Utter ****e performance tonight; have never felt so frustrated watching the Swans; was sorely tempted to run onto the pitch and kick a few arses on numerous occasions during that debacle! No fight, no spirit and very little talent! But as you know am very much a 'glass half full' person; targeted 4 points from the last two games and that is what we got so there is no need to panic just yet, but find it so annoying that we can go from sublime against the toon to ridiculous against the tigers! What we are lacking is consistency - showed great character in bouncing back from the Man C result but couldn't take that form forward into the Hull game and it is concerning that we can't put together back to back performances! We can look like champions one game and also rans the next! The irony is that we actually rose a place up the table after tonight's point but that was more to do with other results than ours! When we perform as we know we can we are a match for anyone in the division, but when we perform like we did tonight we are embarrassing! What is the solution? Answers on a postcard please to [email protected]
Don't think he ever intended staying longer, problem is when he goes I suspect we will lose a significant number of players and possibility the ability to keep and attract those that come to play for laudrup.
Those players that want to follow him, will go with my blessing, as long as they make sure they close the door behind them. This season is looking like one to forget! Never mind we'll bounce back and build with a new manager next season....................
The club are trying to make the best of a bad situation, but even if the players cannot work well with Laudrup. you'd think they would put in a decent shift for their own pride and for the fans!..............
It will all come out in a wash, but I tend not to discuss our managerial problems on here, it will always get interpreted wrongly as you know!............
Whichever way you look at it Laudrup needs to wise up if he wants the Barca or RM job in the future because at present I'd take Martinez over him any day of the week.
Yes my brother's cleaning lady's cousin has a friend of a friend who says that her sister-in-law told her that her uncle was at the training ground.... It's depressing to read back through the posts but I fail to see how anyone can blame the Manager for Williams's woeful pass that led to the goal, or all the misplaced passes that went on last night. The team was set up properly and set up to score. Credit to the opposition must be given, and whereas Bruce isn't the type of manager we'd have here he's anything but stupid. Our players spent a lot of effort in trying to pick their way through a crowded central area time after time. They defended in numbers and it worked. A poor show by our lot and personally I blame a lack of competition for places, at least in part. Far too many players know they won't or can't be dropped and it shows. Williams is definitely in that bracket. Having said that I thought Dyer tried his heart out and Michu clearly isn't match fit. If there was one criticism of Laudrup I'd have started without a striker and brought Miguel on 2nd half. That said, a 90 min runout would have done him some good in getting back to his best. A game best forgotten I think.
Yes, a frustrating night to be sure. At no point did we get the game by the scruff of the neck, and the fact we couldn't is as much down to a very efficient Hull performance as our own shortcomings. I thought their 2 (?) centre-backs were excellent and dealt with everything thrown at them in the air, although that's obviously not our strongest tactic. Didn't see how the ball went in the net off Chico and I'm too far away to see how Tiendalli 'caught' the ball, so having watched the summing up on Sky I think we were lucky to get a point. One thing that doesn't endear me to Hull is their blatant time-wasting. I know all teams are capable of 'taking their time' when the need arises (including ourselves) but theirs was time-wasting at the top end of the scale. Interesting to see Dragon and Norway bring up the chinese whispers about Laudrup's managerial reign again after a poor performance. Do you ACTUALLY know anything?
Agree. Dragon and Norway, I get on with both of you so, respectfully, either put up or shut up. Telling half the story doesn't do it, guys. Either tell the whole tale or don't say a word. Please.
If they are under contract then nobody goes anywhere unless whoever takes over from laudrup says he can go. I personally would let anyone who is not committed to go anyway but none of them can say they want to follow laudrup because they don't know where he may go, He may take a long break until a big club comes up for him so what then. none of our players are good enough anyway for a really big club so they will be begging for a new contracts than be deluded that automaticly laudrup will want them...
I don't blame the manager for the performance last night but I do not agree with him changing the successful tactics from the previous game jut because Michu was back in training. Last night the players were to blame, they were sloppy and put in unacceptable concentration levels.
