Is there more trouble in camp
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Apart from Gomis, who Jenkins probably pushed the boat out for to get an early positive for Monk in pre-season. Since then most of talk is about players leaving or Swans missing out on signings.
Losing Michu, Bony & Pablo would be a huge loss. Pablo is one of the few players we have who can accurately cross the ball or find the final pass to man in space.
Yes, it does seem to have swung the other way. But hopefully there's deals being worked on that we haven't heard about yet. We always have a few surprises that the press never mentions. The press only mentions the obvious stuff. The real stuff is often hidden from them.
Valley,as you know,I have a great deal of time for you,and usually have little by way of dispute with your posts.
But,do me a favour,and yourself,and send back those blinkers that the nutter from Penclawdd has given you.
Firstly,what does it matter to you,or anybody else, who Laudrup is now managing?
I understand he has signed a one year contract,so perhaps he is simply taking a year out of the limelight,on good pay,in a hot climate,and where people will respect him and not regard him as being,
a)"arrogant"(your description);
b)"a loser",(that astounding gem was posted by DragonPhil recently), and,
c) being constantly insulted and libelled by the likes of the nutter from Penclawdd.
He could have joined Morriston Town,if that was his choice.
Did you personally hear Laudrup disparage Swansea City F.C. by saying that he now only wants to manage a big Club? I know the answer to that.
More likely you read it as a quote taken completely out of context,as most journalists do.
Or perhaps the nutter from Penclawdd posted it here.
There is nothing arrogant about Laudrup. He is as honest as the day is long,and no,I haven't met him,but I have heard many people who know him,say as much.
His after match interviews were always a joy,and gave a clear indication that he is a very humble person.
"What would I call that?" Well,I would call that his right to choose where he wishes to ply his trade. Nothing more,nothing less.
That post was in response to you saying he can shows his talent. My post clarifies you don't need talent to win the league out there. Dare I say it, he's taken an easy option rather than try to rebuild his managerial career at a decent club in a proper league, whether it be in the PL or in Europe.
And yes I do find it arrogant that he says he will only manage a big club as he hasn't done anything as a manager worthy of such a job, and then turns around and takes a job with an unknown club in a Mickey Mouse league.
Well you must be losing the arguement then, because you said yourself when people are losing an argument they mention Laudrup and that is exactly what you did. Please dont call me. You dont know me or my inteligence. Your name says it all about you.
My my there are still a lot of Laudrop girls waving their knickers in the air! What a sad bunch of tarts....................
Spot on, well said Valley, I bet it would be easier for you to educate Rita.................
Real Mallorca sack Laudrup’s assistant for ‘gross misconduct’ Jaume Cladera, club President, explained at a Press conference: “No institution, no club in the world, can allow an employee to speak in these terms about a manager. We have only acted in defence of the club, the institution.” Real Mallorca’s board of directors has decided unanimously, after a meeting lasting more than five hours on Monday night, to dismiss Erik Larsen, one of Michael Laudrup’s assistant coaches, for what the club terms ‘gross misconduct’. September 2011
Blame it all on viasat!
It had started so well. QPR thumped 5-0 at Loftus Road. The following week West Ham hammered 3-0 at home. Swansea City were playing attractive, free-flowing possession football, scoring goals galore and the team were brimming with confidence.
And then Viasat came along.
It all started in late August when Danish broadcaster Viasat triumphantly (and a little bit jingoistically) announced that it would be showing all the Swansea matches, much to the consternation of many of its international patrons. Since then, the Welsh side have been unable to pick up a win in the league, following a 2-2 draw with Sunderland by losing three on the trot without scoring to Aston Villa, Everton and Stoke, before salvaging a 2-2 draw at home to minnows Reading. Seven games in, and Swansea still haven’t played any of the big clubs. It could get ugly.
The curse of Viasat was further compounded a couple of weeks ago when Laudrup seemed to openly endorse the payment of other teams as an incentive to win, something that is clearly against league rules in England. Laudrup’s favourable view of the Spanish ‘suitcase’ culture, in which teams offer other teams money if they win, ruffled more than a few feathers in the more rigid and puritanical English football echelons.
Laudrop knows that failure at Swansea has signaled the end of his once so promising managerial career. Because after starting as the assistant coach for Denmark in 2000, and then leading Brøndby to a league double in 2005, his managerial move to the big leagues has left a rather unremarkable impression. Failing at Swansea the way he did in Russia has potentially signaled Laudrup’s swan-song in international football, and is it any wonder he has ended up in the back waters of the game at Lekhwiya!
Anyway Laundrup is a modern day sporting Othello, virtuous but flawed…..............
It had started so well. QPR thumped 5-0 at Loftus Road. The following week West Ham hammered 3-0 at home. Swansea City were playing attractive, free-flowing possession football, scoring goals galore and the team were brimming with confidence.
And then Viasat came along.
It all started in late August when Danish broadcaster Viasat triumphantly (and a little bit jingoistically) announced that it would be showing all the Swansea matches, much to the consternation of many of its international patrons. Since then, the Welsh side have been unable to pick up a win in the league, following a 2-2 draw with Sunderland by losing three on the trot without scoring to Aston Villa, Everton and Stoke, before salvaging a 2-2 draw at home to minnows Reading. Seven games in, and Swansea still haven’t played any of the big clubs. It could get ugly.
The curse of Viasat was further compounded a couple of weeks ago when Laudrup seemed to openly endorse the payment of other teams as an incentive to win, something that is clearly against league rules in England. Laudrup’s favourable view of the Spanish ‘suitcase’ culture, in which teams offer other teams money if they win, ruffled more than a few feathers in the more rigid and puritanical English football echelons.
Laudrop knows that failure at Swansea has signaled the end of his once so promising managerial career. Because after starting as the assistant coach for Denmark in 2000, and then leading Brøndby to a league double in 2005, his managerial move to the big leagues has left a rather unremarkable impression. Failing at Swansea the way he did in Russia has potentially signaled Laudrup’s swan-song in international football, and is it any wonder he has ended up in the back waters of the game at Lekhwiya!
Anyway Laundrup is a modern day sporting Othello, virtuous but flawed…..............
Wasn’t one of Cryuff’s criticisms of him as a player that he rarely gave his all, always seeming to be holding something back rather than pushing himself to the absolute limit? Maybe Huw Jenkins saw this personality flaw in him not to give of his best?
Why Laudrup keeps getting linked to big jobs only God knows, but one thing is certain, its got nothing to do with his achievements as a coach/manager because without a glorious career as a player and the romantic picture people might get in their head about how he would get the team performing most people would not even know who he was, but of course we do know here at Swansea, having bitten the Laudrup romatic picture, the reality though is far different, thank goodness he has gone.
Sorry to upset the romantics on here, who clearly have not gotten over their love affair with Laudrup.............
Why Laudrup keeps getting linked to big jobs only God knows, but one thing is certain, its got nothing to do with his achievements as a coach/manager because without a glorious career as a player and the romantic picture people might get in their head about how he would get the team performing most people would not even know who he was, but of course we do know here at Swansea, having bitten the Laudrup romatic picture, the reality though is far different, thank goodness he has gone.
Sorry to upset the romantics on here, who clearly have not gotten over their love affair with Laudrup.............
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Have some Laudrup Corn flakes all you jilted lovers!..................
Have some Laudrup Corn flakes all you jilted lovers!..................
“One of the most difficult players I have worked with. When he gives 80–90% he is still by far the best, but I want 100%, and he rarely does that.” - Cruff
"One of the most difficult managers I have ever worked with, never gives 100% and doesn't like rain" - Huw Jenkins
"One of the most difficult managers I have ever worked with, never gives 100% and doesn't like rain" - Huw Jenkins
