sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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They're different teams, coming from different places. In different ways, both of their styles of management and tactical choices have been excellent for us considering our circumstances, even if we as fans haven't always appreciated their choices.
I'm not going to knock Poyet for the job he did here as it was genuinely excellent, all things considered, allowing for where we were at the time. He also gave us Vicente and Bruno, and the team he built controlled games excellently because of the signings he made.
Hughton has come in, steadied the ship last year and made some fantastic signings since which he's used to build into a very productive team, and he's built a squad that has strength in depth. At times his football is dire, he often makes some strange tactical decisions which don't come off and he's such a pragmatic manager, but he's likely to get us up within the next couple of years with the style he has because he's built a team that has a good quality of player that can grind out results, even when it isn't pretty - he undoubtedly deserves praise for that.
Basically, they've both done great jobs under very different circumstances.
I'm not going to knock Poyet for the job he did here as it was genuinely excellent, all things considered, allowing for where we were at the time. He also gave us Vicente and Bruno, and the team he built controlled games excellently because of the signings he made.
Hughton has come in, steadied the ship last year and made some fantastic signings since which he's used to build into a very productive team, and he's built a squad that has strength in depth. At times his football is dire, he often makes some strange tactical decisions which don't come off and he's such a pragmatic manager, but he's likely to get us up within the next couple of years with the style he has because he's built a team that has a good quality of player that can grind out results, even when it isn't pretty - he undoubtedly deserves praise for that.
Basically, they've both done great jobs under very different circumstances.