Gus Poyet - Brian Viner Interview in today's Independent

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Excellent article, Viner is a fine writer. Gus comes over very well IMHO and explains what he meant in his Suarez support statement.

Gus Poyet: - Profiles - People - The Independent

TNBA

TTF

 

[Rugrat]

Excellent piece ... thanks

 

[Hotchilidog]

Good interview.Looks like we have five years to get to the prem or Gus is off. A very interesting interview.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Speaks a lot of common sense

 

[The Large One]

Cracking interview.

 

[BigGully]

That is a brilliant piece and gives a good insight into the man.

I think his explanation about Evra affair exonarates him from allegations of racism or managerial naivity. certainly in my mind and actually has made me think differently about the whole issue.

But what I really enjoyed was his brief view on our young footballers and how 'we' praise unskilled technique, kicking the ball out, smashing it down the field etc and how we are suspicious of the difficult and skilled technique, of touch and pass etc.

Anyone who watches youth football must recognise this !!

 

[Richy_Seagull]

Great read.

 

[Simster]

What a surprise. A proper writer taking the time to allow Poyet to explain himself properly. Talksport interviews are always gash as they take advantage of a limited time frame and relatively poor command of the interviewee's non-mother tongue to create an argument that isn't there.

The only thing that was remotely contentious was that Poyet said the English should adapt to foreigners and their attitudes. He's wrong there IMO. But he's no racist, and by all accounts neither is Suarez.

 

[Common as Mook]

What a surprise. A proper writer taking the time to allow Poyet to explain himself properly. Talksport interviews are always gash as they take advantage of a limited time frame and relatively poor command of the interviewee's non-mother tongue to create an argument that isn't there.

The only thing that was remotely contentious was that Poyet said the English should adapt to foreigners and their attitudes. He's wrong there IMO. But he's no racist, and by all accounts neither is Suarez.

1 trillion percent this. Unfortunately this won't get the same press and therefore there will be countless United supporting GOONS and faux outraged liberals who will still think he is the devil incarnate

 

[TottonSFC]

Couldn't agree more with what he says about the England set up

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Someone should forward that to Ronnie Irani and Adrian Durham at TalkSport

 

[Simster]

1 trillion percent this. Unfortunately this won't get the same press and therefore there will be countless United supporting GOONS and faux outraged liberals who will still think he is the devil incarnate

Probably true, mate. Twats.

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

"It was madness," he says. "An Italian talking to a Uruguayan in Spanish about English football, and playing, then translating, or not being picked, getting angry and upset, but still translating. A crazy time."

Love it.

 

[The Large One]

A fair few people on that Independent page still thinking that Gus is a racist of the worst kind.

Eyes closed.

 

[Lush]

The only thing that was remotely contentious was that Poyet said the English should adapt to foreigners and their attitudes. He's wrong there IMO. But he's no racist, and by all accounts neither is Suarez.

He said the opposite surely?: "We need to adapt. Do we as foreigners need to adapt more to England than England to us? Yes, of course. That's common sense."

 

[Acker79]

I took the 'we need to adapt' as being more about us understanding certain things that are offensive to us aren't necessarily offensive to foreigners, and we should adapt by instead of automatically condemning someone, we need to change and realise they have come from different culture and we need to try to react with a bit more understanding and attempt to educate and include rather than just condemn and isolate.

 

[Simster]

He said the opposite surely?: "We need to adapt. Do we as foreigners need to adapt more to England than England to us? Yes, of course. That's common sense."

Indeed. In the Independent interview, he said the precise opposite to his TalkSport radio interview!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Indeed. In the Independent interview, he said the precise opposite to his TalkSport radio interview!

As I understood the TalkSport interview, he said that Suarez had only been here a short time and didn't understand the English culture, whereas he, having been here 14 years, understood what was acceptable.

 

[Simster]

As I understood the TalkSport interview, he said that Suarez had only been here a short time and didn't understand the English culture, whereas he, having been here 14 years, understood what was acceptable.

Absolutely. I can't remember exactly what happened, but he said exactly that - to which Keys asked him whether that meant English football should be the ones adapting or accommodating foreign players. He said yes, and the interviewer then asked "shouldn't it be the other way round?".

This is the problem with Talksport and their shit soundbite interviews. They were simply creating an argument that wasn't there.

 

[piersa]

refreshingly good.