Teh good doctor is 3 wins shy of becoming the all-time winningest coach in MLS history. Oz is hot on his tail. Should we do something for him? A plaque or bronze balls or something?
He may be on the hot seat but the club just hired him a few weeks ago and he deserves to have one transfer window to pick up some reinforcements. I think he can get those Taffeys out of the red zone.
It's a tough situation he put himself in. I think I understand the temptation of the job...how often does any manager get such an opportunity? It would be very hard to say "No". But the jump from Ligue 2 to a Premier league club that has weakened itself beyond repair, is mired in defeatism and yet is desperate to avoid relegation at all costs and demands that victory start NOW was, to put it midly, like picking up a fool's hand in a rigged casino in the Vegas of old. What good could possibly come from it? I wish Bob would have aimed at a Championship League side, one in "building for the future" mode and able to give him time to fashion a team with its own identity.... I think Bradley would have been far better off as manager of the England team than he ever could be in this mess of a Swansea...
Multiple reports of a 10:00am (local) crisis board meeting. It may be the end for Bob at Swansea, though anger is equally, if not more virulent for board menbers, ownership, and the general lack of talent. Heard from the terrace: https://thejack.army/threads/what-is-it-going-to-take.12958/ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/26/bob-bradley-swansea-fans-sacking-west-ham
Also from my understanding there appears to be a perceived selling out of the club interests by board members to Americans including new American money men and Landycakes and Bob seems to be held with some disdain for being a perceived part of that American takeover.
Well Swansea certainly sucks. I think the incredible turnover in managers in the EPL sucks. Arsole Wenger is the only manager who has been at his club for more than two seasons.
Tell me about one EPL (or C-ship) club where American ownership has been a good thing. Arse, ManU, Villa, Palace, Pool, S'land, Swansea, Fulham . . . one, or two have barely held their own, most have slipped, some slipped a lot. The Brits have this one right. If I supported an EPL club that was tipped to be bought by Americans I'd #HauptmanOut about it more than I do about the Fire. As for Bob, he made as big a mistake taking the job as the Swans board did hiring him. The board flat out lied to the Swans Supporter's Trust. If Andrew Hauptman thought the DC USOC fans were tough, Swans Chairman Huw Jenkins, who grew up supporting the club and led their rise to the EPL, was escorted out of the stadium by "heavy security". The knives are out in Swansea and Bob is better than even money to get the sack, even though the issues are bigger than him.
Very well said. I would go one step further and say that Bob Bradley is absolutely not the type of coach to come in during the season and take over. This was a completely untenable position for him in his first EPL coaching stint. I think the midseason hiring/firing is almost always a bad idea and expecting Bob Bradley to step in under these circumstances was a terrible decision for him and for Swansea. As much as I despise Sam Allardyce and think the firing of Alan Pardew was premature, Allardyce is expert at coming into these situations and stopping the sinking. He commands the immediate respect of the players. He has "saved" many a team from relegation. He has few other skills, but that is one of them. Bob Bradley is not that kind of coach. I hope that he can right the ship in Swansea and not get fired too quickly, but the situation is awful.
Swansea has actually had a small uptick in performance under Bob. Not enough to stave off relegation, but they're PPG is up 27% in games he's coached. I'm leaving out that tourney win Guido got against a 3rd tier club.
Swansea City AFC @SwansOfficial Swansea City can confirm that the club has parted company with manager Bob Bradley. Full story to follow. Fire Pauno and I might consider buying tickets
Rumor is he was just sacked. Looking for links. Edit: beat me to it. http://mobile.swanseacity.net/news/article/2016-17/swansea-city-bob-bradley-swans-3488041.aspx
He will find a new gig. I think he was perhaps a little too eager to take an EPL job in a situation where it was maybe an ill fit. Sounds like the Welsh hated the American angle too the racists!