Comments on: Gus Poyet Sacked – Opinions Certainly Divided

By: Andrew Underwood

Andrew Underwood — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:47:40 +0000

Please note the use of the word “appearing” in the first paragraph. He could well have found out about his termination right there and then or perhaps he did know beforehand but decided to wait and make it seem like he didn’t because he knew he would get the sympathy vote. We may never know. I agree that he is very confident in his own abilities, but the world is full of managers that believe they are the best and are capable of managing at the top level. I don’t see what makes him any different in that regard. Brighton never got promoted last season yes, but did a whole lot better than other teams in that league who should have been challenging as well. I’ve spoken to 2 Brighton fans I know and both have completely different views on this situation. I’m certain that I have not shown any strong bias towards either side here by simply stating facts. My own opinion here is regardless of what happened, perhaps this could have been dealt with a little bit better for the reasons I stated in the 5th paragraph. I accept your criticism though, I’m still fairly new to all this so will take on board what you have said and will look to improve in the future. 🙂

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:32:32 +0000

Gus Poyet was in the middle of his contract, yet he spent most of last season making it clear that he was interested in pretty much any job going in the Premier League. He was completely outwitted by Ian Holloway in the Play off semi finals and responded to Brighton’s defeat by refusing to deal with the post season contract renewals. Evidently he also refused to attend a disciplinary hearing.
The suggestion that we should all be appalled that he was told of his dismissal by the BBC is laughable – he made it clear that he wanted to leave the club the day they lost in the play-offs – this is just bringing the sorry saga to an end. Poyet has a very high opinion of his own abilities – but Brighton could have made automatic promotion last year had they not thrown away a huge number of points with last minute naivety. I think a lot of Chairmen will take one look at how he has behaved at Brighton and decide that he will be more trouble than he is worth.
Tip for Mr Underwood – if you want to tell a story as a journalist – you really ought to tell both sides.

By: Asjean

Asjean — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:24:53 +0000

Was amusing for fans other than Brighton ones but cannot beleive how poorly this has been done