Sweeney Todd
New member
Gus Poyet will continue for years to divide opinion among Albion fans.
I am grateful to Poyet for putting the club back where it should be, but he was aided by a chairman who gave him his chance in management, who backed him financially, who provided him with the infrastructure, and who did not interfere with his management of the team.
However, I am finding it difficult to forgive him for his self-centred comments and behaviour, which gathered pace during his time at the Albion and culminated in his virtually gifting Palace victory in the second-leg of the play-off semi-final last season.
Poyet’s antics left the club wholly unprepared for the new season and left a legacy that continues to handicap the team.
The question that we must ask is: to whom do we give the benefit of the doubt, Tony Bloom or Gus Poyet?
For me, the answer is simple.
I am grateful to Poyet for putting the club back where it should be, but he was aided by a chairman who gave him his chance in management, who backed him financially, who provided him with the infrastructure, and who did not interfere with his management of the team.
However, I am finding it difficult to forgive him for his self-centred comments and behaviour, which gathered pace during his time at the Albion and culminated in his virtually gifting Palace victory in the second-leg of the play-off semi-final last season.
Poyet’s antics left the club wholly unprepared for the new season and left a legacy that continues to handicap the team.
The question that we must ask is: to whom do we give the benefit of the doubt, Tony Bloom or Gus Poyet?
For me, the answer is simple.