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DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE

ASHLEY CALVER believes it’s time for us all to get real...

Garry Monk 

IT SEEMS as though all too frequently players, coaches and managers are given the label ‘great’ or potentially ‘world-class’ before they have even got their teeth into a career in football.
I would like to use Swansea boss Garry Monk as an example; I would not say he is a good manager or a bad manager.
He has not proven himself to be a master tactician nor has he proven himself to be completely out of his depth in his first job as the number one man.
In truth, Monk is coming up ...

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