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BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
'A no-brainer to come here and I'm loving it'
Ethan Galbraith says he already feels at home at Swansea City having made a bright start to life at the Championship club following his summer move from Leyton paid about £1.5m to land Northern Ireland midfielder Galbraith having first tried to sign him during the January transfer has made an instant impression at his new club, having played a starring role in Tuesday's Carabao Cup win over Crawley Town and been one of Alan Sheehan's better performers at Middlesbrough last the 24-year-old believes the decision to move to Wales is already paying off."I am loving it - the lads have really helped me settle in," Galbraith said."I think there was talk [of a move] in January. It didn't happen but they came back in the summer so for me [for Swansea] to show the interest again, it was a no-brainer."Former Manchester United youngster Galbraith had loan spells with Doncaster and Salford before joining Orient in scored 11 goals in 96 games for the London club, with May's League One play-off final defeat to Charlton proving to be his final appearance for the O's. "Credit to Orient - it's an unbelievable club. They looked after me and it was a great two years," Galbraith added."But now I am a Swansea player and I am looking forward to what's to come. I felt it was the right time to test myself [in the Championship]."The versatile Galbraith, who scored his first Swansea goal in the Crawley win, has already been deployed as a deep-lying midfielder and in a more advanced central role in his brief Swansea says he is happiest in the centre of the pitch, though he is also an option at right-back having played there at times for can expect to retain his midfield place as Swansea target a first league win of the new season when Sheffield United – who were thrashed at home by Bristol City in their league opener - visit on Saturday."The result we had last weekend and the result they had, both teams will be trying to bounce back," Galbraith said."It will be a great game and hopefully we can come out on the right side of it."
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Sheehan backing Galbraith to shine
Alan Sheehan is backing Ethan Galbraith to shine in the Championship after the midfielder's bright start to life at Swansea City. Galbraith marked his home debut with a fine late goal as Swansea beat League Two Crawley Town in the Carabao Cup first round on Tuesday. The 24-year-old, a summer signing from League One side Leyton Orient, had also impressed during pre-season and was one of Swansea's better performers in their opening-day Championship defeat by Middlesbrough. Northern Ireland international Galbraith has played at the base of midfield and in a more advanced role in his brief Swansea career, while he also spent time at right-back during his spell with Orient. Head coach Sheehan described Galbraith's display against Crawley as "excellent". "He is a player we are integrating," he added. "He has good technical ability. We just need to get that level of consistency and he can be a very good player for us." Galbraith's stoppage-time volley sealed Swansea's first win of the new season, with Ronald and Bobby Wales also finding the target in a 3-1 victory. After a toothless display at Middlesbrough, the Swans created a host of chances against Crawley and should have won more comfortably. "It's important to win, no matter what competition it is," added Sheehan. "Obviously the league is the most important thing. We would have liked a point [at Middlesbrough] – I think it was a 0-0 game. "But we debriefed it. We wanted to create more chances, attack faster, link up in the wide areas and the central areas and mix up our play better because we were a small bit one-dimensional in the second half. "I think it was really good response by the players."
BBC News
4 days ago
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- BBC News
Sheehan backing Galbraith to shine
Alan Sheehan is backing Ethan Galbraith to shine in the Championship after the midfielder's bright start to life at Swansea marked his home debut with a fine late goal as Swansea beat League Two Crawley Town in the Carabao Cup first round on 24-year-old, a summer signing from League One side Leyton Orient, had also impressed during pre-season and was one of Swansea's better performers in their opening-day Championship defeat by Ireland international Galbraith has played at the base of midfield and in a more advanced role in his brief Swansea career, while he also spent time at right-back during his spell with coach Sheehan described Galbraith's display against Crawley as "excellent"."He is a player we are integrating," he added."He has good technical ability. We just need to get that level of consistency and he can be a very good player for us."Galbraith's stoppage-time volley sealed Swansea's first win of the new season, with Ronald and Bobby Wales also finding the target in a 3-1 a toothless display at Middlesbrough, the Swans created a host of chances against Crawley and should have won more comfortably."It's important to win, no matter what competition it is," added Sheehan."Obviously the league is the most important thing. We would have liked a point [at Middlesbrough] – I think it was a 0-0 game."But we debriefed it. We wanted to create more chances, attack faster, link up in the wide areas and the central areas and mix up our play better because we were a small bit one-dimensional in the second half."I think it was really good response by the players."
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Pleasing Swansea City player ratings as summer signing shines bright in Crawley win
Swansea City booked their place in the second round of the Carabao Cup after easing to a 3-1 win over Crawley Town at the Stadium. Goals from Ronald, Bobby Wales and Ethan Galbraith proved enough to see off the League Two side, who responded through Kabongo Tshimanga late on. Crawley ended the game with 10 men after Gavan Holohan's red card, but Swansea were largely good value for their win on the night. READ MORE: Gareth Bale lands major new football job as he replaces Man Utd legend READ MORE: Gareth Bale's massive new business empire as he warns Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham Here's how the players rated. Andy Fisher 7 Had very little to do all night, but was fairly comfortable on the ball when needed. Sam Parker 7 Pretty composed defensively and made some decent contributions going forward too. An encouraging performance. Kaelan Casey 7 Battled really well. No player won more aerial duels. Subbed. Cameron Burgess (c) 7 Typically dominant in the air. On hand to mop up nicely when required. Covered his team-mates really well when required too. Josh Tymon 8 Another well earned assist, and he could well have had a couple more on another day. Crawley couldn't handle it. Ethan Galbraith 8 - STAR MAN Superb in the middle of the park all night. Drifted between the 6 and 8 with ease. Deserved his goal. Really good showing. Melker Widell 6 Some bright moments, but still get the feeling there's more to come. Subbed. Ronald 7 Goal capped a fairly strong outing on the night, although his influence perhaps faded after the break. Missed a bit of a sitter before half-time too. Subbed. Ollie Cooper 7 Tireless in the middle all night. A solid midfield performance. Zeidane Inoussa 7 Bombed up and down the left relentless all evening. At the heart of most of Swansea's best moves. A strong showing. Subbed. Zan Vipotnik 6 Looked pretty good in the build-up, but should have done more with his opportunities in the final third. Subbed. Subs: Bobby Wales (on for Vipotnik 64) - A goal and an assist. A decent night's work - 8 Eom Jisung (on for Inoussa 64) - A lively cameo. Denied by a couple of good saves - 7 Cameron Congreve (on for Ronald 74) - Denied by a good save. Fairly decent cameo - 7 Arthur Parker (on for Casey 78) - Assured outing. Headed over late on - 7 Goncalo Franco (on for Widell 79) - Added some bite in the middle - 7
The Herald Scotland
4 days ago
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- The Herald Scotland
Swansea reach second round of Carabao Cup with victory over 10-man Crawley
Up until that point the Swans had struggled to add to the fourth-minute goal – their first of the season – from their Brazilian winger Ronald. Chance after chance went begging until Wales found the net. The referee ruled out a goal from Ethan Galbraith in the 37th minute for offside interference as Vipotnik jumped over the ball to let it go through his legs, and Ronald missed a sitter at the back post as he pushed a cross from another new boy, Zeidane Inoussa, over the bar from point-blank range. Crawley keeper Harvey Davies made a string of important saves to further frustrate the home side, while Kabongo Tshimanga gave the League Two visitors a glimmer of hope with his side's first goal of the season in the 75th minute. The sending off of substitute Gavan Holohan for a strong tackle on Goncalo Franco in the 83rd minute then ended their hopes of a fightback and Galbraith added a third for the home side in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
