The Swans Flying High

yeah sounds good . how is sol campbell . is he still quality ??

#48288 toonman8589 : yeah sounds good . how is sol campbell . is he still quality ??

He is still decent but has declined I brought him in so he can tutor the younger defenders and he can play as a rotation option. You started a story yet?

yeah ive got my chelsea story chelsea- light at the end of the tunnel

Being a Swans fan, I like this. Make sure that Guti tutors either Britton or Joe Allen.

Maybe bring in another striker in the possibility that Graham and/or Moore get injured or suspended. IF you can, look at getting Miguel Medina on loan (Udinese player i think). Signed him on my first attempt at FM2012 and he was phenomenal. Either that or sign a lot of youth players, Cristian Scro is a good one.

Aston Villa VS Swansea (Villa Park)
After an easy Carling Cup match against Yeovil Swansea had to travel to Villa Park to face a struggling Aston Villa.
Line Up:
Vorm
Rangel
Hughes
Caulker
Taylor
Guti (Caluwe)
Allen
Dyer
Routledge (Sinclair)
Sigurosson
Graham

Things started well for Villa when Emile Heskey scored a power head on after 22minutes from an Nzogbia cross. Sigurosson equalised almost immediately from the penalty spot, after Graham was pushed in the air by Petrov. Alan Hutton was sent off on the 45th for a second yellow. Swansea didn’t manage to take advantage of the extra man and not a single shot on target by either team in second half.

Villa 1- 1 Swansea

Swansea VS Newcastle United (Liberty Stadium)
After the well fought draw at Villa Park, Swansea would try and win their first game at home this season.

Line Up:
Vorm
Rangel
Hughes
Caulker
Taylor
Guti
Allen
Dyer
Routledge (Sinclair)
Sigurosson (Orlandi)
Graham

Newcastle got off to a great start with a goal within 19minutes from Leon Best, Swansea bombarded Newcastle for the rest of the half. The second half started off the same way with Swansea dominating possession 75% to 25% in the last 10minutes. Then out of nowhere Steve Harper a Sinclair cross was dropped by Harper into his own net on 79minutes. However the celebrations didn’t last long with Papiss Cisse scoring just 1minute later to secure the win.

Swansea 1-2 Newcastle

Tottenham VS Swansea (White Heart Lane)
After the disappointment of losing at home to Newcastle despite dominating the match Swansea turned their concentration to a very difficult away game against Spurs.

Line Up:
Vorm
Rangel
Hughes
Williams
Taylor
Guti (Caluwe)
Allen
Dyer
Sinclair (Routledge)
Sigurosson
Graham

Adebayor scored after just 3minutes to from a free-kick, things got worse for Swansea when Van Der Vaart scored a screamer from 30yards after 35minutes. Swansea however replied 9minutes later after a great back-heel from Guti let Sigursson through who passed the ball into the net. Adebayoer scored just 20seconds after the 2nd half started, Scott Parker scored on the 56th minute to put Spurs in the driving seat. Adebayor sealed his hat-trick on the 71st minute to take the lead to 5. Adebayor turned the game into a rout after scoring from the edge of the area to take his tally to four and the overall score to 6-1. The rout ended when Van Der Varrt got his second and Spurs 7th after scoring from the spot.

Tottenham 7-1 Swansea

Aston Villa VS Swansea (Villa Park)
About the thrashing at Spurs I have decided to rest my entire team apart from Vorm to prepare for the Wigan game at the weekend to get my season back on track even if it meant sacrificing the League Cup.

Line Up:
Vorm
Tate
Campbell
Caulker
Bessone
Britton
Augustein
Caluwe
Orlandi
Routledge
Moore

As expected Villa controlled the early stages of the games and Bent scored a lucky deflected goal after 17minutes. The goal had limited openings after this apart from a Gabby Agbonlahor header cleared of the line. A game of very few qualities but a decisive goal early on made the difference.

Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea

Swansea VS Wigan (Liberty Stadium)
After resting the entire team last week I am expecting a win against a weak Wigan side. But Swansea was still looking for their first ever home win in the EPL.

Line Up:


Vorm
Rangel
Hughes
Caulker
Taylor
Guti
Allen
Dyer
Sinclair
Sigurosson
Graham

Swansea dominated the early stages desperate to get their first home win and get their season back on track. They did exactly that when Sigurosson scored a free-kick on the edge of the area. The Swansea fans were sent into hysteria when Caulker scored a header from 7yards out from a Sigurosson free-kick. The second half was a shut up shop job by Swansea who just kept the ball until 90mins.

Swansea 2-0 Wigan

Fulham VS Swansea (Craven Cottage)
After a comfortable 2-0 victory over Wigan, Swansea head to Fulham to try get back to back victories for the first time this season.

Line Up:
Vorm
Rangel
Hughes
Caulker
Taylor
Guti (Britton)
Allen
Dyer
Sinclair (Routledge)
Sigurosson
Graham

A match that Swansea dominated from start to finish. They dominated the possession in the opening 20minutes and they got what they deserved after Sinclair got back to form by tapping in at the far post from a cross from Sigurosson. Sigurosson then scored a deflected shot from outside the area just two minutes later. Sigurosson then added his second and Swansea’s 3rd with a belter from the edge of the area to put Swansea in the driving seat. Late into the second half Sigurosson scored from the penalty spot to round off an emphatic victory.

Fulham 0-4 Swansea

Breaking News: Leon Britton out for 4weeks with a damaged foot after goin for a header in training.

Swansea VS Norwich (Liberty Stadium)
For the first time this season Swansea got back to back EPL wins and will look to build on this to push up the table.

Line Up:
Vorm
Rangel
Hughes
Caulker
Taylor
Guti (Britton)
Allen
Dyer
Sinclair (Routledge)
Sigurosson
Graham

With back to back victories the Swansea home fans were in buoyant mode. They were quickly silenced however by a wonder goal by Morison on 13th minute from outside of the area. Steven Caulker scored just 1minute later from a in swinging corner by Sigurosson, then to the delight of Swansea fans Danny Graham broke his goal drought of seven games by scoring a vicious volley from just inside the area. But Norwich was not out of the game yet as Grant Holt scored an amazing swerving effort from 18yards out. The second half got off to a bad start for Swansea as veteran midfielder Guti was carried off with an injury on 63 minutes. But this did not prevent Swansea from scoring twice more to secure the win first from Wayne Routledge with a low drive and then Graham added another after 89minutes to round of the victory.

Swansea 4- 2 Norwhich

Breaking News: Guti out for 3weeks with a thigh strain.

Manchester United VS Swansea (Old Trafford)
After another good result for Swansea, they had to travel to the league leaders for what should be one of the most difficult games of the season.

Line Up:
Vorm
Taylor
Caulker
Hughes
Rangel
Caluwe
Allen
Sinclair
Sigurosson
Dyer
Graham

Things started of badly for Manchester United as veteran playmaker Scholes got a straight red for a violent tackle after 3minutes. But United showed their ability when despite being a man down they scored just three minutes later from a Ferdinand header. Then Vidic doubled the lead exactly 37seconds later from a corner. Berbatov then added a 3rd just before half time with a close range volley. Hernandez scored a poachers effort dead on the 90th minute to round of a comfortable win for United.

Manchester United 4-0 Swansea

Breaking News: Gary Monk out for 4weeks after pulling tendons in wrist over lifting in the gym