Date: Sunday, 10th November Venue: Liberty Stadium Kick-Off: 16:10 GMT
Both teams have had quite a slow start to the Premier League season, respectively coming into the game in 14th and 18th place.
In Swansea’s case their slower start could be put down to their involvement in Europe, we all saw how Newcastle struggled last season, and it seems to be taking affect on the Swans too.
An extremely disappointing result in last-week’s Welsh derby combined with the news that headline-grabber Michu will be out for a month, has made it a tough week for the Swans, who have been consistently making good headlines ever since their promotion to the top-flight.
Swansea will hoping that record signing Wilfried Bony will be able to start scoring in a absence of Michu, the Ivorian has shown good form in Europe scoring 3 in 3, but has struggled in the league with only 2 goals in 7 appearances.
Both teams have had quite a slow start to the Premier League season, respectively coming into the game in 14th and 18th place.
In Swansea’s case their slower start could be put down to their involvement in Europe, we all saw how Newcastle struggled last season, and it seems to be taking affect on the Swans too.
An extremely disappointing result in last-week’s Welsh derby combined with the news that headline-grabber Michu will be out for a month, has made it a tough week for the Swans, who have been consistently making good headlines ever since their promotion to the top-flight.
Swansea will hoping that record signing Wilfried Bony will be able to start scoring in a absence of Michu, the Ivorian has shown good form in Europe scoring 3 in 3, but has struggled in the league with only 2 goals in 7 appearances.
- 11/10/2013
- by Michael Newell
- Obsessed with Film
Manchester United manager David Moyes is reportedly “considering” a bid for Real Madrid playmaker Luka Modrić.
The Guardian claim that Manchester United have finally given up in the chase for former Arsenal captain Cesc Fàbregas and that focus will switch to bringing the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Modrić instead.
Real Madrid only signed the Croatian playmaker last summer for a fee of £33 million, but he failed to settle in initially and was voted the worst player in La Liga in 2012.
A change in manager this summer at the Santiago Bernabéu saw Carlo Ancelloti take charge of last season’s runners-up. Central midfielders Isco, Asier Illarramendi and Casemiro have all joined the books. Along with Mesut Özil and Kaká who also play those central roles, Modrić faces tough competition for a place in the team.
David Moyes has seemingly been chasing a playmaking midfielder this summer, first missing out on Thiago Alcântara and then Fàbregas.
The Guardian claim that Manchester United have finally given up in the chase for former Arsenal captain Cesc Fàbregas and that focus will switch to bringing the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Modrić instead.
Real Madrid only signed the Croatian playmaker last summer for a fee of £33 million, but he failed to settle in initially and was voted the worst player in La Liga in 2012.
A change in manager this summer at the Santiago Bernabéu saw Carlo Ancelloti take charge of last season’s runners-up. Central midfielders Isco, Asier Illarramendi and Casemiro have all joined the books. Along with Mesut Özil and Kaká who also play those central roles, Modrić faces tough competition for a place in the team.
David Moyes has seemingly been chasing a playmaking midfielder this summer, first missing out on Thiago Alcântara and then Fàbregas.
- 8/10/2013
- by Barrie's View
- Obsessed with Film
The film of Ayrton Senna's life shows he was answering not to a series of commercial opportunities but to a compulsion to race
Senna, the film, strikes with elegiac force and is not alone in modern cinema in augmenting memories that were already safe and deep. Lurching out of the dark, the viewer asks why the hot new genre of sports documentaries is so unsettling and effective.
One answer is that they return us to the pre-corporate age when sport was a means of expression and not a branch of business. When Ayrton Senna defends himself as a pure "racer", who drove against other men and their machines, rather than a scoreboard, or a clock, there is a subconscious pull to another time, before Formula One was a game of computer technology and industrialised product-shifting.
The moment in history we are all attempting to identify is when sport became...
Senna, the film, strikes with elegiac force and is not alone in modern cinema in augmenting memories that were already safe and deep. Lurching out of the dark, the viewer asks why the hot new genre of sports documentaries is so unsettling and effective.
One answer is that they return us to the pre-corporate age when sport was a means of expression and not a branch of business. When Ayrton Senna defends himself as a pure "racer", who drove against other men and their machines, rather than a scoreboard, or a clock, there is a subconscious pull to another time, before Formula One was a game of computer technology and industrialised product-shifting.
The moment in history we are all attempting to identify is when sport became...
- 6/12/2011
- by Paul Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
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