{"id":83706,"date":"2023-07-04T06:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T05:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=83706"},"modified":"2023-07-03T20:46:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:46:07","slug":"a-completely-different-club-from-the-one-that-ended-last-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/04\/a-completely-different-club-from-the-one-that-ended-last-season\/","title":{"rendered":"A completely different club from the one that ended last season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a very different feel around Swansea City this summer as we appear to have &#8211; for the first time in many seasons &#8211; a plan as to what we want to achieve and seemingly a group of people who are equipped to deliver it.<\/p>\n<p>There is a definite <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/06\/25\/swans-await-next-pieces-as-the-optimism-increases\/\">feeling of growing optimism<\/a><\/strong> around the club at the moment and almost everything that happens seems to increase that optimism as the changes seen in recent weeks are felt throughout the club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='t8L3Ab86RBNubFnBBUunZA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1259002003' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'t8L3Ab86RBNubFnBBUunZA',sig:'mhO4pI_NEJiSkxrKHZJEVNaUuyxfKDav3BLd9YSq-9o=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1259002003',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Until the clear visibility of all investments are seen and registered at companies house it is difficult to completely understand exactly the full impact of what appears to be an ownership change but with Coleman, Morris and Cravatt seemingly pulling far more strings then it&#8217;s a positive change for the club that we are ready to benefit from.<\/p>\n<p>We know that Morris has already taken a 20% stake in the club and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/06\/14\/is-the-biggest-investment-yet-to-come\/\">Cravatt is rumoured to be taking a bigger stake<\/a><\/strong> which tells you much that the new investors are taking bigger stakes in the club which surely can only mean that Kaplan and Levien are taking a backseat when it comes to running the club.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing formal has been said but its pretty telling that Jake Silverstein seems to have disappeared since his private messages blaming Russ for his departure from the club and, well frankly, Kaplan and Levien have been largely invisible since relegation from the Premier League although their influence in pulling the strings behind the scenes has been obvious for most to see.<\/p>\n<p>But when you look back over the past few weeks you can see why things are feeling different.\u00a0 \u00a0A managerial change may not have been on the agenda but it was forced upon us and the united front shown by Coleman, Duff and Paul Watson has been obvious to anyone who has watched the club videos of late.\u00a0 Coleman&#8217;s arrival as Chairman signalled the end for Julian Winter whose two years at the club no doubt saw many challenges but ultimately not sure he achieved what he was appointed to do.\u00a0 \u00a0Watson arrives with a reputation for spotting talent and both these two seem clear in how they need to grow the club and take us forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/06\/30\/its-josh-ginnelly-signs-on-from-hearts\/\">Josh Ginnelly is already in the building<\/a><\/strong>, Josh Key will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/03\/swans-set-to-confirm-second-summer-signing\/\"><strong>second signing this week<\/strong><\/a> it seems and there are plenty of links out there to get people interested in what we are going to do next.\u00a0 \u00a0The speed and efficiency in which we have made these transfers is something we have not seen in recent years and can only be down to the influence of those making decisions on behalf of the club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='gMIFBwIrQK9Y0fA8PPFewg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1234377994' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'gMIFBwIrQK9Y0fA8PPFewg',sig:'XmS5XAx5cFo4OFIvepFyLepd2m-_vMM6-65P0KgelXo=',w:'594px',h:'437px',items:'1234377994',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>It seems as if all the key units of the club have got their heads together and have a clear vision that they all share &#8211; common sense you would assume but again something that I would not say has been the case in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>All parties are adamant that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/01\/watson-outlines-swansea-city-transfer-plans\/\">there is money available to spen<\/a><\/strong>d and whilst we are not suddenly awash with cash you do get the feeling that we are also prepared to make some decisions on the playing side that will see us pick up ambitious players who have a desire to perform at the top of their game and take the chances offered to them rather than those who are just prepared to pick up a wage and sulk on the sidelines.\u00a0 \u00a0And you feel that we also have a manager who is not prepared to stand for those sideline sulks which is just what we need at a club that cannot afford to carry passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Everything that is said and done at the moment just feels like we are a different football club completely to the one that signed off last season just two months ago.\u00a0 \u00a0So much has changed in a relatively short period of time and all of it feels for the better.<\/p>\n<p>Long may that continue!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83705\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DIfference.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DIfference.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DIfference-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DIfference-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DIfference-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DIfference-150x84.jpg 150w, 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