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Bob Bradley.

limeygent
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  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    RIP
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,733
    image
  • Redvaliant
    Redvaliant Posts: 514
    Pardew cuts his holiday short
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    I know it's nothing new but It's ridiculous the time managers get these days. One bad run and you're gone.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Hmm, a small and popular club after a few years in the PL, makes a strange appointment in the autumn then sacks him around Christmas...
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    killerandflash said:

    Hmm, a small and popular club after a few years in the PL, makes a strange appointment in the autumn then sacks him around Christmas...

    They should give Pardew a call.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Should never have been appointed in the first place.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    I never understood why they sacked Gary Monk, who currently has got Leeds up to 5th.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    Callumcafc said:

    Should never have been appointed in the first place.

    Easy to say with hindsight. People were questioning the appointment of Ranieri last season.
  • Tutt-Tutt
    Tutt-Tutt Posts: 3,272
    New American owners wanted an American manager. As we know, owners know best.
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    It's the owners' club and they can do what they like.

    Swans fans need to get behind the team and stop moaning.

    If all the fans sing and dance it will be OK
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Best thing about his entire time here was the Swansea fan who called into 606 ranting about "Brad Bobley"
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    it's about time they started sacking the chairmen who appoint these dross managers in the first place. If Bob asks the taxi driver nicely they might wait for Zola to join them.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    stackitsteve said:

    Best thing about his entire time here was the Swansea fan who called into 606 ranting about "Brad Bobley"

    Back in the day, my mate could never get 'Bob Willis' right. We had pretty much every permutation:

    Bob Willis
    Will Bobbis
    Bill Wobbis
    Wob Billis
    Bib Wollis
    Wib Bollis
    Wol Bibbis
    Bol Wibbis

    Poor bugger used to get in a right tizz.

  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    lordromford said:

    stackitsteve said:

    Best thing about his entire time here was the Swansea fan who called into 606 ranting about "Brad Bobley"

    Back in the day, my mate could never get 'Bob Willis' right. We had pretty much every permutation:

    Bob Willis
    Will Bobbis
    Bill Wobbis
    Wob Billis
    Bib Wollis
    Wib Bollis
    Wol Bibbis
    Bol Wibbis

    Poor bugger used to get in a right tizz.

    Loads of us on here have the same trouble with cabbles.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,891
    Owners weren't happy about the amount of touchdowns being conceded and the lack of yardage being gained on offense by their main running back.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Macronate said:

    Owners weren't happy about the amount of touchdowns being conceded and the lack of yardage being gained on offense by their main running back.

    Not enough home runs from Gylfi Sigurdsson either.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    Talal said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Should never have been appointed in the first place.

    Easy to say with hindsight. People were questioning the appointment of Ranieri last season.
    Maybe, but at least Ranieri's CV was up to snuff. Brad Bobley was clearly out of his depth, Les Reed-style. The players knew it.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    Should have sacked him 2 weeks ago when it was clear he was out of his depth and Allarduce was still on the market. No one is turning them or Hull around.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Knew they'd regret sacking monk, very good British manager
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  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    JiMMy 85 said:

    Talal said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Should never have been appointed in the first place.

    Easy to say with hindsight. People were questioning the appointment of Ranieri last season.
    Maybe, but at least Ranieri's CV was up to snuff. Brad Bobley was clearly out of his depth, Les Reed-style. The players knew it.
    True.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    kentaddick said:

    Knew they'd regret sacking monk, very good British manager

    His nationality has nothing to do with it! Currently doing well and he shouldn't have been sacked so quickly but this kind of rhetoric is needless. For all you know they'll appoint Gary Rowett next!
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    They spoke to Allardyce weeks ago, that prompted Palace to sack Pardew.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Is Pardew takes over at Swansea, it could be Pardew vs Palace for one of the relegation places...
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    killerandflash said:

    Is Pardew takes over at Swansea, it could be Pardew vs Palace for one of the relegation places...

    Pros: Pardew is an impact manager and he does showbiz, which will impress the American owners.
    Cons: He's Alan Pardew.

    How did Swansea go from being the equivalent of the Charlton of the early 2000s to being the Charlton of 2006?
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    edited December 2016
    Thought he was brilliant in To Kill A Mockingbird.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    If I were them I'd give Rowett the gig.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    Leuth said:

    kentaddick said:

    Knew they'd regret sacking monk, very good British manager

    His nationality has nothing to do with it! Currently doing well and he shouldn't have been sacked so quickly but this kind of rhetoric is needless. For all you know they'll appoint Gary Rowett next!
    Agreed, I can't stand the whole "English managers don't get enough/the big jobs" movement. Lovely to see Allardyce, Bruce, et al have passed the torch to a younger generation (Dyche) though.

    I was very impressed with Monk and his methods when he took over. He has a bright future. That said, because there is so much money on the line in staying in the Prem, I get why clubs feel the need to do anything they can to stay there.

    In general, I don't have much sympathy for managers being given a short amount of time. I hate the notion that "they need to get their own team in." In the modern game, their job is to coach the players. If they can't do that with the players they're given, then they're most likely 1) a bad appointment by those above them (who are never punished) or 2) not good enough.

    I said at the time Bradley is not that great of a manager, and his style in no way matched Swansea's. Swansea have been so good at continuity, despite constantly losing managers and players over the last few years. Bradley was a real break from that. He's a very smart man (Princeton educated), and speak about the game well. But his track record isn't great, and he's been far more successful (at least in the US) at having teams well drilled defensively and then looking to hit teams on the counter. That is not the ethos that has been built at Swansea. Not surprised this has ended quickly.


  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    LargeAddick said:

    If I were them I'd give Rowett the gig.

    Rowett to Norwich would be my bet.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    stackitsteve said:

    LargeAddick said:

    If I were them I'd give Rowett the gig.

    Rowett to Norwich would be my bet.
    Has their manager been sacked then?

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