Slade 15 Games 14 Points
Poyet 13 Games 15 Points
Not a huge amount of difference.
Reasonable debate to have but we need to get behind them now as much as possible to keep us up.
All in all we have been a shambles on the pitch for far to long due to poor decisions.
Statistics are so easy to make fit the argument.
Slade had a chance of a clean slate. During the close season he could have and should changed far more of the personnel but didn't. However all we kept hearing was the gelling of the team. What crap, basically we were not good enough and the players it seemed thought Slade was an easy touch.
Poyet inherited an underachieving side. But, Poyet is so different, he has got I believe the best out of a lot of the mediocre players and was not going to panic buy similar standard dross at inflated prices during the transfer window. There was not much on offer to buy and also he did bring in a few which to me appear good assets. He has always stated he prefers to do the main squad building in the close season and in this I trust him. As for survival he may well bring in a few loanees to boost our squad but seeing that we are playing well away from home it can only be a matter of time before it clicks at home as well. Given that the league is so close a few wins and we'll be in the top half.