[Albion] 9 Years Ago today...

[Munkfish]

Gus Swooped for... Inigo Calderon. What a man!

 

[father_and_son]

Gus Swooped for... Inigo Calderon. What a man!

What a man?

Strange comment as the two names mentioned are, respectively, an arse and a GOD!

 

[Brok]

 

[jamie (not that one)]

I really don't understand most of the anti-Poyet rhetoric on here.

Yes, it got a little bitter at the end with the glass ceiling nonsense and the alleged sacking on-air, and I'm sure in hindsight he looks back with a little embarrassment, but we don't really know what was going on behind the scenes. I'm not old enough to remember the early 80's but I've been watching the Albion since the early 90's and he, along with support from Bloom et al, took us to a level I never thought I'd see us at with the quality of player I'd never seen wearing the shirt in person.

 

[Beach Hut]

I remember watching his debut at a freezing Walsall and we won

 

[SweatyMexican]

I remember giving up in the following pre-season thinking he'd gone to Southampton. Really glad he stayed for the long term, such a club icon.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I really don't understand most of the anti-Poyet rhetoric on here.

Yes, it got a little bitter at the end with the glass ceiling nonsense and the alleged sacking on-air, and I'm sure in hindsight he looks back with a little embarrassment, but we don't really know what was going on behind the scenes. I'm not old enough to remember the early 80's but I've been watching the Albion since the early 90's and he, along with support from Bloom et al, took us to a level I never thought I'd see us at with the quality of player I'd never seen wearing the shirt in person.

We loved him.

He spurned us.

Hell hath no fury like a football fan scorned.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

We loved him.

He spurned us.

Hell hath no fury like a football fan scorned.

This.

 

[Perry Milkins]

I remember giving up in the following pre-season thinking he'd gone to Southampton. Really glad he stayed for the long term, such a club icon.

didn't Poyet act well in that saga.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

We loved him.

He spurned us.

Hell hath no fury like a football fan scorned.

Calde spurned us for a couple of weeks, and then changed his mind.

 

[el punal]

We loved him.

He spurned us.

Hell hath no fury like a football fan scorned.

Succinctly put! The worst 24 hours of my RECENT Albion watching days - losing to the shits in the play offs then hearing Gus had been suspended the following morning. Still, you have to endure the lows to enjoy the highs.

 

[Frutos]

I really don't understand most of the anti-Poyet rhetoric on here.

Yes, it got a little bitter at the end with the glass ceiling nonsense and the alleged sacking on-air, and I'm sure in hindsight he looks back with a little embarrassment, but we don't really know what was going on behind the scenes. I'm not old enough to remember the early 80's but I've been watching the Albion since the early 90's and he, along with support from Bloom et al, took us to a level I never thought I'd see us at with the quality of player I'd never seen wearing the shirt in person.

Absolutely THIS.

Yes it all went utterly tits up at the end, but it was brilliant for most of the preceding three and a half years.

He brought us Calde, Orlandi, Bruno and Vicente to name but a few, as well as some of the most flair football ever seen by the Albion, that outweighs the farce at the end in my opinion.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Absolutely THIS.

Yes it all went utterly tits up at the end, but it was brilliant for most of the preceding three and a half years.

He brought us Calde, Orlandi, Bruno and Vicente to name but a few, as well as some of the most flair football ever seen by the Albion, that outweighs the farce at the end in my opinion.

Saved us from relegation to League Two and got us promoted to the Championship.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Gus is a legend.

However, his biggest mistake bar none was choosing CMS over Murray.

What would he say about it?

 

[Mellotron]

Calde was the beginning of a truly great flair invasion which climaxed with Vicente, and left us with Bruno. Great, great times to be an Albion fan.

 

[Perkino]

10/11 Season, one of our greatest seasons and squads

Gus Poyet

Inigo Calderon

Tarricco

Gordon Greer

Lewis Dunk

Radostin Kishishev

Kazenga

Craig Noone

Liam Bridcutt

Glenn Murray

Ashley Barnes

also Gary Hart's final season.

The fact that Elliott Bennett doesn't appear on this list is a travesty. He is my favourite player from the Gus era

 

[Badger Boy]

Ankergren
Calderon Greer El-Abd Painter
Bennett Dicker Bridcutt Navarro Barnes
Murray

What a team. Chris Wood played plenty as well, as did Noone and LuaLua (prior to him being broken at Hartlepool). Elphick sat on the bench, Dunk playing a game or two and with Baz and Battipiedi ready and waiting in the wings. What a team, what a squad.

Charlton 0-4 Brighton followed by the nightmare on London Road, Peterborough 0-3 Brighton. Top from what, late August or early September? Sandaza winner to beat Oldham and then we never gave up, right?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

The fact that Elliott Bennett doesn't appear on this list is a travesty. He is my favourite player from the Gus era

Signed by Russell Slade.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Absolutely THIS.

Yes it all went utterly tits up at the end, but it was brilliant for most of the preceding three and a half years.

He brought us Calde, Orlandi, Bruno and Vicente to name but a few, as well as some of the most flair football ever seen by the Albion, that outweighs the farce at the end in my opinion.

For me, what was unforgivable, was Gus' outburst on Radio Sussex just after we'd beaten the scum on St Patrick's day. He could have at least allowed us a day or two to enjoy a moment that we'd been waiting so long for.

 

[jimhigham]

I still harbour indecent longings for Calderon.

Then again, who doesn't?