Club statement re Gus *MERGED*

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Regardless of whether Gus is lying or not, the club have played this HIDEOUSLY. I can't remember the last time we looked to tinpot - not for many, many years.

Word.

Im ALWAYS pro-club, but this has got me so angry.

 

[Bra]

If Gus is appealing the decision why on earth would he lie live on National TV about how he found out about it?

so the club are lying in their statement on the website that they informed him today then??

 

[Beach Hut]

Whinge, whinge, whinge - players I am really proud of when slagging of lack of investment

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

the club has played it by the book.

"Pr for Dummies" ?

 

[WhingForPresident]

Well played BHA - NOT !!!! Gus finds out via the BBC - remind me who thinks the club is well run currently ?

I'm sure sure someone told me on here for absolute SURE that he COULDN'T appeal - wonder where they are now ?

Note the first line of the statement.

"Gus Poyet has been informed.."

 

[TSB]

So it's true?

*waits for Hawkeye appeal*

"You CANNOT be serious"

No. It's not slander or libel or anything of the sort to say you didn't know about it before it was announced. If questioned on it, he'll just say that his representatives hadn't told him.

 

[Soulman]

Maybe not PR suicide. Gus on tv, saying he never knew, or he could have said other incriminating stuff, his lawyers were not with him, the club could have played a blinder.

 

[Ernest]

He has got SHIFTY eyes tonight, going for the sympathy vote and idiots fall for it not seeing the damage he has done to the club

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

A face of someone about to lie?

 

[marshy68]

The club statement says poyet was informed today and yet everyone believes gus and not the club and i dont get it. I have no doubt the club informed at least his representatives and gus was aware before going on air, although he may not have heard direct from the club.

Timing is odd, unless there were concerns over what he would say, it has given him a pr head start

this is correct in my opinion

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

The first line of the Club's statement is pretty categoric '...Gus Poyet was informed today....etc'. Note the words 'was' and 'today' plus it names him rather than his representatives being informed.

The statement was on the Club website at 8pm, so it implies it was before 8pm that Gus was informed, and well ahead of the half time interview. Looks like someone is being mischievous here.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

That's what got me...NO mention of fans at all......

We're just the mugs who fought to make the new stadium a reality & pay the wages of the staff. Why would he (or any of 'em) give a Damn?

 

[pipkin112]

If the club hadn't released the statement when they did, and Gus announced that he had been sacked live on TV, a lot of people would be wondering why the club had not released a statement, seems they couldn't win either way.

 

[Soulman]

Regardless of whether Gus is lying or not, the club have played this HIDEOUSLY. I can't remember the last time we looked to tinpot - not for many, many years.

Let's just wait and see, there might be method behind this apparent madness.

 

[TrevorDove]

Exactly. Either:

1. If Gus didn't know, I am disgusted at the treatment of him
2. If Gus did know, the whole thing is a PR shambles and a management mess.

If I were Tony Bloom and had left this up to others to deal with, I would be furious, whichever were true.

Perfectly put. This just heaps embarrassment on the club, if they are playing games then I wish they would grow up FFS.

 

[Rookie]

If the club hadn't released the statement when they did, and Gus announced that he had been sacked live on TV, a lot of people would be wondering why the club had not released a statement, seems they couldn't win either way.

If that was the case surely he would have said something at the beginning of the game not at half time

 

[Guinness Boy]

"You CANNOT be serious"

No. It's not slander or libel or anything of the sort to say you didn't know about it before it was announced. If questioned on it, he'll just say that his representatives hadn't told him.

*A pedant writes*

That's his representatives. Not Gus.

Edit - important because our statement said GUS had been informed. Not someone he knows.

 

[hybrid_x]

maybe we informed his lawyers and reps, but either...

a) they didn't tell him, and were waiting till monday to tell him.
b) they told him and advised him to pretend he didn't know for PR gain.

i am with b, but unless B&B can get hold of phone records and stuff - we will never prove it.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

You can imagine the media juggernaut that is the Evening Argus grinding into action late on a Sunday night and going all out for a scoop on just when and how Poyet was told of his sacking by the Club. Surely a golden opportunity for a sleuth reporter with contacts on the inside to get the word on what really happened.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I am still going to miss Gus.