There were very few people who foresaw the news that broke yesterday evening with the Swans parting company with Michael Duff just twenty league games into his career as Swansea City manager.<\/p>\n
With the Swans eighteenth in the league table and just five points ahead of the relegation zone maybe it should not have been that much of a surprise but when you consider the patience shown to Russell Martin last season you wondered if this was a managerial appointment that would see out the season as a bare minimum.<\/p>\n
You therefore start to wonder whether there is more to this than just results on the pitch but whatever happened to force a premature end to Duff’s tenure at Swansea City the big question that ended on everyone’s lips was what next for Swansea City.<\/p>\n
It is very rare that a club makes a managerial change before the compensation for the manager before the now last one has departed but this is what the Swans now have as they start a second managerial search of 2023.<\/p>\n
The name of Nathan Jones was almost immediately linked with the vacancy but close sources have suggested that this is not the case.\u00a0 \u00a0John Eustace was another one linked having been close to the job on previous occasions but again the early indications are that this may not be the case.<\/p>\n
What I would suggest at this point though is that this is not a knee jerk reaction to a scraped draw against Huddersfield but certainly something that has been brewing for some time.\u00a0 \u00a0 Even back as early as prior to a first win of the season against Sheffield Wednesday it was suggested that Duff was on borrowed times and now that “loan” has been cashed in.\u00a0 \u00a0That tells me that the club could well be some distance down the way of deciding who the replacement would be.\u00a0 \u00a0Could we even go as far as assuming that potential candidates have been sounded out?\u00a0 It’s not totally unconceivable is it?<\/p>\n
The club statement contained these words from Andy Coleman\u00a0\u201cI acknowledge that there has been a significant amount of change at the club, both on and off the pitch, during Michael\u2019s tenure. I consistently asked for patience as we gave him time to implement his plans and bring the squad together.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, we have seen neither the results that we expect nor the progress from the squad that we need. I believe it is now in the best interests of Swansea City to make a change of head coach.”<\/p>\n
Coleman was one of the first to call for patience when Duff was first appointed but it seems that patience was running thin with results and performances that has seen performances dip as well as results.<\/p>\n
Nobody really knows just yet who will replace Michael Duff but my gut feel right now tells me that we will see a swift appointment being made.\u00a0 \u00a0The weekend trip to Rotherham maybe just a little too soon for that to happen but there is, for me, a good chance something could happen ahead of Stoke away next midweek.<\/p>\n
Never a dull moment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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