What would you do differently then?

[Harty]

The Hippo is without doubt the hardest creature on the planet so can we return to all things Albion

Its almost deja vu on this board, 12 months on, relegation fight, calls for the managers head, and some things on here are almost negative beyond belief.

So with the advent of football manager games on pc and games consoles, we all seem to think we are a potential Fergie or Cloughie.

So re the Albion what would you do if you were Gus Poyet?

 

[Beach Hut]

First tell Carole to go and do one.

 

[wigman]

So re the Albion what would you do if you were Gus Poyet?

Ian,if i was Gus then i would ask for the fans to be patient and stick with him.
We cannot keep chopping and changing managers,he will get it right,keep the faith.

 

[clarkey]

Ian,if i was Gus then i would ask for the fans to be patient and stick with him.
We cannot keep chopping and changing managers,he will get it right,keep the faith.

Quite right. Its ludicrous that you even feel the need to write such a message here.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I'd get a Hippo in on loan to add some bite & physical presence in the middle of the park. Oh, & I'd replace our dissenting Meerkat with a hungry Honey Badger (assuming we could sort the work permit, like).

Job's a good 'un.

 

[Harty]

Ian,if i was Gus then i would ask for the fans to be patient and stick with him.
We cannot keep chopping and changing managers,he will get it right,keep the faith.

Not at all Clarkey.

I can't believe that I get back from football and there is so much negatvity expressed on here.

As I understand it you get relegated when you cannot better the points and goal difference total of the team 5th from bottom, not on the second weekend in Feb.

I make no secret of the fact that I was a Micky Adams man, people on this board seem to be beating, unfairly in my opinion, Gus Poyet with the same stick.

I said on the same weekend last year, we wouldn't go down, and we didn't and I think the same 52 weeks on.

And as Poyet said on Thursday night at Burgess Hill if we do go down he won't hide and will take all the blame, will the same be said for the others?

 

[wigman]

People saying Poyet out are not on a wind up. He's shit and has always been clueless. What strides has he made into the team? He's done f*** all, we're even worse off than we were when Slade was sacked. Bloom wont sack him, but he should never have made him manager

Secondly if i were GUS, i would want this blokes address so i could knock on his door and have a little word.

 

[dougdeep]

And as Poyet said on Thursday night at Burgess Hill if we do go down he won't hide and will take all the blame, will the same be said for the others?

I hope you paid to get in.

 

[Taybha]

its a good question and to be honest im not sure theres much else poyet can be doing that he isnt already,on the pitch the players are starting to respond to his way of thinking. Look at the results against huddersfield away and norwich, 11 goals conceded no points,the same 2 fixtures at home 2 goals conceded 1 point,to me thats a massive improvement in a short space of time,everybody is gutted we did not take at least a point off norwich yesterday but Norwich are a quality side destined for the championship and we ran them close. If i was poyet the only thing i would do to change the current situation would to sort the forster thing out,either get rid or offer the guy a deserved contract,he is far to good a player at this level to be paying yet not playing.

 

[BensGrandad]

If I was Gus I would go to Tony Bloom and ask who do you back me or Forster if its me let me circulate his name for a loan but let me loan a target man and pay the wages required. Then I would start thinking of who to try to loan who is a proven goalscorer who cannot regularly get into his premiership or Championship side but would be more than adequate for us.

I would then appoint a Europeam scout to search the european market for players for next season from Spain, Portugal, France Germany Holland etc.

 

[Chesney Christ]

Not at all Clarkey.

I can't believe that I get back from football and there is so much negatvity expressed on here.

As I understand it you get relegated when you cannot better the points and goal difference total of the team 5th from bottom, not on the second weekend in Feb.

I make no secret of the fact that I was a Micky Adams man, people on this board seem to be beating, unfairly in my opinion, Gus Poyet with the same stick.

I said on the same weekend last year, we wouldn't go down, and we didn't and I think the same 52 weeks on.

And as Poyet said on Thursday night at Burgess Hill if we do go down he won't hide and will take all the blame, will the same be said for the others?

Can't compare Adams to Poyet. Adams turned a team of promotion candidates into relegation certs.

Adams 2nd spell as manager was like watching someone have a breakdown and some of his decisions bordered on mentally ill (Virgo right wing? Thornton benched week after week? Hawkins better than Joel Lynch? Virgo left wing? I could go on all day...).

Poyet is merely trying to clear up the mess left by Adams (as was Slade), and I believe - bizarre substitutions aside - is doing so and will make us a much better side in the long run.

Adams put us back 3 or 4 years as a team/club, so it goes without saying that we must give Gus time to turn this around.

 

[Gritt23]

I can't believe that I get back from football and there is so much negatvity expressed on here.

Really? We have lost to one of the best teams in the division, during a run of games where most people have been bemoaning how tough it will be to get any points. It's obvious that this board would go into meltdown as if they suddenly thought we'd have won a game like this. What do you expect on here, logical appraisal?

What would I do differently? Very little in the short-term. That's what we need, some stability, and you get that by actually doing very little differently. Of course, you will always disagree with a few of the players picked / dropped but that inevitable. In general, I like what Poyet has done, I like the way he sets his teams up, the way he does make attacking substitutions when we are chasing a game, and the tough stance he's prepared to take when his word has been challenged by NF.

Carole - no.
Navarro - no.
While Cox, and McNulty would be more involved, while I wouldn't have shipped Tunnicliffe out on loan.

But, as I say, a few personnel changes here and there from within the squad is no big deal, but overall, I think the most important thing right now is that we all stand fully behind Poyet. Adams made an absolute mess of the place, and Slade needed a load of short-term fixes to save us last season. Poyet needs time, and we MUST give it to him.

 

[Spider]

I swear there's many more people telling others not to be negative than there are acually people being negative. Of course people are unhappy we lost, and have lost loads of games at home and can't buy a win at the moment, but almost everyone on here agrees in general that we were unlucky yesterday and the last two home games have been encouraging. I wish a few people would stop thinking they're making such an important appeal by saying don't be negative as most of what I've seen is rational reasons to be dissapointed.

 

[twickers]

It wouldn't be popular with the fans and many would argue not the most vital of transfers, but I'd get a couple experienced journeyman who can hold the game, kill time, keep us vigilant at the back. They might be slow, they might not have much moving forward and they might be at the end of their career, but a couple experienced players who can keep it simple in defensive midfield positions would be a great help. We've had a few over the years who can keep their head and everyone elses.

 

[Harty]

I hope you paid to get in.

No, but I'm compered it for free after the club had asked him how much I wanted.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

The Hippo is without doubt the hardest creature on the planet so can we return to all things Albion

QUOTE]

Rubbish

what a pointless thread

 

[Harty]

The Hippo is without doubt the hardest creature on the planet so can we return to all things Albion

QUOTE]

Rubbish

what a pointless thread

What that the hippo is the hardest creature or what people think Poyet is doing right or wrong?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

What that the hippo is the hardest creature or what people think Poyet is doing right or wrong?

Hippo

 

[Mackenzie]

I'd move the clock in the referee's room back five minutes.

 

[Acker79]

I'm not sure there's a lot he can do. Our attacking problem is in a game weeither don't create enough chances or don't finish the ones we do create. Defensively our problem is concentrating for the entire game, we have at least one defensive shoot ourselves in the foot moment per game. I don't know that it's possible to coach this out of the team anymore, so I guess it needs a steller job of squad building in he summer.

Guess shouldn't have to come out and ask for patience at this stage, it should be a given.