It will always be something for me that I wish I had seen when I think of Ferrie playing for us in the Premier League but sadly that opportunity was never afforded to him after he missed out on this era having to cut short his career due to injury.<\/p>\n
He scored 14 goals in those 59 games which I think tells you much in terms of his abilities in midfield and he is now back in his native Holland on the coaching staff at ADO Den Haag.<\/p>\n
He now watches the Swans from afar but he is delighted for his former captain Garry Monk who is of course now the Swans manager and believes that he was the best man for the job<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am delighted that Garry Monk is now manager of the club, they are doing really well.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I laughed when I first heard with happiness. I was on the phone to Thomas Butler and we laughed together and said \u00e2\u20ac\u02dche did it, he did it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He is the best person now for Swansea \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he has the mix of every coach in Martinez, Rodgers, Laudrup and Sousa.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He was a really good captain too. If I tell people here in Holland what used to give me goose bumps it was the huddle before the match \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the words that he used showed he was a real leader.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He used to say that we needed to win as a team, we were brothers, a family and there was a big togetherness at Swansea and still is.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All the players like him, all the players at the club like him so he was the best person for the job.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
You can watch the first part of the Swans YouTube channel interview with Ferrie Bodde below but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great to hear from him again and especially the fact that he is still very much watching the Swans<\/p>\n