I agree on that. This was the first result under Monk that really had no excuses (IMO people were far too critical of the palace result).
I disagree last 20 minutes all monk did was stand there with hands in pockets looking devoid of ideas. God know what his halftime talks are like!! As has already been said, the Premiership is no place to start your managerial career.
Football is a funny old game, whats the betting we turn over Everton for the first time ever under Monk?
Some post match articles worth reading; - http://www.theswanseaway.co.uk/2014/03/jekyll-hyde-how-swansea-lost-game-to.html?#.UyY9R2tYCK0 - http://www.westbromwichalbion-mad.co.uk/roll/ed41/a_fans_view_swansea_1_albion_2_827797/index.shtml? - http://www.squawka.com/news/2014/03...t-to-fall-to-the-new-west-brom/2014031583425? - http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/swanseacity/id/2105?&cc=5739 - http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/view-dugout-garry-monk-calls-6837648? - http://swansfc.com/blog/2014/03/16/fast-facts-swansea-1-wba-2-review? - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...igmoney-transfer-ask-will-i-play-9195948.html
Some very good reads there Terror! Here's my favourite bits: Most damning for Swansea was a lacking final product from their territorial dominance. It is disconcerting to see how easily these Swans can be manipulated into making mistakes. Page one, paragraph one of the manual on how to counter passing sides is predicated on one singular concept: constant pressing. It's an obvious strategy, and one which lately Swansea simply have no answer for. Maybe Mel's second-half game plan was always going to limit the Swans' attacking effectiveness, but where was Swansea's resolve to return the favour? Perhaps Swansea's reputation as a possession football side masks an ugly truth -- that for all their ability with the ball (when given time and space), Swansea are sometimes pretty poor without it. Saturday's first half proves that Swansea can still turn on the style when their tails are up, but the second half again showed that they have no answer when the chips are down. From here on out, the chips are always going to be down. Managing a side with an attacking DNA, Monk could do worse than borrow a few ideas from Arrigo Sacchi's shadow-play (at AC Milan, the Italian would conduct training drills without a ball, pointing randomly instead to an invisible ball and expecting his players to fall into the correct defensive positions in response). If Swansea were half as good without the ball as they are with it, avoiding relegation would be a matter of course. As things stand, the prospect still looms, a black cloud which the Swans' flamboyance alone cannot shift. While this side are allowing opponents to bully them and to take free shots on goal, then excuses about injuries or fatigue are irrelevant. This side are hurting themselves. The silver lining is that the power to stop the bleeding lies with Swansea, but it is a question of tactical adjustment and application as much as attitude. The quicker Monk can slap a band aid on and address those defensive issues, the better..................
Taken from the Max Hicks blog at ESPN, Phil. I've repeatedly said that Max is far and away the best Swans' blogger out there. He has a sharp appreciation of the game in general and the Swans in particular. "Can't miss" reading for me every week.
Except for the first sentence, yes indeed Ivor, and I can only agree with you and old Max!............
