WalthamOwl Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Did the double over Arsenal 4 years ago with Swansea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ante's Bubbly Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I always quite liked Gary Monk's style of football at Swansea and was gutted when l**ds signed him, but his football style and open approach to interviews have to be balanced up now with his dodgy dealings through his agent. Hopefully his agent and Paixo will fight to the death and neutralise each other, leaving us free to enjoy the Merry Monk's brand of football. Happy to wait and see what happens, but feeling on the up side of optimistic as long as dodgy dealings are a thing of the past. Welcome back to Hillsborough Gary, UTO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley8 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Could be really good or wasted year. Not a bad choice more meh give him a go. Need to be prepared before we lose or sack a manager in future the time wasted and opportunities missed are bad. Need to be better organised. So far Bruce n Carlos seem to been good choices planned at the time Jos n Monk only turkey in the shop with Jos n only half decent one we can get right now with Monk. Not good enough if we want to be seriously challenging. Hope he stuns us all with how well he can do. For me Bruce set a bench mark of what our squad can do. Monk needs time to settle in but that's what I'll expect no matter who I got the job. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyowl Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, gizowl said: Probably not my first choice, but there's a lot of worse choices, Karanka McLaren Pulis O'Neill Keane, so lets give him a chance and get behind him. UTO. Would have all them (Except McLaren) instead of Monk. If Monk is announced this afternoon it will be a massively underwhelming appointment, I'd rather us stick with Lee Bullen. 7 weeks and we've ended up here FFS !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfield Owl Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, robowl4life said: Most managers get sacked anyway. Leeds over achieved with an average and very thin squad. Chris Wood Pablo Hernandez Kemar Roofe Pontus Jansson Charlie Taylor Gaetano Berardi Rob Green Luke Ayling These players were all in Leeds’ 2016/17 squad when Monk finished 7th in the Championship. How many of those are average Championship players? I’d argue that’s the basis of a strong first team at this level. There’s several other established names from that squad I could have thrown in too. Bearing in mind this was the season that Reading finished 3rd in the league. Now that was an average squad. Leeds overachieving in 16/17 under Monk? Nah, not in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheriwozgod Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Signed Bartley, Roofe and Hernandez at Leeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 40 minutes ago, debram said: Rowett, Holloway, but they are hardly inspiring but obviously we havnt approached Cowley (wonder why) who imo would be better than any of these two and Monk. Cowley was my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ante's Bubbly Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 And yes Merry Monk may well be a euphemism for Jelly Jewellery, which is best avoided. Unless of course he is very merry and the unfortunate phrase is unavoidable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzamk2 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Got the same name as me, only not spelt the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ante's Bubbly Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, gazzamk2 said: Got the same name as me, only not spelt the same Got the same name as except for the onk instead of egson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I actually think he will do okay with us. 10th-12th sort of team. Unfortunately I doubt he will be the man to get us challenging at the top of the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robowl4life Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, Westfield Owl said: Chris Wood Pablo Hernandez Kemar Roofe Pontus Jansson Charlie Taylor Gaetano Berardi Rob Green Luke Ayling These players were all in Leeds’ 2016/17 squad when Monk finished 7th in the Championship. How many of those are average Championship players? I’d argue that’s the basis of a strong first team at this level. There’s several other established names from that squad I could have thrown in too. Bearing in mind this was the season that Reading finished 3rd in the league. Now that was an average squad. Leeds overachieving in 16/17 under Monk? Nah, not in my opinion. Fair point. Still did well with a thin squad, that died off in the final stages of the season due to that reason. We’ve a deeper squad and have a lot of ability in their of our own. Yes there’s areas that need improving but with the squad we have I’m confident he’ll be able to do well with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Wylde Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 In reality it's a bang average championship manager for a bang average championship club. No more, no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rodger Wylde said: In reality it's a bang average championship manager for a bang average championship club. No more, no less. How fuckindepressing is that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 If I’m honest I’m just really glad it’s not Pulis many worse options than Garry Monk , it’s all about the squad here if he can get us performing to potential he’s as good a chance as Bruce would’ve had of been successful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronio Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, jonesy87shef said: You missed off the huge implosion at Leeds to miss out on the playoffs, Also missed off being sacked 4 times in 5 years. Missed off the investigation into having helped his agent profit from transfers. I get it, it’s a positive spin. But just no Have to agree with this. Doesn't fill me with much optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 45 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said: I'm not chuffed but as much as I love a grumble about Wednesday I'll always get behind a new manager. and to fair, it’s still only speculation, I might have been prematurely harsh on the chairman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rodger Wylde said: In reality it's a bang average championship manager for a bang average championship club. No more, no less. Finally someone gets it No real feelings on this appointment. He’s what to expect for a club of our stature. Let’s hope he does well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogbob Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, jonesy87shef said: You missed off the huge implosion at Leeds to miss out on the playoffs, Also missed off being sacked 4 times in 5 years. Missed off the investigation into having helped his agent profit from transfers. I get it, it’s a positive spin. But just no This this this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 This was our chance to get an up and coming manager in, someone the majority could get on board with and really build for the future. By the looks of it Monk will only be here for around a year and then we start this sodding journey again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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