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Everton v Swansea City. 22nd Mar at 15.00.

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When you look at it you have to say the speed and incisiveness of their passing was far superior on the day.
 
Does anyone know who was better out of Martinez's Swansea and Rodgers's Swansea?

martinez got his swansea team from play off hopefulls to running away with the league setting all kinds of records. All playing a totally new brand of football, nothing seen before in the lower league anyway. rodgers took a team that was improving every single year that was expected at least play offs, and won the play offs. martinez got jason scotland to score 30 in a season i must add. rodgers got scott sinclair to score mid 20's. but there were a lot of pens in that.

martinez' reign was more refreshing to see, but rodgers' was probably a better achievement, something martinez would have probably achieved anyway though. rodgers will never do anything as great as winning the FA Cup with wigan though - he inherited a swansea team in a better position than what martinez did.

can't really compare who had a better team because they were in different divisions though - martinez' was more of a team effort.
 

When you look at it you have to say the speed and incisiveness of their passing was far superior on the day.

Hard to argue with that. Only thing I'd say is that they play their best stuff in areas where it's less likely to hurt you.
 
martinez got his swansea team from play off hopefulls to running away with the league setting all kinds of records. All playing a totally new brand of football, nothing seen before in the lower league anyway. rodgers took a team that was improving every single year that was expected at least play offs, and won the play offs. martinez got jason scotland to score 30 in a season i must add. rodgers got scott sinclair to score mid 20's. but there were a lot of pens in that.

martinez' reign was more refreshing to see, but rodgers' was probably a better achievement, something martinez would have probably achieved anyway though. rodgers will never do anything as great as winning the FA Cup with wigan though - he inherited a swansea team in a better position than what martinez did.

can't really compare who had a better team because they were in different divisions though - martinez' was more of a team effort.

How Liverpool are attacking is making me a little bit unsure, that's all. Having no knowledge of how Swansea played under Martinez I don't know what he likes his teams to do in the final third. I'm hoping that it all stems from Roberto's approach and eventually we'll play in a similar way.
 
How Liverpool are attacking is making me a little bit unsure, that's all. Having no knowledge of how Swansea played under Martinez I don't know what he likes his teams to do in the final third. I'm hoping that it all stems from Roberto's approach and eventually we'll play in a similar way.

swansea under rodgers was more possession play with no real attacking thrust. pretty much the same as liverpool last season and it didn't work because liverpool don't have great footballers. this season he's changed his whole philosophy and gone for long ball over the top to speedy strikers and scoring a hell of a lot from set plays. without his clinical strikers it wouldn't have worked, they've got a bit lucky in that sturridge has never been injured and suarez hasn't missed a game since his ban, because having to bring their third best striker aspas in wouldn't work.
 
Stats say it all really, Swans played some slick stuff on our patch today and it was frustrating to see us getting outplayed like. That said, the most important stat is the one we came out on top with, yet again.

Thats 3 out of 3 against them this season, and they've still never beaten us, but I still don't like playing against them. It's weird.
 

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