FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:18 - Oct 3 with 5126 views | Legend83 | What's your view from Stateside, Tummer? | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:19 - Oct 3 with 5117 views | yescomeon | He's one for the football hipsters. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:26 - Oct 3 with 5039 views | LeonisGod | Bilic ahead of Wenger? File under ignore. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:28 - Oct 3 with 5024 views | Tummer_from_Texas |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:18 - Oct 3 by Legend83 | What's your view from Stateside, Tummer? |
Not gonna lie, it's a rough time to be an American Swans fan. If Bradley screws this up, I may have to fake an Australian accent next time I come visit Wales. Oh wait, Petty was Australian...OK I can do a Canadian one, eh. Seriously, I liked Bob with the USMNT much better than what we have now (Klinsmann). As has been mentioned elsewhere, expect reactive football tactics that won't always be pretty, but we need results over pretty. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:49 - Oct 3 with 4918 views | LeonisGod |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:28 - Oct 3 by Tummer_from_Texas | Not gonna lie, it's a rough time to be an American Swans fan. If Bradley screws this up, I may have to fake an Australian accent next time I come visit Wales. Oh wait, Petty was Australian...OK I can do a Canadian one, eh. Seriously, I liked Bob with the USMNT much better than what we have now (Klinsmann). As has been mentioned elsewhere, expect reactive football tactics that won't always be pretty, but we need results over pretty. |
We've been reactive for far too long, and that's been part of the problem. We're at our best when we focus on our strengths and play our own game. Or we always used to be, but I may have to accept that those days are long gone. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:54 - Oct 3 with 4874 views | TheKirkyLife |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:49 - Oct 3 by LeonisGod | We've been reactive for far too long, and that's been part of the problem. We're at our best when we focus on our strengths and play our own game. Or we always used to be, but I may have to accept that those days are long gone. |
Agreed. That said I've also heard that he likes a high-press and giving it everything in a game. If he actually selects good starting lineups and only reacts if something is going wrong then I'm onboard. Still disgusted by the treatment of The Guidfather though. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:06 - Oct 3 with 4800 views | longlostjack | He seems to have done very well at Le Havre. Perhaps he didn't get the backing of the Board there. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:41 - Oct 3 with 4673 views | Swansea93 | Aint Le Havre 11th in the French L2? | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:42 - Oct 3 with 4665 views | jack247 |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:49 - Oct 3 by LeonisGod | We've been reactive for far too long, and that's been part of the problem. We're at our best when we focus on our strengths and play our own game. Or we always used to be, but I may have to accept that those days are long gone. |
Spot on. Most of the bottom half teams play reactive football. If we go down that route, it eventually becomes a battle of budgets and how wisely those budgets are spent. I don't have much confidence in us in either department at the moment | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:42 - Oct 3 with 4657 views | yescomeon |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:41 - Oct 3 by Swansea93 | Aint Le Havre 11th in the French L2? |
I'm guessing the list would have been based on last season when he was very much a man on the rise. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:45 - Oct 3 with 4620 views | jack247 | And no offence meant at all Tummer, but if he was the 23rd best manager in the world, he would have done a little bit better than the USA, Egypt, Le fcking Harve!!! and the club sides he managed in the States. I'd expect an Inter Milan or a Valencia on his CV. A Porto at least. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:48 - Oct 3 with 4595 views | KrisP |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:41 - Oct 3 by Swansea93 | Aint Le Havre 11th in the French L2? |
It depends on how good the squad is I suppose. If they were relegation candidates it's not bad. If they were promotion favourites then I guess not! I have no idea. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:50 - Oct 3 with 4571 views | phact0rri |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:28 - Oct 3 by Tummer_from_Texas | Not gonna lie, it's a rough time to be an American Swans fan. If Bradley screws this up, I may have to fake an Australian accent next time I come visit Wales. Oh wait, Petty was Australian...OK I can do a Canadian one, eh. Seriously, I liked Bob with the USMNT much better than what we have now (Klinsmann). As has been mentioned elsewhere, expect reactive football tactics that won't always be pretty, but we need results over pretty. |
I prefer Klinsmann to BB myself. I felt that BB made the national team a bit to pensive, and always shaped liked we were battoning down the hatches. Klinsmann plays a bit more positive. BB could have changed himself up since those days, and maybe he can buy into a more ticky-tacky style of play but for some reason I get the feeling were going back to the way Monk had us set up. From here, I've heard not a blip about Bradley outside of Swansea supporters. Granted I've came straight to work, and its only 9am here. But I'd be suprised if there's much on the news cycles about So-ka here, compatriot or not. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:55 - Oct 3 with 4545 views | Tummer_from_Texas |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:45 - Oct 3 by jack247 | And no offence meant at all Tummer, but if he was the 23rd best manager in the world, he would have done a little bit better than the USA, Egypt, Le fcking Harve!!! and the club sides he managed in the States. I'd expect an Inter Milan or a Valencia on his CV. A Porto at least. |
None taken, I'm just the messenger. His fervent supporters would tell you that it has been a long, frustrating journey for him to finally get the manager job he has long deserved. We shall see. I know he was rumored to be in line at Villa on multiple occasions, including last season, but I don't know how close he was to top of their list. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:55 - Oct 3 with 4538 views | yescomeon |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:48 - Oct 3 by KrisP | It depends on how good the squad is I suppose. If they were relegation candidates it's not bad. If they were promotion favourites then I guess not! I have no idea. |
He finished 4th with them last season, missing out on promotion by 2 goals on goals for (same points and goal difference). The seasons before they finished 7th, 12th, 6th and 15th working backwards. It's hardly pulling up trees looking at it on the surface. Don't know what goes on behind the scenes. He took a newly promoted side to the Europa league in Norway though, lower level though. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:58 - Oct 3 with 4521 views | londonlisa2001 |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:55 - Oct 3 by yescomeon | He finished 4th with them last season, missing out on promotion by 2 goals on goals for (same points and goal difference). The seasons before they finished 7th, 12th, 6th and 15th working backwards. It's hardly pulling up trees looking at it on the surface. Don't know what goes on behind the scenes. He took a newly promoted side to the Europa league in Norway though, lower level though. |
Yes - to be fair, he only did marginally worse in Norway than OGS, and he was a triumph in the premier league - oh, wait... | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:06 - Oct 3 with 4466 views | nyc_swans |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 16:18 - Oct 3 by Legend83 | What's your view from Stateside, Tummer? |
he wasn't nicknamed "Bunker Bob" for his ability to get his teams to play attacking, flowing futbol. he may be a good motivator, but i find the whole situation farcical and i pity the fans who have been on board much longer than i. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:07 - Oct 3 with 4447 views | raynor94 |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:58 - Oct 3 by londonlisa2001 | Yes - to be fair, he only did marginally worse in Norway than OGS, and he was a triumph in the premier league - oh, wait... |
Well it seems you have totally written him off, before he has even set foot inside the club, surely he deserves a little more respect than he's getting on here today, time will tell whether it's the right decision, but I wasn't convinced Guidolin would keep us up | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:08 - Oct 3 with 4435 views | yescomeon |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 17:58 - Oct 3 by londonlisa2001 | Yes - to be fair, he only did marginally worse in Norway than OGS, and he was a triumph in the premier league - oh, wait... |
It's hardly dream appointment territory is it but I'm going to wait and see what he does with the opportunity before getting all pissed off about it. Because it's a hell of an opportunity for him. If he's as good as he thinks he is, now is the time for him to prove it. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:09 - Oct 3 with 4427 views | l121 | 23rd best manager in the world. lol. Hes managed 1 win in his last 6 games in the French 2nd Division. And I dont think he faced the likes of current premier league champions Leicester, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool in those games like Guidolin did... [Post edited 3 Oct 2016 18:11]
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:12 - Oct 3 with 4397 views | jack247 |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:07 - Oct 3 by raynor94 | Well it seems you have totally written him off, before he has even set foot inside the club, surely he deserves a little more respect than he's getting on here today, time will tell whether it's the right decision, but I wasn't convinced Guidolin would keep us up |
I pretty much have to be honest. Hopefully he will prove me wrong. It's not because he is American, it's because he has a proven track record in mediocrity. Most PL level managers would rip the Norwegian league and the French second division to shreds. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:30 - Oct 3 with 4345 views | DafyddHuw | Wasn't it FourFourTwo who had it that Leon had completed more passes than the entire Barcelona team? Or something. | | | |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 22:19 - Oct 3 with 4010 views | longlostjack |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:06 - Oct 3 by nyc_swans | he wasn't nicknamed "Bunker Bob" for his ability to get his teams to play attacking, flowing futbol. he may be a good motivator, but i find the whole situation farcical and i pity the fans who have been on board much longer than i. |
Good post. Together stronger and that includes US fans like you who get it. | |
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FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 22:23 - Oct 3 with 3985 views | Brynmill_Jack |
FourFourTwo.com rates Bob Bradley on 18:07 - Oct 3 by raynor94 | Well it seems you have totally written him off, before he has even set foot inside the club, surely he deserves a little more respect than he's getting on here today, time will tell whether it's the right decision, but I wasn't convinced Guidolin would keep us up |
We can always rely on you for some positive thinking can't we | |
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