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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Oct 27, 2023 18:54:28 GMT
Garry Monk mentioned in dispatches. Appears to have been out of the game for three years. Interesting if true.
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Post by bluetornados on Oct 27, 2023 22:48:22 GMT
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 28, 2023 9:02:04 GMT
The only place I like to see Gary Monk is on a pretty girls face...
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 28, 2023 9:06:40 GMT
The only place I like to see Gary Monk is on a pretty girls face... That’s Harry Monk though, could be a relative 😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2023 10:10:16 GMT
In it's current state, I don't imagine the Memorial Ground holds the attraction of Hillsborough, St Andrew's, Riverside, Elland Road, or even whatever the hell Swansea's ground's meant to be called. He is a manager who's been sacked or resigned despite success though, like our last two good managers, so I wouldn't say no. I'm not interested in big shots though, as I've said already. I would most like an appointment to last, of a long-term plan.
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Post by harrybuckle on Oct 28, 2023 19:11:00 GMT
Everything you want to know about Monk
Swansea City
On 4 February 2014, Monk was appointed by chairman Huw Jenkins as interim player-manager following the sacking of manager Michael Laudrup.His first match in charge was the South Wales derby on 8 February against Cardiff City, which Swansea won 3–0 with all three goals scored in the second half. After finishing second in their Europa League Group A behind Valencia, Monk's Swansea reached the round of 32, in which they were knocked out by Rafa Benítez's Napoli side after losing 3–1 on aggregate.
Swansea survived a relegation battle and secured safety with one match to spare. Monk became the permanent manager of Swansea City on 7 May 2014, ending his playing career and signing a three-year contract.
In the opening match of the 2014–15 season, Monk led Swansea to a 2–1 away win against Manchester United, the club's first ever league win at Old Trafford.The Swans continued their positive start to the league season with two home wins against Burnley and West Bromwich Albion, a run of results which saw Swansea sit joint top of the Premier League table and Monk pick up the Premier League Manager of the Month for August.
After Swansea's 2–1 defeat to Stoke City on 19 October 2014, Monk claimed that Stoke's Victor Moses had dived for a penalty, and said it was "disgusting" of referee Michael Oliver to award it. Although interviewed by the FA and warned about his conduct in media interviews, Monk was not charged over these statements.
On 11 May 2015, Swansea recorded the double over Arsenal, making the Swans only the third side in Premier League history to have won home and away against both Arsenal and Manchester United in the same season.The Swans ended the season in eighth position with a record points tally.
Monk signed a new three-year contract in July 2015.
After 12 years association with the club, Monk was sacked by Swansea on 9 December 2015 following a run of one win in 11 Premier League matches, which left the club 15th in the table. As a result of Monk's sacking, coaches Pep Clotet, James Beattie and Kristian O'Leary also left the club.
Leeds United
On 2 June 2016, Monk was appointed head coach of Championship club Leeds United on a one-year rolling contract, replacing previous head coach Steve Evans.
Monk made his first signing as Leeds head coach on 28 June 2016, with the addition of Swedish striker Marcus Antonsson for a fee around £2 million] On 7 August, Monk's first match in charge of Leeds was against Q.P.R. in a 3–0 defeat on the opening day of The Championship season. Monk's first victory came in the following match on 10 August with a 5–4 penalty shootout victory for Leeds after a 2–2 draw after extra time against Fleetwood Town.
In November 2016, after guiding Leeds to sixth place and into the Championship play-off positions and also the quarter-finals of the EFL League Cup, Monk was nominated for the Championship Manager of the Month award for October; however, he narrowly missed out with the award going to Newcastle United's Rafa Benitez.
On 29 November 2016, Monk's Leeds were knocked out of the EFL Cup after losing a quarter-final match against Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool at Anfield in a 2–0 defeat, however Leeds had put on an impressive performance against the then Premier League leaders] After beating Brentford 1–0 on 17 December, Monk's Leeds were 5th in the playoff positions in the Championship during Christmas 2016, which had been their highest position at this time of the season since Simon Grayson's Leeds side in 2010.
After making several changes to his team, Monk's Leeds side suffered a shock FA Cup exit on 29 January 2017 to the hands of Sutton United after suffering a 1–0 defeat.On 27 February, Monk received a touchline ban after a pitchside spat with Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner, with Monk blocking Wagner's run, after Wagner ran across the pitch to celebrate a goal with his players, the spat started a pitch side tussle between players and staff of both clubs.
After beating Brighton 2–0 on 19 March 2017, Leeds were firmly in the playoff positions and in the hunt for automatic promotion, having pulled 11 points clear of 7th place However, after a dramatic loss of form in the final 8 matches of the season, Leeds mathematically missed out on the playoffs on the final day of the season, finishing in 7th place after being overtaken by Fulham.
After the takeover of Leeds by Andrea Radrizzani two days earlier, and the day before Leeds were set to activate a 1-year contract extension with the option of exploring a longer-term deal, on 25 May, Monk resigned as Leeds United head coach, with Radrizzani saying that Monk's decision to quit the club had been a 'shock'.
Middlesbrough
On 9 June 2017, Monk was appointed as the manager of newly relegated Championship club Middlesbrough] replacing caretaker manager, Steve Agnew. Upon his appointment, Monk stated that he aimed to have the club promoted immediately back to the Premier League.
Monk's first signings for the club came on 7 July, when he signed Cyrus Christie from Derby County and Jonny Howson from Norwich City.Two days later, he brought in Martin Braithwaite from Toulouse, and later secured the signing of Britt Assombalonga from Nottingham Forest.
His first game as manager came on 12 July 2017 in a goalless draw against Oxford United in Albufeira, Portugal Later that month, Monk brought in Darren Randolph, and Ashley Fletcher] both arriving from West Ham United. Later that transfer window, Monk loaned in Lewis Baker from Chelsea and Connor Roberts from Swansea City.
On 23 December 2017, it was announced that Monk had left the club, to be replaced by Tony Pulis three days later.Birmingham City
Monk was appointed manager of Championship club Birmingham City on 4 March 2018. He signed a three-and-a-half-year deal, and became Birmingham's fifth permanent manager in 15 months.With the team in danger of relegation, he led them to five wins out of the eleven matches remaining;a final-day defeat of promotion candidates Fulham secured a 19th-place finish. In his post-match interview, Monk insisted that the habitual struggle against relegation was unacceptable, he would be "relentless" in raising the mentality throughout the club, and "whoever is not on board with that won't be here."
He excluded several players, including both senior goalkeepers, from consideration for the 2018–19 first team.Operating under an EFL-imposed business plan and with a likely points deduction pending for the club's breaches of the league's Profitability and Sustainability rules,Monk was able to sign one player for a fee and up to five loans or free transfers on wages pitched at a "debilitating" level.[ After a slow start to the season, four wins in October earned Monk a nomination as Championship Manager of the Month as the team rose to ninth in the table. According to the Birmingham Mail, he turned them into "a side vastly superior than the sum of its parts" to keep them in the top half of the table until a run of losses in March and a nine-point deduction meant they were again in a relegation battle; they finished 17th.
In June 2019, it was reported that the relationship between Monk and chief executive Xuandong Ren had broken down, with Ren dissatisfied with Monk's playing style and plans for the new season and Monk unhappy at the sale of the creative Jota. After making it clear he would not resign,Monk was sacked on 18 June.A club statement with echoes of Monk's own of a year earlier called for a change in footballing philosophy and stressed the vital importance of "everybody at the club to be sharing the same vision and commitment to the plans and processes."
Sheffield Wednesday
On 6 September 2019, Monk was appointed as manager at Sheffield Wednesday, replacing Steve Bruce who resigned a few months prior. He signed a contract of an unspecified length. In November 2019 when Wednesday were set to play former club Birmingham, now managed by his former assistant Pep Clotet, Monk spoke negatively about Clotet in his pre-match press conference in addition to refusing to shake his hand after the match. When the two managers faced each other again in the reverse fixture later in the season however, Monk and Clotet shook hands and appeared to settle their differences.On 9 November 2020, he was sacked from Sheffield Wednesday, with the club second-last in the league.
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 16, 2024 19:33:44 GMT
Garry Monk: Cambridge United name ex-Sheffield Wednesday boss as head coach - 4th March 2024
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Garry Monk has been out of management since Sheffield Wednesday sacked him in November 2020Former Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United boss Garry Monk has been named as the new Cambridge United head coach on a contract to the summer of 2026. The 44-year-old replaces Neil Harris, who quit the U's after just 17 games in charge to take over at Millwall. Monk began his managerial career with Swansea City and his former clubs also include Middlesbrough and Birmingham. "The stability in the ownership and their thought process resonated with me," he told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. "I have had opportunities to go back in (to management) but the thing I was really conscious about was trying to find an opportunity with a bit of stability in the ownership, that has a plan in their mind of where they want to go, but a realistic plan as well. "That's very difficult to find in the landscape of football now. That's part of the reason why it's been quite a while but this came along and married up to what I was thinking and what I was looking for." Monk has been out of football management since he was sacked by Wednesday in November 2020 after 14 months at Hillsborough. He said he was "fed up" that the "rug was pulled from under my feet" at previous clubs, but at Cambridge, although an improvement in results is needed, he did not get the feeling that "the goalposts will be moved". The former defender added: "Having the knowledge behind you of some sort of stability and clear thinking gives you the confidence to go in there and know you can do your job well." Majority owner Paul Barry said: "He is a coach of high pedigree, has managed at the top level and impressed us all with his leadership skills, clarity of thinking and his analysis of Cambridge United - both the squad and the club. "Although he has had opportunities to get back into the game over recent times, he has been waiting for the right one. Like us, he sees this as a project and we are pleased he has decided to join us on the journey ahead." "We do, of course, all recognise that there is the immediate challenge of securing our League One future after what has been a difficult period for everyone at the club, following Neil Harris' unexpected and sudden departure," added Barry. "In many ways the season starts now. We have 11 games to go. We know what we need to do and we know that it will require a collective team effort with everyone playing their part in helping us get over the line - players, staff and fans." Monk made 270 appearances for Swansea over 11 years, becoming player-manager in February 2014, initially on an interim basis. He was sacked in December 2015 but was appointed by Leeds the following summer, only to resign after a single season following a takeover by Andrea Radrizzani. He lasted only six months at Middlesbrough before moving on to Birmingham and then Wednesday, who were next to bottom of the Championship when he was sacked.
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 16, 2024 23:29:06 GMT
Garry Monk disappointed Cambridge leave Bristol Rovers empty handed..ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/98D0/production/_132902193_monk_cu.jpgGarry Monk was disappointed to not take anything from Cambridge’s trip to the Memorial Stadium on Tuesday evening but the U’s head coach was pleased with his side’s attitude. Monk admitted luck was not on their side in the late 1-0 defeat, especially given that both sides had enjoyed good chances to score and a draw was very much on the cards. Chris Martin netted the only goal of the game after 87 minutes – after missing a first-half penalty – but Cambridge’s Macauley Bonne and Paul Digby had squandered good opportunities from corners before that, while Mamadou Jobe had also headed against the post. “So close and it would have been deserved (to get a point), I felt overall. Especially in that second half,” said Monk. “There was a similar pattern that we need to address. First half, not that it was bad but just that there were a couple of things we weren’t getting to grips with, especially in our defensive actions but we still had a couple of glorious chances in that first half from our set plays. We should have had a goal. “Second half, we looked so comfortable from a defensive point of view. Much more aggressive in the moments we needed to be and we sorted that out. “I just couldn’t see them scoring. I was thinking more about, how can we do a little bit better with our attacks? “But even then, we had the best chances in the second half. What we needed was for one of them to go in. “But it wouldn’t quite go in for us. And the one real opportunity for them and it goes in – but that’s football sometimes.” Bristol Rovers finally netted at home, as Martin’s late strike ended a run of four matches at the Memorial Stadium without a goal for the hosts.
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