Middlesbrough v Swansea

[jackaway]

Swans: Lawrence Vigouroux,Josh Key, Harry Darling, Ben Cabango, Josh Tymon, Matt Grimes (c), Jay Fulton, Goncalo Franco, Azeem Abdulai, Liam Cullen, Jisung Eom
Subs: Nathan Broome, Kristian Pedersen, Zan Vipotnik, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Kyle Naughton, Ollie Cooper, Ronald, Dan Watts, Josh Thomas

FT: Middlesbrough 1 (Latte Lath 25’ pen) - Swansea 0

A penalty separated the sides, a foul by Abdulai tripping Jones in the box, but Middlesbrough deserved the win.
Swans were poor first half and lucky to be only a goal down.
They were better second half but couldn’t make the breakthrough. Plenty of possession but poor in the final third and no shots on target is concerning.
Annoyingly we’ve had plenty of time to rectify our lack of goal power in the transfer window and several players have slipped through our fingers.
A very disappointing day and a very predictable outcome.

[jackaway]

The official match report -

https://www.swanseacity.com/news/rep...ansea-city-0-0

[Estoban]

Hi all. So here we are, back for a new season.
All the hype of how we would bring in new players to improve us, dumping 13 and only bringing in 4 so far.
All the hype of giving Luke a pre-season, where we would end up fitter than the rest and for him to get his style of play instilled in the players.
Yet here we are, first game outplayed, can’t score, no shots on target, and a weaker squad than last season.
No points, a blow to moral, and a long drive home to reflect.

[Iolo]

Shwmae fellow Swans fans. A poor start to the season. Here’s the link to the match highlights -

https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2024/augu...wansea-city-0/

[Iolo]

That was the Boro one, here’s the Swans one -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhPYoUOB0o