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"We have got a manager here now who is as good if not better than both of (Poyet + Oscar)"













Stat Brother

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Surely no one in the world actually believes he is better than Poyet?
Surely Poyet believing no one in the world is actually better than himself.
 




jasetheace

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Apr 13, 2011
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And So it was Gordon. My perspective remains unchanged. Players will always back the current manager when asked to comment. Totally underwhelming.
 




skipper734

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Lenny Rider

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Sorry but IMHO another pr own goal from the Albion.

At best Greer is like the little boy with his finger in the dyke at worst it's one of three things.

1) Greer is now as clueless as Hypia ( Which I don't think he is)
2) He's been forced from above to make this statement.
3) With the Poyet/Garcia comment he's insulting the intelligence of the people who ultimately pay his wages.

It's now reached the horrendous point after a lifetime of supporting the club that I want us to lose tomorrow in the vain hope that it might bring on the only logical conclusion.

As an aside and put to me at a carol concert last night at what point does the message filter down from South London?

AGENTS BARBER AND BURKE, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED PLEASE RETURN TO SELHUST PARK IMMEDIATELY.
 




Eddiespearritt

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May 23, 2012
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RESULTS, good or bad, define whether a manager is any good. Not opinions.

The RESULTS so far, after almost half a season, are dire.

I don't care who has said this, the Bottom Line is all that matters.

Tired of spin, followed by deathly silence, followed by another bad result, followed by inaction on perpetual repeat.

Sums up my feelings exactly. Bloom is away - the idiot Barber is running the shop and its the worst sort of mess you can imagine. Let's get a story out that says "Hyypia is great" - and show just another little bit of contempt for our supporters. They are stupid customers after all.
 


Giraffe

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Maybe there is a real feeling in the club that Hyypia has been done over by others?

But the worst part of this story is Greer won't be back until the New Year.

Whilst I think his legs have gone he is one of he few players who shows some passion.
 


fleet

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Jul 28, 2003
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When you have to put the players forward one by one to back the manager you know the guy is going down
 




Guinness Boy

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FFS. Aging captain who is probably going to lose that mantle to younger centre back sticks up for clueless manager. Hold the back f*****g page Andy.
 


Rookie

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I like Greer a lot, but that is one ridiculous comment. Granted he accepts the players are to blame, but to even compare the last two with Hyypia is bordering on madness.
 


Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Naylor slipped that "better" comment in for a laugh didn't he?
 


TWOCHOICEStom

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Greer approached The Argus to speak out on behalf of the dressing room
I'm not entirely convinced that GG would go to the Argus ON BEHALF OF THE DRESSING ROOM to tell Andy Naylor how crap the players in the dressing room are.

Awful PR once again.
 




Feb 23, 2009
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Brighton factually.....
Albion captain Gordon Greer has vigorously defended under-fire manager Sami Hyypia and blamed the players for letting him down.
Greer says the Finn “is as good if not better” than Gus Poyet and Oscar Garcia, who both steered the Seagulls into the Championship play-offs.
And he is adamant every member of the squad is right behind Hyypia and determined to dig the club out of the hole they are in.

Greer approached The Argus to speak out on behalf of the dressing room ahead of tomorrow’s trip to mid-table Wolverhampton Wanderers for the third-bottom Seagulls, which he misses with a knee injury.
The centre-half and long-serving leader insisted: “We’re right behind the manager. You can ask any one of the players and they would all say the same thing.
“We feel as a team that our performances have let him down a bit and we feel we need to take a bit of responsibility as well.
“The manager and the coaching staff have been great. It’s a difficult job in cirumstances, as they are at the moment, but they do their best and when we go over that white line it’s up to us on the park to produce performances. At the end of the day our performances haven’t been good enough.”

Greer skippered Albion to the play-offs under Poyet two seasons ago and under Oscar last season. He says the players are united in their belief that Hyypia can carry on the good work, in spite of the club’s perilous position.
“I’m speaking on behalf of all the team and we feel the gaffer is the right man to take us forward,” Greer declared.
“I’ve obviously been here when times have been really good under Gus and Oscar and we have got a manager here now who is as good if not better than both of them.
“We need to take our fair share of responsibility, whether it’s individual errors or what ever it may be from game to game, it’s just not been good enough.
“We’ve spoken amongst ourselves. We know we need to do better and we’ll be doing everything to get the results and improve our position in the table.”

Greer witnessed from the sidelines the vicious abuse directed at Hyypia during last Friday’s 1-0 defeat by fellow strugglers Millwall at the Amex.
The Glaswegian has been encouraged since then by a groundswell of support, willing Albion out of their predicament.
He said: “It’s a difficult situation for the manager, because he is ultimately the sort of figurehead at the club at the moment and when things aren’t going well he’s the first port of call.
“The fans, ever since I’ve been here, have been great and even now, I’ve met people in the street this week, and everybody is really positive and wishing us all the best and to get up that table.
“We are working really hard behind the scenes to improve our league position. In life sometimes everything is not going to go well all the time. We’re having a hard time at the moment but it’s not for a lack of effort or professional pride.
“We really care about the club and the one thing that we’ve got in common - the players, the fans, everybody - is that we all want the club to do well. We are doing everything we can to ensure that.”
Greer expects to be back to lead Albion’s fight against the drop early in the new year as he recovers from a long-standing knee problem.
 


nwgull

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Jul 25, 2003
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Maybe there is a real feeling in the club that Hyypia has been done over by others?

But the worst part of this story is Greer won't be back until the New Year.

Whilst I think his legs have gone he is one of he few players who shows some passion.
Bugger. It's his organisational skills and leadership that we miss most.

It is a bit unfortunate that the 2 on-field leaders we have - Greer and Crofts - are both injured.
 


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