In punching distance of the Championship’s automatic promotion spots after his first few months, what followed was a manic tumble both on and off the field which saw a mammoth points deduction and off the field chaos drift over the club.
Though it came before the mass exodus of players and huge squad transitions felt in the last two summers, Monk kicked off a changing room turnover in his time, with 13 players walking through a door with his name above it.
Of those 13 players only three remain at Hillsborough and only one still plays at the level at which they were signed – the Championship.
Featuring free agents, players to have hopped around the world since and one stationed out in the Malaysian leagues, let’s take a look at how they’re getting on.
Of those 13 players only three remain at Hillsborough and only one still plays at the level at which they were signed – the Championship.