Course, how could I forget. Poyet brought through what is now probably our biggest asset (aside from Knocky). I get what you mean re his personality though. He's a combustible character, selfish and driven, something of a bull in a china shop. But he was exactly the right man at the right time...
Well, that kind of goes without saying. Nobody needs to have met either of them to know that.
But Poyet built the spine of a side that not only took us up, but then comfortably kept us up and gave us 2 tilts at the Playoffs, establishing us as a major force at this level for the first time in a...
It takes more than the simple loosening of purse-strings to do what he did to get us out of L1. OK it wasn't done on a shoestring, but nor did we splash the cash outlandishly. The likes of Southampton had a far bigger budget than us, yet they were still left trailing in our wake. That wasn't...
The dramatic upward trajectory started under Gus. Regardless of the sour way it ended, he did a phenomenal, fantastic job at BHA. Bloom made the perfect appointment at the perfect time, and its thanks to Gus we kicked off at the Amex as a Championship club. What a ride it was as well, some of...