I think you will find it was called paying the wages. There was nothing inspirational about Gus, no silver tongued charm, that many love to believe. It was something called a chairman's blind faith and belief that his man was going to lead us to the prem, as he had assured him he would, if he was backed with enough funds....I thought this much was obvious by now
I can't thing who we have lost, that is so bad. The team is still at the right end of the league. The books are slowly being balanced and we are no worse off than we were under Poyet.....are we......I'm sorry, with every passing week Poyet is exposed as a myth.....If his players were so outstanding and now they are slipping through our grasp(as you say), why aren't we in the prem, instead of the same place we were 12 month ago. With a lot less cost going outNo point in going down this road. There will always be some people who think players came to play for Gus and we paid them peanuts compared to others. Apart from Vicente, who was a waste of money and Bridge, who was a loan and a year on, would he still be as good as Ward is now
Good points, and it's not exactly as if Gus' amazing signing powers tempted Van Dijk, did they?
Gus went over to specifically see him, but it didn't do much good
