He's your problem now.

[MattyFromLE]

True man. Lets keep fingers crossed Soasa gets some cash to throw around. I think if we kept 90% of the squad from last year - minus the waghorns etc, adding 2/3 quality players that can make something out of nothing would make us solid contenders i think

[Ozwin]

Surely players/coaching staff will let him know how good he was last season? Plus he would have seen him last season in the playoffs and how much it meant to him.

I'm clinging onto the last remaining thread of hope aren't I?

[MattyFromLE]

I don't know man, i'd like to see him return. He aint getting in at Sunderland, and he said last season that he wanted 1st team football which he'd get here. Was he playing for Pearson, or Leicester though? Pearson gave him his break - i'd hate to see him end up and Dull

[Asherz]

Yeah cheers mate, not bitter or owt? Personally I think you guys got fooking well lucky having two good managers in succession. Let's just hope we can do the same.

ben fooking cassidy ! its ash danielz

fancy seeing you ere!

Sousas the man for us

[Guest Mee-9]

Another good thing, We could see Dany N'Guessan being played abit more often, As he scored the winner against Swansea on the first game of last season, and in the FA cup 3rd round

Hope Mr Sousa's as big a fan of him as I am!

[Asherz]

Another good thing, We could see Dany N'Guessan being played abit more often, As he scored the winner against Swansea on the first game of last season, and in the FA cup 3rd round

Hope Mr Sousa's as big a fan of him as I am!

+1 just said that on my facebook really rated him since we got him... always seemed to be a decent super sub and bag a goal... fair quick reminds me a steve guppy

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Tbf I think all the Swansea fans that have come on this forum recently have been pretty fair and decent.

[thybluefox]

We very much doubt he'll want to get Waghorn - he'll want to build his own squad, not bring in Pearsons old favourites.

I have started to wonder if DJ could get a bit of a look in though - I know we all hate him but a new manager COULD get him playing like he showed he could at Blackpool,

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Pintado

I'll always be a Pintado fan...

[J.Lisemore]

As you will by now be aware, Paulo Sousa has left Swansea City. I wish you luck with your new manager, because it is a miracle that he was with us for so long. The man is arogant, big headed and has no contacts in the British or European game (although he will name drop like mad).

He never speaks to the press, so dont expect any info to come out from your club in future.

If you can find out what his assistant Bruno does, good luck, because no one could whilst he was with Swansea.

You can expect very defensive football next season and few goals.

Thank you for taking him away from us, as it saved us having to sack him and pay him off.

Good luck for the coming season, you will be neading it.

Keep a copy of this posting and see how long it takes till it all comes true.

I wonder if you would be calling him all this if you had nicked that 6th spot and got promoted.

Blackpool going up with a striker like Brett Ormerod is bad enough, but Shefki Kuqi would have took the biscuit...

[MC Prussian]

Yeah, a bit of a sour remark from the Swansea fan.

From what I gather, Sousa's pretty much in the Nigel Pearson mould, with the only difference being the Portuguese's more suave clothing style.

Pearson never really got along with the press, either (which doesn't have to be a bad thing). He let the results on the pitch speak for themselves.

I mean, it's not that we're not used to play "defensive" football by conceding few goals and not scoring a lot up front ourselves whilst Pearson was here - although it's hard to beat Swansea's total of 40 .

The six years prior to that we didn't have a particularely bad back four, either.

Now, can we please have Darren Pratley?

[Pratlinho]

Oh dear...

OK Foxes, here's the balanced view.

Pros

He's an excellent coach. Produced a marked improvement in quite a few of our players last season, even some who'd been completely written off as gash.

He's tactically pretty sound. For example, he played a central defender in midfield against Sheffield Utd last season purely to countenance the aerial threat and it worked a treat, even though people were scratching their heads at the time.

He isn't scared to give young players a chance.

He isn't scared to change things around if they're not working. Double subs at half time are not unusual.

He's likely to become the best dressed man in Leicester

Cons

He has a habit of falling out with people, be it players or management.

His football, though effective, was tediously dull to watch

Certain players appear to become his favourites and continue to be picked when they really, really shouldn't be

Given how often he's bounced between clubs as both a player and a manager, I wouldn't be expecting a long relationship

He appears uninterested in much of the role of "manager". I think he sees himself as more of a Continental style coach.

For what it's worth I think he's got the makings of an outstanding manager, but he also has a stubborn streak a mile wide that needs to change. A little bit more flexibility in the way we played would certainly have seen us into the playoffs last season. Maybe it's something he'll learn to do, maybe he won't.

There's certainly no need for the kind of venom displayed by the originator of this thread though. He did a far better job for us than any of his detractors will admit, although the lack of entertainment on offer for our £20 a game will prevent anyone from shedding too many tears at his passing.

And no. You can't have Pratley.

[Daggers]

I wish the QPR fans had told us what to expect.

So you could have got a season ticket for Cardiff?

Sousa will be judged here on whether he provides attacking football, builds on a decent core squad and get us to the playoffs or better.

No one is going to judge him on the back of some bitter comments from a fan who doesn't recognise how he got your mediocre team to overachieve all season.

[FoxyPV]

Cons

He has a habit of falling out with people, be it players or management.

His football, though effective, was tediously dull to watch

Certain players appear to become his favourites and continue to be picked when they really, really shouldn't be

Given how often he's bounced between clubs as both a player and a manager, I wouldn't be expecting a long relationship

He appears uninterested in much of the role of "manager". I think he sees himself as more of a Continental style coach.

And no. You can't have Pratley.

This was already the norm under Pearson.

As for the role of manager, the Legend that is Powell will sort all this out and leave the tactical stuff to Sousa.

Good post though.

[Zingari]

i've got a feeling many of the laydeez and gays in the crowd will be more than willing to tolerate the "problem" of Souza

[Fox92]

From what I have seen, Sousa plays attractive football along the ground. Which is better than the long ball stuff. Swansea were just missing a striker as they didn't score many, but, also had a great defence that didn't concede that many.

Surely he moved Swansea forward a bit, I mean, they only just missed out on the play-offs.

Look, "Swansea", we all know how you feel, trust me, but how many Swansea fans were saying things like this when you were in the play offs for most of last season?

[Daggers]

Surely he moved Swansea forward a bit, I mean, they only just missed out on the playoffs

Best season for 27years - not that you'd believe it to listen to them!

[Tevez]

As you will by now be aware, Paulo Sousa has left Swansea City. I wish you luck with your new manager, because it is a miracle that he was with us for so long. The man is arogant, big headed and has no contacts in the British or European game (although he will name drop like mad).

He never speaks to the press, so dont expect any info to come out from your club in future.

If you can find out what his assistant Bruno does, good luck, because no one could whilst he was with Swansea.

You can expect very defensive football next season and few goals.

Thank you for taking him away from us, as it saved us having to sack him and pay him off.

Good luck for the coming season, you will be neading it.

Keep a copy of this posting and see how long it takes till it all comes true.

How much is a pint of bitter in Swansea?

[Daggers]

Pretty shitty city

[davieG]

Oh dear...

OK Foxes, here's the balanced view.

Pros

He's an excellent coach. Produced a marked improvement in quite a few of our players last season, even some who'd been completely written off as gash.

He's tactically pretty sound. For example, he played a central defender in midfield against Sheffield Utd last season purely to countenance the aerial threat and it worked a treat, even though people were scratching their heads at the time.

He isn't scared to give young players a chance.

He isn't scared to change things around if they're not working. Double subs at half time are not unusual.

He's likely to become the best dressed man in Leicester

Cons

He has a habit of falling out with people, be it players or management.

His football, though effective, was tediously dull to watch

Certain players appear to become his favourites and continue to be picked when they really, really shouldn't be

Given how often he's bounced between clubs as both a player and a manager, I wouldn't be expecting a long relationship

He appears uninterested in much of the role of "manager". I think he sees himself as more of a Continental style coach.

For what it's worth I think he's got the makings of an outstanding manager, but he also has a stubborn streak a mile wide that needs to change. A little bit more flexibility in the way we played would certainly have seen us into the playoffs last season. Maybe it's something he'll learn to do, maybe he won't.

There's certainly no need for the kind of venom displayed by the originator of this thread though. He did a far better job for us than any of his detractors will admit, although the lack of entertainment on offer for our £20 a game will prevent anyone from shedding too many tears at his passing.

And no. You can't have Pratley.

Most of that could be said about Pearson, except the suits although Pearson was always well presented in an English sort of way. As for bouncing from club to club we have Mandaric .

[Daggers]

Most of that could be said about Pearson, except the suits although Pearson was always well presented in an English sort of way. As for bouncing from club to club we have Mandaric .

In fact, the only major thing which can be levelled against Soupsa is his buddy-relationship with the daft Serb.

[Pratlinho]

Swansea were just missing a striker as they didn't score many

That's a common misconception.

Our biggest problem when it came to scoring goals was the conservative style of play. We used the 4-5-1/4-3-3 tactic, but our wingers and attacking midfield just didn't get forward in anything like enough numbers to support the poor soul upfront. We could have had Drogba upfront on his own and he would have struggled to make an impact.

We never replaced Jason Scotland it's true, but we'd have scored a lot more if we'd taken the game to more teams instead of sitting back and waiting for chances.

[davieG]

That's a common misconception.

Our biggest problem when it came to scoring goals was the conservative style of play. We used the 4-5-1/4-3-3 tactic, but our wingers and attacking midfield just didn't get forward in anything like enough numbers to support the poor soul upfront. We could have had Drogba upfront on his own and he would have struggled to make an impact.

We never replaced Jason Scotland it's true, but we'd have scored a lot more if we'd taken the game to more teams instead of sitting back and waiting for chances.

The more I hear about Sousa the nearer he gets tactically to Pearson.

[kitty_katt_83]

i've got a feeling many of the laydeez and gays in the crowd will be more than willing to tolerate the "problem" of Souza

very true!!

Am I the only one not getting too carried away until I see him in his lovely grey suit with his silky hair at the Walkers doing his "new manager" press conference?!?!

[Callabinho]

A rather bitter sounding post there to be honest, laden with opinions rather than solid fact.

The fact is that Swansea improved their league position after Martinez left the club and took Gomez and Scotland with him, not to mention much of the backroom staff. Sousa has to take part of the credit for this in my view. They may have been short on goals but with such limited options up front, it seems unfair to point the finger wholly at Sousa. We have a defence that is equally strong and with Tunchev returning, comfortable on the ball. The same can be said about the midfield with the excellent Andy King ready to grow and learn from a midfielder who won two Champions League medals and Richie Wellens can shine as he did for Doncaster in a side playing attractive football. Gallagher and Fryatt will benefit from this new culture as well, as anyone who has seen the two players perform when we're playing the ball into feet will testify.

All in all, I'd expect us to be tight at the back as Swansea were under Sousa but adding the goals that cost the Welsh side so dearly in their promotion battle due to our better options going forward. I'm optimistic about this appointment and think it's pretty much the best outcome we could have had. The links with Dowie and Rodgers frankly didn't bear thinking about.

Well said !