Nadal-Bedrych and what looks like another summer of turmoil

So today I am going to go over the Mens Wimbledon Final from yesterday in some brief detail and also I'm going to go over the big story for all Swans fan's, a story that will break hearts and dominate the early part of the Summer for all of us.

Yesterday at Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal came up against the conqueror of Roger Federer on Centre Court, Tomas Berdych, in the final at the All England Tennis Club. Nadal never technically lost the Wimbledon crown having been injured last year and therefore not able to compete, so as he was walking onto Centre Court, it had an air of him coming out to regain the title he never lost against a man who had never been this far in a Slam before. If Nadal thought that Berdych's inexperience and nerves would get to him early on, he was sorely mistaken as as the Czezh held serve all the way until 3-3 in the first set. At this point, the Czech's game seemed to disintergrate and Nadal broke the Czech's serve to take a 4-3 lead. From there on, Nadal won the next 2 games to take the first set 6-3. That then was Berdych's chances pretty much up as most commentators would agree that he had needed to take the first set to grab the initiative in the match and to stand a realistic chance of taking the final from Nadal. As the old addage goes, the proof is in the pudding, and Nadal served up Berdych's just desserts as he waltzed through to a 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 win to clinch his second Wimbledon title and secure his place as World number 1 for at least the forseeable future. The brilliant Spaniard now has 2 Slam titles to his name this year and could go on to win another one and make it a hat-trick after the US Open later on in the Autumn.

Swansea fans, I think you should brace yourself for this, it looks very much like we'll be having another unsure Summer. That's right, after all the drama of Roberto Maritnez calling time on his Swansea City career last Summer, we've managed to bring back all the drama yet again as Paulo Sousa, the man appointed to replace Roberto, has left the club to join fellow Championship club Leicester City. I actually think the pain of this betrayal could be worse than Roberto's last year, because this time he hasn't left for a club he loved before, or because they're a bigger team than us, he's simply left for a team in our division who can afford to pay him more money. Obviously, money makes the world go round and who can say that they wouldn't take a job with more money than the job they have right now? I mean that much is pretty self-explanatory, but remember, Sousa was a man who had had his reputation severely tarnished by the fat cats of QPR before we bravely picked him up last July and said come on and have a go. This then is really the crux of why it hurts so much to have Paulo walk out on us like that. To me, and I'd surmise most other Swansea City fan's, it feels as if Mr Sousa has walked in to our club, used us as a way back into management and having done OK, decided to ditch us because somebody has simply thrown some money his way. That may be too harsh an assesment of Paulo, but I geuninely believe that to be the truth of the matter and I don't think I will be forgiving him at any time in the near future. I actually met Paulo once, and he didn't strike me as the type of man who would do that sort of thing to the fans who so vehemently supported him through his time at the Liberty despite all the rumour's about player and board discontent. Possible names that have already been touted for the once again vacant manager's role at the Liberty Stadium are the likes of Gus Poyet, Chris Coleman and Paul Tisdale. I'd like to see somebody like Gary Speed personally. He's the sort of man all the player's would respect from day one and who would implement a good footballing ideology and another main positive is that he is actually Welsh. Of course, another aspect which Speed has in his favour is that he is pretty much a rookie, which as we know from the previous 3 appointments, is the type of manager that Swansea would be looking at. Maybe I'll apply for the job as well. Let's face it, they won't find anyone more committed or passionate about the team than me.

That's all I've got for today then guys. I had to do a blog about the depressing news as soon as I heard it, but I had been predicting this for a couple of days and so it really doesn't come as such a massive surprise to me, even though it still hurts. Well anyway, I guess I'll be off, but I hope you all enjoyed the blog and the little insight into my feelings about the news coming out of the Liberty this afternoon. See you all on Tuesday with my blog on the first of the 2 World Cup semi-finals, take care guys