"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 11:43 - Feb 11 with 6412 views | Swanzay | Typical american view, they remembered the struggle to get there, hence why they made the change. | ![](/images/avatars/8787.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 11:43 - Feb 11 with 6412 views | Darran | No comment. | ![](/images/avatars/8644.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 11:52 - Feb 11 with 6320 views | felixstowe_jack | It is called FOOTBALL no Soccer. Just shows what Americans' know about it. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 11:59 - Feb 11 with 6270 views | perchrockjack | Seems we re bigging ourselves up already. GREAT STUFF | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:01 - Feb 11 with 6256 views | ItchySphincter | 'Respect' doesn't keep you in the Premier League. | ![](/images/avatars/9328.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:05 - Feb 11 with 6214 views | QuakerJack | Americans really shouldn't write about things they know jack about. | ![](/images/avatars/10721.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:06 - Feb 11 with 6212 views | Field_Of_Dreams_II | It's a blog some twerp has wrote in the states. I'm more amazed you managed to find it on google, it must have been on pg 20 + | ![](/images/avatars/10695.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:08 - Feb 11 with 6190 views | Spratty |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:01 - Feb 11 by ItchySphincter | 'Respect' doesn't keep you in the Premier League. |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:23 - Feb 11 with 6097 views | Darran |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:08 - Feb 11 by Spratty | Nor does it relegate you |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:30 - Feb 11 with 6045 views | perchrockjack | I couldn't bring myself to read it. Are some pining after Mikey or summat. Seems some seem heartbroken about him going. As daz says feckim. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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(No subject) on 14:38 - Feb 11 with 5649 views | Spratty |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 12:23 - Feb 11 by Darran | God you're hurting aren't you ? |
Just a matter of respect and fairness and the warm glow of being admired for having a real classy manager who did not bullshit. Think the way we have handled this has damaged the club PR wise Not sure if Laudrup, Laudrup ever did give us a wave but that was fine with me, makes the real relationship about the players. I saw this as modesty not coldness. Could have left us last year for the big time and big bucks but kept his word to stay. Think he is motivated differently from other managers as he has had the big club success and really wanted to do something special with us which is what he did. A case of the irresistible force and immovable object methinks Would have liked us to carry on to the end of the season saving £4.5 mill plus possibly getting £7 mill net for him. Confident given the quality of the team, returning injuries plus Bony really come up to speed that we would have stayed up and parted on good terms. | ![](/images/avatars/8707.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:00 - Feb 11 with 5585 views | clement | ML was a legend but we had to get rid | ![](/images/avatars/9784.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:11 - Feb 11 with 5561 views | marchamjack |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:00 - Feb 11 by clement | ML was a legend but we had to get rid |
He certainly won't be remembered in time as one of the Swans legends, but a very good and successful manager for us (for a time), yes. Legend...never | ![](/images/avatars/9149.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:15 - Feb 11 with 5538 views | perchrockjack | Legend is a much overused word | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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(No subject) on 15:24 - Feb 11 with 5521 views | 2face | Why should a club show special respect or loyalty for a manager? Managers regularly sack players. So they should be able to handle it when they are on the receiving end themselves. A club should not feel obligated to justify or explain why they sack a manager imo. As long as they replace him with someone that can do the job adequately. Firing ML and replacing him with Monk seemed risky at the time. But early signs indicate that Monk can do the job. I can't really see why anybody would complain right now. [Post edited 11 Feb 2014 15:39]
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(No subject) on 15:29 - Feb 11 with 5490 views | oh_tommy_tommy |
(No subject) on 14:38 - Feb 11 by Spratty | Just a matter of respect and fairness and the warm glow of being admired for having a real classy manager who did not bullshit. Think the way we have handled this has damaged the club PR wise Not sure if Laudrup, Laudrup ever did give us a wave but that was fine with me, makes the real relationship about the players. I saw this as modesty not coldness. Could have left us last year for the big time and big bucks but kept his word to stay. Think he is motivated differently from other managers as he has had the big club success and really wanted to do something special with us which is what he did. A case of the irresistible force and immovable object methinks Would have liked us to carry on to the end of the season saving £4.5 mill plus possibly getting £7 mill net for him. Confident given the quality of the team, returning injuries plus Bony really come up to speed that we would have stayed up and parted on good terms. |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:42 - Feb 11 with 5455 views | Glyn1 |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:00 - Feb 11 by clement | ML was a legend but we had to get rid |
He was a successful manager for us, kept his word to us and should have stayed until the end of the season. I haven't found ANY article saying that we would have been relegated with him in charge. Perhaps we should have used his £4 million pay-off to give everyone a free season ticket instead, because at least the money in the local economy. | ![](/images/avatars/10558.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:47 - Feb 11 with 5429 views | perchrockjack | But we wouldn't have found out until MAY so there are no articles because it would be pure conjecture. Fact is we were heading down and therein was the problem. I had a warm feeling too pissing myself at the thought of losing our prem status and seeing our players utterly unmotivated as at West HAM. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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(No subject) on 15:52 - Feb 11 with 5409 views | Thursday |
Newsnow doesn't discriminate. I've seen all kinds of opinion pieces and blog crap there. Giase's a sports writer, not a blogger. When you read stuff like "Swansea turned to Michael Laudrup, who been coaching small clubs," it's easy to confuse. [Post edited 11 Feb 2014 15:56]
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:52 - Feb 11 with 5409 views | Joe_bradshaw |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:47 - Feb 11 by perchrockjack | But we wouldn't have found out until MAY so there are no articles because it would be pure conjecture. Fact is we were heading down and therein was the problem. I had a warm feeling too pissing myself at the thought of losing our prem status and seeing our players utterly unmotivated as at West HAM. |
You're right to say that we wouldn't have found out until May and you're right that it's pure conjecture. So how on Earth can you say in your next line that it's a fact that we were heading down? We might have gone down if we'd kept him on and we might not. Huw thought it was too much of a risk to keep him and that it was worth spending a lot of our money to get rid. That's good enough for me. He's earned our trust over the last decade. | ![](/images/avatars/9110.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:54 - Feb 11 with 5395 views | Darran |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:52 - Feb 11 by Joe_bradshaw | You're right to say that we wouldn't have found out until May and you're right that it's pure conjecture. So how on Earth can you say in your next line that it's a fact that we were heading down? We might have gone down if we'd kept him on and we might not. Huw thought it was too much of a risk to keep him and that it was worth spending a lot of our money to get rid. That's good enough for me. He's earned our trust over the last decade. |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:57 - Feb 11 with 5375 views | perchrockjack | easy as our performances were sending us downwards in results and points gained which is one reason we re amongst many who are of the same league in points so to speak. This trend was taking us downwards and is the reson the Board took action to safeguard our PL status,which they felt was in danger. Alternatively, there is nobody who could say with real conviction that we wouldn't go down. Either way, we really shouldn't be spending this much time squabbling over the entrails of LAUDRUP S stay with us. Our staying up this year will be a far greater achievement than winning the cap cup last year .My opinion anyway | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 17:35 - Feb 11 with 5193 views | clement |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 15:11 - Feb 11 by marchamjack | He certainly won't be remembered in time as one of the Swans legends, but a very good and successful manager for us (for a time), yes. Legend...never |
if ML isn't a legend in football who is? one of the world's most talented/loved/respected/awarded players. from a PR point of view it was like sacking bambi, or santa claus. | ![](/images/avatars/9784.gif) |
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"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 17:38 - Feb 11 with 5180 views | Darran |
"Swansea shows no respect to Michael Laudrup" on 17:35 - Feb 11 by clement | if ML isn't a legend in football who is? one of the world's most talented/loved/respected/awarded players. from a PR point of view it was like sacking bambi, or santa claus. |
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