Swansea
Last Season
Premier League:
12
th
FA Cup: Third Round
League Cup: Third Round
12
Top Scorer (all): Andre Ayew (
)
A brush with relegation last season signalled
the first time the Swans have encountered
problems since their promotion in
2011
. Garry
Monk paid the price for a retched run, losing his
job in mid-January. A job which was taken by
Francesco Guidolin, who expertly led the Welsh
side from the brink of the drop zone to a
12
th
place finish. Their brand of slick and neat
football is now a thing of the past. In it's place, a
much more rigid and methodical style of play is
now deployed by the passionate Guidolin. Andre
Ayew and Gylfi Sigurdsson are the two key men,
providing the goals and defence splitting
moments which are sometimes in short supply.
An important season lies ahead, perhaps laced
with a sense of uncertainty as expectations are
neither too high nor too low.
Who's in and who's out?
push towards the top ten would be
Ashley Williams looks set for
an improvement. A brisk with the
Everton which is sure to set alarm
bottom must not be repeated.
bells ringing. Perhaps
What's their reality?
foreshadowing his exit, Mike van
der Hoom has joined from Ajax to
fill the skippers predicted vacancy.
Fellow Dutchman Leroy Fer has
made his loan spell permanent,
while key man Sigurdsson has
signed a new deal. Bafetimbi
Gomis has set sail to Marseille and
Portugal hero Eder has joined Lille
after a successful loan spell.
Season expectations?
Hard to say really. Despite him
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