Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Bet Adam El Abd is glad he's only there until the end of this month!
IF Gus went there, Adam would love it. He became Player of the season under Gus' coaching.
Bet Adam El Abd is glad he's only there until the end of this month!
This.
I remain a Poyet fan, enjoyed the football etc.
He made 3-4 big mistakes for me though:
The 'ceiling' comment.
Selling Murray (hindsight is a wonderful thing)
Treatment of Vicente
Palace team selection and preparation.
Not to mention saying he got sacked on air, when according to the club, he didn't.
Yes, that was a bit of a Gus masterstroke. 'El Abd is the best defender at the club' he announced (something of a surprise to many!) - and suddenly he was!IF Gus went there, Adam would love it. He became Player of the season under Gus' coaching.
But why talk about roofs( ceilings ) at all ?
Why was it all about Project Poyet ?
At an astoundingly sensitive moment why not just say something like 'Deeply disappointed, the club as a whole will look at this in the next few days, and see how we move forward from here '
For me he built up enough equity in 10/11 for a lifetime of bigmouthed egotism. That season was just magnificent.
Meh
The football that season was only magnificent compared to the poundshop seasons that had necessarily gone before. Poyet was the first manager to have the purse-strings loosened. Fair play to the bloke for teaching the likes of El-Abd and T.Elphick to (painfully) pass the ball on the ground, if only sideways, continually, or back to Ankergren for him to hoof it up-field, instead of them. It was like watching toddlers learning to walk. Be honest, we only just spluttered over the finishing line in first place. Southampton woke up in late September and finished like an express train. Then gained back-to-back promotions. We finished first that season but we were second best by a country mile. And yes I know the table doesn't lie But it doesn't tell the whole truth either.
Yes, exactly.GP openly coveted the big time in management. He spoke as if he thought we thought it was an endearing quality.
He had a good thing going here but was childishly impatient.
Now he's old news and depreciated.
A bit of a lesson there about not getting ahead of yourself.
Poyet would be a great appointment for Swindon. Would be surprised if his next job was in League One though.
Poyet walked into an already good Albion squad with Murray, Crofts, Elphick, E Bennett, Cook and El Abd all there before him.
his 'ceiling' comments etc.
No, our 'ceiling' is not so low.But he was right?
Poyet walked into an already good Albion squad with Murray, Crofts, Elphick, E Bennett, Cook and El Abd all there before him.
But he was right?
And sold Murray and replaced him with CMS.
Meh
The football that season was only magnificent compared to the poundshop seasons that had necessarily gone before. Poyet was the first manager to have the purse-strings loosened. Fair play to the bloke for teaching the likes of El-Abd and T.Elphick to (painfully) pass the ball on the ground, if only sideways, continually, or back to Ankergren for him to hoof it up-field, instead of them. It was like watching toddlers learning to walk. Be honest, we only just spluttered over the finishing line in first place. Southampton woke up in late September and finished like an express train. Then gained back-to-back promotions. We finished first that season but we were second best by a country mile. And yes I know the table doesn't lie But it doesn't tell the whole truth either.
Let Murray go for nothing. Nothing! Then replaced him with Muttley.