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Monk Sacked - Edit Gary Monk, not some Monk from an Abbott or Monastery

cabbles
cabbles Posts: 15,255
edited December 2015 in Other Football and Sports
Only 36. What do we think
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    How tall is he?
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    His legs have gone
  • Curbs 16/1
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,229
    All the best Harry
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    would have him at charlton any day, young coach and will go far in football i think.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    Managerial rate of turnover too high under RD so there is no way he would want to make a habit of getting the tin tack :wink:
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited December 2015

    He has never managed an English club so he qualifies for the Charlton job

    He's English though Henners so fails on that front :disappointed:
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Does he have a Belgian grandparent?
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    Scoham said:

    Does he have a Belgian grandparent?

    He might be partial to the odd bun :open_mouth:
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  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    The sort of manager that we could/should be going for really.

    Will we?

    Will we f
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    He's not Belgian. Move on!
  • would have him at charlton any day, young coach and will go far in football i think.

    Which sadly disqualifies him from working under our current owner.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Monk Sacked because he stopped getting into the Habit ?

    Of winning.

    who the chairman of the Swans; John Friar.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,844
    edited December 2015
    Addicted said:

    The sort of manager that we could/should be going for really.

    Will we?

    Will we f

    Really?

    It always amazes me that the football management profession (and I use the term advisedly) is that rarity where being sacked as a football club manager (incompetent/misconduct) does not have a great detriment to almost immediately getting another job as a football club manager!

    Monk has just been sacked for failing - we must have him!!
  • Peter_G
    Peter_G Posts: 839
    "Not a decision we took lightly" said the Swansea chairman.
    Can anyone come up with a phrase that is more glib than that, and gets trotted out every time a manager gets sacked?
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,856
    No better than what we've got. ;-)
  • I. Winder if Karel will jump ship?
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    Maybe Swansea are getting into the habit of religiously changing managers every few months. I just pray they don't make the same mistakes as we do - out of the frying pan and into the friar, and it's nip and Tuck every time like Russ Abbot's madhouse.

    It's enough to make me get my coat.
  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    bobmunro said:

    Addicted said:

    The sort of manager that we could/should be going for really.

    Will we?

    Will we f

    Really?

    It always amazes me that the football management profession (and I use the term advisedly) is that rarity where being sacked as a football club manager (incompetent/misconduct) does not have a great detriment to almost immediately getting another job as a football club manager!

    Monk has just been sacked for failing - we must have him!!
    I think he did well until recently considering the squad he had at his disposal - particularly coming in with no experience.

    he's a bit of a Chris Powell in that he seems to be a good man manager but maybe a bit tactically weak. I'm sure he's learned a fair bit going up against the prem opposition in both player quality and manager nous.

    Sometimes changing job is what you need to refresh. Us plebs tend to do it of our own volition whereas football managers tend to have the decision made for them.

    I'd definitely give him a go. Sort of bloke (demands respect) who'd probably be able to sort out the likes of Watt as he'd bring an air of authority given his playing and managing past.
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  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    While RD and KM are there, it's a complete waste of time expecting a British manager. Nobody would be stupid enough to work fore them, end of.
  • Says he doesn't want the job.

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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,170
    bobmunro said:

    Addicted said:

    The sort of manager that we could/should be going for really.

    Will we?

    Will we f

    Really?

    It always amazes me that the football management profession (and I use the term advisedly) is that rarity where being sacked as a football club manager (incompetent/misconduct) does not have a great detriment to almost immediately getting another job as a football club manager!

    Monk has just been sacked for failing - we must have him!!
    To be fair to Garry Monk though, he's brought in excellent players, got them to their highest ever finish in his first full season of management, kept the wage bill down, kept the club in the black - spending £35m but receving £36m in transfer fees - and continued a club-wide philosophy on possession-based attractive football. That's a great CV for a manager who has barely been working for two years. Swansea are actually only 8 points worse off than they were this time last season, but the difference is Swansea have got themselves into this position by refusing to replace Wilfried Bony, which is utterly insane.

    Gomis is a slightly washed up striker who is aged beyond his years and is a serviceable back up for a team trying to crack the top ten but he's not good enough as a team's main striker and he's proven that by not scoring since August. Eder is a total clown and shows what happens when you try to replace a £28m striker (bought for £12m) with a £5m one. Ayew was a great (free) signing but he's not a number 9 and Swansea have suffered for it. I actually don't know what Monk's involvement is with selecting players to be signed but he's made the most out of players like Ki, Jonjo, Cork and Fabianski(!) They had the opportunity this summer to bolster their thin squad, replace their best player in some format and kick on, but instead Monk was left to rely on Sigurdsson providing assists and Ayew scoring every week and when their form has faltered the pressure and lack of depth has told. I think Monk is an excellent manager and he's been the victim of timidness on the part of the Swansea management more than anything else.

    The only thing about all this chat is I don't think there's any way he'd drop down to Charlton, regardless of whether or not our clowns running this show would show interest in him. We'd be looking a hell of a lot better if we got him though. I might even be happy
  • mrbligh
    mrbligh Posts: 3,056
    if Gary Monk gets the charlton job i'll get a tattoo on my....
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Addicted said:

    The sort of manager that we could/should be going for really.

    Will we?

    Will we f

    I thought the protesters wanted our manager to have "proven Championship experience"
  • mrbligh said:

    if Gary Monk gets the charlton job i'll get a tattoo on my....

    A least you'll be able to save some money by skipping the o.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,740
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  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    PL54 said:

    Addicted said:

    The sort of manager that we could/should be going for really.

    Will we?

    Will we f

    I thought the protesters wanted our manager to have "proven Championship experience"
    1. "The protesters" aren't a hive mind
    2. Experience in English football (both playing and managing)
    3. Why am I engaging with you - a notorious baiter?
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Addicted said:

    PL54 said:

    Addicted said:

    The sort of manager that we could/should be going for really.

    Will we?

    Will we f

    I thought the protesters wanted our manager to have "proven Championship experience"
    1. "The protesters" aren't a hive mind
    2. Experience in English football (both playing and managing)
    3. Why am I engaging with you - a notorious baiter?
    Don't be a nonce.

    Plenty of posts before have been very clear that the manager needs to have proven Championship experience.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,856
    or better, OBVIOUSLY!