Poyet to Sunderland

[Sweeney Todd]

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.

 

[hola gus]

Why does it seem a good fit?

Well Ellis Short seems to agree with me even if you don't!

 

[Albumen]

Good luck Gus.

 

[Acker79]

Maybe they're waiting for the liverpool and man utd games to be played, so as not to start with two losses.

Ahem.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

To be honest, I think he as good as had the Sunderland job but talked himself out of it. I think he probably wishes he kept his gob shut in the last 3 weeks.

It's verging on embarrassing ruling people out of jobs in the media, discussing meetings publicly and talking as if the job is his. That is enough to put any employer off even if they were keen to start with.

It didn't, did it?

 

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[DavidinSouthampton]

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You'd think he'd tuck his shirt in. Good Grief. Standards.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Slouched and shirt untucked. Good look.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Elliott Bennett ‏@Ebenno88 58m
Buzzing to see my old gaffer back in management and in @premierleague brilliant manager and I'm sure will do great for Sunderland

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Benno must have happy memories of the League 1 winning season under Gus and could be argued that Gus turned Benno into a Prem player, so he has good reason to think highly of him.

I see he has just signed a new contract at Norwich but it never does any harm to keep on the good side of a former manager just in case.....

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Benno must have happy memories of the League 1 winning season under Gus and could be argued that Gus turned Benno into a Prem player, so he has good reason to think highly of him.

I see he has just signed a new contract at Norwich but it never does any harm to keep on the good side of a former manager just in case.....

Benno also keeps in touch with former players. He is going to be best man to Murray next year.

 

[Frutos]

Good luck to Gus et al, just so long as they keep their eyes away from certain people here.

 

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[Icy Gull]

Good luck to Gus et al, just so long as they keep their eyes away from certain people here.

I think you are likely to be disappointed on that front. I'm sure Gus would love to prize away a couple of what he may consider his players.

 

[casbom]

Poyet no longer taking us to Court?

That's what I'd like to hear, I would hope that it would have been one of the requirements for being offered the role, to drop the pending court case to concentrate fully on keeping Sunderland up (which he will).

Let's hope we hear something tangible about this in the next few days...

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Was he ever taking us to court, I know he threatened it but were any papers ever served? I'm assuming we would know about if they had.

 

[Hamilton]

Poyet no longer taking us to Court?

Similarly, I wasn't aware he was taking us to court?

 

[Hillian1]

Just recently, some people have been taken to court over offences from decades ago, I don't think there is any timescale on it.

 

[Hamilton]

Good luck to Gus et al, just so long as they keep their eyes away from certain people here.

We keep complaining that most of the squad aren't good enough for promotion so why they'd suddenly be good enough for the top flight I'm not sure.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

We'll only find out if Gus mentions it in a live interview or BHAFC pre-empt him with an official announcement.