NorthStandSeagull
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In your list of top Albion managers where does Mr Hughton sit?
In your list of top Albion managers where does Mr Hughton sit?
I'd argue that Poyet was the most influential manager we've ever had. He changed the whole culture of the club and the way we play.
Shame it all ended in tears but that was always likely to happen.
I'd argue that Poyet was the most influential manager we've ever had. He changed the whole culture of the club and the way we play.
Shame it all ended in tears but that was always likely to happen.
Chris Hughton is the first proper manager of the Amex era. The first to understand what it takes to get out of this division. Poyet never did, and OG and SH hadn't the slightest clue.
Chris Hughton is the first proper manager of the Amex era. The first to understand what it takes to get out of this division. Poyet never did, and OG and SH hadn't the slightest clue.
Poyet took us from the relegation zone of League 1, when Slade was sacked into this division. We went into the Amex as a Championship club, which laid the foundation for what we have now.
Poyet was the first manager with the purse-strings loosened. As far as I'm concerned his main achievement was to teach people like Tommy Elphick and Adam El-Abd to play the ball on the ground. Which, fair enough, was a major achievement. It was painful to watch, like teaching toddlers to walk. Unfortunately, that led to them doing nothing but passing the the ball sideways to each other, before a final pass back to Ankergren who would hoof the ball aimlessly up the pitch - in much the same way as Tommy and Adam used to do. For me, Poyet was all about pointless possession play, as if that were an end in itself. Many mistook it for beautiful football. which it was, but only to the needy who had been forced to endure the horrible stuff served up in previous seasons, for economic reasons. The one single thing that marked Poyet down as a fraud for me was when, whenever we got a penalty at Withdean, he'd go and stand with his back to the field of play, mug to the crowd, and therefore not learn anything in real time. It was always all about him.
Poyet was the first manager with the purse-strings loosened. As far as I'm concerned his main achievement was to teach people like Tommy Elphick and Adam El-Abd to play the ball on the ground. Which, fair enough, was a major achievement. It was painful to watch, like teaching toddlers to walk. Unfortunately, that led to them doing nothing but passing the the ball sideways to each other, before a final pass back to Ankergren who would hoof the ball aimlessly up the pitch - in much the same way as Tommy and Adam used to do. For me, Poyet was all about pointless possession play, as if that were an end in itself. Many mistook it for beautiful football. which it was, but only to the needy who had been forced to endure the horrible stuff served up in previous seasons, for economic reasons. The one single thing that marked Poyet down as a fraud for me was when, whenever we got a penalty at Withdean, he'd go and stand with his back to the field of play, mug to the crowd, and therefore not learn anything in real time. It was always all about him.