Notes From The Habbin: Monk-ey Business
Garry on the comeback trail.
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The last few years have been notoriously difficult for the name Gary.
Once a commonly heard moniker up and down England, its popularity declined to such an extent in the last decade that only 28 babies called Gary were born in the UK in 2015.
But now it seems Gary is back in fashion, and according to The Mirror (I know, but bear with me on this) was a “trending name” for babies in 2023 as new parents looked to “classic Gen X names" for their little ones.
As Gary hits the comeback trail, a Garry is also making an unlikely return, with Garry Monk unveiled on Monday as Cambridge United’s third permanent head coach of the season.
The former Swansea manager has been out of football since 2020, but is back in the game and tasked with keeping the U’s clear of the League One relegation zone.
Out of the frying pan, into the friar
Given some of the names banded around for the United job since the departure of Neil Harris, Monk feels like a reasonable appointment. His career hasn’t exactly been on an upward trajectory since he first burst onto the scene at Swansea, but his record is not horrendous and his average points-per-game from any of his previous jobs, if repeated over the last 11 games of this season, would probably be enough to see us safe.
Despite this, the appointment still feels significantly more risky than that of Harris.
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