A remarkable turnaround in form has seen Russell Martin’s Swansea City side record four wins in a row for the first time in what seems forever (it’s actually three years) – but it’s the qualities on display that have made it more phwoarr than merely four… Our early season frailties
Alan Curtis has always been a friend of A Touch Far Vetched and now both parties are calling upon some friends in order to pay tribute to fallen Jack Lenny Johnrose and raise lots of money for the Swans’ Former Players Association and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Curt has
This evening sees the launch of a new ATFV charity campaign aimed at aiding the Swansea City Former Players Association – we weren’t going to formally announce this for a few weeks but this evening’s sad news that Lenny Johnrose has passed away has not only brought our timetable forward,
The summer has been a short one, but not too sweet for those reading too much into pre-season results and performances. ATFV columnist Guto Llewellyn has some calming words for the doubters as the new season starts in earnest today…… Pre-season friendlies are basically glorified kick-abouts, a chance for players to
Different Big Cat, same result as Saturday. Another goalless draw. Another two points dropped at home. The good news is that apparently we are working our way to the next stage – where we score a goal. That’ll be nice. To be fair, we have managed it once in our
After eyeing the Tigers on Saturday, it’s the second half of the Big Cat Double Bill as Swansea City take on the Lions at the DotCom. The Tigers from Hull were hunted down but eventually let off the hook, and now the Editor ponders over whether the Swans will meet
The Swans went hunting for big game and Championship points, but although they tamed some Tigers they could only bag a single point on the count of frustratingly firing blanks… Overview It was one of those days for the Swans, summed up by a Grimes free kick tipped onto a
The Swans did their best impression of a street punk – could easily have been nicked for “possession” as they played keep ball, but never likely to be pulled in for murder as a lack of any urgency or aggression played into Hull’s hands. There were home debuts for Rhys
The Swansea City season gets a soft reboot with a trio of new signings available, an international break behind them and Hull City in front of them. Has the two weeks on the training field erased the bugs in the Sexy Russ programme or will the Tigers have too much…byte…for
Going into the international break the Swans will have to do some deep soul searching after this crushing defeat at Deepdale. Just like the 3-1 loss to Stoke it’s not the scoreline that hurts, it’s the manner of it with the Swans falling to more pieces than an Adebayo Akinfenwa
