The Swans are
still in the throws of a new manager bounce following the appointment of Portu -
geezer Carlos Carvalhal in December 2017, their ninth manager in ten years of whom only Roberto Martinez has lasted more than two years.
a member of the modern, agreeable, happy - go - lucky gang of «indie authors»: he hails from the «olden» days when the stereotypical image of writers was
still — with good reason, I suppose — that of obstinate, loopy, unsociable, disgruntled old
geezers who most likely hate all other writers, but especially any who might materialise in their vicinity.