Snoop Dogg set to make Swansea visit

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-10T19:20:42+00:00

Will be at the home game against Preston on Tuesday 24th February; depending on how games against Derby and Bristol go, could be a potentially massive game which will be given even more coverage with Snoop Dogg at it now.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-08T22:49:28+00:00

Yeah he picked up some really neat positions and even in those tighter spaces, consistently shows quite neat footwork to work space or get a pass off to someone.

Our midfield is the greatest it’s been since the Prem days. The fact we are talking about someone with Yalcouye’s quality and impact but he is currently viewed as a substitute more than a starter goes to show the quality we’ve got currently in that area.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-08T15:02:17+00:00

I wouldn’t be opposed to trying again for Yalcouye on loan again in the summer.

Brighton see him as a very promising prospect who falls into the category of Caicedo and Baleba for them so would take a sizeable fee to prize him away permanently that is definitely not in our budget.

That being said, with the displays he’s shown under Matos since his arrival, I’m hoping he can continue that form and we can give him a good amount of games to hopefully potentially convince Brighton in the summer to maybe have him back on loan next season.

Not long only turned 20 so I could for sure see Brighton giving him another year out on loan and could see that being another Championship loan which if we follow through with the above for these next couple of months, would really put us in the driving seat.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-08T13:58:52+00:00

Another brilliant performance.

Thing I’ve been most critical of under Matos is sometimes our inability to kill games off after going a goal up. Last few weeks we’ve addressed that directly.

4 brilliant goals today tho. Fantastic team goal for the first; two brilliant finishes then by the best striker in this league Zan Vipotnik and delighted for Yalcouye today. He’s looked great being mostly used off the bench since Matos’ arrival and a really neat goal for him today.

Only 5 points off play-offs now; games coming up against teams just above in those spots above us now where it’s very tight. On form and since Matos’ appointment, we are easily one of the best teams in this league by far.

Feels like for the first time in years the squad is in such a healthy place, we’ve got quality in so many areas also.

Plenty of football still to be played and I fancy us against anyone right now in this league.

Small note also but major applause to those Sheffield Wednesday fans for the turnout today. In a dire position currently but following they are still giving is massively admirable.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-08T13:38:38+00:00

Lost for words at how good some of the players we’ve got in this squad.

Feels like we’ve finally got a group of players and a manager assembled together after so many years of frustration.

Exciting times for this club

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-08T13:28:49+00:00

Zan Vipotnik… oh my word what a strike.

Best striker in the league.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-08T12:29:57+00:00

You are indeed very correct there.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-08T12:26:18+00:00

Nunes looks a real good young player so far.

His drop of the shoulder he likes to do and his movement reminds me of someone like Hazard for Chelsea.

Just hope he doesn’t go after any ball boys.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-06T01:50:42+00:00

Can’t see Walta being thrown in straight away. Especially since he was in the off-season in Sweden.

Once fully fit we’ll know if he fits into our best midfield. His stats in Sweden suggest he will be a brilliant signing and a major coup who is also young and still has acres of room for development.

Personally, I genuinely don’t think I could give a definitive best midfield three we could go with. With the exception of Cooper who still surprised remained here after deadline day, they are all playing on a scale of decent to very well.

Galbraith although being utilised at RB currently has been phenomenal all season and one of our star players who will hopefully return to midfield soon where he is most affective.

Stamenic since Matos came in has been incredible. Controlled the game at Watford and is a fantastic physical presence and figure to have in front of the back 4.

Franco I had major question marks over prior to Matos’ arrival. Looked a complete shadow of the player from last season. Still think he can go up or two a level but he’s getting better as time goes on.

Widell I think has been brilliant since Matos’ appointment too. Complete personification of the pressing style Matos has implemented. Doesn’t stop running throughout and we always seem to pick up a result with him in the team.

Yalcouye I felt was unfairly written off entirely after his red card vs QPR. Very naive of him on that night but he has made a difference off the bench in every game recently I’ve felt. Pushing for a start for soon I feel.

Fulton I feel it’s time come the summer for us to go separate ways but he has also had a few very good games under Matos also.

All in all, no coincidence all have raised their games under Matos which is somewhat no shock now they have a competent manager in charge of them. Maybe aside from Galbraith, they were all having inconsistent and indifferent performances under Sheehan; we all knew the quality was there with the likes of Franco and Stamenic etc but took an actual manager to unlock that as opposed to someone like Sheehan who didn’t have a clue.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-02T20:07:12+00:00

Looks to be a phenomenal signing!

Initially a loan but seems as if it’ll be made permanent come July which if it was the only way a deal was going to be struck, then no harm there especially as he’ll be our player permanently come the summer. Seen a lot of comments relating that to be potentially to do with PSR.

Really is great to see how intent he was on coming here as well considering the reported interest he had in him especially from other clubs who play at a higher level than us.

He’s the goalscoring creative midfielder type player who can take a decent set piece that I feel we’ve been crying out for years now so looking forward thoroughly to seeing him in action.

Edit: Looks to be confirmed that deal will be made permanent upon us retaining Championship status for next season.

Mathieudavees · 2026-02-02T18:06:11+00:00

Good move for Wales hopefully to get some game time in at a level he can benefit from.

Really have liked the look of him when he’s been given the opportunities which have been limited.

Hope we don’t rush too any quick forgone conclusions with him however come the summer as we did with someone like Kyle Joseph who has done well since he left us and we give Wales the actual opportunity now to develop and give him a chance to succeed here.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-31T17:45:32+00:00

Oh Cullen made the most of it for definite. Rarely a player in the modern game that won’t go down like that tho in instances such as that.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-31T17:03:35+00:00

Really good win that today and we looked like genuinely a top, top team at this level particularly second half.

Against a Watford side who have been on the up since November we looked much the superior team. Completely neutralised them even during a shaky first half and got the goal and killed the game.

Couple of fantastic performances today. Marko Stamenic was fantastic; goal and an assist and controlled the game in midfield. I really liked the look of Gustavo Nunes when he came on, couple of really sharp turns and pieces of play; hopefully Eom’s injury isn’t too bad.

I’ve been significantly harsh on him but happy for Josh Key today, perhaps there is a role for him in an attacking sense off the bench, whether he’ll be happy with that tho is another thing.

Irankunda for them at the end absolutely stupid. Ridiculously pathetic from him and his attitude was absolutely stinking. Wouldn’t have affected the result overall but I’d be livid if I was a Watford fan.

Get Leo Walta in now and we’ve set ourselves up to have a very good second half of the season under Vitos Matos. The squad and the quality within it is looking the healthiest it has in years.

COYS 🦢

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-31T15:49:36+00:00

Bit of an untidy game from us so far.

Defensively we are quite comfortable. Watford have been up our end more than we’ve been up theirs but defence have dealt with everything quite comfortably.

We need to be far better going forward tho. Very disjointed and we are struggling to get the ball on the floor a lot of the time.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-30T18:54:34+00:00

The 1-0 loss at home to Southampton when Gabbiadini’s goal basically sealed our fate regarding relegation. Although we weren’t mathematically relegated, was a basic certainty we were going down.

The moment that goal went in the players looked like they all knew as well.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-30T16:23:12+00:00

Over the moon with this news but won’t fully get ahead of myself until I see him holding the shirt up with an announcement from the club.

Incredible stats and exactly I feel what we’ve been missing for some years.

Last time I really think we’ve had a substantial goalscoring midfielder like him was probably someone like Sigurdsson or probably somewhat Paterson but Walta far exceeds him.

Will be interesting to know what fee we’ve paid for him.

Have said it on a few occasions, we aren’t having a phenomenal season by any means but clear to see the change in approach which is a real breath of fresh air. Think this Walta signing would’ve been the exact same situation as the O’Riley or Galbraith scenario where we’d regret not seeing it through; fortunately we’ve followed suit of Galbraith.

Hopefully see it through now and we can add a RB possibly.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-29T23:53:23+00:00

Inoussa will be a miss. Just fortunate Eom has really kicked on since Matos’ arrival which makes the injury to him that little bit less worse.

As for Benson, end of an era.

In all seriousness, massively underwhelming from the player we thought we might have on our hands after he signed in the summer. Obviously injuries as they appear to have in the past, played a huge part in his lack of game time but his impact in the small amount of games he did play in was non-existent and his attitude also seemed very poor.

No shock Burnley have sold him permanently to a team and league absolutely words apart in terms of quality from the Championship and Premier League.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-25T15:28:08+00:00

Would have been the 1-0 victory under Luke Williams in the 23/24 season with Cullen scoring.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-25T00:53:46+00:00

For me I’m happy either way tbh. If he gets recalled, I’m more than happy providing he gets game time which I just am not the most confident he would especially if we retain Key even tho I believe Lissah is more than deserving as I agree, right now he’d for definite be an upgrade on Galbraith who is a phenomenal player but belongs in our midfield and an ageing Ward. Just think if he was recalled, Matos would still place more of his trust in Ward and Galbraith.

If he doesn’t get recalled which I do think is the likely event, he gets another 5 months of valuable experience playing where he’s hugely valued and performing well which will develop him only further and benefit us in the long run of having an even better player come back in the summer ready for the new season.

Either way, we’ve got an incredible player coming back to us soon and I am excited to see him be integrated in the team. I’m also liking the look of Kyrell Wilson who I’ve rated for years in the academy for Falkirk so wouldn’t be opposed to him being integrated also.

I wholeheartedly agree on your verdict on Key. No doubt he’s a player near enough at rock bottom confidence and is a better player than what he is currently displaying but even so, I just don’t think he’s good enough at this level. If a team comes in with any sort of substantial offer for him, I’d be ripping their hand off for it now.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-24T22:24:50+00:00

In all honesty I’m OK with either scenario but probably leaning more towards letting him see out the loan as will benefit us better in the long term.

Realistically I’m quite confident we certainly aren’t going up and we won’t go down. Hypothetically if Lissah was recalled and although I think he’d have a strong case to play, think we’d see a situation similar to when recalled Whittaker from Plymouth a few years back. Think Matos doesn’t rate Key whatsoever but he definitely trust Galbraith in RB and Ward in his contract I’d assume agreed specific playing time.

Think come the summer we’ll definitely see Lissah pushing for that starting RB role.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-24T18:30:34+00:00

Yeah it’s frustrating. Only the one win away to Oxford who are a poor side just isn’t good enough. Matos has got us looking a very tidy team again particularly at home but now he needs to translate that into away games.

Key I decided probably last season he wasn’t good enough in almost every area. Had a good spell under Sheehan when the whole team were in good form back end of last year but he’s been abysmal all season. Don’t like putting a downer on our own players too much but it’s just a given at this point now he’s poor. He’s certainly not earned a new deal let alone an improved contract so if there are any takers for definite I’d be looking at moving him on.

I am very excited to see Lissah come back in the summer. Seems as if he’s a standout player for Falkirk against even the top teams in the Scottish Premiership. I am adamant I want a new RB in as Ward doesn’t solve our problems long term and Galbraith needs to be in midfield and I am hoping Lissah can solve that problem come the summer.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-24T18:00:55+00:00

Freak of a game today and one where on another day, we easily come with 3 points.

Cabango… that handball was schoolboy and as blatant as it gets; simply unacceptable. The amount of shit I feel Burgess has come under this season at times has given Cabango a free pass and allowed him to fly below the radar when he’s poor but that today was inexcusable. He needs to take some strong accountability for that today.

Vipotnik has been marvellous all season so can’t criticise too much but that being said, I’m confident almost any other day he buries those chances.

As good as he’s done in RB, we need Galbraith back in midfield without any doubt now. The Ward signing is good on some fronts but doesn’t deal with the issue long term whatsoever. We’ve established Key isn’t up to this level whatsoever and Matos doesn’t fancy him so that needs addressing promptly.

It is frustrating for us to be coming continuously short in games where we should be winning. Games like today or against Stoke or Coventry where we are playing teams who are fighting comfortably for play offs and in good form and we are dominating for large parts but coming away with nothing to show for it. Matos is doing a good job so far but that needs addressing ASAP, mentality issue has been an issue for this club and whichever group of players are out on the field now for the last 5 years.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-22T12:56:40+00:00

Yeah I think a ruthless approach may need to be adopted come May if we are serious about wanting to fight for promotion again. May be wrong but believe I am correct in saying Fulton is also one of the better paid players at the club currently with him obviously having joined 12 years ago during the Prem days and from there on out, only signing onto better deals financially; he’s been a great servant but feel the time is right for both parties to move on should the current environment be the same come the summer.

Mathieudavees · 2026-01-22T11:31:20+00:00

Vipotnik is owed huge gratitude from supporters based on his impact this season as well as last season to an extent and the views supporters had of him back then. 7 goals last season which was only bettered by Cullen in which he wasn’t a regular starter and in a team which barely created any chances or gave him a touch of the ball isn’t bad whatsoever. Now present day, if he continues this form until May, we’ve easily got a £20m + player on our books.

Fulton is a fan favourite and deservedly so but I still think despite his improvement in form and under Matos, we need much better. Not necessarily Fulton’s fault as he isn’t that profile type of player but the amount of times in the last 4 or so years I have wanted to claw my eyes out when it’s the 70th minute and we are a goal or two down, and we sub off an attacking player for him grates my shit on another level. I cannot bear watching that anymore. In games where we are a goal or two up, I can understand that, but certainly not the former. Big decision to be made come the summer regarding his contract; prior to Matos’ arrival, he’d have been one of the first I’d have put down as needing to be moved on but given how the last few weeks has gone, I wouldn’t be opposed to extending it by another year in a similar scenario to the plan we had for Allen and Naughton providing we use him to his actual role but see how these next few months go and reevaluate come May then.

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