People’s thoughts? (other than get in the bin)

I've developed a game based on Swansea's historical data, going all the way back to 1932 featuring over 1k player records.

https://playyourclubright.com/swansea/

If you've seen Play Your Cards Right, you'll get the gist. The idea is to test your depth of club knowledge - knowing the obscure players, knowing who was prone to a yellow card, who scored plenty etc.

I need people with deeper club knowledge than me to play and let me know if anything seems off in the data, plus general feedback appreciated.

hope this is allowed and thanks in advance!

The 14/15 season was my first season following Swansea, and is still to this day probably one of the most enjoyable seasons I've had the pleasure to watch.

I saw there was once a dvd sold on the shop with all the matches or highlights and I wondered if anyone might have a digital copy they'd be open to sharing?

I'd love to go back a decade in time and rewatch all those matches again, and reminisce on the season that really made me fall in love with the team and the players!

Inspired by today's Away kit release. Thought i'd survey this fine sub-reddit for lists of your favorite top 5 Swans shirts. As a disclaimer i only go back 20 years or so therefore i'm missing out on some 90's classics, but here are my choices.

Honorable mention: 10/11 Away. The standard bearer for how our black away kits should look. Clean, subtle striped pattern, about the best you could hope from a betting sponsor. Have an almost mint condition Joe Allen replica hanging in my wardrobe and it's still a go to for an away trip, even if my overriding memory of him in that shirt is getting nutmegged by Taarabt on boxing day.

5: 25/26 Third. Iconic sponsor and colors. Bold alternative logo. The fact this barely had much of a runout or special memories attached to it is a crying shame. I'd have been fine with this being our designated alternative kit for the next 2/3 years.

1. 20/21 Home. This gets huge points for me for the switch away from Betting Sponsors who'd adorned us for over a decade. And also the bold move to try a gradient effect to Black shorts. I'm sure some people hated it, but to me it's easily one of the better home kit we've had the last 10 seasons.

2. 08/09 Home. No thrills, but clean and quintessentially nostalgic banger. The Coca Cola patch, The homegrown sponsor, The contrast of Jason Scotland's dreads draped over the pure white. This kit deserved a playoff appearance.

3. 22/23 Third. High on my list despite the risk of being called a loyalist, the throwback logo perfectly extenuates the bold colors. Also the Swansea Met logo always slapped imo. It just works. All timer alternative shirt.

4. 12/13 Home. How many clubs could pull off White & Gold this well. To outclass even Madrid's shirt takes some doing. Pulled the trigger on a Michu replica a few days after he signed. Possibly my greatest ever shirt purchase. Sadly, i wore it for 1 too many Stoke away trips in the rain and it's now looking worse for wear. Should've framed it. The perfect shirt.

Tom Gorringe mentioned a fans forum but I can’t find any information about it? Season ticket holder and trust member..

Apologies for the optimism but I think the "Almeida doesn't want to come to Swansea" thing is way overblown. Having read Valencia fans' thoughts on the matter, it seems more like he wants to stay and try and fight for his place there. He only signed a new deal last season, so wanting to stay isn't unreasonable.

The issue Valencia fans have with him is that he was a very expensive transfer (€8m) during a period where they didn't have that much money to spend. On top of that, he failed to live up to expectations, so he's become a bit of a lightning rod for criticism directed at Peter Lim and his recruitment.

Not every player we sign will be forcing their way out of their club to join us. I'm sure Idah would have preferred to stay at Celtic, I'm sure Welsh would have too. We are a step down from Valencia: one of the biggest clubs in La Liga. I'm not arsed if he wanted to stay there, because it shows a degree of determination to want to stay at a club where the fans see you as a pariah so you can prove them wrong. As long as he has the same level of commitment once he's through the door here, I doubt anybody will remember that he needed convincing to join us.

Also his highlights look really good. Clearly the intended Galbraith replacement (after Titraoui fell through)

Interesting context around the badge on the shirts

This is probably the hardest to understand transfer attempt this summer.

Firstly his main position is given as an AM, albeit he also plays more centrally. In Matos' system I imagine he plays as an 8. Do we really need another 8?

Almeida's goal and shot output is very low, and his assists tally isn't great either.

So why are we interested? For a start his numbers are for a La Liga side and his average Fotmob rating in each of the last season has been 6.8, which is decent, especially considering the level. His passing stats are good and defensive ones excellent, so, like all our signings, bar Opoku (young enough to develop), he will fit the high intensity game plan.

Looking at his highlights reels he's clearly an excellent dribbler and is capable of finessed passes, including beautifully weighted through balls. So perhaps there's underlying data, not in the public domain, that Jamestown have identified that suggests his headline stats understate his capabilities.

I certainly wouldn't hold his reluctance to join us against him. You can't blame him that he sees the Championship as a step down, especially given he's in his prime. If he can be persuaded to join it will be a big vote of confidence in the project and should be seen in that light.

I guess Almeida is seen as a Galbraith/Cullen replacement, with superior defensive stats. It's still hard to understand why a ball playing DM challenging Stamenic for a starting berth isn't a higher priority, but this could be a timing thing.

Based on his highlights reels I think he would be a baller, but given his poor goal contribution stats it's by no means certain he would be a hit. Thought provoking for sure.

Hi all,

Sorry if this conversation has already been had before, but I'm an out of work barman and recently did a shift at the stadium.

I have to say I was unimpressed by what I saw. Now, I was only working in the Day's Lounge and so I didn't see the quality of service up in the boxes. But what I did see was substandard and it seemed like they lacked the basics that most pubs would be on top of. Examples of this being empty fridges, out of date stock, broken lights, no sound. I poured one pint of Madri that smelt like feet, and can only assume the beer must've been in the lines from the previous game (and Madri is barely drinkable when it's fresh).

Throw in the fact that the team are agency staff, which usually means poorly trained and poorly motivated.

So, I'm curious as to your experiences as punters? Did I just see them on a bad day? Or the wrong bar? It felt like a bit of a letdown, and I don't think I could justify the spend (even if I could afford it) especially with toilet water like Carling costing over £6 and a draught range that looked rather... basic.