Utter nonsense, you will not give Monk any credit about the signings even when you among others stated he wouldn't be able to attract quality (others have at least admitted that they have been proved wrong and are happy with the signings), bottom line is, Monk has signed better players than Laudrup brought here, excluding Michu in his first season. As for Ki, Laudrup said what was the point in bringing him back just to sit on the bench. He had no intention in bringing Ki back or playing him, and look how he's laying now.
Oh and read the article fully, Monk has said he doesn't deal with the development squad transfers, nothing mentioned about first team transfers, but don't let that stop you from twisting quotes for your bitter argument towards Monk. We are doing very well in the league, played very well for 90 minutes against WBA, and I bet it's killing you that Monk is beginning to proves the doubters ( of which I was too to some degree) wrong. Others have mentioned this, but you continue to moan and whinge and post negativity all the time.
How about, for once, you give Monk and the board credit for what has happened on the transfer front and on the pitch, it won't kill you.
Nothing is 'killing' me. And I stand by my post. Nothing negative unless you are a Monk zealot.
As you seem to troll my posts you will know I have praised the team (why wouldn't I?) and posted very positive comment about Carroll, Jazz, Amat, Ash,Ki, Dyer, Routlede, Fabianski, Rangel, Bony, Bray and Gomis when, IMO, they deserved it; i.e. not after Villarreal or second half v Burnley (Oh my goodness how negative? Two of those players are Spanish!!!! and one was brought in by the board when Laudrup was here!!!) I will re-state if you want that I believe Taylor isn't up to the job and the excuses are wearing thin. Shelvey has not had a good start and should be dropped but we sometimes forget he's not long turned 22.
What is negative about stating we have some good signings, some improvement and some we don't know if they will work?
I happen to believe that until our new signings have proven their worth they haven't proven they are better than what we had last season. My opinions are formed from seeing players and reading what they have said not gazing a crystal ball, relying on other posters who pretend to be in the know or claiming them to be superior because Laudrup didn't bring them in.
Has Fernadez played in the league? No , so he's an unknown quantity, How many minutes has Montero played? Not many. Still an unknown quality. As is Gomis. And Carroll? Did well in the short spell he's had in the league. So, unknown quantity - looked good v Rotherham. So are they better than those they have replaced? We don't know.
What we do know is some players have come in and others (on most people's opinion in positions that really needed attention) didn't want to come anywhere near ... as is always the case, irrespective of how hard the board has tried, irrespective of who is manager.
If you think players are lining up to be signed by Garry Monk you are living in a parallel universe. Even Monk has said he's got a lot to learn and he's very new at the game. As I said, he may well gain that reputation but as a very new manager and he isn't there yet.
