QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Sep 24 2013, 05:58 PM)

You're being too kind. If Matri/Muntari/Urby/etc. were playing the way Monto has this season, you'd be demanding they're nowhere near the first XI.
Matri hasn't been doing anything special, he's simply just... there. But I haven't said anything about him, mostly because there's no other option and also because I've decided to give him a bit of a chance and not jump the gun like I did with Pazzo last season. If by January he's still just... there, then I'll have something to say about him.
Same thing with Urby, both him and Constant have been disappointing in their own ways. But they're the only choices we currently have.
Muntari though, he's just out of this world bad and to even compare Monto to him is completely and utterly ridiculous. Like I said, I'm not saying Monto has been great, he's not in form atm. But his performances during this have mostly ranged from average to good. Saying that he might as well not play Monto and keep Muntari on...
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 24 2013, 06:00 PM)

And you are exaggerating. Monto hasn't been very good, but he hasn't been terrible either. And besides, it takes a lot more (or should I say less) to equalize Muntari on the pitch.
This