It's not that TB had no say, of course he did, but I think he was treading on egg shells so as not to upset Poyet and did his best to keep him happy - a process that obviously came to a head when enough was enough.
I think we can compete again in this league. The likes of Birmingham have...
I actually think Poyet was the start of the problem, I would go back and suggest he started us down the route of where we've ended up.
Firstly, his title success empowered him and inflated his ego to the extent that he was given largely a free reign. This led (I believe) to Gus making decisions...
You got that I am optimistic and loyal from that single sentence?
I will say that the January loan market, unless you're getting hooked up with a PL loan deal is a desperate place - and we were desperate.
Room for optimism; Hughton's one contract signing Kayal looks like an absolute bargain.