Weststander
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Spot on.
Plus Buckley and Vicente were signed on big money.
Poyet didn’t think goal machine Muzza deserved a huge pay rise from his League One £3,750 a week.
Well done Poyet. Palace’s gain.
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[Football] Gus Poyet Interview
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Spot on.
Plus Buckley and Vicente were signed on big money.
Poyet didn’t think goal machine Muzza deserved a huge pay rise from his League One £3,750 a week.
Well done Poyet. Palace’s gain.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The club offered £8K but Palace gave him £12K.
Weststander
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£6k us.
To benchmark Championship wages in 2011, Speroni and Ambrose up until then were CP’s top earners on £11k.
Thunder Bolt
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The club had a wage cap. Palace have always paid higher wages than us.
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I do think that most who were on board 'the Gus Bus', which I remember as the vast majority, thought CMS at that fee and a salary beyond what Glenn was asking, was a good deal. I wonder if there may be the slightest bit of revisionism here
Icy Gull
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I do think that most who were on board 'the Gus Bus', which I remember as the vast majority, thought CMS at that fee and a salary beyond what Glenn was asking, was a good deal. I wonder if there may be the slightest bit of revisionism here
Not me, not been as gutted that we let a player go in the 40 odd years I have followed the Albion. Can’t be arsed to go back and find the threads but my opinion has been the same since Gus decided he didn’t much like Glenn’s dour attitude. It was a massive **** up.
Most of NSC worshipped Gus and those of us that didn’t like his perpetual touting of himself in his last few months were labelled “needy”
Turning point to the impending hissy fit and meltdown was the “Now would be a good time to leave” comments IMMEDIATELY after the St Patrick’s Day massacre. The twunt.
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Weststander
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True, we had very low income and made large losses at Withdean.
The Amex was a game changer, CMS, Buckley and Vicente hired on big money.
Weststander
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I do think that most who were on board 'the Gus Bus', which I remember as the vast majority, thought CMS at that fee and a salary beyond what Glenn was asking, was a good deal. I wonder if there may be the slightest bit of revisionism here
Not from me.
Muzza was and is my favourite player in 45 years of support. Adored him at Withdean. I had the gumption to ask him to stay at the Easter 2011 fans day.
Won’t find me downplaying his 2011 exit or getting over excited about the performances of the Peterborough shuttle sprinter.
Madness. A brilliant striker and natural footballer simply wanted a Championship wage. Spiteful Gus dicked about with Bloom’s money, what a gaff of monumental proportions. Simply do the maths.
Another reason why I liked the arrival of experienced Paul Barber … it reined in the de facto power of Poyet and he didn’t like it.
Thunder Bolt
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I do think that most who were on board 'the Gus Bus', which I remember as the vast majority, thought CMS at that fee and a salary beyond what Glenn was asking, was a good deal. I wonder if there may be the slightest bit of revisionism here
No, I was told the info by a previous club employee at Notts County before kick off, at the end of the season. I have consistently said the same thing for ten years. Obviously at that point I didn’t know he was going to sign for Palace, but I knew he wasn’t going to sign for us.
Weststander
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Which was considerably less than CMS was on. Which is the bit that doesn't fit the Poyet work of fiction
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NorthstandRacoon
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I completely agree. He's a club legend for me. Without him, we wouldn't be where we are now. Simple as that, he started this journey. I bloody love the guy. Always welcome back to Brighton for me. I like honest outspoken people, he's a character and a great manager, for us anyway. Didn't always agree with what he said be he was bloody funny sometimes.
Thunder Bolt
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The wage cap wasn’t Poyet’s fiction.
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CMS signing was a huge coup for the club, and he started well enough, he just faded after his Achilles injury away to Bristol City I think it was.... money well spent at the time, we were really on the up.
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Weststander
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The new 2011/12 wage cap that paid CMS, Vicente and Buckley handsomely.
Our annual payroll costs jumping from £7.2m to £14.7m in 2011/12.
Cowfold Seagull
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As did West Ham if l remember correctly. I think everyone in football was amazed he came to us rather than one of the other two.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Oh l'm not so sure, things have never really worked out for Gus since his dismissal, and l've a feeling he now realises how good things were for him at the Albion, so yes l do think that he cares.
Icy Gull
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Agree but when two big egos clash, the organ grinder is always going to be the winner.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Absolutely, and getting into that war of words didn't help his cause either. He allegedly wants to return to the Premier League though, so being seen at the Albion again, and getting his name into print will help his cause. After all, any publicity is good publicity. He needs to get his name out there and be noticed again.
Normandy seagull
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Great bits from Gus about the Albion on the Amazon Prime match previews. Clearly has love for us still. When talking about the Palace V Leeds match- says 'I can't talk about Palace I'm Brighton!". also said some nice words about us on our preview match with West Spam.