Monty Gone to Millwall ?

[Revolution]

I think I'm right in saying that's the only point we won and the only goal we ever scored wearing that kit....

 

[stannyblade]

I think it is just about the right time for Monty to leave.

I can't believe how many people are queuing up to have a pop at him. He was a limited player, but a player who never went and hid, a player who always gave it all, and a player who on more than once occasion played through the pain barrier to give his all to the cause.

He had 12 years at the Lane, played in around 400 games, and was one of the few players you thought actually cared about the club and it's fans.

Sickens me to think that people are using his departure in the club, to slag him off even furthur, without any respect for the effort he put in during his time.

Totally spot on Brownie.

 

[broomhillblade]

This thread is a form of third-party cyber bullying.

 

[Micalijo]

I think it is just about the right time for Monty to leave.

I can't believe how many people are queuing up to have a pop at him. He was a limited player, but a player who never went and hid, a player who always gave it all, and a player who on more than once occasion played through the pain barrier to give his all to the cause.

He had 12 years at the Lane, played in around 400 games, and was one of the few players you thought actually cared about the club and it's fans.

Sickens me to think that people are using his departure in the club, to slag him off even furthur, without any respect for the effort he put in during his time.

Oh well - you'll just have to get over it. People are just sick of his lack of ability - painful to watch and a massive reason why we are now in the pub league.

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This thread is a form of third-party cyber bullying.

Not really - he's just a truly awful footballer and people are saying so. I'm sure Monty will look at his bank balance and soon get over it.

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Personally I think the way we talk about some of our players is absolutely disgusting. We don't even describe Wednesday's lot the way we do our own. Some of you should be ashamed.

Ahh, diddums.

 

[bladesadviser]

Only on a Blades forum can a player who has been with is for 10 years, played over 400 times for the club, been with us during our success and failures, never shirked responsibility, been captain of our club, played under several managers be treated so badly
Course he wasn't the most skilful footballer but we have hardly had an excess of those in the last 10 years.
Good luck Monty on your move to a higher division club

 

[ListerBlade]

Will always appreciate everything he's done for our club, good luck Monty.

It's the right time now, is he out of contract at the end of the season? Or will it be a loan with a view to a permanent?

 

[Darren]

He isn't the best player in the world, but Warnock, Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams and Wilson have all played him. In the red in tooth and claw, dog eat dog world that is professional football, do NM's critics on here really not think that if he was bad as they are making out at least one of those six managers would have realised it over the last 12 years and got rid?

 

[Revolution]

If memory serves, Monty was elevated to a regular in 2003-4 after the sale of Brown. Before that he had runs in the side but was never a guaranteed first XI player.

He showed himself as not being good enough to be part of a pair in central midfield on a regular basis. Aside from a good spell in the first half of our promotion year - when, tellingly, he was playing next to an in-form Jags - his form did not really improve.

Unfortunately, there was either no one else or the players signed (Leigertwood, Harper, Howard, Hendrie etc) were such massive disappointments that he kept this role to the detriment of the team. He was more effective in a 5 man midfield but United usually found it hard to score goals in this formation so it may have suited him but did not always suit the team.

After our relegation in 2007 he seemed to lose a little pace or judgment and started to give away fouls at a rate he'd never achieved before. His passing started poor and remained poor throughout his twelve year career.

There are only 2 reasons he is still at the club after all this time:

1. When Bolton supposedly came in for him (in January 2008 I think) he was injured

2. He wasn't good enough to command a decent fee.

Now we have Doyle, who does everything Monty does but much cheaper (and better this year) he's finally superfluous to requirements.

He's a trier. He puts a shift in. He's supposedly a nice guy in person - certainly everyone speaks well of him. I always wanted him to be better than he was. He's sort of a great servant, but more like a great survivor - he's what you have left after you sell off the good stuff.

I don't dislike him. I hope he does well at Millwall (more than I hope it for Henderson). But I dislike what he's represented, which is the strategy of selling the better players and settling for second best. Here's hoping that stops at last.

 

[sitwell]

I think it is just about the right time for Monty to leave.

I can't believe how many people are queuing up to have a pop at him. He was a limited player, but a player who never went and hid, a player who always gave it all, and a player who on more than once occasion played through the pain barrier to give his all to the cause.

He had 12 years at the Lane, played in around 400 games, and was one of the few players you thought actually cared about the club and it's fans.

Sickens me to think that people are using his departure in the club, to slag him off even furthur, without any respect for the effort he put in during his time.

Well said Brownie.

 

[DronnieBlade]

Lets be honest.

A version of Nick Montgomery with a reasonable amount of technical ability would probably never have graced the red & white stripes of the Blades, commanded multi million pound transfer fees and been a regular in the Scottish national team.

Alas Nick is not blessed with Messi like qualities and he would, I am sure, be the first to admit that.

HOWEVER, it is ridiculous that some, expert pundits no doubt, can ridicule a player who has given everything possible to the Blades cause, stuck with it through thin and thin, commanded attention from International Superstars (Lamps), earned a very good living at being "shite" and being one of the first names on most Blades managers team sheets for a decade.

For me, Monty (and possibly Walker) was the only player to show up at Wembley vs Burnley and gave a commanding performance when all around him was caving in.

I can see why people are quick to be critical. For tis the blades way.

I can also see why people are saying it is the right time for Nick and also the right time for the club to move on.

Trouble is you don't know what you have got till its gone.

Nick Montgomery. Much maligned. Seriously misunderstood.

UTB.

 

[Balham]

He isn't the best player in the world, but Warnock, Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams and Wilson have all played him. In the red in tooth and claw, dog eat dog world that is professional football, do NM's critics on here really not think that if he was bad as they are making out at least one of those six managers would have realised it over the last 12 years and got rid?

It depends what the manager's priority for central midfield is. Warnock, Blackwell and Adams wanted solidity - ie two players better without the ball than with it. It suted the game all three liked to play - direct football; aim to get the ball to a centre forward and work from there.

Speed and Robson I'm not convinced had a plan for what they wanted to do so I'm going to exclude them. Certainly Speed was constrained by the finances at the time; Robson has to be the worst manager I've known in my time following the Blades.

Wilson prefers a different game to Warnock, Blackwell and Adams in that he prefers to have a central playmaker. This player has to be comfortable with the ball at their feet in the middle of the park, able to hold onto possession and find their teammates. This can be through balls to the wide men or to the forwards but instead of being back to goal, Wilson prefers them to be running onto the ball in the final third (see numerous Ched goals this season but Walsall and Bury away spring to mind).

Monty has been a great servant to the club - and handsomely rewarded for it - but his strengths don't fit with the gameplan Wilson has. I can only assume that the conversation between Wilson, Monty and Doyle went along the lines that the person in the team stays in the team unless they have a shocker/are injured/are banned. Doyle's been doing well so Monty's been on the bench.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Monty went to Leeds in the summer for a nominal fee to team up for Warnock in the team he supported growing up. He'll do well there and I'd be saddened if any Blades would begrudge him that (as long as it's not at our expense).

Oh, and Pommpey - he scored a cracking penalty in the shootout at Hartlepool

 

[Darren]

It depends what the manager's priority for central midfield is. Warnock, Blackwell and Adams wanted solidity - ie two players better without the ball than with it. It suted the game all three liked to play - direct football; aim to get the ball to a centre forward and work from there.

Speed and Robson I'm not convinced had a plan for what they wanted to do so I'm going to exclude them. Certainly Speed was constrained by the finances at the time; Robson has to be the worst manager I've known in my time following the Blades.

Wilson prefers a different game to Warnock, Blackwell and Adams in that he prefers to have a central playmaker. This player has to be comfortable with the ball at their feet in the middle of the park, able to hold onto possession and find their teammates. This can be through balls to the wide men or to the forwards but instead of being back to goal, Wilson prefers them to be running onto the ball in the final third (see numerous Ched goals this season but Walsall and Bury away spring to mind).

Monty has been a great servant to the club - and handsomely rewarded for it - but his strengths don't fit with the gameplan Wilson has. I can only assume that the conversation between Wilson, Monty and Doyle went along the lines that the person in the team stays in the team unless they have a shocker/are injured/are banned. Doyle's been doing well so Monty's been on the bench.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Monty went to Leeds in the summer for a nominal fee to team up for Warnock in the team he supported growing up. He'll do well there and I'd be saddened if any Blades would begrudge him that (as long as it's not at our expense).

Oh, and Pommpey - he scored a cracking penalty in the shootout at Hartlepool

On the managers, it's debataeble whether Adams or Robson was worse The former took a team of middling to poor second tier players and turned them into relegation certainties; the former took a team which should have been battling for automatic promotion and turned them into middling to poor second tier players.

There is an argument that our squad at the beginning of 07-08 was better that the squad that so nearly stayed in the PL (we lost Jagielka, Kazim-Richards and Nade, but gained Beattie, Naysmith, Sharp and Cahill), so I think you are propably right that Robson "wins" it.

 

[Balham]

On the managers, it's debataeble whether Adams or Robson was worse The former took a team of middling to poor second tier players and turned them into relegation certainties; the former took a team which should have been battling for automatic promotion and turned them into middling to poor second tier players.

There is an argument that our squad at the beginning of 07-08 was better that the squad that so nearly stayed in the PL (we lost Jagielka, Kazim-Richards and Nade, but gained Beattie, Naysmith, Sharp and Cahill), so I think you are propably right that Robson "wins" it.

Choosing the better manager from Robson and Adams is a bit like choosing which hand you want to lose to gangrene, really.

 

[Pinchy]

The one blameless soul... Monty himself. All hail.

Au contrarie JD, he's top of the first group.

He isn't the best player in the world, but Warnock, Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams and Wilson have all played him. In the red in tooth and claw, dog eat dog world that is professional football, do NM's critics on here really not think that if he was bad as they are making out at least one of those six managers would have realised it over the last 12 years and got rid?

At least one of them has; have you not noticed?

HOWEVER, it is ridiculous that some, expert pundits no doubt, can ridicule a player who has given everything possible to the Blades cause, stuck with it through thin and thin, commanded attention from International Superstars (Lamps), earned a very good living at being "shite" and being one of the first names on most Blades managers team sheets for a decade.

Ah, the Lampard myth again. It never happened: Not a word. Vieira too: Pas du tout. Pele has never mentioned him either. The Arsenal youth team, however, thought him the best training cone they had ever used.

 

[super_pig]

LMAO .. finally made it then? ..
what is the source of the Lampard myth?

 

[oldblade]

Oh well - you'll just have to get over it. People are just sick of his lack of ability - painful to watch and a massive reason why we are now in the pub league.

Yeah, he's so bad he's gone to a team in a higher division than us.

 

[super_pig]

the lord works in mysterious ways as my gran used to say.. guffaws

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Bleeding hell. Why are so many world class football scouts pissing away their time on here? They know more than 3 of our previous managers, not to mention umpteen coaches, yet prat around on here rather than finding Barca the new Messi

 

[TarquinDelouche]

Hey, remember when everyone said that Hendo was shit and it was a good thing we'd got rid of him, then he went to Millwall and got 18 goals in 31 appearances?

 

[Darren]

At least one of them has; have you not noticed?

.

Oh I have noticed.

I have also noticed:

(1) NM managed to fool 6 managers for 12 years; and
(2) He has now managed to fool the manager a team in a higher division than us.

It follows that either

(1) All 7 managers he has played under are stupid;
(2) NM has hypnotic ability;
(3) You talk crap about NM.

My money is on 3.

 

[Revolution]

Hey, remember when everyone said that Hendo was shit and it was a good thing we'd got rid of him, then he went to Millwall and got 18 goals in 31 appearances?

Henderson has managed 31 appearances in a single season? Jesus.

 

[Blade nath]

Big thanks to Monty, always given 110% never been shy in a tackle and works hard. But now he's a surplus to requirements, we don't particularly need him now we're starting to pass.

DW said on RS he's looking to bring in some loan players before thursday, so i assume thats another reason he's gone.

Hope Millwall make it permenant

 

[JohnDenver]

Au contrarie JD, he's top of the first group.

Never mind. My man-love for Monty can withstand harsh words.

 

[LSF]

I've always appreciated what Nick brought to the team, as did several managers who continued to pick him despite several million forum experts screaming otherwise. Can all these armchair experts be wrong? Of course they can, they just don't know it in their own expert little world.
All the childish names some have thrown Monty's way over the years kind of tells me more about their warped mentality more than anything else.....

 

[Blade nath]

I've always appreciated what Nick brought to the team, as did several managers who continued to pick him despite several million forum experts screaming otherwise. Can all these armchair experts be wrong? Of course they can, they just don't know it in their own expert little world.
All the childish names some have thrown Monty's way over the years kind of tells me more about their warped mentality more than anything else.....

I've had a season ticket for about 8 years now, and i totally agree with some of the names and songs thrown at and about monty

 

[Guesty]

I think it is just about the right time for Monty to leave.

I can't believe how many people are queuing up to have a pop at him. He was a limited player, but a player who never went and hid, a player who always gave it all, and a player who on more than once occasion played through the pain barrier to give his all to the cause.

He had 12 years at the Lane, played in around 400 games, and was one of the few players you thought actually cared about the club and it's fans.

Sickens me to think that people are using his departure in the club, to slag him off even furthur, without any respect for the effort he put in during his time.

Too right, Brownie.

I note with interest that some of the posters that have criticised myself and others for being too miserable are the same folk who have hounded Monty's every doing for the last few years. Apparently it's only OK to be negative towards certain targets.

 

[Darren]

Hey, remember when everyone said that Hendo was shit and it was a good thing we'd got rid of him, then he went to Millwall and got 18 goals in 31 appearances?

Henderson has managed 31 appearances in a single season? Jesus.

His goals also outnumber his yellow cards by almost 3 to 1 (18 to 7) and he hasn't been sent off yet this season.

He is a man born again...

 

[Pinchy]

LMAO .. finally made it then? ..
what is the source of the Lampard myth?

Many years ago, when Blades actually listened to Radio Sheffield, a sensible caller pointed out that our resident shadow-chaser couldn't actually play football.

One of the We :heart: Mediocrity Brigade responded. He claimed to have met our Frankie on holiday, whereupon Frank couldn't wait to reveal that our Nick was one of his toughest ever opponents.

Since then, hundreds claim to have heard or seen Frank say this in an interview somewhere, but can't quite place it. The same people went on to write Monty's unique job description, which demands no football ability whatsoever, but enables them to say "He does his job".

One day I'll write a book...

 

[Balham]

His goals also outnumber his yellow cards by almost 3 to 1 (18 to 7) and he hasn't been sent off yet this season.

He is a man born again...

His arrests on suspicion of GBH outnumber his red cards this season.

 

[Micalijo]

Many years ago, when Blades actually listened to Radio Sheffield, a sensible caller pointed out that our resident shadow-chaser couldn't actually play football.

One of the We :heart: Mediocrity Brigade responded. He claimed to have met our Frankie on holiday, whereupon Frank couldn't wait to reveal that our Nick was one of his toughest ever opponents.

Since then, hundreds claim to have heard or seen Frank say this in an interview somewhere, but can't quite place it. The same people went on to write Monty's unique job description, which demands no football ability whatsoever, but enables them to say "He does his job".

One day I'll write a book...

Top stuff Pinch but let's remember that unfortunately this joke of a footballer might be back with us next season. Unless, in London he realises he is more suited to Greco-Roman wrestling and makes it into the Olympics.

He had his uses I suppose every now and again in the Premier League but as Rev eloquently says above his presence has such a negative impact on the team.