Postby borofan » 24 Dec 2017, 18:18
Monk gone. Can't say I'm entirely surprised, except maybe the timing. Seems to me that he had all the tools there to do the job but was floundering badly in finding a system to fit. Sums it up that he tried to get rid of Downing before the season started, and he's turned out to be the best player we've had all season. I reckon Steve Gibson has looked at the way Wolves have gone - same sort of thing, new man in, lots of cash spent, but they are absolutely flying - and thought 'why isn't that us?'.
Interesting that Gibson has put Craig Liddle (head Academy coach) in temporary charge rather than any of the coaching staff Monk brought with him. That shows that Gibson has lost confidence in the lot of them - mind if James Beattie is as good a coach as he was a player there's no surprise.
The rumour is that there have been talks with Tony Pulis about the job. OK, I never really liked entertaining football anyway...
We're usually skipping around the function room in our long-johns by now...