re: Swansea City 2016/17 Season Long Thread: 15th? Safe All Along

There are a lot of reasons Swansea's chairman wanted bob. Him being American is lower on that list than you might think. If you look at the amazing work he did in a short period of time with teams in France, Sweden, and Egypt, under poor circumstances and with hodge podge rosters, then I think you would realize this. Swansea is in a similar circumstance right now.

Bob is good with getting results with what he is given. If people in Wales are asking for his head after three games, it's short sighted and a sad reflection of the current "results immediately" climate in European soccer, and I would guess a bit of anti-American sentiment as well. Swansea played well and almost stole a point from Arsenal at the emirates. Then they tied a very solid Watford team. So y'all lost away against a stoke team that has two of your best former players? Well shite, I guess selling your best players to other teams in your league has downsides.

Swansea is god awful and that has little to do with Bob. Give the man some time to adjust to a new league and a shite team, and maybe even a transfer window or two, before losing patience. The man won a World Cup group with Ricardo fricking Clark starting in midfield and Jonathan Bornstein at left back, despite having two legit goals stolen from us in the process. Bob will eventually come good, just as he has in every other job he has taken during his career. Expecting a shite team to suddenly become better overnight, with no change in the players on the pitch, is asking a bit much, even from someone with a track record as good as Bob Bradley's.