Monk was backing his Swansea City team mate Darren Pratley to show Nottingham Forest what they missed out on during the summer through what ended to be a fruitless chase.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the Evening Post, Monk said “He’s a big part of the team and you can see from his performances where his mind is<\/p>\n
“Prats has been playing very well and he’s running all round the pitch fighting for every ball.<\/p>\n
“He’s a Swansea player, has tremendous respect for the club, manager and players and loves the club.<\/p>\n
“He could easily have handed in a transfer request but he has too much respect for the players, fans and club to do that.<\/p>\n
“Some players may have thrown their toys out of the pram and sulked, but that’s not Prats.<\/p>\n
“Until something concrete comes forward you can’t think of speculation or rumours, and that’s what he is doing.<\/p>\n
“In the meantime he will continue giving his all for the club. We can’t ask for much more than that.<\/p>\n
“I’m just glad he’ll be playing for us and not against us tomorrow.<\/p>\n
“Like I’ve said, Prats can’t be faulted for his attitude and commitment,” he added. “Neither can the fans, as some of them could have turned on Prats a little.<\/p>\n
“But they’ve seen his performances, not only this season, but since he came through the door here and they respect him like he respects them.<\/p>\n
“He has run his heart out for this club.<\/p>\n
“It was the same with Ferrie \u2014 more than 6,000 were there when we played Neath and they were all chanting his name and Ferrie really appreciated that.<\/p>\n
“It just shows how strong the bond is between players and supporters here.<\/p>\n
“The biggest stick he gets is from the players.<\/p>\n
“In training there’s a lot of banter.<\/p>\n
“If he makes a mistake in training we tell him he’s lucky the scouts aren’t watching.<\/p>\n
“He’s had a lot this week because of who we are playing, but he just laughs it off.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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