POYET: "Brighton are ready for the Premier League, and I’d love my old team to get there."

[Megazone]

Gus singing "We're ****ing brilliant" was the best thing ever.

I actually thought it was pretty cringy.

 

[Ludensian Gull]

Anyone think that Gus's conciliatory tone has something to do with his ongoing job search.

No chairman wants a manager who is perceived to be difficult.

The cynic in me tends to agree with you.

 

[Stat Brother]

With regards to the Palace home leg, it was the interview that he gave straight after the game that annoyed.

He was asked if he would be with us the following season. He came out with something along the lines of hitting the ceiling, could not see us going any further etc. Once again making the situation about him.

Whilst with the structure in place all those things may have been true at the time, but having lost such an important game, he just needed to come out with the standard, 'disappointed, regroup, come back stronger' etc.

I remember it so clearly.
I'd just come down the slip road onto the A27, the AMEX was disappearing in my rear view mirror as he was talking.
Gus finished talking, I shouted "well f*** off then", turned the radio off, and that was that.

The king is (very) dead, long live the king.

 

[Horses Arse]

I thought it was Burke. Barber wouldn't have much to do with player recruitment

 

[byf1]

I'll personally will never forget what Poyet brought to this football club and as soon as he stepped into the club there was an air about us, call it arrogance call it what you will. He came in at a time when we were shockingly poor, going in one direction, gates dwindling and he with his coaches changed all that for me and made me fall back in love with football again.

The style of football we played was something I and most had never seen this club play, we were in a very small elite group of teams that literally played/passed teams off the park and it was a joy to watch. Then there came players who graced the blue and white that we simply had no right to get at the time in the likes of Vicente, Bridge and even CMS to an extent, he was one the hottest properties outside the premiership and he chose us, I cant help but think the Poyet factor had a huge part to play in us getting these coups. I even liked his tantrums, he was someone who wouldn't be pushed around and there was never a dull moment with Poyet around. Yes the ending wasn't pretty but as he says in his article what love affair that ends is!

If Poyet comes back as opposition manager against us one day, I'll be standing on my seat for what the guy did, love him or loath him, what he did results wise from league one to championship play-offs in his own style cant be argued with.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Gus singing "We're ****ing brilliant" was the best thing ever.

Swearing into a microphone when there are kids around with their parents is pretty piss-poor behaviour.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I'll personally will never forget what Poyet brought to this football club and as soon as he stepped into the club there was an air about us, call it arrogance call it what you will. He came in at a time when we were shockingly poor, going in one direction, gates dwindling and he with his coaches changed all that for me and made me fall back in love with football again.

The style of football we played was something I and most had never seen this club play, we were in a very small elite group of teams that literally played/passed teams off the park and it was a joy to watch. Then there came players who graced the blue and white that we simply had no right to get at the time in the likes of Vicente, Bridge and even CMS to an extent, he was one the hottest properties outside the premiership and he chose us, I cant help but think the Poyet factor had a huge part to play in us getting these coups. I even liked his tantrums, he was someone who wouldn't be pushed around and there was never a dull moment with Poyet around. Yes the ending wasn't pretty but as he says in his article what love affair that ends is!

If Poyet comes back as opposition manager against us one day, I'll be standing on my seat for what the guy did, love him or loath him, what he did results wise from league one to championship play-offs in his own style cant be argued with.

Massive rose-tinted specs going on here.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

I am neither for or against Poyet but there are things people don't seem to consider. Playing Devils Advocate if he was offered complete control when he signed up for the job and that became eroded with the recruitment of certain individuals or changes in transfer policy then perhaps that may explain why he became a bit anti and it all went pear shaped. We had obviously had a very quick rise in our fortunes and he has to mainly take the credit for that so it could be argued that nothing should change.

You then have a situation where the person in control who thinks everything is going well suddenly realises that the goal posts have moved. The fact that he is arrogant and wants to maintain control is hardly his fault if that is how he understood things were supposed to be.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

With which party paying the other?

I guess we paid him ( but probably not that much ).

Carrot and Stick approach to get him out.

 

[TheDuke]

The frustrating thing with Gus is he's a decent and interesting guy most of the time and plays good football. But he has repeatedly acted an egotistical knob and/or got carried away with his own hype way too often. He always starts off well them the ego snowballs and it ends in self-centred tears If you cut the nonsense out of him he'd be a decent bloke and a very decent manager at a high level. He's his own worst enemy.

That is so spot-on Mr T

 

[TheDuke]

Vicente would have ran them ragged and probably put chances on a plate for Barnes!

Right!

 

[BensGrandad]

Despite everything there be no denying that Gus was good for us and we are where we are due to him setting the ball rolling on the field, for which we should be eternally grateful but it can also be said as it was his first job and launched his managerial career we were good for him. Why not let the matter rest at that?

 

[ROSM]

I guess we paid him ( but probably not that much ).

Carrot and Stick approach to get him out.

Which all seems so strange bearing in mind he offered to resign at easter?

 

[The Camel]

Swearing into a microphone when there are kids around with their parents is pretty piss-poor behaviour.

Kids hearing swearing all the time. We aren't living in the 1950s any more.

It was spontaneous, funny and epic.

 

[Hampster Gull]

At least he recognises the great work of Knight

 

[Ernest]

At least he recognises the great work of Knight

He certainly GREATED on me at TIMES

 

[TottonSeagull]

So when Tony Bloom said Poyet called him in March to say he wanted to leave and would leave straight away he was either lying of Poyet had 'conveniently' forgotten about that! Unfortunately he always thought he was bigger than the club!

 

[Pevenseagull]

Gus singing "We're ****ing brilliant" was the best thing ever.

It was probably the 'Royal' we.

 

[Biscuit]

Yep and poyet can do nout wrong in your eyes....

Nonsense - you've clearly never read a single post of mine of the subject. Poyet had huge faults and his ego is clearly an issue, but for me he had us playing the best football I've ever seen a Brighton team play. He took us from League One relegation fodder to a team that finished 4th in the Championship. We played with a style I'd never seen before and doubt I'll see again. To you he's a cretin. To me he's the man behind the best football I've ever seen Brighton play.

He was an excellent football manager for us and the record books prove it. No amount of character assignation of the man personally will change what he did for Brighton. So keep your 'opinions opinions' and I'll look at the 'facts'.

 

[Biscuit]

Right!

Right.


Other than the fact Vicente told Gus he didn't want to/didn't feel ready to play.