They could have been forgiven for not being in the mood for singing or pleasantries after witnessing their side surrender a 2-0 lead against Oxford United in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night, getting pegged back to 2-2 before being knocked out after losing 5-3 on penalties.
And football fans are generally not that often heard being spoken of in positive tones, especially when they are packed into a train after a defeat. But it seems that, despite the frustration and disappointment, a contingent of Swansea City fans still did themselves proud as they travelled back home to south Wales. So much so that their behaviour has been praised by a fellow commuter who found themselves in the same carriage as them.
The commuter commended them for showing respect to their fellow passenger as they were still doing their work on the commute, and lauded for singing them off the train with a rendition of the Oasis classic, Don't Look Back in Anger. You can get more Swansea City news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
Posting a thankyou message on discussion forum website Reddit, the poster wrote: "To the Swansea City fans who got on the train at Didcot about 11.30pm, I reckon about 10 of you - young lads aged 17-18 who’d just watched the Swans get beaten on penalties. Thanks for being respectful and not swearing, thanks for your chanting and thanks for singing me off the train to Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger.
"Special thanks to the lad who reminded everyone to occasionally keep the noise down because I was working. Made my journey home slightly more bearable!"
Swans boss Russell Martin made four changes on the hour mark during the match, and the vast number of alterations significantly disrupted the flow of the match. The head coach said his players, however, never should have allowed Oxford back into the contest following a dominant performance for two-thirds of the fixture.
He said: "The subs should not change the game as much as it did, for sure. We should be here talking about debuts, Azeem [Abdulai], Joel Cotterill, Joe [Allen] coming back, some really great performances, Ollie Cooper, but Ryan Manning, Jay Fulton, Joel Latibeaudiere and Harry Darling coming off, it really hurt us, and it shouldn't hurt us that much.
"Even then they didn't create that much. The goal was pathetic. And then, you're in a wall, just be brave. How it descended into that I just don't know. What they've done is left us open to criticism on our mentality and that stuff. What I would point to is the changes. We had such a young team on the pitch at the end, but even then, the experienced lads need to help them get through it, they have to, and they just didn't. I'm really angry and frustrated because for 65 minutes, you could tell the fans were enjoying it, it was a no-game. The amount of chances we had.
"If you look at the flow of the game, it was all us for 65 minutes, and then it just completely flipped. You can't do that, you need to manage the game better. That's maybe down to naivety. You want to see if guys can do it. Sink or swim time. A few swam really well and a few sank. I'm angry, the boys should be angry with what they let the game turn into because we should have been out of sight."
Swansea City travel to Blackpool this weekend for their next fixture in the Championship season.
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