Just for a minute, forget the Americanisms and the patronising "Soccer Bob" billing and focus on the real reason Bob Bradley has failed so dismally during his eleven-game stint in charge of Swansea City. At 58, with a resume outside the United States which amounted to spells coaching Egypt, Stabaek and Le Havre, Bradley was quite simply woefully under-qualified to take on a job in the Premier League.
Had his 30-year coaching career in the U.S. been that of an outstanding talent or a cutting-edge mould-breaker, Bradley would have made his way to Europe well before he was handed the task of coaching the U.