Bewildered

Looks like Omar Rowe was not involved in the u21s game against Arsenal this afternoon, sign he might be on the bench?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/swansea-sacked-michael-laudrup-phoning-3112286#.UvFx7rRq_cw Doesn't paint Laudrup in a very good light at all, obviously two sides to every story but this article speculates that: - Players were fed up with him as he seemed disinterested in the job - Refused to take training sessions in the rain - Dressing room cliques had gotten so bad that they had to put a rule in place that stipulated no more than three Spanish players could sit at one table during lunch - During a training camp in Dubai, the only rules he enforced were ones telling the players when they had to be on the coach and players spent most of the time drinking - Several delegations of players went to the chairman complaining about lack of training and discipline - He upset the chairman by giving the players two days off so he could go to Paris after the loss to West Ham at the weekend

Laudrup managerial history Brondby (quit) Getafe (quit) Spartak (sacked) Mallorca (quit) Swansea (sacked, with heavy speculation he was going to quit in the summer anyway) Sounds like a bit of a flake to me.

http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/3853/Stages/7794/PlayerStatistics/England-Premier-League-2013-2014 Up to fourth in the assist table after today too. Only Rooney and Ozil have created more goals

I don't know what MP said to them at HT, but second half was annihilation. Cork coming on helped. Lambert in particular turned his performance around second half, too. Sat deeper and took up space between their defence and midfield which allowed him to receive the ball to feet and spray it about as opposed to constantly losing aerial battles with Hangeland. His ball to J Rod for the third was quality.

Morgan and Wanyama have been especially poor. Wanyama looks really rusty and Morgan looks like he can't be bothered..

Good: Boruc OK: Lallana ****e: everyone else

I think THEVMAN is Guly

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-transfers-dani-osvaldo-told-3095054#.UurfbbRq_cx

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/calciomercato/inter-and-valencia-also-pursuing-osvaldo-who-wants-to-join-juve/

Well they are all pretty bad, perhaps their combined talent is considered equivalent to one competent player.

What if Fox was the "one out" all along?

Might not matter if Vucinic stays put. (David Amoyal is the guy that runs the english section of dimarzio's website)

According to? edit:nvm source is Goal.com, I'd rest easy.

Danny Fox on his way to Forest? http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/10972987.Italian_giants_confirm_interest_in_signing_Saints_star/?ref=var_0 relevant bit at the bottom of this article

Maybe so, I still think we can get more than 3m for him he's too good to be let go for that cheap. I wonder when his contract is up though, if he only has 18 months left then the low bid may be more understandable.

The joke is that Swansea are trying to keep their reportedly unhappy manager satisfied by signing David Ngog and making insulting offers for a player who was dominating the midfield against Arsenal just 24 hours ago.

3m? Are Swansea taking the ****?

Hopefully we don't get lumped with Quagliarella, though you would assume with the fact that nothing transfer related can be kept secret when it involves Italian sides, we'd be hearing about it by now if that was on the cards.

Hint or just a general HCDAJFU comment?

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alfredopedulla.com%2Farticoli%2F37443-esclusiva_osvaldo_juve_ore_calde_la_situazione Seems Juve are negotiating a loan for Osvaldo, but it will only go through if Vucinic or Quagliarella are moved on.

No mention of a swap though.

Played for Burnley tonight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25821424

Would have won if not for two moments of comedy defending.