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swanselona

swanselona

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Interesting article:

Swansea captain Ashley Williams has dedicated Saturday's derby win over Cardiff to former manager Michael Laudrup.

The Dane was sacked in midweek, with veteran defender Garry Monk promoted to head coach and the Swans responded by defeating their local rivals 3-0 at the Liberty Stadium, thanks to goals from Wayne Routledge, Nathan Dyer and Wilfried Bony.

Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins used his programme notes to claim the dismissal of Laudrup, who has indicated he will take legal action, was down to a slow erosion of the club's principles.

However, Wales defender Williams believes the players also have to take responsibility for the Dane's exit, and described the win over the Bluebirds as a thank you to their former boss.

"There is a bit of a thank you in this performance - that is how I feel. Hopefully he (Laudrup) was watching."
Ashley Williams
"We feel 100 per cent responsible," said Williams. "You might look at the manager or look at his staff but at the end of the day, you are on the pitch.

"There is a bit of a thank you in this performance - that is how I feel. Hopefully he was watching.

"It was not that we didn't perform for him and we performed for Monks - it is just that he did this as well.

"It is the same team he had and the players he brought in. This is for everyone involved."

The 29-year-old also revealed how Monk had made his players sit and watch a documentary - BBC Wales' 'Swansea City: The Fall and Rise' - to remind them of the club's history and their climb from the depths of League Two to the heights of the Premier League.

"We had a bit of homework. It helped a bit," Williams said.

"I watched it and it helped me. I have been here for six years and I found out some stuff I didn't know, and it helps you respect the place a bit more.

"It's important. Garry knows the club - he is someone who has been involved for so long and, for myself and Leon (Britton), we have built it up.

"We feel like we have built it to a level and we do not want to see it go so quickly. It is our fault. If we pulled our socks up, we could get ourselves out of it."


"At times, I have had to try and tell him (Williams) that he just has to worry about himself because sometimes when he gets too het up, it affects his performance."
Garry Monk
When Routledge scored the opener against Cardiff shortly after half-time, Williams sprinted over to the touchline to embrace Monk, who for so long has been his colleague at the heart of the Swansea defence.

Monk joked he was concerned for his safety as Williams headed in his direction,

but was full of praise for his skipper's attitude.

"What a top guy, what a captain as well," Monk said. "I played with him so many times. I know what it means to him. This club means a lot to him. It means a lot to a lot of those players in there.

"I think the newer boys, that will show them as well. They believe in the club.

"Ash has got standards. He's a fighter. At times, I have had to try and tell him that he just has to worry about himself because sometimes when he gets too het up, it affects his performance.

"He needs to worry about himself. You could see how much it meant to him and everyone else. It was amazing, brilliant."
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A thought it was nice, it reminds us that even though ML is no longer here, even the players have taken part of the responsibility for his sacking. Maybe he didn't lose the dressing room like some suggest, just his training methods were not what the players needed to get upto 100% focused, which I can accept.
 
Nice gesture. I've always maintained that the players should take their share of the responsibility and Williams' statement is welcome. I also feel it's a shame that Laudrup couldn't have stayed on, with Monk as his 2IC taking care of fitness issues etc etc. We would have benefited from ML's contacts and world profile in terms of future signings and our own profile, whilst Monk would have found it a valuable learning curve in his managerial career, which got off to an excellent start against Cardiff. Well done for that!

As it stands, we could possibly have lost up to £14.5 million - the £4.5 million compensation plus the prospect of £10 million we might have received when ML moved on of his own volition. Not to mention the spectre of an ugly court case looming in the future.
 
A respectful and measured statement from the Captain, as a few have alluded to on here ,once the players take to the pitch then they're responsible for what happens on it ,We'll never know if we'd have had the same response from the players as was witnessed Saturday but it's unlikely that under the same circumstances had scored we wouldn't have seen that reaction from Williams towards Mr Laudrup as he did to Monk.That statement may take the sting out of what may happen between the Club and the ex manager in the future, (wishful thinking I suppose ).When it comes to money then it'll become a battle we could well do without .
 
Ash's statements puts things into perspective. Not so much any issue between Manager and Players as between Manager and Executives.

As I have posted elsewhere, we have now gone through two quality coaches in Sousa and Laudrup from overseas, both contributing significantly and both terms ending in a classless manner on the part of the club. Perhaps the domestic managers left earlier in their cycle in part because they could see the writing on the wall clearer than the foreigners; they could see where things were heading between them and the Board and decided to take matters into their own hands. The domestic managers left and took valuable resources with them. The foreigners just left. This is the pattern. The one party common to all events still remains - the Board. What are we to make of them; what are we to do with them.
 
classy coments by Ash <applause>. ML`s gone now so on to safety and beyond till the next drama comes our way.
 
KieranDaviesSCFC said:
I respect what he did for us overall but all love will be gone if he sues us.

He'll get a decent job he can even put on his C.V that he won the League Cup himself.
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Laudrup's contract was terminated by the club. There are going to be conditions in the contract that permit that to happen and the financial adjustments that need to be made. If Laudrup sue's it will not be out of malice but to collect what he is owed under the term's of the contract. This is not specific to Laudrup, it is just common sense and common practice. If the club acts appropriately under the terms of the contract then there shall be no suit. If the club acts inappropriately it will owe the Laudrup some form of compensation plus costs. This is not personal, it is business. The club has also made statements to the media. These statements need to have some basis in truth and good faith otherwise they may be grounds for a suit to collect damages - this would be a nasty state of affairs for both sides.

There are others on this forum that can address this better than I can.
 
Yankee_Jack said:
Laudrup's contract was terminated by the club. There are going to be conditions in the contract that permit that to happen and the financial adjustments that need to be made. If Laudrup sue's it will not be out of malice but to collect what he is owed under the term's of the contract. This is not specific to Laudrup, it is just common sense and common practice. If the club acts appropriately under the terms of the contract then there shall be no suit. If the club acts inappropriately it will owe the Laudrup some form of compensation plus costs. This is not personal, it is business. The club has also made statements to the media. These statements need to have some basis in truth and good faith otherwise they may be grounds for a suit to collect damages - this would be a nasty state of affairs for both sides.

There are others on this board that can respond to this better than I can.
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He could at least agree to some 50% payoff with Jenkins. It's never good if something goes through the courts and I doubt Michael Laudrup (I could be wrong) cares much about what Swansea City fans really think.
 
seabreeze_11 said:
Huw knew they were crap , thus the sacking , try to keep up .
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Huw knew the score yeah but he certainly didn't pick the team or take training. <ok>

Just stick to posting negative rumours based on Sports Direct articles the real fans are behind Garry Monk confirmed by the weekend. <ok>
 
Your doubt about how Laudrup feels about what swansea fans feel about him means something between little and nothing
 
The team and the captain know who is responsible for where Swansea are in 3 competition , not so much people with short memories
 
seabreeze_11 said:
The team and the captain know who is responsible for where Swansea are in 3 competition , not so much people with short memories
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People with short memories think the man who among others is responsible for taking SCFC from being a 50K business into a '100 million' 1 is an idiot.

I can bet you would had been the first on here 'crediting' the defeat to Laudrup too. :cheesy:
 
Everything , good or bad , that happens with the team is 90% Laudrup and 10 % Monk , it's not rocket surgery but I guess for some -----
 
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