Michael Laudrup sacked
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Fuck it! Was hoping it wouldn't be until after we played them
Shame - I liked him. They've been a bit shite but also unlucky with injuries right?
Zackly. This suggests that the rumours of a falling-out between him and their chairman have some substance to them.
Got the impression Laudrup didn't really give much of a fuck either way.
Malky Mackay is available.
Arf. Wouldn't THAT be fun? 😀
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How is that LTW?
Painful, but right decision, I recon. Laudrup and his team seem to have lost the drive and he was not going to commit for the long term anyway. I am going to speculate that Laudrup ends up managing Ajax, when Frank de Boer replaces Martino at Barcelona.
Wish them luck finding a good long-term manager. Swansea definitely make the Premier League better by their presence and unique concept.
Wish them luck finding a good long-term manager. Swansea definitely make the Premier League better by their presence and unique concept.
strange, should have waited to see what impact michu would have had
#Breaking News..
Hundreds of Swansea fans storm the Liberty Stadium in anger over Laudrup being sacked
Hundreds of Swansea fans storm the Liberty Stadium in anger over Laudrup being sacked
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ah ..my only regret is that i didn't put a bet on this at the start of the season. There was never any way he was going to stay there beyond two seasons. Like i said before he's won everything clubwise in the game as a player and doesn't seem to worry too much about proving himself as a manager , he just doesn't seem that arsed by it . Plus he's always been a bit prickly when it comes to his footballing beliefs and relationships , i mean he missed euro 92 due to a fallout .
That's strange
[article=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/the-hairdryer/laudrup-sacking-huw-jenkins-first-major-error-210101779.html]One thing in Jenkins' favour is Laudrup's record. After cutting his managerial teeth at Brondby, his Getafe and Mallorca teams played good football. Spartak Moscow less so.
But after leaving Brondby, he has never lasted more than two seasons. Indeed, this spell in Wales is his longest managerial run in one of Europe's bigger leagues: in Russia he was sacked after seven months.
My Spanish colleague Ivan Costello sees Laudrup as "unlucky": "Michael Laudrup needs to return in Spain, with a club like Valencia, Real Betis or Sevilla, and recover his passion with the Spanish way of life. It is only due to bad luck that he was sounded out to coach Real Madrid but was fired from Swansea City months after."
Our Russian office was less glowing of Laudrup (Igor Zelenitsyn: "The Spartak of Laudrup was the most boring team in Russia and his dismissal was 100% correct"), but it does seem that - whatever the reason - he does suffer from 'second season syndrome', like a footballing equivalent to American terror-drama Homeland.[/article]
But after leaving Brondby, he has never lasted more than two seasons. Indeed, this spell in Wales is his longest managerial run in one of Europe's bigger leagues: in Russia he was sacked after seven months.
My Spanish colleague Ivan Costello sees Laudrup as "unlucky": "Michael Laudrup needs to return in Spain, with a club like Valencia, Real Betis or Sevilla, and recover his passion with the Spanish way of life. It is only due to bad luck that he was sounded out to coach Real Madrid but was fired from Swansea City months after."
Our Russian office was less glowing of Laudrup (Igor Zelenitsyn: "The Spartak of Laudrup was the most boring team in Russia and his dismissal was 100% correct"), but it does seem that - whatever the reason - he does suffer from 'second season syndrome', like a footballing equivalent to American terror-drama Homeland.[/article]
Poor TheLadyBoysWhoWillNowSufferForThis you mean
Can't say I'm surprised you said that, but at the same time I'm not sure you're going to change much.
Poor the @KHL - now he gets mistaken for Modo.
1 win in the last ten games. 2 points off relegation and a lot of tough games ahead.
Laudrup is paying the price of Swansea striking it lucky with a bunch if decent players who in the past got them promoted while they still had improvement in them.
They're about where they should be in the league. But the chairman expects better clearly.
Laudrup is paying the price of Swansea striking it lucky with a bunch if decent players who in the past got them promoted while they still had improvement in them.
They're about where they should be in the league. But the chairman expects better clearly.
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That could be a part of the reason of course but I don't think their current run of form is the main factor at all, that really would be silly on many levels.
As with you I really wasn't that surprised to see him fired however, though the timing seems well awkward. It all went from bad to worse during their Summer window where the club wouldn't go for the players Laudrup wanted and a war behind curtains broke out with Bayram Tutumlu (Laudrup's goon) leading the managers course in not so stylish fashion.
This is not the first time this has happened for Laudrup, and though I reckon him to be a very talented manager, he really needs to 1) get a clause in his next contract giving him the full responsibility for transfers or 2) accept that the board and chairman will want to be involved and then let Bayram go.
Another issue that certainly has had it's impact is the fact Huw Jenkins tried to make Monk Laudrup's assistant instead of the personnel he himself had chosen to bring a long (Wieghorst for one) and that is a clear intent from the board that they don't trust the manager. Any professional relationship from there on is bound to fail imo and that is why he had no reason but to fire him as Laudrup obviously had lost the determination and desire. That for me was a major mistake from the Swansea chairman but we will see.
What will happen next I don't now, some says he's done in England others thinks he's bound to go to a top club as he has already proven himself. I am for several reasons still hoping to see him at a big club in England with a big transfer kitty. He'd be the obvious choice for Spurs as they'd love his Ajax/Barca inspired 4-3-3.
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