Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup linked to Jonathan de Guzman

“Well well well, where do I start with this lot. You are either all fairweather fans living in America or you are from the Neath Valley - what part of Swansea City Football Club do you not understand??? SWANSEA CITY - MY CITY. Not Neath, not Port Talbot, not Llanelli...SWANSEA.

No wonder all the league of Wales clubs are going under when the locals wont put their habns in their pockets and support their local club.

You should all be ashamed. Even after we loaned you Trundle and O'Leary you couldnt make a good fist of it because the "locals" let their hometown club down.

I look at Swansea now and apart from Joe Allen I cant hear a local accent out on the pitch.

I remember watching local hero's such as Nigel French, Dessy Trick and Kenny Andrews turning up in North London and of course the greatest swan of them all Leighton James and who have you got now???

If I want to move down here and spend my hard earned money from years trading stocks on a Swansea City Season ticket then I can do just that and If I want to giveaway or sell a ticket for a game I dont fancy or cant make because of Cricket commitments then that is my choice too.

I would like to see Hugh Jenkins bring in an SA1 or you can run policy where season tickets have to be bought in conjucntion with a utility bill showing an SA1 address on it. A Bit like opening up an account with Blockbusters.

Then perhaps we can have more local accents at the game and some of the village sides like Neath and Llanelli can start to bring back their own kind and make a decent fist of becoming successful ametuar sides themselves.”

“dirtbad are you for real most of all people on this site are true swans supporters if you live close or far , i was born and bread in the neath valley watched my first game in 65 with my dad and watched them since i missed a few games through work my code sa9 sa10 now 43725 Ohio seen a few when i get chance to get back watch all the away games on t.v and a few home games if we went down to div 1 i be still supporting them so for that part about sa1 you wrong ,as for tall players if the manager brings in short player that can score the goals and does the job well i,m happy , i,m still a proud Welshman and a true swans supporter,you must be a Londoner and jumps from team to team each week ,the time i will agree with you when you say i.m wrong ..”

“Mickey dirtbag- in a strange sort of way I do agree with some of your waffling, where were all these fans when we were in leagues 1 & 2 and even the championship!!
You do have a point !!
Even though you weren't there !!”

“Personally, I don't care for this MD guy or girl. Seems he/she has dominated an important story. I have a 037** Postcode and over the last 20years have had various other Costa Blanca codes. after varios Clwyd and Flintshire and briefly an Engligh post code. I however, consider myself a Jack through & through, Born in Swansea to Swansea parents. Am a veteran of The Vetch and still have programs back to 1957. When back in Swansea I try to visit The Liberty. Not so easy since all season tickets sold. However, I have not missed a televised Premiership game even though I have no Sky TV. MD you say that you are STID (or until they are relegated) What an admition! Can't believe you said that. What we want is lifelong committment to our superbly loyal team and supporters, not fair weather hangers on.”

“Mickeydirtbag again. I read your posts and and I laugh. I don't know why an SA1 postcode matters, it doesn't matter where you live, if you post rubbish, it's still rubbish. I used to have an SA3 postcode and now an SA7 but it doesn't suddenly mean I know any less or any more. Mind you what speaking welsh has to do with it I don't know either!!
I have been going to the Swans since before I was 6, nearly 40 years, I don't consider any first team match rubbish and never consider not going, I do miss games sometimes but only if I have no choice. Selling a season ticket for a rubbish game is against the rules MDB, you could have your seat taken off you. Your "facts" are very often wrong, you make personal comments about people you don't know and you think you are clever, you're not.
DeGuzman may not have the best record but neither did Sinclair before he came here, or Dyer. Rangel was a lower league player, as was Taylor. What the Swans do best is take players with potential and get the best out of them, JDG has potential, enough said.”

“Dirtbag, I think you spend too much time in the George and not enough time on football...you got the wrong Laudrup and the wrong de Guzman. Dont think you know a lot about the Swans...YES I was at the game against Hull that we won to stay up...where were you? You watch the away games in the George ...I go to them, you are ready to lend your ticket to someone to watch 'one of the rubbish teams like Everton or Fulham' no true fan would miss any game...you probably werent at the Liberty when Everton beat us last season.All the BIG news you seem to think you break is already old news by then...so you live in the Marina, so what, most of the places are let by the housing associations....no you stay in the George looking up the wrong people on the internet, and leave the Swans football to the true fans.”

“Incidentally Dirtbag, I do have a Sa1 postcode but as everyone keeps telling you, its a moot point where you live in relation to supporting your team. However, the only sense you did make is suggesting that we (true fans) are merely rising to your bait. nonetheless to suggest we buy tall players is ridiculous - The Spanish national team just won the euro's (back to back) and the world cup with all those ''Lanky'' players Xavi, Iniesta, Silva, Alba, Fabregas etc. Get a grip Dirtbag!
Our philosophy is based on keeping the ball thus utilizing technical ablities and not height. However, I must admit if technically sound with good heading attributes is available, then we can resolve our set piece frailties seen at sporadic times last season. But to suggest we will get relegated because of our lack of height - stupid!”

“Paul Stewart,
to be fair Mickey Dirtbag is right. What we have been lacking is a big man.......Only Joking Paul, your bang on the money.
Dirtbag, I agree with Paul., Your a clown.
Hugh (i think you mean Huw) should go see if we can get some big men back down here. Lets start with, mmmmm Kevin Amankwah, instead of Ash.
Midfield, mmmmmm Ah, lets bring back Owain Tudor Jones instead of Joe
Up Front, mmmmm That's it, Andy Macfarlane instead of Danny.

Man, what a clown you are. Just because you say you have an SA1 postcode, doesn't mean your any more a Swans fan than someone with an SA48 postcode. When they institutionalise you, and move you to a hospital far away from our P.S.City, we'll let you call yourself a fan.
Come on, Grow up”

“To all true and lifelong Swans supporters -

Please don't respond to any of Dirtbag's postings. The man/woman is clearly off his/her trolley and should be banned for life. The EP does nothing, to it's shame, so it's up to us to ignore these absolutely mad rantings until he/she is locked up. Gone on for far too long.”

“Can we organise a whip round for mickeydirtbag and send him back to London? Welsh is Welsh, anyone supporting the Swans would be happy to stand next to a New Zealander as long as they were a Swans fan.
It's not where you live it's the passion for the club, I think you are a very small minded person to dismiss anyone who doesn't live in the SA10 area while you freely admit you moved from London and were an Arsenal fan for 20 yrs?”