Ser poenget mht spekulasjoner.
Oppstår lett.
Typisk.
Selv finner jeg det "betryggende" at det er taushet (les: ingen rykter) eller noe annet rundt saken, enn det som er kommunisert og kjent; - at Pontus hadde føling med hamstring, og ikke ønsket å sitte på benken.
Monk hadde uansett bestemt seg for å starte med samme XI som slo Brighton.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-monk-defends-cooper-over-alleged-stamp-1-8471815"Cooper started for the second game running yesterday, preferred again to Pontus Jansson, who declared himself unfit on the morning of the match with a hamstring strain. Monk revealed that he had chosen to start Cooper alongside Kyle Bartley before the problem with Jansson’s fitness emerged, maintaining an unchanged line-up on the back of a 2-0 victory over Brighton before the international break.
Monk caused a surprise by dropping Jansson against Brighton and replacing him with Cooper. United’s head coach refused to explain his reasons or to say whether Jansson’s omission was a disciplinary matter.
The 25-year-old, who featured for Sweden in a World Cup qualifier during the international break, made the trip to the Madejski Stadium but sat in the stands as a first-half goal from Yann Kermorgant ended Leeds’ seven-match unbeaten run.
“He was due to be on the bench,†Monk said.
“He ruled himself out and said his hamstring felt a little bit tight. We’ll be assessing him and all the players to make our judgements ready for the game on Tuesday (at Brentford).
“The starting 11 was the same as it was against Brighton. They deserved that and they’ve been training very well since then. It was a fantastic performance and they’d earned the right to start the next game. That was the decision behind it.â€
Read more at:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-monk-defends-cooper-over-alleged-stamp-1-8471815At ikke Phil Hay og YEP har noen follow-up på saken, tar jeg foreløpig som et godt tegn.
Så får vi se hva som skjer ift startoppstilling og Pontus´(skade)situasjon til tirsdag.