Bob sacked.

Rodgers is enjoying beating third class teams in Scotland, basking in all that glory. I can't see him going anywhere.
I don't like Giggs - period.
Martinez would be a possibility. He's in Belgium, isn't he ?
Bradley moved to Swansea to pit his skills against some of the top Managers. It's what many people do in different fields of employment. Sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn't.

 

I don't like to see anyone lose their job but,fuk........yesssssssss

 

He had a 3 year contract. He'll have been well compensated.

 

And that is why the w@nker did not resign.

 

Maybe the yanks will get on the blower to Kevin Cullis

 

Tbh I wouldn't have either because he'll never get a job in a top flight league again.

 

He's waiting for Warnock to be sacked....

 

Another millionaire seen leaving Swansea!

 

Thats all Folks! as Elmer Fudd leaves the building.

 

Although he needed to go, it's appalling to call him a w@nker. He obviously wanted to succeed with us and I'm sure he did his best, it's just that he was dealt a losing hand and coupled with his lack of experience of top flight football has ultimately been a failure. I still blame Huw's antics over the last few seasons for the situation.
I wish Bob all the best.

At this point I don't know who I want to be manager.

 

Excellent post Stereo.

Sadly, our mods only seem to hand out banning orders to those posters that they don't like ,or who are not part of the clique which still exists hereabouts.
There are several regular posters who should be given time out for their "appalling " behaviour, and not just towards Bob.

 

You would have, and I believe that quite a few of the more astute posters on most Swans forums would have.

 

I'm not sorry to see Bradley go because he should never have been appointed in the first place. He was appointed because he was American, by the American owners, to promote soccer in the USA in order to sell merchandise and increase their profit margins.

It didn't work because it was never going to work.

Most Swans fans and pundits could see this from the start, or at the very least after the first few matches, but the owners perservered until the decision was made for them by 18000 Jacks at The Liberty Stadium.

Bradleys reign will be remembered as a period when he actually made the team worse. He turned our defence into a laughing stock and presided over some of the worst Swans performances since we arrived in the Premier League, the 3-1 home drubbing by Man U and the 5-0 thrashing by Spurs being the most notable.

We will now have a new manager having wasted a third of a season on an "American Experiment". Let's hope he will give us a fighting chance of survival instead of being relegation cannon fodder.

 

Ok,I'll retract that.

Bobs NOT a w@nker.

 

May 2016

"Though he's an understated personality, Bob Bradley is not known for lacking confidence, and his most recent remarks in the US media offer a reminder of that.

Bradley was a guest on SiriusXM this week, and he underlined his belief in his abilities as a head coach. The former US national team boss and current Le Havre manager stated that not only has he helped players on his teams improve both on and off the field, but that he deserves to be considered alongside some of the best coaches in the sport.

Mauricio Pochettino, Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti: Bradley sees himself on par with all of them.

"When I have a chance to observe different managers, the ones that do good work, I mention Pochettino, Klopp, [Thomas] Tuchel that took over for Klopp at Dortmund, he’s a fantastic young manager," Bradley told SiriusXM. "We haven’t even talked about the Guardiolas and the Ancelottis. But I’ll tell you what, maybe I’m stupid, but I think I’m a manager in and around that level.

"I’m not saying I’m better than these guys -- I haven’t had those types of opportunities -- but I think people that have played for me have always felt that the experience in the team was different, that training was challenging, that there were a lot of things done to help them become better players and better people."

Bradley, 58, just missed out on helping Le Havre earn promotion to France's top division in his first year at the helm of the club. Le Havre ended up even on points with third-placed finishers Metz and had the exact same goal differential at plus-15, but came in fourth due to the next tiebreaker, which was goals scored. Metz netted 54 goals, while Le Havre found the back of the net 52 times.

Bradley, who has long wanted to coach in a top league in Europe, will be back in Ligue 2 next season. He is ready for the challenge, however, after having tasted success during the just-concluded campaign.

“I believe in my work, but I don’t go around every day complaining," said Bradley. "I roll up my sleeves and try to show people what I’m all about and see what happens.”

Hmmm - perhaps not.....

 

Never know what the reason was, as he's not a bad manager. But when your best players are sold and you've no chance to strengthen, you're already against it. And the attitude of the players left, well, maybe they thought 'what does an American know about football.' and didn't listen. Still, sacking a manager when the crowd have turned is really the only option. Who do you think you'll get in? not many premier managers of 'quality' left unattached at the moment, now that Allardyce has gone to Palace, the only one that pops out is Nigel Pearson.

 

I actually feel a little sorry for him, It is the idiots who employed himthat annoy me, you can not blame any manager for taking the job, to let him carry on when so far out of his depth was embarrassing to him and to the club and for that I blame the board. Bradley did his best but it was simply not good enough and better managers than him have failed. But for all that I am glad he is gone.

As for our next manager please. please, please don't employ Coleman or Giggs, neither for me are anywhere near what we need at the moment and would surely take us down. Of the managers mentioned Marcelino would be my preferred choice, but the one I would go for one who we have been linked with in the past is Carvahlo at Sheffield Wednesday, doing a fantastic job and whilst no PL experience plenty of the British game.

 

It is going to be a huge challenge for whoever takes over, even more so if we fail to beat Bournemouth.

Frank de Boer would be a good shout if we were at the start of the season, but half way through, mired in a relegation battle and with no PL experience ..... Not sure

Giggs or Gerrard - both would be a gamble, but if they could attract quality players and have a good experienced right hand man, who knows?

Harry Redknapp - no thanks

Alan Pardew - don't like the guy, but he always seems to have a decent first 12 months. Possibly

Woy - can't see him in our dug-out

John Terry - Player Manager. Well we need a "leader of men". Don't like the guy, but.

 

This article sums up the situation for me;

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...cked-swansea-city-not-his-fault-a7498031.html

11 games, no preseason and no window made it damn near impossible for Bob to succeed. He was criticized for swapping and changing the team between games and then criticized for not making changes during games. Without trying the different combinations how could he possibly know what changes could work during the game. Guido had the luxury of a preseason to play around with formations and we were still crap under him......what chance did Bob have? He was dealt a crap deck to start with.

His lack of premier league experience was a factor but how much I don't know. For those on here pushing for Giggs, de Boer or other manager without premier league experience, maybe think again. Is it really what we want as it was one of the main criticisms of Bob on here.

As for him being Amercian somehow making him unqualified is just plain stupid to me. Football is growing in popularity over there where it is being coached it is being done very well, from U8 and upwards. Having a US connection may serve us well in the long run especially if there are connections to feeder clubs.

Whoever comes in next will have the benefit of the window to refresh things.....both with players coming in and going out. There are definitely some bad eggs in the squad and they can be shipped back to where they came from.....too many overpaid, lazy wan$&@s that have not experienced lower leagues and the tough times.

Whatever happens, I just hope the next manager is given the support and time to succeed, even if it means going down for a season or two. We need some stability now and have to find our way back to the Swansea way, which has been eroded since Monk took over. It will take time to get it back!

 

You make some good points. However shipping out players you don't want is difficult. Without Tan covering our losses I reckon we'd have gone into admin or worse.

You will be left with players on big fat contracts who you don't want and no one else will want to pay their wages
We had plenty of them

This window is really where we Fecked it up.Appointed a useless manager who spent for fun lumbering us with garbage we couldn't get rid of.

A similar bad appointment and poor signings and you'll be relying on the Yanks keeping you afloat

Any sense and the new appointment should be someone who has a chance of keeping you up but also if he doesn't bring in players with the Championship in mind.

Managers like De Boer will want millions to spend and the players will want big fat contracts to go to a club in your position. T

Your playing Russian roulette with your club for that sort of gamble and it's really not worth it to watch a bunch of overpaid prima Donna's.