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Alan Sheehan hopeful over Malick Yalcouye deal after he saw Swansea beat Crawley
Prospective new signing Malick Yalcouye was at the Stadium to see his potential future team-mates bag a 3-1 win over Crawley to reach the second round of the Carabao Cup. The versatile 19-year-old Brighton player saw Swansea debutant Bobby Wales notch his first goal since joining from Kilmarnock in the summer to add to Ronald's fourth-minute strike. Then another new boy, midfielder Ethan Galbraith, wrapped things up. 'Hopefully we can close the loan deal this week and it will be good to have Malick in the building,' said Swansea boss Alan Sheehan. 'He's a player who will improve us. He has so much energy and he's very highly rated.' Having seen his side go down to a 1-0 defeat at Middlesbrough on the opening weekend of the Championship, Sheehan was delighted at the attacking intent his team displayed at home. 'There were a lot of pleasing aspects in our attack, although we should have scored five or six,' added Sheehan. Crawley are still awaiting their first win of the season, but at least Kabongo Tshimanga was able to give the League Two side their first goal of the season when he scored in the 75th minute. Then the Red Devils saw Gavan Holohan sent off eight minutes later to end their hopes of a fightback. 'We can take some encouragement from the fact we were really present in the game. In the second half we pushed them and we looked like the stronger team before the sending off and potentially could have scored another goal to take it to penalties,' said Crawley boss Scott Lindsey. 'We're probably three players away from building our squad and our treatment room is getting full – it's getting tough and we are a bit threadbare.'
Powys County Times
10 minutes ago
- Powys County Times
Graham Alexander lauds Bradford's ‘great start' after cup win at Blackburn
Graham Alexander lauded Bradford's 'great start' after they beat Blackburn 2-1 in the Carabao Cup first round. The League One outfit continued their unbeaten start this season and flew out of the traps. Ibou Touray's volley set them on their way before Will Swan rolled a second into an empty net after a blunder from debutant goalkeeper Nick Michalski. Dion De Neve reduced the arrears before the break but Bradford deservedly held on. Alexander praised that fast start, saying: 'It's a great start for us. Two goals in four minutes. I thought we really went at them, showed we were here to compete and to win a game of football. I thought we played really well in the first half. 'Blackburn got a head of steam just before half-time, opened us up a couple of times. They get the goal from the long throw which is disappointing from our perspective, but we didn't let it affect our mindset going into the second half. 'Really tough game, had to work exceptionally hard out of possession but I thought we created really good opportunities to get an extra goal.' It was a miserable night for Valerien Ismael who confirmed captain Lewis Travis wants to leave. He said the poor start killed his team. 'We lost the game in the first five minutes. It's clear, two big mistakes. Not concentrating. After that, we were on the front foot, created a lot of chances. It's disappointing we kill us straightaway in the first five minutes.'
Powys County Times
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- Powys County Times
Will Still admits Southampton were far from their best in cup win at Northampton
Southampton manager Will Still admitted his side were far from their best during Tuesday's 1-0 victory over Northampton in the first round of the Carabao Cup. Saints arrived at Sixfields as strong favourites to breeze into round two but they were second best in the first half and had Northampton's wasteful finishing to thank for not falling behind. In the end, the decisive blow came three minutes into the second half when Mateus Fernandes produced a moment of quality to score the game's only goal. 'It wasn't our best performance at all,' admitted Still. 'We can do better than that, we know that, but they had nothing to lose and they made it really difficult for us and these cup games are always tricky. 'We found it difficult at times and it wasn't pretty but it's a clean sheet and we got the job done.' Northampton boss Kevin Nolan said: 'I'm disappointed to lose the game first and foremost because we don't want to lose any game at Sixfields, even against teams with the quality of Southampton. 'But we matched them wonderfully well, both in and out of possession, and we weren't far off them. We put them under pressure and we had plenty of good moments but we just weren't able to put the ball in the back of the net. 'They showed that moment of quality early in the second half but I was really pleased with the reaction and I was delighted with how we went about our business and there was a lot of our play that was excellent.'
