Assessment of Monk

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Agree PGF, but we need to seriously work on getting that second goal, and with the chances we create it's criminal we don't............<ok>

We had two chances - Ki was clean through but it bobbled when he hit it and Dyer hit a weak attempt straight at the keeper. Our lack of control in the second half is a worry, although credit should be given to Villa who are no mugs, they nearly beat Man U last week with 10 men!
 
Monk is really making his mark on the squad, looks like Shelvey had better pull his socks up or he's out!................<ok>
 
A dismal performance at Anfield where we failed to put a poor Liverpool defence under any pressure - and paid a heavy price. We lost away to Liverpool last season so we are still 8 points better off than the corresponding fixtures last season.

Current Points Total = 28pts
Last Seasons Points Total = 42pts
We are currently on schedule for = 50pts

Man Utd 1-2 Swansea (+3)
Swansea 1-0 Burnley (Same) *
Swansea 3-0 West Brom (+3)
Chelsea 4-2 Swansea (Same)
Swansea 0-1 Southampton (Same)
Sunderland 0-0 Swansea (-2)
Swansea 2-2 Newcastle (-2)
Stoke 2-1 Swansea (-1)
Swansea 2-0 Leicester (Same)**
Everton 0-0 Swansea (+1)
Swansea 2 Arsenal 1 (+3)
Man City 2 Swansea 1 (Same)
Swansea 1 Crystal Palace 1 (Same)
Swansea 2 QPR 0 (Same)***
West Ham 3 Swansea 1 (Same)
Swansea 1 Spurs 2 (Same)
Hull City 0 Swansea 1 (+3)
Swansea 1 Aston Villa 0 (Same)
Liverpool 4 Swansea 1 (Same)


*Replaced Fulham
** Replaced Norwich
*** Replaced Cardiff
 
And play like we have in the last 3 games and QPR will be climbing the table.
I thought that the performance at Hull, whilst not pretty was nevertheless a deserved 3 points. Villa did enough to earn a draw, but we held out. Last night, we were terrible.
 
Everything that Monk has done well has been blighted by the Liverpool match. Unbelievable decisions from him. If I was on the FA board I'd be looking in to gambling circles to see if there were any unusual bets put on.
 
Performances have been a worry for me, but then a good team can win when not playing well, I think its more the regularity in some of these poor performances which bothers me. Sometimes think Monk may be a little too friendly with the players looking at some of the attitudes on the pitch at times. Would like to see him make his mark and get the players fighting for their places, rather than just plod along like they have been doing, be a bit more ruthless.

He still lacks in the subs department, but then that has been apparent since day one. Why he never changed anything at Anfield baffles me, the 4-5-1 wasn't working, but he continued with it. I do hope that he won't be another manager we get without a plan B.
 
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Performances have been a worry for me, but then a good team can win when not playing well, I think its more the regularity in some of these poor performances which bothers me. Sometimes think Monk may be a little too friendly with the players looking at some of the attitudes on the pitch at times. Would like to see him make his mark and get the players fighting for their places, rather than just plod along like they have been doing, be a bit more ruthless.

He still lacks in the subs department, but then that has been apparent since day one. Why he never changed anything at Anfield baffles me, the 4-5-1 wasn't working, but he continued with it. I do hope that he won't be another manager we get without a plan B.

That's why I wanted Monk to sub Jonjo after 25-30 mins v Liverpool. It would have put any such suggestions to bed and showed the squad that he won't tolerate such dreadful performances and that he can be ruthless when needs be.
 
Were we really expecting to beat liverpool we all hoped we could and the best i was looking for was a draw if i am honest.

We were not at the races against liverpool could use the old excuse of too many games but personally i dont believe that at all.

We were second best to everything from what i seen gave them the second and fourth goals and our backtracking was shocking for the others or should i say lack of (missed ki)
 
what annoys me is that Liverpool have been average at best this season and we made them look like world beaters, a draw was on the cards prior to the match but after the first ten minutes I thought they would win by 5, luckily I was wrong. Monk is clueless regarding team selection and subs. rant over. over to the transfer thread now
 
Everything that Monk has done well has been blighted by the Liverpool match. Unbelievable decisions from him. If I was on the FA board I'd be looking in to gambling circles to see if there were any unusual bets put on.

I can't say any of his decisions were unbelievable, in fact I would say the team and substitutions were very typical of Monk. I think I've only seen two games this season where his subs made any sense (or made any impact) at all.
 
A good performance at Loftus Road where we created enough chances to win the match several times over - but we've got to be more clinical and shove the ball in the onion bag.

We should have been playing against 10 men from 5 minutes onwards and another dodgy sending off.

We lost away to ***diff last season (QPR replaced them) so we are now 9 points better off than the corresponding fixtures last season.

Current Points Total = 29pts
Last Seasons Points Total = 42pts
We are currently on schedule for = 51pts

Man Utd 1-2 Swansea (+3)
Swansea 1-0 Burnley (Same) *
Swansea 3-0 West Brom (+3)
Chelsea 4-2 Swansea (Same)
Swansea 0-1 Southampton (Same)
Sunderland 0-0 Swansea (-2)
Swansea 2-2 Newcastle (-2)
Stoke 2-1 Swansea (-1)
Swansea 2-0 Leicester (Same)**
Everton 0-0 Swansea (+1)
Swansea 2 Arsenal 1 (+3)
Man City 2 Swansea 1 (Same)
Swansea 1 Crystal Palace 1 (Same)
Swansea 2 QPR 0 (Same)***
West Ham 3 Swansea 1 (Same)
Swansea 1 Spurs 2 (Same)
Hull City 0 Swansea 1 (+3)
Swansea 1 Aston Villa 0 (Same)
Liverpool 4 Swansea 1 (Same)
QPR 1 Swansea 1 (+1)

*Replaced Fulham
** Replaced Norwich
*** Replaced Cardiff
 
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A good performance at Loftus Road where we created enough chances to win the match several times over - but we've got to be more clinical and shove the ball in the onion bag.

We should have been playing against 10 men from 5 minutes onwards and another dodgy sending off.

We lost away to ***diff last season (QPR replaced them) so we are now 9 points better off than the corresponding fixtures last season.

Current Points Total = 29pts
Last Seasons Points Total = 42pts
We are currently on schedule for = 51pts

Man Utd 1-2 Swansea (+3)
Swansea 1-0 Burnley (Same) *
Swansea 3-0 West Brom (+3)
Chelsea 4-2 Swansea (Same)
Swansea 0-1 Southampton (Same)
Sunderland 0-0 Swansea (-2)
Swansea 2-2 Newcastle (-2)
Stoke 2-1 Swansea (-1)
Swansea 2-0 Leicester (Same)**
Everton 0-0 Swansea (+1)
Swansea 2 Arsenal 1 (+3)
Man City 2 Swansea 1 (Same)
Swansea 1 Crystal Palace 1 (Same)
Swansea 2 QPR 0 (Same)***
West Ham 3 Swansea 1 (Same)
Swansea 1 Spurs 2 (Same)
Hull City 0 Swansea 1 (+3)
Swansea 1 Aston Villa 0 (Same)
Liverpool 4 Swansea 1 (Same)
QPR 1 Swansea 1 (+1)

*Replaced Fulham
** Replaced Norwich
*** Replaced Cardiff
Goof performance...?? Are you kidding we were dreadful today again!