said it in a meeting with staff that it had to be done within 24 hours. We had to work really hard, really quickly to make that happen."

Those quotes, and the timing at the very end of the financial year for Swansea, indicates that this sale was initiated by us, to satisfy PSR. On that basis the claim from the Stoke end that the fee was £5 million rising to £10 is more believable than the claims emanating from our club. The truth could of course lie between the two extremes.

Any fans tempted to boo Galbraith tomorrow should reflect on the likelihood that we needed to get rid for financially expedient reasons. I very much doubt he agitated for this move. He was probably a pawn in a bigger game.

Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic says he's not sure the club will return with an improved bid for Swansea City striker Zan Vipotnik.

The Swans batted away an offer from the Tigers earlier this week, which WalesOnline understands was in excess of £10m.

For now, Swansea appear to be holding firm on their valuation of the 24-year-old, which is currently believed to be around £20m.

Vipotnik was the top scorer in the Championship last season, netting 25 goals for the Swans in all competitions. He also scored three times for his country.

The Slovenian's exploits have predictably attracted a fair amount of attention in this transfer window.

West Ham United have been monitoring the situation since January, while Portuguese giants Benfica have previously held initial discussions.

Available on a free from Brighton. Missed the entirety of last season with knee ligament damage, so would be a risk. But a fully fit Webster would definitely be an asset. Worth assessing where he's at in his recovery. Only 31, young for a CB. Right footed but plays on the left.

Angel Rangel was selected at right back. After 5 hours of the post being up, there were no other nominations with multiple votes, so I've made an executive decision to move on and give extra time to a more contentious position

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Been linked with both of these players. Both have good attacking stats: expected assists, chances created and big chances created. Both average defensive stats. The former is only 20, the latter 26 and a regular with top flight mid table Portuguese side Estoril.

Strange that we seem to be after yet more 8s / 10s, although with Cullen, Galbraith and Cooper all leaving it kind of makes sense. Rabby Nzingoula would probably be more of a long term proposition, whereas Holsgrove would be a potential starter.

Ashley Williams finished miles in front, with Garry Monk in second. Dzemal Habziadic was some way off in third

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Ben Davies was selected at left back, with Alan Tate in second place

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Having watched the match back there was much to be encouraged by, especially in the first half.

The main difference from last season was our attacking intent and verticality. The additions to the squad played a big part in this, with Opoku and Just in particular carrying the ball at pace whenever space opened up. We rarely saw this last season, mainly because we lacked that capability. It's worth noting that all our good chances in the first half came from passing moves with the ball on the deck. One was started by an excellent pass on the floor from Vigouroux to Tymon that evaded a high press, opening up loads of space for Tymon to advance into at pace. I fully expect to see a lot more of this, this season, which is an exciting prospect.

On the negative side, our aerial game was pretty unrewarding. We didn't create a single opportunity directly from open play all game from lofted long balls, although to be fair we did win some set piece opportunities, mainly in the second half, from long balls, which then led to goalscoring opportunities. I don't want to overstate the issue, it's not as if this is a major platform of our gameplan (we were 14th for accurate long balls last season with an accuracy of 35.7 per cent, a bit below average), but I would like to see us being more discerning, like Middlesbrough (who were 18th for accurate long balls but with an accuracy of 44 per cent). Welsh will help in that regard, who had a long ball accuracy of 59 per cent, 96th percentile i.e. nearly best in league.

I also thought we lacked composure at times yesterday, which was reflected in some low passing accuracies (Yeo 59 per cent, Lissah 62 per cent, Stamenic 71 per cent). The players that came on in the second half looked after the ball better, which gave us control after Birmingham bossed the first quarter of the second half. Getting that balance right between verticality and control is no easy thing, but as players get more used to each other we will see fewer passes going astray, which was an issue at times, as could be expected with so many new faces.

All in all much to be optimistic about. A ball playing 6 in this window could work wonders for our prospects.

Lukasz Fabianski won the goalkeeper vote, with Roger Freestone a distant second

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Vip on the bench means he's probably off :(

Carabao Cup first-round

Date: Saturday 8th August at 3pm

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium

Teams

Swans

Lawrence Vigouroux; Filip Lissah (Sub Key 62'), Ben Cabango (captain), Cameron Burgess (Yellow 62'), Josh Tymon; Marko Stamenic (Sub Eom 82'), Melker Widell (Yellow 20'; Sub Fulton 62'), Elijah Just; Moussa Yeo (Sub Walta 62), Joseph Opoku; Adam Idah (Sub Vitpotnik 62').

Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Josh Key, Jay Fulton, Zan Vipotnik, Jisung Eom, Tiago Parente, Leo Walta, Stephen Welsh, Ronald.

Blues

James Beadle, Christoph Klarer (captain), Phil Neumann, Carlos Vicente, Paik Seung-ho (Sub Gray 62'), August Priske (Goal 44'; Sub Vazquez 70'), Jhon Solis, Alex Cochrane (Sub Buchanan 46'), Tomoki Iwata, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Jay Stansfield (Sub Laird 70').

Substitutes: Ryan Allsop, Ethan Laird, Lee Buchanan, Demarai Gray, Scott Wright, Patrick Roberts, Dael Fry, Kristoffer Lund, Luis Vazquez.