I thought El-Abd was the biggest improver under Poyet. Interestingly that you say you thought he was underrated, because maybe he was. His defending was always pretty solid. But I think prior to Gus coming in he made a lot of mistakes, particularly giving away possession. I genuinely think what...
Without a doubt Poyet got the best out of his players. In some respects I think we overachieved at times, a bit like when Martin O’Neil manager Leicester. That side overachieved and when Peter Taylor took over he couldn’t get them to perform at that level and the players slipped back to a more...