Poyet drops Employment Tribunial against Albion!

[leigull]

Are we free to wildly speculate again?

 

[leigull]

Could the settlement have been "You drop your claim and we won't embarrass you in the courts"?

That's my hunch too, helps save a bit of face for Poyet as it alludes to something that the club had something to hide and wanted to settle out of court, without actually saying it.

 

[TheJasperCo]

CAN WE PLEASE BE TOLD WOT APPENED NOW AS THERE IS NO CASE ON GOING.

ThANK YOU

Also interesting that there was a "settlement" when previously the club's stance was very much "bring it on, we'll win."

Understandable though that it may simply be that they don't want it dragged through the mud any further.

I agree, I honestly have no clue what happened. All the different scandals and turmoil we went through in those few short months, we need closure, and as fans I'd like to think we're entitled to some clarification.

 

[Hyperion]

I wonder if the LMA will be so gobshitey now?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I agree, I honestly have no clue what happened. All the different scandals and turmoil we went through in those few short months, we need closure, and as fans I'd like to think we're entitled to some clarification.

But- genuinely- why do you think we are?

The Albion is a private company, answerable only to its own shareholders, and there is probably loads that goes on that we don't know about.

I appreciate a football club is a slightly different entity to, say, WH Smiths, in that it has a lot of stakeholders (ie us) with a deeper interest in events than would be the case with an "ordinary" business. But they aren't obliged to tell us anything. I don't think dragging it all up again now and giving Poyet the chance to respond and sling more mud would serve any purpose whatsoever other than feeding the original shitstorm.

He's happy, we're happy. Time to let it go.

 

[Mellotron]

Well we know some of it, don't we?

There is no chance that the club are going to suddenly come out and broadcast events to the world, and frankly I wouldn't expect them to. We all need to move on.

I don't think we know ANY of what actually started the whole thing.

I'm not expecting the club to...

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Really glad the bell has been rung on this although it would have been nice to hear all the juicy comments.

Either way I'm sure Poyet isn't punching above his weight in his new job and I'm sure he can cut it at the upper leagues. Some of the rumours about what may have happened have been really below the belt but we may find out one day. Either way as long as we excape this without too much of a body blow then I'm happy.

 

[severnside gull]

CAN WE PLEASE BE TOLD WOT APPENED NOW AS THERE IS NO CASE ON GOING.

ThANK YOU

Also interesting that there was a "settlement" when previously the club's stance was very much "bring it on, we'll win."

Understandable though that it may simply be that they don't want it dragged through the mud any further.

Remember it is his legal advisors making the statement and as such the settlement could simply be affirmation that we will continue to keep quiet about his behaviour as long as he does.
I genuinely dont think that he was ever going to let his shenanigans be discussed in a public court with attendant publicity. It was never going to be good for him.

One of the reasons Barber won the best CEO award was his handling of Poyet. I suspect many in football with a feel for what was happening at Albion and is happening at many clubs were very happy and very impressed with the club's handling of the matter.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Gus wanted to build a Helter Skelter slide going from the training ground to the dug out for this season in an effort to boost moral. Gus had a massive fallout with the BHA Health and Safety team and the rest is history.

That's what One Handed Gary told me anyway.

 

[TheJasperCo]

But- genuinely- why do you think we are?

The Albion is a private company, answerable only to its own shareholders, and there is probably loads that goes on that we don't know about.

I appreciate a football club is a slightly different entity to, say, WH Smiths, in that it has a lot of stakeholders (ie us) with a deeper interest in events than would be the case with an "ordinary" business. But they aren't obliged to tell us anything. I don't think dragging it all up again now and giving Poyet the chance to respond and sling more mud would serve any purpose whatsoever other than feeding the original shitstorm.

He's happy, we're happy. Time to let it go.

I disagree with the first couple of sentences, but I understand the general argument. It's all well and good not discussing the matter, but what does that say about transparency? Either way it looks like we'll have to accept not knowing the full details behind what happened...

until the autobiographies are published and serialised?? Sorry, couldn't help it.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Well we know some of it, don't we?

There is no chance that the club are going to suddenly come out and broadcast events to the world, and frankly I wouldn't expect them to. We all need to move on.

To be fair, you are right, we do know some of it.
We know he was in talks with Reading in March and we know that he used those talks to try and get a better deal out of BHA. We also know that he offered his resignation during March.
Beyond that, we will never know the rest.

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

Allegedly (from a very good source) Gus was offered 1.5M to walk (durng the 'investigation'), he refused to take it.

I hope he did not get anywhere near that offer in compo.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Gus wanted to build a Helter Skelter slide going from the training ground to the dug out for this season in an effort to boost moral. Gus had a massive fallout with the BHA Health and Safety team and the rest is history..

Allegedly.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Beyond that, we will never know the rest.

That's a very definitive statement.

 

[Iamapen15]

I suspect the 'settlement' referred to wasn't necessarily financial, but more that the finer details never get disclosed.

 

[The Large One]

To be fair, you are right, we do know some of it.
We know he was in talks with Reading in March and we know that he used those talks to try and get a better deal out of BHA. We also know that he offered his resignation during March.
Beyond that, we will never know the rest.

Indeed, but from some of the responses on here, there are those who feel empowered to be sitting in judgement of the outcome.

 

[Fountainhead]

...and thereby smoothing the way for a raid on our squad in January

I hope not.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Allegedly (from a very good source) Gus was offered 1.5M to walk (durng the 'investigation'), he refused to take it.

I hope he did not get anywhere near that offer in compo.

Sounds like bullshit to me. Why would the club offer him money to walk when his case was apparently shakey, and there was nothing to walk from (he has already been sacked)?

 

[nwgull]

Bet it'll all come out eventually over the next few years.

 

[keaton]

I wonder if the LMA will be so gobshitey now?

Why would they? It's been settled.
We have no proof that they were being gobshitey.