Has Poyet asked to leave?

[Bold Seagull]

I wonder if it's come as a shock to Gus, like it probably did to the rest of us that moving into a brand new stadium, with sold out season tickets, 1901, revenue streams from catering and restaurants etc. etc. that we don't have the cash rolling in?

I understand of course why this isn't the case presently, and that the running costs are high etc. but nonetheless, this must be a source of frustration when you may well have thought prior to the move that in the coming seasons you'd have some serious wedge at your disposal.

 

[Rugrat]

Tony won't stand in his way if he wants to go but i'm sure he'll put up a fight to hang on to him

I'm not sure that isn't a contradictory statement? I think Bloom will give him as much of a budget as he can afford to, and I don't think that's specific to Gus, I'm sure he would provide as much to any Manager that the club (business) can reasonably afford. I think those budgets would have already been set, a version for Prem and a version for Championship with a little wiggle room but not much.

I'd imagine for the good of the club and the players that Bloom would be saying something like "I can't give you any more but we need stability and confidence and if you're going to continually whine about budgets and how far we can go with this bunch of players then maybe it is time"

As someone else said here, Bloom has pretty well handed most things to Gus on a plate, he got the pitch the way he wanted, the training facilities, the academy set up (which will take at least 3-5 years to come on line) but I doubt there ever was any suggestion that we would chuck money at it a la Pompey/QPR/Leics etc so his creating so much uncertainty (note Orlandi comments on Beeb), especially in the media, is incongruous IMO

 

[LamieRobertson]

Has Poyet asked o leave ?

Sensible post as ever ruggie

 

[sydney]

no big deal.........it was beautiful while it lasted but if he isn't happy he may as well go,one thing is for sure , he isn't prem class and has done nothing to prove it........in my opinion of course.

 

[greyseagull]

I think, what with Di Canio landing a job in the Prem after a full season in League 2 and half a season in League 1, it has opened up Gus' eyes even further and made think "if him, then why not me?".

I personally don't think Gus has done no where near enough to land a top Prem job yet. Lower reaches of the division perhaps, but not a top 6-7 job. But I do think Di Canio's appointment at Sunderland has only increased his desire to land a top flight job.

 

[Seagulls Downunder]

I'm not sure that isn't a contradictory statement?



OK so maybe I didn't word it well but I think he'll give in to certain demands made by Gus in order to keep him onboard. At least you agree with my point about stability, I'd rather he stayed and we are there or there abouts for another season than see us almost have to start again.

 

[littlehampton seagull]

he is going to quit which will be bad for both parties, I think if bloom can get gus to calm down and give him a few weeks to chill gus would've off stayed,how-ever gus wears his heart on his sleeve and I think will make a rash choice and quit in the next few days which he will regret.

 

[Triggaaar]

I think will make a rash choice and quit in the next few days which he will regret.

He's not allowed to quit, he's under contract. If someone else is going to take him, they'll need to pay us a couple of million.

 

[Stevegull]

Seems to me that Gus's post match interview has burnt bridges with many of us supporters. We had just seen our promotion chances extinguished by our fierce rivals and were hurting but also generally had enough sense to see that the seaosn had been a successful one. Then Gus chooses to make it all about him. No appreciation of the supporters and downright disrespect to a chairman that has revolutionised the club.

I am now content to consider life without him at the helm. If he stays then great, but there are plenty of decent managers that would sell a lung for what we have going on at The Amex right now.

Totally agree, the only Poyet out comments I heard following our heartbreak and with emotions running high was from Poyet himself. Then his comments seem to affect the mood of many. If he's going go quickly with no fuss.

 

[itszamora]

Interesting quote from that Telegraph article: "Brighton are believed to have the fourth lowest budget in the division."

 

[Rugrat]

I'm not sure that isn't a contradictory statement?



OK so maybe I didn't word it well but I think he'll give in to certain demands made by Gus in order to keep him onboard. At least you agree with my point about stability, I'd rather he stayed and we are there or there abouts for another season than see us almost have to start again.

Yes I agree the stability bit but his public statements suggest anything other than a stable situation ... it's the sort of stuff you might expect from a Warnock or Di Canio type but others with a bit more dignity (like Zola, RDM, Freedman etc etc) don't go public with such stuff. I really think he's done here

He's not allowed to quit, he's under contract. If someone else is going to take him, they'll need to pay us a couple of million.

Small potatoes for a Prem club

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Interesting quote from that Telegraph article: "Brighton are believed to have the fourth lowest budget in the division."

Doubt it. We made an 11million pound loss. If that's the case, most others are losing 15+ million, and I haven't seen that reported.


Sounds like something put out there to help Gus in his job interviews, and will never be proved either way.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

At the end of the day someone has to be nterested and make an offer to sign him first, he's under contract and I think it unlikely either party would want to pay the compensation, for us it means £2m less transfer fees and for Gus I don't think it would even be viable- might bankrupt him!

 

[Meade's Ball]

I'd rather he Storm out than Nightcrawler out. Dangling upside down from the office-room's rafters on his pointed blue tail and then bampfing out of there leaving behind a cloud of smoke behind that has a pungency matching the make-up of the meeting just passed, would be a tad obscene and unforgivable. All mutants should use doorways like everybody else. Paul Barber, our Senator Robert Kelly, has yet to turn completely anti-supernatural, but the wish within him to determine and eradicate the overstrong lurks with purpose.

 

[Giraffe]

I full expect the upshot of meetings over the next few days to be that Gus is going no where. Bloom is not stupid, he will keep his man for another season yet I believe.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

He's not allowed to quit, he's under contract. If someone else is going to take him, they'll need to pay us a couple of million.

Which will help with FPP next year.

 

[brakespear]

Di Matteo or Gary Neville possibly with Solksjaer as an outsider.

Yes, no. yes

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

Has Poyet asked o leave ?

Gus will either go, or he won't.
You heard it here first.

Seriously though, on the issue of his post match comments, were we not all angry and gutted about losing to THEM, the other night? We all know that Gus is a passionate man, how many of us would have appreciated being interviewed live on T.v after that and kept a cool head? Yes he said some unfortunate things, but he was angry and lashing out. People seem to forget the amount of times he's said how amazing this club and fans are, People on here were gushing over his comments at the awards dinner last week. As for him seeking assurances over budget, why not? Hes the manager, he's ultimately responsible for how the team plays and players that are recruited and wants the best for his team and supporters. Gus has a difficult balancing act between Tony B, the fans the press and other clubs and agents watching what we spend, now we have F.F.P Some of his statements are to manage expectation and to throw agents and other clubs off the scent.
I make no apologies that I am a Gus fan, he's done wonders for us in the time he's been here, season upon season has seen improvement and I will be gutted if he goes. Absolutely no person is bigger than a club but I for one will miss him and I suspect i won't be the only one.

 

[Monkey Man]

I don't actually buy this idea that Gus respects the fans very much. He keeps us at arm's length. I'm not particularly sensitive about it but rarely do I get the impression that any acknowledgement of the supporters has come spontaneously. I like Gus a lot but I think his attitude has always been "you lot are lucky to have me".

The problem Gus has got is that the jobs he'd really like (Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool, Man City etc) just aren't going to be open to him. So if he accepts an offer from a mid to lower Premiership side he'll have the same budgetary frustrations that he's got here, just maybe with an extra 0 or two on the end of the sums.

 

[littlehampton seagull]

in andy naylors piece in the argus he says that sources told him poyet was going even it we went up. I'm sorry to say but I think that Gus will be gone very soon maybe even by the end off the week.