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MONK DESERVES RESPECT – AND A PROMISE OF FUNDS

by
The LeaguePaper Team
7 May 2017

FEW people outside Leeds will lament the Whites’ failure to grab a play-off place. That much was obvious when Fulham travelled to Huddersfield a fortnight back.
As news of Leeds’ deficit at Burton flashed up on a giant scoreboard, both sets of supporters united in a Joy Division-inspired chorus of ‘Leeds are falling apart’. No side elicits animosity quite like North Yorkshire’s finest – a cartoon baddie accused of arrogance, dirty play and multiple other sins down the years.
Yet even their most ardent critic must respect what Garry Monk has achieved.
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