Jack Cork says Francesco Guidolin was a great manager for Swansea and believes the club have the players to start climbing the table. American Bob Bradley has been appointed at the Liberty Stadium, with Guidolin becoming the first Premier League manager to lose his job this season on Monday, which also happened to be his 61st birthday.However, midfielder Cork says he had great respect for Guidolin after he led the club to safety last season but admits the team have struggled for form in a tough start to the new campaign. Jack Cork has praised Guidolin after he left Swansea Things like this happen at football clubs. It is obviously going to be strange in the next week to see what happens at the football club, it is going to be tough. Different people are going to come in and obviously there is a new man coming in, he said. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. Francesco was a great manager for us, he really helped us towards the end of last season and got us to where we wanted to be and, unfortunately, weve had a tough run of games this season and it has not happened.We did try to find some form in the last few games and unfortunately it wasnt enough but this sort of thing happens in football. It is unfortunate because I really had a lot of respect for Francesco and his staff. Well see what the new challenge brings. Swansea City have sacked Francesco Guidolin as manager and replaced him with former USA coach Bob Bradley Swansea have not won in the Premier League since the opening day of the season but Cork is adamant the team have the players to turn their poor early form around.Weve got the same squad we had towards the end of last year with a few different additions and we did have a few good results last year, we had a good bit of form but weve had a tough start, like a few teams have in this league, he said. Swansea lost 2-1 to Liverpool at the weekend Im sure if everyone can play like we know we can with a good tempo and style then Im sure we can start pushing back up the league.Guidolin guided Swansea to safety last season after he replaced Garry Monk and Cork is hoping that former United States national team manager Bradley, who will leave Le Havre to take over the Swans, can have a similar impact. Former Swansea forward Dean Saunders believes the clubs decision to remove Francesco Guidolin as manager was too hasty It happened with us last year with Francesco coming in and it did help us push up the table but we will see what happens. Hopefully we can react in a similar way and get going again, he said.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! Also See: Guidolin out, Bradley in Whats Bob Bradleys style? 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