Quote Originally Posted by NYCBlue View Post
I had one chili dog in old town Philadephia in 1989. Never again. From the mid '80s Swansea spent 20 years being shit. We weren't too much better but we had our moments. And during that time they certainly weren't a better footballing side than us. They started playing decent football when Martinez took over. But we played some decent stuff under Dave Jones too. Also, judging by your posts over the last couple of years, you don't even like or advocate for decent football. Hence "'ave it" and "they don't like it up 'em"
Swansea incorporated movement under Martinez, players interchanging, midfielders given freedom to join the attack, defenders stepping into midfield, all that modern nonsense. People might look at Swansea and think that they've had their day in the sun, 7 years or whatever it was in the Premier league playing good football and competing, surely that'll never return? But, the most important thing that Swansea seem to have grasped is the fact that they still concentrate on playing a style of football that will serve them well if they ever do progress and reach the Premier league again, which gives them a chance of staying in that division.

I don't know if Martin will get then there even with better players, what i am sure of is that they have a footballing philosophy, an identity, which means that the recruitment process for players and managers is much easier than it is for us. Martin may get the boot, but whoever comes in to replace him will only have to tweak things, as was the case with Potter and Cooper.