I was born in Swansea and live about a 20-minute ride from the Liberty Stadium. I have soft spot in my heart, for them, but I love Liverpool FC. I desperately want the Swans to stay up because it'll make things more interesting for me, and it is also very good for the city. That said, I was as sick as a pig when we lost last night. But I wasn't angry.
I wasn't angry because I don't think the lads bottled it, or couldn't be bothered; not after going 19 games unbeaten. It's easy to say "But the Swans suck and we should have battered them." But in that case, we shouldn't have lost to Bristol City in the cup, or to Wimbledon in the FA cup final, or to Bournemouth 4-3 when 3-1 up. But that's just football.
Thought VvD was to blame for their goal, but that's a very harsh criticism; for the rest of the game he was superb and will make £75m look like daylight robbery. It's not just that he can head (almost scored), can play the ball like a playmaking midfielder (almost an assist for Salah), or that he has good positional sense. For me, the way he marshals the defence ala Carra, that is just what we needed. I don't have palpitations anymore when the opposition are in our final third. I still get it when they shoot on goal, but that's another issue.
Anyway, just wanted to say well done to the Swans and to us as well. We've just gone 19 games unbeaten, and played some scintillating football (ask City). This loss was a blip, and not 'Oh that's just typical of us - beat the top and lose to the bottom.'
The only reason we lost last night is because Salah, Bobby, and Mane were all misfiring. How many times are your front three going to do that in a season? Once?
I genuinely believe we are thundering in the right direction. This was three steps forward and one step back.
Get Keita on board and (if the rumours are correct) Jan Oblak (Ath. Mardrid) and I genuinely believe for the first time in decades, that we'll win it next season.
Congratulations to the Swans. But let's not forget the bigger picture here.
To sum up for me, nobody got less than a 7/10 last night.
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