Gary Monk's Hit & Misses

[DCI_Gene_Hunt]

According to Eric Paylor

Monk's Boro hits and misses & finest signing who became 'major power'

The manager wanted more signings, we know that, but even then the task of bedding ten new faces into the squad is no easy matter, writes Eric Paylor

www.gazettelive.co.uk

 

[festa5]

We got £12m for Ramirez?

Was that ever reported anywhere? I somehow find that very hard to believe.

 

[coluka]

Also, Howson stated that a deal to sign him had been agreed before the previous season had concluded, so before Monk was appointed.

 

[DCI_Gene_Hunt]

We got £12m for Ramirez?

Was that ever reported anywhere? I somehow find that very hard to believe.

One of the most frustrating things about MFC is the unwillingness to confirm transfer fees.

 

[allied_assault]

I was really excited when I saw Monk was lined up to be our manager
I was thinking the football we were going to play would be Swansea like
Pity it didn’t work out

 

[newyddion]

why was he dropped again? Artificially inflating transfer fees that his agent had an interest in and interviewing for the Leeds job was it?

 

[BoroMart]

I was really excited when I saw Monk was lined up to be our manager
I was thinking the football we were going to play would be Swansea like
Pity it didn’t work out

I wasn't, thought he was a billy boolshitter.

But then I've become very neutral about most signings players or managers these days. Seen too many big names fail, and too many cheap signings or unknowns like Karanka do well. I give up predicting, and instead observe

 

[BoroMart]

He's trying to paint Britt as some kind of success despite only scoring in 2 matches out of 48 against top 6 teams and costing a grand total of 23m before leaving for free. He was an unmitigated disaster of a signing that still impacts our FFP for this season (to the tune of about 11.5m) and next season (to about 6m)

I thought Howson was 5m not 6? Him and Randolph were good signings.

 

[Quicksilvera]

We got £12m for Ramirez?

Was that ever reported anywhere? I somehow find that very hard to believe.

I remember that being the fee and we sold de roon for pennys.

 

[BoroMart]

I remember that being the fee and we sold de roon for pennys.

De Roon was sold at a slight profit think it was about 1m

 

[Quicksilvera]

De Roon was sold at a slight profit think it was about 1m

Not enough in the grand scheme of things mart, he’s a quality footballer.

 

[BoroMart]

Not enough in the grand scheme of things mart, he’s a quality footballer.

Agreed, but we weren't in a good bargaining position after relegation unfortunately

 

[Quicksilvera]

Agreed, but we weren't in a good bargaining position after relegation unfortunately

True

 

[festa5]

I remember that being the fee and we sold de roon for pennys.

De Roon went for about the same I'm sure.

If we got £12m for Ramirez that's incredible. 2 goals all season, attitude problems and had previously flopped with Southampton. We had their eyes out.

But surely the club would have disclosed that one? Unless the buying side didn't want to.

 

[Smoginexile]

Biggest mistake Steve Gibson ever made.
But I was really happy with the appointment at the time.
So I was fooled by Garry Monk as well.

 

[Jedi boro]

He should be in jail

 

[indeedido]

Assombolonga, Fletcher, Braithwaite, Johnson and Shotton were disaster signings that we lost a lot of money on (£33m plus wages and agents fees)
Christie and Randolph just about washed their faces.
Howson at £5m was pricey but the only one to have been worthwhile.

Keeping Gestede when we could have got money back from Leeds was a shocker. But that gem was pulis, together with selling Bamford and buying the useless Flint and Saville.

You really do have to pause a while to take those two summers in.

 

[Jedi boro]

33m plus wages and agents fees

Wow just wow.

 

[Colin Warnek]

Biggest mistake Steve Gibson ever made.
But I was really happy with the appointment at the time.
So I was fooled by Garry Monk as well.

Agnew was the biggest mistake Gibbo made. Followed by Monk 6months later. Think he was on the woy oys in 2017.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

Was shotton a disaster? He didn't pull up trees but he only cost £3M and played 75 games