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“There are probably a lot better footballers than me who have worn the Swans shirt over the years, but I’d like to think that there have been few who have tried harder” Sir Alan Tate

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I may well be left looking very stupid, (as I often am) but I think that Mr Jenkins might actually enjoy this summer. Time will tell but I’m pretty chilled out about this transfer window; I have concerns that Jonjo may have attracted some attention but apart from that I think we should be expecting to welcome our current crop back come August and with the likelihood of a few new additional faces. On the pitch, it has been an incredible season; off the pitch the club continues to grow in its appeal locally, nationally and internationally and all is wonderful at SA1. Especially if we ignore the Elephant in the room which is that shares are inevitably going to exchange hands at some point; maybe this will be our story of the summer and Huw won’t get his quiet time; there usually is something! Going back to the ‘all is wonderful’; is it just me or is the city actually exciting as well? Jersey Marine is coming together, exciting rumours about the Kingsway and the Guild hall and this without getting into a tidal lagoon; has there ever been a better time to live in this wonderful part of the world? This might all sound a bit depressing for a certain Alan Tate. Football is ruthless and seeing our longest servant leave the club shows this. It is the right decision; clearly. He isn’t in our first team thoughts and nor should he be and he wants to play football and so it is obviously the right time for him to leave this club but it is a true end of an era.

name was chanted and he’d put that extra bit in when tackling Chopra or Boothroyd because he knew that we wanted him to. We wanted to kick them but we couldn’t and so we wanted him to kick them for us; and so he did! It seems to have been forgotten but for quite a few years, he was one of our very best players as well. He stood out considerably in the lower leagues, he would pick up the ball from centre back, take on a few players and let rip with a shot; he’s not just an entertaining nutter who can’t drive a golf buggy. At the start of the season, I sent a magazine to the printers while we stood at the top of the table and I wrote on this very page that I needed to up my game. Swansea City Football Club was challenging for European places while this magazine was still bordering on mid-table at best. I like to think that we at Jack Swan have upped the anti and have caught up. It’s been a brilliant season for this magazine and although we will continue to put the magazine out monthly over the summer I would like to thank everyone for all the help we have had over the course of the season. I hope you enjoy this issue. As always, I would love to hear from you! Cheers

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Who should stay and who should go? It is that time of the year once more, the dreaded and yet exciting summer transfer window. I expect that it will be more of an exciting window than a scary one this time around; but you never know. Our squad continues to improve. I want 2 players for every position and this is what I think of our current crop and where I think we do and don’t need to improve. Fabianski: IN Was it just me or was he lucky to get man of match against Arsenal? He did fine but everything hit him, if he had of conceded then it would have been because of an error on his behalf!! Anyway, he’s been an absolute star. He’s in my top three for race to player of the year so I won’t go into it too much here but absolutely delighted with him as our number one!

cover as number two! He’s on his way and I really wish him the best! Angel Rangel: OUT I’m not in a bad mood I promise you and I say this without any enjoyment but he has lost too much pace now. He isn’t able to play Premier League football anymore. Not as first choice or second choice. His legs aren’t up to speed, he’s not playing every week which makes it more difficult to adjust when he is called upon; he just isn’t there! We need new cover at full back and we need to work out what our favourite Spaniards role is going to be at the club. I hope he sees his playing career as all but over and is looking onto the next chapter of his life and he sees that here, whether as coaching or scouting or something in some capacity; playing in the youth set-up maybe and waiting for an SOS call from first team but if he does want to prolong his career and play regularly then

Tremmel: OUT Lets be realistic. Fabianski gets injured for the year in the first match of the season. Are you happy with our German number two filling in? Exactly. So what’s the point of having a number two that you don’t want to use? It is time he left, it looks almost certain that this is going to be the case anyway according to reports. I like him, he’s had his moments and he’s a really nice bloke but I’m not happy to have him filling in in the Premier League should he be required. Third choice? Yeah, I will go with that but we need better

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We keep buying teams reserve players and finding out that they are better than the players that were keeping them out of the team. Fabianski should have been starting for Arsenal for the last decade and Naughton is a better full back than Kyle Walker. He’s not as energetic going forward as the England international but he almost sneaks forward unnoticed and is a far better defender. His positioning is as good as I’ve seen from a full back in a long time; I haven’t seen him play anyone onside yet (correct me if I’m wrong). His delivery is good. I’m very happy with the start he’s made in a Swans shirt. Ashley Williams: IN

He could slot into any defence in the world and I’m certain that at one point he will. We managed to keep hold of Bony for a transfer window more than looked likely, I hope to get through two more windows with our Argentinean international but I’d be amazed if he starts our 16/17 campaign. The boy is a different class. Jordi Amat: IN I was really pleased and probably slightly surprised to see him sign his contract extension earlier in the year. He is a brilliant centre half and as good a cover as we can realistically expect. I can’t see him knocking Ash or Federico out anytime soon though which made the commitment slightly bizarre to me. He is calm on the ball, his positioning is generally very good and he is an intelligent footballer. He’s

Fencing against Arsenal! He’s not got anywhere near the plaudits that he has deserved. If I was a betting Decking man then I would lump on him being our player of the year next season because he is our most Panels & Trellis talented player. His ability to read the game is incredible, his anticipation is comparable to Leon Security Fencing Brittons, which is the greatest compliment you can give any player! Gates Sheds Turf & Top Soil Decorative Agregates Old & New Sleepers Plus Much More INSTALLATION SERVICE AVAILABLE

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I’m sorry but it’s not in a Swans shirt! Kyle Naughton: IN We keep buying teams reserve players and finding out that they are better than the players that were keeping them out of the team. Fabianski should have been starting for Arsenal for the last decade and Naughton is a better full back than Kyle Walker. He’s not as energetic going forward as the England international but he almost sneaks forward unnoticed and is a far better defender. His positioning is as good as I’ve seen from a full back in a long time; I haven’t seen him play anyone onside yet (correct me if I’m wrong). His delivery is good. I’m very happy with the start he’s made in a Swans shirt. Ashley Williams: IN

Also made my top three to player of the year and so I also won’t get into it too much here but we are really lucky with this guy. I don’t think we fully appreciate how good and important he is! Fantastic player! Federico Fernandez: IN Now he should have been man of the match against Arsenal! He’s not got anywhere near the plaudits that he has deserved. If I was a betting man then I would lump on him being our player of the year next season because he is our most talented player. His ability to read the game is incredible, his anticipation is comparable to Leon Brittons, which is the greatest compliment you can give any player!

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not a full back and looks woeful in that position; he’s not a central midfielder either. I am concerned about his lack of games, he isn’t a kid anymore and I struggle to see where he is going to get time on the pitch. Brilliant cover for us, no brainer that we want to keep him; what is best for his career may not be what is best for us though!

I like him; I think he does his business well. He’s pretty solid and can potentially grow into a better player and possible a Premier League player. Fulham like him enough to extend his time with them and by all accounts he did well there but he’s not going to be first choice with us next season and I think its time that he demanded that role.

Kyle Bartley: IN

Neil Taylor: IN

I’m a big fan of Bartley, he is aggressive, he wants to impose himself onto his striker and I doubt he is a someone that players look forward to playing against. He isn’t as blessed with the ball at his feet as Amat but the added height is an advantage and he is on the front foot more, wanting to break up play and get a tackle in as early as possible.

He’s becoming annoying to be frank. Opposition managers have realised for sometime that we have major problems down both flanks but especially at left back. He is being targeted which clearly makes his job more difficult but he isn’t at the level of the rest of the side which is really frustrating. I have no issue with the boy but for the fact that he isn’t as good at football as the rest of the team, if we were playing a different game then I may have issues with Siggy but sadly for his sake, we are playing football: Well Siggy is!

He’s an incredible forth choice centre back. I think Amat and Bartley would survive in the Premier League as a pairing; there will be worse first choice partnerships in the league next year. A no brainer for us to want to keep him, as with Amat, I wouldn’t begrudge him wanting to further his career elsewhere though. Dweight Tiendalli: OUT PLEASE!!!!!!!! Lets face it. We have another twelve months of paying his wages. Nobody is going to take him off our hands. What else can I say? Jazz: OUT There comes a time where you have to flee the nest and it seems to be that time for Mr Richards. I wonder what would have happened or what would happen if he was thrown in the deep end much like Ben Davies was a couple of seasons back.

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That was my damming report in January so please don’t pay any attention to anything I’ve written here as I clearly know Jack sh*t! Pardew wanted to spend £5 million on him back then and I’d have carried him there myself for half that fee but once again Monk and the board have shown that they know their stuff. He’s been brilliant since then and really enjoys the ‘diamond that isn’t’ formation which leaves him free and exposed. I’ve said in the past that I thought Laudrup managed Taylors injury really badly and it seems that its taken him until now to fully recover from it but that’s because he played no real football until this season; if he had been on loan last season then he’d have been up and running much quicker! That is right; its Laudrups fault that I look an idiot!!!!! I do still have some concerns. I would be looking to improve our options here. Montero would be even more dangerous with an aggressive full back overlapping him. But for now, I was very wrong in January; I apologise!! Leon: IN

whilst up against £100 million worth of opposition. I haven’t in any way given up on him returning to his very best, I keep the faith but it certainly was a disappointing campaign for Team Britton. We still and always will love you though!!!!! Cork: IN I was really pleased for him to get his goal up at St James’ Park as it showed a different side of him and one which there is room for development on but if he can add that to his game then we are talking a top class player. He does the basics really nicely (Not as nicely as Mr Britton but nobody does) and he does have that bit of bite about him. He seems very cool headed, very calm but he also has that ability to go through a player which any good central midfielder has.

Undoubtedly his most disappointing season; riddled with injury and with the emergence of Jack Cork it seems like his days as first choice could be numbered and I don’t say that lightly in anyway. I can’t really say anything which I haven’t already said about the man. He is the greatest player that I have seen in a Swans shirt and I genuinely believe that he is the greatest Englishman never to play for his country in recent times. He has dominated midfields alongside average players

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Gong back to what I said originally about him, being a deep lying midfielder allows a lot of space to run into. There are very few players who play there that are able to exploit this and make the one or two runs a game at the right time that go unnoticed. His goal against Newcastle was exactly this and something which excites.

I do think that he may be the one player of the summer that we fight to hold onto. Ki: He’s my third man in the top three players of the year and so wont get into it much here. Fantastic season though; tired towards the end.

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Lovely little player. Neat and tidy and he could have a great future ahead of him but it’s not the right time for us to buy him. Leon is still here and we have a mass of youngsters keen for their chance to sit in that midfield. He didn’t do enough to warrant a purchase for me.

It was only a few months ago that I had pretty much lost patience with him and I wasn’t the only one. Monk publically criticised him, which is never a recommended course of action against any of your players but the response has been magnificent. He’s been our best player in 2015 and looks a complete player. We have used the word ‘complete’ to describe him in the past but it was premature; he wasn’t. He now looks like an enforcer, looks like a player who can dominate a midfield with his strength while also being the creator; the man who can get that key pass or shot to change a game. In January, I wouldn’t have been bothered if we had let him go to a West Ham for £5 million. Now, he’s the one player that I can see being poached by an Arsenal for £20 million plus…….. And I wouldn’t sell!! I’m a fickle bloke aren’t I!

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Caroll: OUT

He’s been our best player in 2015 and looks a complete player. We have used the word ‘complete’ to describe him in the past but it was premature; he wasn’t. He now looks like an enforcer, looks like a player who can dominate a midfield with his strength while also being the creator; the man who can get that key pass or shot to change a game. In January, I wouldn’t have been bothered if we had let him go to a West Ham for £5 million. Now, he’s the one player that I can see being poached by an Arsenal for £20 million plus…….. And I wouldn’t sell!! I’m a fickle bloke aren’t I!

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16 Pl�� ra��ng� Grimes/Fulton/Sheehan: IN I really like our young midfielders coming though and I really like our options. I hope we get a couple of decent cup runs as these three players seem like they are knocking the door and it would be great to see them getting the chance. Next season should be the time for at least one of them to break through! Dyer: OUT Get on form at the right time; I have learned this in the past. Don’t have a great start of the season because nobody remembers that; finish the season well and rewards come your way! Strangely our flying winger has kind of done both. He started the season on fire, back to his very best and has finished the season with a bit of confidence and looked dangerous and energetic again. Sadly in between was atrocious and I cannot forget that. A really frustrating season which could turn out to be his last; I’ve been wrong in calling time on him in the past; I hope I am again this time.

through the middle seems pointless to me. Expect him to stay, want him to stay, great player but I’m still waiting for that magic season; the one that catapults him into the England squad, the one where he scores twelve goals and has as many assists. I think he’s that good! I still think he is underachieving; he has all the attributes required. He is fine as he is, he would still make my starting eleven but I want more! Kick him up the ass someone, put your arm around him, talk to him; cut these words out and pin it on his locker; do whatever it takes but he has the ability to be right up there with the best in the league!!!! Barrow: IN This boy can run; you can give him that. An exciting signing, the type that makes you want to watch football. How good he is? I still don’t know but he’s entertaining to watch and he makes things happen

Routledge: IN I’m a big Routledge fan but for me he had a relatively poor season. I have heard many fans say the complete opposite and I don’t think he’s been awful in anyway, he’s been okay but I think he’s better than okay.

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18 Pl�� ra��ng� and he is a great option on the bench. Whether he can ever make the progression to being a first choice player may depend on whether he is able to add that defensive work rate to his game that Dyer and Routledge possess. A decent first season; push on boy!!! Montero: IN Another player that we are going to struggle to keep onto for too much longer. Won’t be too surprised if someone has an enquiry over the summer but I think the real struggle will be January and next summer. He’s a joy to watch, he has beaten every full back that he has been up against and often time and time again. His crossing improved massively over the course of the season and somebody somewhere deserves some credit for that; I don’t know who but well done to whoever has been working on that with him behind the scenes because he was one of these players who could take the defender on with ease but couldn’t do anything afterwards; he’s now very dangerous! Siggy: IN Football is a funny game. Pundits and ex-professionals are raving about our Icelandic international and most would say that he is our best player. He isn’t. He is fantastic, a really wonderful player and he may well be our best player next season but this year those who watch every game realise that he’s not the very best. It’s definitely true that you need to watch every game to really appreciate each player and just watching match of the day doesn’t really allow you to appreciate Ki or Ashley Williams in the same way that you would our attacking Midfielder. I’m not knocking him in any way, he’s been great, scored some great goals and made some brilliant assists and his work rate is second to none; fantastic

season. Emnes: OUT I would like to think that we can progress from Marvin Emnes in truth. He’s alright and he’s pretty adaptable which helps with the squad players but he doesn’t excite me and I think we can probably find a better player to add some spark to us from the bench when things aren’t going our way. Our bench has looked pretty dull for most of the season in reality. Gomis: IN Are we convinced yet? I think we are getting there in fairness. A mate of mine said to me that he was more excited about us signing Gomis than he was about us signing Bony ‘because of his age’. I found this a weird thing to say but then he explained that Bony was always going to leave if things went well, he was always going to attract a top club. Gomis probably wont, he could net 17 or 18 goals next season but nobody will pay £28 million for him because of his age and so we can potentially build a side around him for a few years. Interesting thought I felt. I’m looking forward to seeing him next year anyway. Nelson: OUT We haven’t seen enough of him to spend any money on him. It was a real shame that he picked up his injury when he did because he put in a great performance before that and he could have had a few games to impress. I wont be disappointed to see him return on a free but I wont be getting too excited either.

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20 Pl�� Ra��ng� Overall Playing 4-5-1, I want two players for every position plus extra cover in goal and up top. This is how I see our current squad. Goal Keeper Fabianski: Signings required, Left Back: Neil Taylor: Signing Required Right Back: Kyle Naughton: Signing Required Centre Back: Ashley Williams, Federico Fernandez, Kyle Bartley, Jordi Amat Centre Midfield: Ki Seng Yung, Jonjo Shelvey, Jack Cork, Leon Britton, Matt Grimes, Jay Fulton, Creative Midfielder: Gylfi Sigurdsson, signing required, (Josh Sheehan) Wingers: Routledge, Monterro, Barrow, Signing Required Striker: Gomis, Signing Required, Signing Required Wish List Reserve Goal Keeper (potentially two; depending on youngsters coming through) Left Back: A top quality one to fight it out for first choice Right Back: Cover for Naughton

Creative Midfielder: An impact player from the bench Winger: Someone challenging Rutledge for first choice. 2 Strikers: We need one proven striker and one other. Rory may be able to finally be the ‘other’ but we do need three strikers that we are happy to turn on in the Premier League if required. I’d be happy if we can fill these positions. I don’t want to see a central midfielder come in, you could argue that we want one more established player there but it will stunt the development of the youngsters coming through and I think that would be a real shame. Kingsley may be able to challenge Taylor for left back and Liam Shephard may be able to be reserve right back and I’ d love this to be the case but unless we are happy for them to start a game in the Premier league then we need new signings here. We need to have more exciting options going forward on the bench. A winger, attacking midfielder and two strikers should be on our bench for every game and with the exception of Barrow, we have nobody that isn’t in our first eleven who is good enough to do that at present and I’m not totally convinced on him yet. Our first eleven is very good. We need to invest in our second string and broaden our options. We have seen that our manager is able to deploy different formations and we need to give him as many quality tools as we possibly can.

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10. September 10: While handling guns in the toy 1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and department, he asked the clerk where the antidepresrandomly put them in other people's carts when they sants were. weren't looking. 11. October 3: Darted around the Whole Store 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Homewares to go suspiciously while loudly humming the ' Mission off at 5- minute intervals. Impossible' theme. 3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's toilets. 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Homewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted in management getting involved causing management to lose time and costing the company money. 5. August 4: Went to the Customer Service Desk and tried to reserve a bag of crisps.

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A new feature for Jack Swan, asking ex Swans players who the best eleven they have played with while at the club. To start us off I met up with Andrew Mumford. FREESTONE Rog, best keeper I have ever played with. If he was playing now then I think he would be in one of the top 5 sides. Never seen him drop a cross, can’t even remember a fumble off him really. The only thing which he would agree with was his distribution but when you are playing in League two and league one then distribution was kicking the ball as far as you can and so I don’t think Swansea will ever see a keeper at the same calibre as Freestone. Do you think that he’d have gone through the leagues with the club if he was around now? If he was 15 years younger? Definitely. I don’t think anybody would have moved him. For a keeper, the only reason that they get dropped is because they made a mistake and I can’t remember him making a mistake through all the years that I was down there. And he was a better penalty taker than you as well wasn’t he? Well, that’s a matter of opinion to be honest with you. What was he like with the youngsters? Because you were at the club from what age? I was 19, I think. He was a proper keeper; they are all weirdoes aren’t they but he was great. He just treated you like one of the other pros, there were no airs and graces, no grace period because you were young, and it was just welcome to Swansea. I won’t tell you what happened on my first day but you can imagine few stories.

STEVE JONES: Again, I thin Steve would run through a brick wall to be honest with you. Again, maybe his distribution and crossing could have been his downfall but as an out and out defender then I don’t think that you could get a better player. Especially in the side that got promoted as Champions with Boundy and Smithy; just an out and out pro. I can’t remember many games where the defender got the better of him. You don’t see defenders like him anymore do you? Not playing full back No, he was an out and out defender. In the Premiership, they want you to play but again, League one or two; I can’t remember him having a bad game. Can you ever recall him bombing forward when you had the ball in centre mid? It was difficult in that league because we played 4-4-2 and so you had your wide men anyway. In terms of overlaps then I suppose maybe playing away from home but down the Vetch not so much.

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ALAN TATE What can I say? He first came down on loan and I think he would admit himself that he struggled a bit but again, he hadn’t played first team football before because he came from Man Utd but technically and ball playing,; he played the game how I wanted to play; that was how I saw myself playing. A phenomenal player. When I left the Swans and saw him playing left back, I didn’t think that was possible but again, if you are such a good reader of the game then you can play anywhere and that’s how he was. People forget how good he was, especially back then People do, you have new generations coming through, a new signing. There will be new signings coming in the summer and we will forget how good Bony was; he will be old news but that is football. Nobody will ever forget the heart and passion which he had for Swansea and the risk he took by coming here. When he came, we were struggling, I think it was the year with Flynn; we went on a bad run. I will always remember his debut against Southend and he went to get the ball off Rog from the edge of the box and Rog asked him ‘what the f*ck are you doing? You are not at Man Utd anymore, get up to the half way line!!”. That tickles me to this day on. MATTHEW BOUND: Again a proper centre half, a solid player but he could play as well. If he had to play then he could but he liked to keep things simple. I didn’t realise how big a boy he was until I play with him now in the Swans legends games; you don’t realise how big a unit he is. In the air, he’s commanding. Helpful, brilliant at reading the game. If he was playing now then again, I think he could slip in to the side alongside Ashley Williams no problem. I actually played against you in one of those charity matches and I played against Boundy too

and I couldn’t get over how much he talked during the game, organising and keeping on Exactly, when I slot into the back four, he’s helping me out, telling me to tuck in or open up. Basically he was a manger on the pitch. And he was like that as a player as well? Yeah, if you wanted to know anything then he was the player to go to. Obviously he wasn’t known for his ball playing but at the end of the day, if you are fighting in League one or league two then ball playing isn’t needed in your own half. And he’s another player who can take a better penalty than you! Again, that’s debatable MICHAEL HOWARD A really close friend of mine, I play golf with him now Is that why you put him in? No, not at all, I’m going to stick up for him here. He was a brilliant left back, again, like Steve Jones; I never saw one player go past him and go past him and if they ever did then his recovery was outstanding. His crossing wasn’t perfect but again when you are playing on the Vetch with bobbles everywhere then what do you expect. I played with him again

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down in Llanelli and he was always a great pro, always fit, never injured and guaranteed to play you 35 games every season. And if you have Micky Howard and Steve Jones as full backs then you may not get as many goals going forward but you only need one goal to win Exactly, that is why I have some of the midfielders in the side to cut open the defence. I was really glad for him, because I thought he was a great player as well and made very few mistakes, apart from the Hull game and I was really glad that it didn’t matter and that isn’t how he is remembered No and that’s the kind of guy he is, he makes a mistake like that in probably the biggest game that Swansea will ever play but you don’t mention that he had a bad game because he carried on and got on with it, a lot would have crumbled. MARTIN THOMAS When I first got down there; what a player. The angriest man I have ever come across in my life but

what a player. He could sore goals, would tackle anything, and would kick anything. A box to box, proper player. If you compared him to players these days then he would be a Frank Lampard or a Stevie Gerrard, scoring goals, defensive tackles, just a great player. Obviously you played along side him a lot, was he a good guy to play along side? Especially for a youngster? Yeah because I was always there as a ball player, to get on the ball and pick a pass and with him around making runs and looking after you with his tackles; you couldn’t ask for anymore. Did he warrant the name psycho? Oh yeah. He was a proper psycho, if he played in a charity match now then he will probably break a few legs. Because he’s not a big guy is he? And he is quite quietly spoken Angry dwarf. He’s brilliant, he will tackle anything and again, if he was playing now then a few clubs would be chasing around him.

Networkingin ina pub? a pub? Networking Have you ever been to an official networking doo? It is awful! People pay a fortune a year to join a networking business, dress up and pretend to be someone that they are not so that they can speak to other people pretending to be people that they are not just so they can give each other business.

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LEON BRITTON Britts, he will admit himself that he struggled when he first got down here. A small man but what great feet, great on the ball, it probably took him ten to fifteen games to get into his stride because he obviously wasn’t playing in West Hams first team. You could tell as soon as you seen him training day in day out that the higher level he played; the better he would be. Did you see him as a centre midfielder then because he obviously played on the wing? Yeah he played out wide but we obviously tried to keep him tight on the outside. But he played inside with me at times and he was small in that league, it was hard for him in league two to be honest with you because you would just get smashed but his first touch was far better than league two or league one.

Is he the best player to ever play for the Swans? I always disagree with questions like that because every player is different and every position is different. It’s like the Messi or Ronaldo question; they are different players. For me it is hard to say that he is the greatest but there is no argument against. MARTINEZ: What can you say about him? A proper professional. Obviously changed a few boys down there, professionalism, stopped the drinking and stuff like that. Again, first touch, proper Spanish, great first touch, great vision but his positioning was incredible. He could probably play a game without sweating and win man of the match, that was the type of player he was. He never looked flustered, it didn’t matter if we were one nill down in the 90th minute; he would still play the same way. It has shown with his management, and that’s the way that has got Swansea to be the way they are now. It’s stemmed from him really. Were you surprised when he left as a manager because I still can’t get over that Yes, yes and no. You don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. Roberto might have wanted to go quicker

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I remember I made my home debut at the Vetch against Wrexham and he didn’t do much but he pulled some tricks out that day as well, the only difference I found was that he didn’t have that pace to get away from the defender when he tricked them but as he got older and developed his fitness level then we all saw what he did. He seemed like someone who shouldn’t be difficult to mark, keep him on his right food but nobody ever could. Its one of those, the further you go to show him onto his right, the more off balance you are and so he can just flick it past you. I always remember Curt (alan Curtis), snake hips we called him because he could take you on while walking and Trundle was like that. Drop the shoulder and off he goes. What can you say about him? JAMES THOMAS I just think he is the best finisher of the ball that I have ever seen. Obviously people remember him for the Hull game. The problem was that when he was down there, Brian Flynn used to play him on the left, I think he had a run of ten goals in seventeen games but he got pushed out to the left which obviously didn’t help him. You have to get a dig in with Flynn haven’t you! Haha well no but I’m sure if you have a chat with James then he would say the same thing and I actually spoke to him about it playing golf a couple of weeks ago. But he was an incredible finisher, if he was fully fit then the world is your oyster with him but again, injuries got to him. Also played with Savaraise and big Mama Sidebe but linking up Thomas and Trunds, flipping heck; Trunds would drop in, drop a shoulder and play Thomas through who would finish.

LEE TRUNDLE I had a year left when Trunds came down. Flynn left and Kenny Jacket came in but skill wise, if he had a bit more pace then he would have gone right to the top. I think it was the only thing holding him back. You see him now; he’s quicker than he was when he was a pro. I always ask him what is he taking. What a player, what a signing for the Swasns. Everyone knows that I didn’t get on with Flynn but that is one of the best signings in the history of the club.

That’s not a bad side at all that is it. I got one extra question for you and that is; who would you want to manage this team? I’d probably go with John Hollins. Fantastic footballer himself, a Chelsea legend and I think that he would manage these players well. The better the players then the more respect you need for a manager and I don’t think that you can get more respect than for John Hollins. He was the guy who signed me and I think that he would happily take care of that side.

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brought so much to the club and the city and I'll never want it to change.... but some of the seasons and games we've had in past years in the lower leagues tops it any day. 04/05, 07/09 and 2010/2011 seasons all top it in recent years.... For me personally. Emyr Evans No major excitement/drama of cup runs/relegation threat but an enjoyable season none the less. Achieved more than I thought we would at start of season plus maintained consistency after Bonny left. Were getting better all the time and strengthening every transfer window. All is good in the land called Swansea! Jamie Thomas I can't disagree with you about the lower leagues but I for one still get excited about watching the Swans. Probably because I get my lower league kicks from Port Talbot Town haha. Jordan McGuire Can't disagree, whoever we are playing my passion and excitement at a game will never change. I'm just craving a pasty and a bovril Vince Hotten From a plastic Swan's fan's perspective, I thought the season was spiffing! Ian Wishart It was a very interesting season. We played amazing for 3/4 of it then mediocre for the rest. Broke records, Doubles over Manure and the Arse. Got thrashed by the millionaires of Chelski. The highs certainly outweigh the lows though. Ash Swansea Jack Thomas No way was it boring. Doing the double on Utd and Arsenal was exciting as well as our highest finish and most points. I will remember this season for years.

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Ian Wishart Leigh its not the stewards fault. It’s the Fa and the premier league. They have imposed tougher guidelines and bigger fines for disorder. The majority of the stewards are Swans fans like yourself. And are only acting on what they are told to do by the hierarchy at the liberty. Also if those stewards weren’t there then there would not be Leigh Thomas It's disgusting I feel like this, the games played there because there wouldn’t be a Sunday 2 for people who run Lunches: the stadium security have aa lotTenna! to safety licence, or there would be contract answer for, killing the atmosphere, well for real Stewards (Safestyle) who are a lot stricter than fans anyway, I guessPool modern Table football fans it, Board / love Dart Swansea Stewards. Be grateful for what you have, not for me anymore, probably stick to away It could be a hell of a lot worse. Manure have games, at least you expect to be treated like a contract Stewards and look how much trouble Ample Parking leper at an away game.... they cause. Palace had contract stewards self explanatory there. Give our stewards some credit Outdoor Play Area Martin Davies An exciting season was this season. Enclosed they aren’t that bad. I been a fan for a long time over - 40 years and was delighted with our season the best season ever James Deason Give me boring next year too. grin

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They cost a fiver each. A tub of corn costs a fiver or so and lasts a good few weeks. Plus you can just give them scraps. I love launching corn on the cobs down the bottom of the garden but that’s just me! Hutch cost me less than a ton and it is for 2 hens with two different sleeping compartments. I have massive hens and they share one of the compartments, they like a cwtch. I could easily fit 4 in there as long as I remember to let them out in the morning! They dirty? I might sound wrong here but no, not really. I wouldn’t share a bed with one but I’ve not known them to roll in crap. They scratch a lot and food goes through them constantly. You wouldn’t want them living in the garden area that you do (not that you live in the garden but you know what I mean). I do need to find people to come over my house to let them out in the morning and put them to bed at night. This is a slight issue. It’s not horrendously cruel if they are kept in hutch for 24 hours or so (not very nice but better than being eaten) but not too often. By the way; this is my rule and it might be horrifically cruel; I’m just making it up, if you want a real answer then read a real magazine. I’m sold on chickens, I think they are great! If you have the room then go get them. Obviously they also produce eggs; I pretty much get 2 a day now. Much nicer than shop bought ones. Best pets that I have had yet but then dogs and cats are uselessly annoying animals!!

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“No, I trained at the beginning of the year. I gave up smoking as well and so I tried to look for something which would fulfil my time and keep me off the cigarettes. I actually joined Blaenymaes gym, my son boxes for them too and he’s a bit of inspiration for me. I joined for the fitness and then this came up and I thought I’d have a look at it and here we are, I’m quite nervous.

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My 4 grandparents died through cancer and I’ve had an uncle die from it too and so this is my way to give back something back and say thanks for the help that they had towards the end of their life. That’s the inspiration which I had. There is no hiding place in that square; Three two minute rounds. I had a spa last Saturday, I felt comfortable before it as I’ve been hitting bags for the last couple of months, so I jumped in the ring and I was blowing like mad; I only lasted two rounds but everyone is going to be in the same boat, there aren’t any professionals; just people like me who want to have a dabble”.

Nothing, never boxed, it’s all quite new to me and quite daunting, I was quite scared the first time I went into the boxing ring, the first time I spared with someone. Looking at the other guys in the gym, some are as fresh as me; some have done a bit before. I learned the hard way with a body shot a few weeks ago. It is going to be a great night and as I write this there are still the odd ticket available so get down there!!!!

Have you got a song to come out to? Either be Tub Thumping or Metalica enter sandman. What shorts you wearing? I was going to wear a tutu haha. They supply the shorts sadly, one red and one blue. Jack Raf is another who has taken on the challenge I asked him:Why you doing this? The main reason was because it was at the Liberty. To fight at the Liberty is a little bit of a claim to fame for me. It’s a good cause, I lost my Gran and my Aunty to Cancer but the main reason was because it was at the Liberty. I just thought, Hymns and Arias, walking out; it’s a rocky scene isn’t it haha. Ever done anything like that before?

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Bu� W�Y? The United States, the Worlds super power has had major issues to deal with in the aftermath of Iraq and Afghanistan. Who do you trust to run the country when you pull out? Well who do you trust to run the billion pound industry that is football? Football is powerful, not only with its wealth but also with its ability to unite and to alienate. Being able to ‘give’ football and take it away from a country is an incredible weapon to posses. Sport played its part in the destruction of apartheid in South Africa, boycotting the country and starving it from playing sport against other countries did help to put strain on the country; sport is powerful! Which takes me to another issue I have; why did the FBI spend so much time, money and resources on this? We are led to believe that we live in volatile times, ISIS are causing havoc, Putin keeps being a

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magazine such as your publishes such jokes/articles, it puts their cause back years. I also wonder how the black players of Swansea City FC must feel when they read this type of thing in a magazine which purports to be the voice of the fans. Can they assume from this that they are still classed as nothing but fodder for jokes because of the colour of their skin? In previous magazines I have noted several misogynistic and sexist jokes and these are also unacceptable and out dated however this latest inclusion has taken this to a whole new level of offence. It would be interesting to find out from your advertisers how they feel about this, as by paying into a publication which feels it can print such offensive material, they are effectively condoning it and by doing so, could be doing more harm than good to their respective businesses. I think a retraction and apology is required in the next issue (at the very least) and I would also appreciate a personal response to this e-mail. Yours in good faith Angry Reader

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Dear Angry Reader, First of all, may I sincerely thank you for getting in touch with your feedback. I genuinely welcome as much feedback as possible and while it is wonderful to hear how superbly brilliant everything I do is; it is often more useful to hear where people feel that I go wrong. Racism is totally unacceptable. There is no line when it comes to it and there is absolutely no place for it in any publication. It is the absolute lowest of stupidity and although there has been massive improvements in football and society in general regarding racial equality, we do have to continue to improve and people like you speaking out when you feel you need to is vital and I applaud you for that. I think it is also vital that we talk about it, publish discussions about it and for that reason I plan to publish your letter and this response. I do ‘vet’ everything that goes into the magazines and I especially look at jokes and content from people who are not regular contributors to the magazine; such as this joke in question. I looked at the joke in great detail, I did seriously consider not printing it, however having thought long and hard about it, in my opinion it is not a racist joke in any way. If I thought that it was in the slightest bit racist then I assure you that it would not have got into the magazine. The joke in question was this:Stevie Wonder was once interviewed for a music magazine, he was asked what it was like to be a blind musician, his reply was "it could be worse, I could be black!" It did cross my mind that this joke could be deemed as racist, which is why I did consider not printing it and the easiest thing for me to do would have been not to print it. However I don’t want to take the magazine down a political correctness route and I don’t want to live in a society where we are afraid to mention the colour of people’s skin in any context. Unless I’m wrong, what should be deemed offensive in a joke is what the laugh is at; why is something funny (or trying to be funny). I personally thought this was a fantastic joke and

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The joke is that a blind person doesn’t know what he looks like, doesn’t know the colour of his own skin. That is not racist! If Gary Lineker was blind then you could reword the joke so that ‘it could be worse, I could have big ears’.

I see a racist joke as a joke which is derogatory towards someone because of the colour of their skin and that is totally unacceptable but this is not that.

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You will have to be more specific in terms of the other ‘sexist’ jokes which I have published. I am very aware that I print jokes that wouldn’t make the local newspapers. Jack Swan is unique in this area for that, there are many publications which people can read and this is one of them. I don’t try to appeal to everyone but I have been amazed at how many people enjoy the jokes in the magazine. Without discriminating against people; it amazes me how many older people like them and in reality, I can’t really put a bracket on who reads the magazine because it seems to appeal to a hugely wide range of people which has surprised me in truth.

It also amazes me at times how people find printed material more offensive than on television for example; Jimmy Carr would see every joke I have ever printed as too safe and boring for his 9 o’clock show. I don’t know whether I would have convinced you that this joke isn’t racist; I hope that I have at least convinced you that I firstly do vet the jokes and that secondly and more importantly that I certainly do not see the joke as racist. I hope you enjoy the bulk of the magazine and I urge you to continue to give me feedback. Many thanks Jack Swan

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not derogatory to a persons skin colour. If the joke is discriminating against anyone then it would probably be blind people but thankfully this magazine doesn’t come in brail. (come on; that’s a joke too!!!!) The joke is that a blind person doesn’t know what he looks like, doesn’t know the colour of his own skin. That is not racist! If Gary Lineker was blind then you could reword the joke so that ‘it could be worse, I could have big ears’. I see a racist joke as a joke which is derogatory towards someone because of the colour of their skin and that is totally unacceptable but this is not that. You will have to be more specific in terms of the other ‘sexist’ jokes which I have published. I am very aware that I print jokes that wouldn’t make the local newspapers. Jack Swan is unique in this area for that, there are many publications which people can read and this is one of them. I don’t try to appeal to everyone but I have been amazed at how many people enjoy the jokes in the magazine. Without discriminating against people; it amazes me how many older people like them and in reality, I can’t really put a bracket on who reads the magazine because it seems to appeal to a hugely wide range of people which has surprised me in truth. It also amazes me at times how people find printed material more offensive than on television for example; Jimmy Carr would see every joke I have ever printed as too safe and boring for his 9 o’clock show. I don’t know whether I would have convinced you that this joke isn’t racist; I hope that I have at least convinced you that I firstly do vet the jokes and that secondly and more importantly that I certainly do not see the joke as racist. I hope you enjoy the bulk of the magazine and I urge you to continue to give me feedback. Many thanks Jack Swan P. S in regards to the spelling; that’s just how it is.

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the centre) looked at us as slightly crazy for actually turning up but my theory was that we would probably get wet anyway (as it was a kayak) but canoes are not designed to roll over!! TIP: Don’t go with a nutter who has ‘canoed’ in America and has the full intent of tipping the boat over. Water is colder here than in the USA!!!! More on that later!!! So we get into this canoe, an ore each and head down the canal, we make the 600 yard trip to the 300 yard sign and turn around quite sexily with one movement; no need for a three or even twenty three point turn. The nutter was informed that it was wise to sit at the front as the only real way that you could fall in was if you were on

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the back and got pushed backwards by a tree. So she spends the whole time trying to steer the boat into trees. But most of the control of the boat comes from the back and so it was pretty easy to arrange it so that she hit the tree at the front and I survived; we did this on a number of occasions; felt slightly guilt at one point when the tree was in fact a bramble bush but only very slightly. We headed back the other way past the centre (after a 600 yard paddle past the 300 yard sign) and then a good trek up to the lock (there is in fact no ‘up’ on a canal; a figure of speech as they say). I couldn’t be bothered with any of those locks malarkey (where technically an ‘up’ is invented on a canal) and so we turned around and also swapped sides; where I was in the front.

We struggled but we managed to tip the boat and are (as far as Conor can recall) the only two idiots who have voluntarily capsized their canoe into the Neath canal. It was as cold as you would imagine and knee deep with sludge or something of that description. The 300 yard sign which is near the car park is a long 600 yards away when you’re socking wet. I must admit that I thoroughly enjoyed. I went Sup boarding last year and for me this is much better. I think it could be very relaxing and a lovely chilled out morning or afternoon strolling along the canal or it could be mental if you take a nutter!

Nutter spends the rest of the time trying to capsize the canoe (which is not designed for this). Luckily she can’t without me allowing it but it becomes so blinking annoying having to constantly wrestle with the boat that I agree that I will help the canoe capsize but only when we are closer to the centre; a fair deal!

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Do you think that a lot of the problem with Nick Clegg is that he looks very David Cameron, he is a similar age, from similar backgrounds, do you think that might be behind what we don’t like about him and you can also say this about Ed Milliband? I think that you have hit one if the major problems of British politics at the moment, they are all cloned. They come out of public school or university, they get an internship or a researchers job and then they become an MP; That is a big problems with this country as there are very few MPS who have had a proper job and I don’t mean solicitors or barristers; you need a mix of people as you need a mix of sexes, we want a house of commons and not a house of elite.

comment that Danny Alexander and George Osbourne had which was a note saying ‘sorry all the money has gone’ You must have had an idea of where the country was or wasn’t? My experience when I became leader of Swansea council was that I didn’t realise beforehand some of the things that were happening.

He looks comfortable with Cameron? Yeah but they are all the same. Look at Ed Milliband, has he had a proper job? No! That’s at least one thing you can say about Cable that! Will the Liberal Democrats be looking to abolish tuition fees? We made the mistake of signing up to something that we didn’t really appreciate the full cost of and it wasn’t until we opened the books up and got the famous

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I was in the Hafod Inn a month or so back and Maria (the Landlady) asked me to pop in one time and try their Sunday dinner there. ‘You’d give it a ten out of ten if you reviewed it’ she told me. In fairness, most landladies say this; very few say to me ‘the food here is crap, you’d score it under 5!’ and so in truth, I didn’t really take too much notice of what she said. Now ten out of ten is incredibly hard to get but I am seriously struggling to find the slightest issue with the dinner I had. The meat was fantastic, the selection of veg was quality and the mash potato was perfectly unhealthy; James Martin says that the potato is added to mash potato to bind the butter together and I’m all for that!

Full marks? I don’t like to give anything full marks but possibly in fairness. I can’t remember the price but think it was six quid or something like that and it is the best Sunday dinner I can remember eating anywhere. So Maria was true to her word there. It is a good pub as well the Hafod. It has loads of potential there and it looks like it is starting to reach it which is good to see. It was closed for a while and it is really nice to see it back up and running and doing well; we need good pubs! After being so impressed with the Sunday dinner I popped in to try their lunch time menu. I like a pub lunch. I eat far too many pub lunches but I really do like stopping work for an hour, having a good lunch, few games of pool and a pint. I think that’s what real work is all about.

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