Guidolin is on the verge of the sack by the sound of things. If we go a goal or two up in the first half their players could well down tools. There's an international break after this game and that's often a time when a team will make a managerial change to allow the new boss a bit more time to settle in (we replaced Rodgers with Klopp at the same international break almost a year ago). The Swansea players won't be ignorant to what is happening and I think we should try and put the game to bed as early as possible. If we go a goal or two up will the Swansea team really be inclined to bust a gut for a manager who will probably be sacked afterwards?
Swansea aren't a bad team and they have a couple of players who can cause problems but if we play near our best then I can't see anything but a win.
Good post. Agreed with everything you said about Swansea. Some issues for us too though:
- not very succesful at their ground
- player form lasts 3-5 games, many of our lads have just peaked, we might not be that great than in the last couple games
- Sakho saga most likely not helpfull to dressing room harmony
- Klopp showing all his cards to Goudolin on MNS
Still, as you said, if we play near our best and score first we should be grand.