I'd say this season's squad is stronger than last year and I include Taylor in that statement purely because we have in numbers strength in depth with the Centre half availability ,Jazz who can play either full back position again with Tiendalli and Kingsley in the squad a fantastic replacement for Vorm in Fabisanski. Temmel was back to his best v Everton in the Cup and we know what he is capable of .Ki revitalised and showing why he was brought to the Club but discarded last season when we were down to the bare bones at times .Carroll is more than adequate and has played well with perhaps the exception of the Stoke game and although a loanee and in a different position compared to last seasons loan dross a huge improvement .
Tactically Monk has shown he still has a lot to learn but this good start has endeared him for now to the majority and has given him breathing space to develop his own style and to learn without the added pressure of a manager looking for results.He does act positively and I thought he shown he's not afraid to make important decisions in dropping players i.e. Shelvey ,I think that the squad is more than capable of putting in performances such as the Valencia but we're not there yet due to a worrying ability of a collective slump in performance levels .
