When Swansea City parted ways with Francesco Guidolin and replaced him with Bob Bradley yesterday, there were quite a few who voiced their discontent over the move. As expected, the clamour for Premier League experience was high and Bradley arrives with little reputation in British shores.
A club that do things differently
Swansea City aren’t your typical Premier League club that base themselves on kneejerk-ism and common logic. They have been making left field managerial appointments for almost a decade now; having risen from the depths of near-bankruptcy in 2001 and narrowly escaped relegation from the Football League in 2003, the Swans are an established member of the Premier League and have had respectable mid-table finishes in each of their past five seasons since their promotion to the top flight in 2011.