Chris Dunlavy

Undercooked Swans take a huge gamble

by
The LeaguePaper Team
8 August 2021

Chris Dunlavy
STEVE Cooper chose unemployment. John Eustace sped for the hills. John Terry didn’t even bother to apply.

Managing Swansea City has proved about as popular as the Delta variant of Covid-19 this summer.
Various suitors have come for an ogle, only to plunge the Swans into darkness like a hap- less contestant on Take Me Out.
Russell Martin was eventually coerced to take the coldest ticket in the EFL, but, make no mistake, this is a deeply embar- rassing episode for Swansea’s American owners and their chief executive Julian Winter.
A club that reached last season’s play-off final ...

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