I think you might have been watching a different team play dude
No, just watching him carefully. Almost every game he showed small areas of improvement.
I think you might have been watching a different team play dude
No, just watching him carefully. Almost every game he showed small areas of improvement.

The youngster didn't know how to pass the ball, he tried relying on his running and dribbling skills but almost every defender was just as fast and much stronger than him. He was bullied easily and his perception of his ability got the better of him, his goal tally in the Premier League will forever read zero and let's not forget he didn't get a goal in the cups and Europa League neither.
His official goal tally for us was 22 games, 0 goals. For a 22 year old attacking midfielder with a few seasons under his belt that is not Premier League quality, he was never gonna make it so his pouting was all the more confusing to me... when you are not made of the right stuff the last thing you should do is act in such a disgraceful manner. A club above his level in a league above his level was too gracious for him, his attitude towards it was somewhat pathetic.
I am one the guys who is glad to see the back of him, he didn't set Betis alight before joining us and that should have been the clue that he was not good enough for us.
Don't disagree with the comments and sentiment, but didn't he score against Malmo and Petrolul (whatever they were called)?
Well valley , Monk was disruptive behind the scenes , did they get rid of him... no , they made him manager .. lol

I hope you are right but dont speak to soon. there will be plenty reposting this should we fail this year.

Verdict still out project .
He did, but UEFA and FIFA don't recognise those goals as being in competitive matches. Even though they counted towards the score in a Europa League qualifying match, the qualifying rounds don't count towards a players career statistics much like friendlies.
Because Monk didn't turn out to be totally useless.