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Now at the beginning of the 2013/2014 season, previously-unknown Tom Jones takes his Swansea City side to build on their promising 2012/2013 campaign. Here is a recap of how it went:
2012/2013
Sky Sports predicted Swansea to finish 19th in the Premier League at the start of the season, especially having made the bizarre decision to sack Michael Laudrup after just 4 weeks in chance due to a disagreement. Desperately looking for a new manager, Huw Jenkins made the shock decision to appoint a manager with no previous playing experience. This gamble proved to be a calculated one as he guided the team to midtable safety.
Jones' transfers were promising for the Swans fans, signing Matias Suarez from Anderlecht for a club record of £10.5 million. He also signed Nick Powell on loan from Manchester United and made a deadline signing to bring Jermaine Jenas from Tottenham into the team on loan. He allowed Alan Tate and Luke Moore to leave the club permanently to Nottingham Forest and Bolton respectively. In mid-season, he signed Miralem Sulejmani from Ajax, Guillarme Hoarau from PSG and Vierinha on loan from Wolfsburg.
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Jones' first competitive game in charge saw him gain an impressive draw away to Everton, with Fellani cancelling out Michu's stunning goal 2 minutes into the second half. He got his first win as manager in his third game, with new signing Suarez coming off the bench to score two goals in the last 10 minutes to beat West Brom 2-1. Jones secured the biggest win of his career in the middle of October, stunning Manchester City at the Ethiad thanks to a goal from Suarez in the first 40 seconds. This was the start of a five match winning streak, which included a 7-4 epic where Swansea progressed in the Capital One Cup from 3-0 down against Sheffield Wednesday, and a 1-0 home win against Chelsea. This run was ended with a 1-0 loss to Arsenal. Jones managed to reach the semi finals of the Capital One Cup, losing 3-2 on aggregate to Newcastle, but lost 1-0 in the FA Cup third round to Tranmere. Jones went through a mid season bad spell where his team lost 6-1 and 6-3 to Chelsea and Man City respectively. This run was ended at the end of the season though, where Swansea came back from two goals down to draw against both Liverpool and Manchester United, the latter including a stunning hat-trick from Hoarau. Swansea finished at 11th position, much to the delight of the fans.
Hoarau, Hernandez and Michu finished as top scorers on 10 goals each, while record signing Suarez disappointed with just 9 goals. Pablo Hernandez finished with 9 assists, more than any other Swansea players. After a good season, Swansea will be hoping for even better this time.
Media Prediction: 10th
Now at the beginning of the 2013/2014 season, previously-unknown Tom Jones takes his Swansea City side to build on their promising 2012/2013 campaign. Here is a recap of how it went:
2012/2013
Sky Sports predicted Swansea to finish 19th in the Premier League at the start of the season, especially having made the bizarre decision to sack Michael Laudrup after just 4 weeks in chance due to a disagreement. Desperately looking for a new manager, Huw Jenkins made the shock decision to appoint a manager with no previous playing experience. This gamble proved to be a calculated one as he guided the team to midtable safety.
Jones' transfers were promising for the Swans fans, signing Matias Suarez from Anderlecht for a club record of £10.5 million. He also signed Nick Powell on loan from Manchester United and made a deadline signing to bring Jermaine Jenas from Tottenham into the team on loan. He allowed Alan Tate and Luke Moore to leave the club permanently to Nottingham Forest and Bolton respectively. In mid-season, he signed Miralem Sulejmani from Ajax, Guillarme Hoarau from PSG and Vierinha on loan from Wolfsburg.
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Jones' first competitive game in charge saw him gain an impressive draw away to Everton, with Fellani cancelling out Michu's stunning goal 2 minutes into the second half. He got his first win as manager in his third game, with new signing Suarez coming off the bench to score two goals in the last 10 minutes to beat West Brom 2-1. Jones secured the biggest win of his career in the middle of October, stunning Manchester City at the Ethiad thanks to a goal from Suarez in the first 40 seconds. This was the start of a five match winning streak, which included a 7-4 epic where Swansea progressed in the Capital One Cup from 3-0 down against Sheffield Wednesday, and a 1-0 home win against Chelsea. This run was ended with a 1-0 loss to Arsenal. Jones managed to reach the semi finals of the Capital One Cup, losing 3-2 on aggregate to Newcastle, but lost 1-0 in the FA Cup third round to Tranmere. Jones went through a mid season bad spell where his team lost 6-1 and 6-3 to Chelsea and Man City respectively. This run was ended at the end of the season though, where Swansea came back from two goals down to draw against both Liverpool and Manchester United, the latter including a stunning hat-trick from Hoarau. Swansea finished at 11th position, much to the delight of the fans.
Hoarau, Hernandez and Michu finished as top scorers on 10 goals each, while record signing Suarez disappointed with just 9 goals. Pablo Hernandez finished with 9 assists, more than any other Swansea players. After a good season, Swansea will be hoping for even better this time.
Media Prediction: 10th