Why wouldn't he? He made it quite clear he wanted to stay with us a long time until suddenly in early 2013 he seemed to lose all enthusiasm in the job...
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Why wouldn't he? He made it quite clear he wanted to stay with us a long time until suddenly in early 2013 he seemed to lose all enthusiasm in the job...
Well, whether he might (walk from Sunderland) would depend on WHAT happened to make him 'lose enthusiasm' here, and whether that same thing happened again now.
Let's say, just for argument's sake, that his 'loss of enthusiasm' was down to him finding out that a bigger club was interested in his services, and Bloom turning down his resignation. Well, the same thing could very easily happen, if a club he perceived as a step up for project Gus, had a quiet word with him in the summer.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Or WHICH club.......
Been done a thousand times, but I'm not having it. If Gus was too immature / headstrong to find a way to work alongside people with who he didn't like, that really is his issue. We ALL have to do it.
It'll get trotted out again and again nad again on here, but its an EXCUSE, pure and simple. Gus wanted out. End of story. He might even have convinced himself that his reason was a clash of personalities, blah blah blah, but he engineered his departure because he wanted to progress his career.
Nothing wrong with that. A bit of honesty would have been nice, though.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Depends what WHO did and whether it would make it unworkable....
Of course I know absolutely nothing. Ciao.
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As I said, I will be interested. His stock will have risen and better jobs may become available, that's it really
Creaky
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If 'for argument's sake' any 'loss of enthusiasm' was down to a 'bigger club' approaching him then that would hardly be surprising and of course you are right the same thing could happen again.
What I'm not sure about is whether you raise such a scenario as a criticism of GP?
There aren't many of us, I don't suppose, who if head hunted for a more 'attractive' position at a higher salary wouldn't 'lose a bit of enthusiasm' for their current position.
Seagull over Canaryland
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Ok they're not out of the woods just yet but Sunderland's turnaround in form with basically the same squad and despite a run of red cards and injuries is impressive.
At the time I didn't see Sunderland as being on Gus's radar, I really thought he would hold off until a job came up at London club, such as Fulham.
Secondly Sunderland's situation was so dire when he took over that it looked like a lost cause. It was quite a gamble for Gus to put his reputation on the line but equally I guess Sunderland were in such a mess that he couldn't do worse than Di Canio.
I guess that Gus received enough assurances that he would be backed by the Chairman and now seems to be making some shrewd signings, including 3 Argies which worries me that he might just come sniffing around Ulloa.
At the time I didn't see Sunderland as being on Gus's radar, I really thought he would hold off until a job came up at London club, such as Fulham.
Secondly Sunderland's situation was so dire when he took over that it looked like a lost cause. It was quite a gamble for Gus to put his reputation on the line but equally I guess Sunderland were in such a mess that he couldn't do worse than Di Canio.
I guess that Gus received enough assurances that he would be backed by the Chairman and now seems to be making some shrewd signings, including 3 Argies which worries me that he might just come sniffing around Ulloa.
LamieRobertson
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Seems to have Johnson playing closer to his potential and scoring goals
If 'for argument's sake' any 'loss of enthusiasm' was down to a 'bigger club' approaching him then that would hardly be surprising and of course you are right the same thing could happen again.
What I'm not sure about is whether you raise such a scenario as a criticism of GP?
There aren't many of us, I don't suppose, who if head hunted for a more 'attractive' position at a higher salary wouldn't 'lose a bit of enthusiasm' for their current position.
I'm not, as I made perfectly clear in my next post.
Gazwag
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How many times did we see that
There was interest in Gus from other clubs for a long time. Remember how Tano laughed off the interest from Reading? It's pretty obvious why Gus lost enthusiasm...
Not as simple as that, is it? Me, you and all of us here know basically NOTHING about how the club changed internally when Barber came in. Perhaps Gus felt the restrictions that were suddenly placed on him both A> Meant it was a different job to the one he'd agreed to do in the first place and B> Made the job unworkable, in terms of his principles.
We'll never know. Extreme analogy obviously, but if you had a new boss who suddenly was requesting that you worked overtime constantly while taking away all of your job perks, I think you'd possibly lose a bit of enthusiasm for the job, don't you?
And WHY did Gus want to walk away?! We can go round and round in circles all day. He LOVED the job here. That was obvious. Then suddenly he couldn't care less about it. That isn't down to the Reading job. That wouldn't make him suddenly hate a job he loved.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Nail on head.
And the true story about Reading really needs to come out as well.
That's not an 'extreme' analogy. Its a SILLY analogy that simply doesn't work.