Who will you blame, or praise, come the end of the season?

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LIBERTARIAN said:
The Board were caught between a rock and a hard place. The team has been struggling for some time,and relegation is a possibility,not a given,but it could happen.
So,what do they do? Sit back and let the boat sink,thereby incurring everyone's wrath?
Had that scenario played out they would have been vilified by all and sundry for not taking positive action. A decision had to be made,and they have had the guts to take it. Laudrup has looked washed out and somewhat disinterested for some time,so his removal comes as no surprise to me. West Ham was the final straw. The Board had to act.

We all love Michael Laudrup,and having him linked to our team will be talked about for a very long time. However,all good things must come to an end,and I'm sure he is well aware of this. In a few months time we will know if the Board have made the correct decision,but at least they did make one,and for the right reasons.

The players' now need to get their act together and ensure Premier League football at The Liberty next season.
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They could have got behind ML and shown more support to him. This all seems to have festered from the Agent nonsense at the start of the season and appears to have been personal.

ML has been made the Fall Guy, but as a matter of principle I think the Board should place Huw on gardening duty for the rest of the season - in order for HIM to learn from this and see how it could have been handled in a more professional way. Our policy during the transfer window could come back to bite us.
 
swanselona said:
My issue with the board, is that Huw said we needed to act on the uncertainty surrounding the club, you do not do that by calling out Sunderland saying they got the date wrong on the Ki contract, to find out they were right. Nor do you go out and buy Emnes and N'Gog to "bolster" our squad.

Sorry, but the only uncertainty for me is the actions of th board, and I personally blame them for how things have turned out.
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Agree. It's amateur at best. Maybe they ran through the scenarios in Champ Manager and saw the future so acted
 
PGFWhite said:
They could have got behind ML and shown more support to him. This all seems to have festered from the Agent nonsense at the start of the season and appears to have been personal.

ML has been made the Fall Guy, but as a matter of principle I think the Board should place Huw on gardening duty for the rest of the season - in order for HIM to learn from this and see how it could have been handled in a more professional way. Our policy during the transfer window could come back to bite us.
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PGF this is very naive, he's only the mouth peace for all the board, it has to be a majority vote!...............<ok>
 
DragonPhilljack said:
PGF this is very naive, he's only the mouth peace for all the board, it has to be a majority vote!...............<ok>
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You know as I do how Boardrooms work Phil. Yes he's the mouthpiece, but a weak Board can be ruled by a clever Chairperson. Anyway, I said as a matter of principle. The Board as a whole can learn and it would show that they take their share of the blame for this unpleasant situation - at the end of the day they appointed ML.

It won't happen. but it should.
 
PGFWhite said:
They could have got behind ML and shown more support to him. This all seems to have festered from the Agent nonsense at the start of the season and appears to have been personal.

ML has been made the Fall Guy, but as a matter of principle I think the Board should place Huw on gardening duty for the rest of the season - in order for HIM to learn from this and see how it could have been handled in a more professional way. Our policy during the transfer window could come back to bite us.
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Everyone has an opinion about this dismissal,and that's O.K.
What we as supporters don't know,however,is what has been going on in the background.
Some pretend they are in "the know",but that is merely fanciful bravado.
Only The Board,and Laudrup know the why's and the wherefores of what has transpired.
The Board have decided,and only time will tell if their decision was the correct one.
 
LIBERTARIAN said:
The Board were caught between a rock and a hard place.
The team has been struggling for some time,and relegation is a possibility,not a given,but it could happen.
So,what do they do? Sit back and let the boat sink,thereby incurring everyone's wrath?
Had that scenario played out they would have been vilified by all and sundry for not taking positive action.
A decision had to be made,and they have had the guts to take it.
Laudrup has looked washed out and somewhat disinterested for some time,so his removal comes as no surprise to me.
West Ham was the final straw.
The Board had to act.

We all love Michael Laudrup,and having him linked to our team will be talked about for a very long time.
However,all good things must come to an end,and I'm sure he is well aware of this.

In a few months time we will know if the Board have made the correct decision,but at least they did make one,and for the right reasons.

The players' now need to get their act together and ensure Premier League football at The Liberty next season.
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out of all the posts ive read this is the one that comes closest to how i feel so cheers it saves me the effort of writing my own:emoticon-0148-yes:

I think most of us say goodbye to Laudrup with a heavy heart, we were honoured to employ a man with such weight and connections in the football world and no doubt that has increased our status far and wide. Last season will go down as one of our best ever but it tailed off badly and that has continued into this season. Up until recently we really havent seen Laudrup in a pressured situation but judging by his post match interviews hes been uninspiring at best and disinterested at worst. i was still backing him to keep us up with the injured guys coming back and of course we will never know but having followed the Swans since the dark days I have to back the board to do the right thing.

the timing sucks but the boys need our backing now 100%
 
LIBERTARIAN said:
Everyone has an opinion about this dismissal,and that's O.K.
What we as supporters don't know,however,is what has been going on in the background.
Some pretend they are in "the know",but that is merely fanciful bravado.
Only The Board,and Laudrup know the why's and the wherefores of what has transpired.
The Board have decided,and only time will tell if their decision was the correct one.
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That's right. There are two sides to every story and I'm sure neither ML nor Huw and the Board would come out of this smelling of roses
 
swanselona said:
My issue with the board, is that Huw said we needed to act on the uncertainty surrounding the club, you do not do that by calling out Sunderland saying they got the date wrong on the Ki contract, to find out they were right. Nor do you go out and buy Emnes and N'Gog to "bolster" our squad.

Sorry, but the only uncertainty for me is the actions of th board, and I personally blame them for how things have turned out.
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Laudrup is a scapegoat, a cover up for the poor Work the board is doing now. Monk is a puppet - how will he look if Cardiff win this weekend?
 
At the end of the day it's a results business, and Laudrup just wasn't getting the results this season, what were our board left with? Let us drop out of the Premiership? lose £70 Million? Laudrup's motivational skills were zilch, and it showed on the pitch, his negative football was reminiscent of Sousa, something had to be done, I'm happy that we now got a fighting chance to stay up!................<ok>
 
Laudrup was sacked for one reason and one reason only..He was pants, If he was any good he would still be here...end of..<ok>
 
DragonPhilljack said:
At the end of the day it's a results business, and Laudrup just wasn't getting the results this season, what were our board left with? Let us drop out of the Premiership? lose £70 Million? Laudrup's motivational skills were zilch, and it showed on the pitch, his negative football was reminiscent of Sousa, something had to be done, I'm happy that we now got a fighting chance to stay up!................<ok>
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Bloody hell dragon another spot on <laugh>
 
DragonPhilljack said:
At the end of the day it's a results business, and Laudrup just wasn't getting the results this season, what were our board left with? Let us drop out of the Premiership? lose £70 Million? Laudrup's motivational skills were zilch, and it showed on the pitch, his negative football was reminiscent of Sousa, something had to be done, I'm happy that we now got a fighting chance to stay up!................<ok>
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Well then they should:
* appoint a manager WHO has experience and WHO CAN save the Club, not the discount solution (we paid ML to leave, how can we save Money now).
* wait until AFTER the Cardiff game: Monks reputation can be ruined in 90 minutes this weekend, will they sack him too?
 
mikraswan said:
Laudrup is a scapegoat, a cover up for the poor Work the board is doing now. Monk is a puppet - how will he look if Cardiff win this weekend?
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With all due respect mate. This is the very board who got us to this position to sign the likes of Laudrup!! I think our board needed to act before it was too late!! Relegation was that much a reality!!

Monk has been an amazing servant to our great club. I suggest you revisit the 'puppet' bit!! Also, Cardiff were going to do the 1st South Wales derby-double this weekend, believe me. Think there's every chance they won't now...
 
mikraswan said:
Well then they should:
* appoint a manager WHO has experience and WHO CAN save the Club, not the discount solution (we paid ML to leave, how can we save Money now).
* wait until AFTER the Cardiff game: Monks reputation can be ruined in 90 minutes this weekend, will they sack him too?
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But if we beat Kairdiff on Saturday he'll have a 10 year contract pushed in front of him <laugh>
 
When Swans are flying said:
With all due respect mate. This is the very board who got us to this position to sign the likes of Laudrup!! I think our board needed to act before it was too late!! Relegation was that much a reality!!

Monk has been an amazing servant to our great club. I suggest you revisit the 'puppet' bit!! Also, Cardiff were going to do the 1st South Wales derby-double this weekend, believe me. Think there's every chance they won't now...
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Sorry about puppet - I meant in the meaning marionette - he will be sacked this summer if Swansea stays up, if relegated maybe he'll be allowed to stay (eg di Matteo)

I, as stated, believe relegation is much more reality now, than yesterday.

Surely the board did a fantastic job so far. This season the board has been disruptive and unambitious...
 
PGFWhite said:
Monk has already started picking the team for Saturday.............

-------------Tate----------------

Amat - Williams - Monk (Capt) - Chico

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Ki (recalled - oh no) -- Britton ---- dyer --- emmners

Donnely --- NG'gog

No subs for the rest of the season, but Swansea will beat Cardiff ---> never change a winning squad philosophy...
 
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