[Russ]

We've always known that Swansea was a stepping stone for Laudrup, for him to get some experience before moving on to something bigger and better so it was a case of 'when' not 'if' he moved on. I'm surprised it happened so soon but given the poor run of results I guess it was inevitable. The thing with ML was although a decent manager he was more of a 'name' than anything else. Gary Monk is taking over for now and a lot of Swans fans are saying they'd be happy if he stayed on as he's been with the club for years, he knows it from the foundations up and is popular with the fans. The only thing he lacks is any real managerial experience, essential for any PL club.