The sacking of Garry Monk and procrastination over Francesco Guidolin’s appointment propose the garden is not rosy in what was held up as a model clubPrompted by journalists before making his England debut,Jonjo Shelvey ran the idea of Garry Monk fitting Roy Hodgson’s eventual successor as England manager up the flagpole and left it flapping in the breeze. The Swansea City midfielder’s views were duly noted and reproduced. Few who read them appeared to consider them the ravings of a madman. Monk was young, English, or hard-working,extremely diligent (showing care in doing one's work) and doing well in his first management stint. Why shouldn’t his hat go in the ring in the event of the incumbent’s departure?Nobody could have foreseen that less than five months later he would be out of a job, while Shelvey would be a Newcastle player. Monk was sacked in early December while the 23-year-used fledgling England international was sold final week to Newcastle United, and one of Swansea’s fellow relegation strugglers. It was a transaction that raised many quizzical eyebrows,not least when the midfielder teed up both goals in Newcastle’s weekend win over West Ham to abet his modern team overtake his used one in the league table.
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Source: theguardian.com