Monk, was very dismissive when asked in a televised interview, "would he have Michu back"?
"No" was his instant response and he went on "people who don't want to be here are no good to me".
In my opinion, that response said much, It says that Monk was deeply hurt by Michu asking to leave, maybe Michu meant to hurt him, who knows. They were not close before were they, each blaming the other for something neither probably had anything to do with. Monks response though was instantaneous, not a nano second passed between the question and response which in my view showed it to be a 'trigger response' akin to, "do you miss your Ex?" would trigger "Fekk off, no", from someone with hurtful memories.
This suggests that at some point there was a mutual respect which has been eroded to the point of tearing an unbridgeable chasm between them.
What happened, this is what I think; its also the same reason we have a wum fuelled split on our very own forum.
In my view the split, highlighted yet again in the thread, and the squad stems directly from who is claiming the responsibility and subsequent bragging rights for responsible for the success our club achieved two years ago.
Clique 1 = Michu's group including Laudrup, his staff and his signings.
They appear to claim the success of two years ago, heralded by their arrival and completely owned by them and them alone. They pay little if any heed to the club prior to their arrival and pay little credence to us before them.
Clique 2 = The Board, Monk, senior staff and senior players.
They felt that the success of two seasons ago was purely down to their hard work and the meticulous laying of deep foundations steady enough to support a carefree platform for clique 1 to perform on. They feel that clique 1 simply stood on the shoulders of every one who'd gone before at the club and were simply the lucky few who happened to be there to reap the rewards when they came.
........ and the school yard dick measuring competition continues on our board. My side did this, your side said that. If my side said this then your side wouldn't have done that. Never about football or Silly isn't it and I don't care any more, both sides are right and both wrong, both have merit and both are complete and utter crap. Driven by members, fuelled by wums.
Back to 12/13 Michu no other manifestations. Who would he replace?
Siggy: Getting many press accolades which I personally think doesn't tell the whole story. Apart from a few bright moments he's been poor for us. Icelandic performances aside, Siggy's has been great but only in short measure, that is when he has time and space (not Einstein). Conversely, when our midfield is pressed, tackles start going time becomes short and space hard to come by Sigy becomes invisible and anonymous. Any opposition pressing our midfield easily shuts Siggy down completely. Obvious choice for me Michu for Siggy.
Gomis: seems a bit displaced to me. He appears to have the talent and physique yet is always a step off where he needs to be, the ball is always a yard too far for him. As a second striker he currently is not the danger we would like him to be, but comparing him to Michu, he was not either. On the very few occasions Michu and Bony played together Michu didn't show anything to suggest he was comfortable sharing the point with anyone. I don't see Michu as being any better than Gomis in the support strikers role.
Bony: Irreplaceable imo, not prolific so far but absolutely key to our game. His hold up, lay off, play should launch more than it actually does but the problem remains the same, currently we don't have anyone to play off him or even with him. We lack the strong running, marauding AM hell bent on getting into the box a la Michu, Siggy just doesn't play that way and Gomis is still bedding into our game.
Michu as a direct replacement for Bony is a big no, as a secondary striker, again a no, as an AM absolutely yes.
Will he come back?
I'd love it to happen but not in a million years, Monk will resign and Michu would give up football before that ever happened.
