And here lies the problem. We were spoilt under Poyet. Winning League One, new stadium, first 2 seasons in the Championship were brilliant. This gave our fans a ridiculous sense of entitlement, and we expected a team of flair players, that the grafters were forgotten and under appreciated by...
Given how we appear to have this new set of fans with this ridiculous sense of entitlement that continue to be very noisy and outspoken about various aspects of the club, it's sweet to see one of our best players of recent years scoring at the very top level, regularly.
The same first teamers we also released (Orlandi, Koosh etc) no doubt. I'd love to have kept him but once Burnley who were flying came knocking we would never have competed
To be fair, he was never going to sign a contract was he. Maybe we should have let his contract run down and he could have been the difference but we will never know